School Organisation
Classes
We cater for pupils aged 7 through to 16, from Year 3 to Year 11. Assistant Principals lead of groups of classes (one for Years 3 to 8, one for years 9-11 and one for our bespoke / personalised learning provision).
Years 3 to 8 - Assistant Principal - Hannah Griffiths
Class 5/6B -
Sharon Brewer and Helen Tong
Class 7G -
Hannah Griffiths and Lisa Morris
Class 8G -
Rob Gorst and Luke Marsden-Rafferty
Class 9F
- Andy Fallows and Jan Crawford
Years 9 to 11
- Assistant Principal - Claire Hand
Class 9K
- Alex Kennedy and Lewis Tait
Class 10M
- Gemma Mulligan and Joshua McGee
Class 10J
- Paul Jones and Suzanne O'Loughlin
Class 11H
- Lisa Hesketh and Katie Dolan
Class 11J
- John Jones and Sarah Henshaw
Bespoke Learning
- Assistant Principal - Rena Wright
Nurture Base
- Rena Wright and Libby Clarkson, Nikki Stewart, Antony Shinks
Tuition / Flexi-Learning
- Steve Drewry
All our pupils will experience whole class teaching, small group work teaching, paired teaching and 1:1 teaching, so they do not remain in their class groups all the time.
Each class group has its own teacher who is responsible for monitoring the progress of children within their class group. In Key Stage 2 teachers teach their own class the majority of the time. In Years 7 and 8 children start to move to different teachers for specialist teaching in some subjects but are taught by their form tutor for many subjects. In Years 9, 10 and 11, children move around for specialist teaching. Each class has a link learning support professional, who effectively supports both the learning and welfare needs of pupils throughout the day. We have an extensive pastoral and welfare team, to ensure that all of our pupils are learning ready and any barriers to their learning are reduced, enabling them to be the best they possibly can. Anthony Riley is our Assistant Principal with responsibility for Pastoral & Welfare provision, very ably assisted by our school guidance counsellor, three pastoral and welfare managers and our family liaison lead.
The School Day
Our school day offers 6 lessons, with a 20 minute reading session and a structured break and lunch time. There is a 20 minute social development session at the end of each day, called 'Preferred Activity Time.' Free toast and refreshments are available during the morning break period, and at the start of each day as pupils arrive. Lunch break is in two sittings, half is spent dining with classes dining together with their class teacher / form tutor, and half is spent having structured play / social time lead by our support staff.
The school day is organised in the following way -
915 - 930 Leadership Team meeting (staff only)
930 - 945 Staff briefing (staff only)
Pupils -
945 - 1000 Settle and form time
1000 - 1045 Lesson 1
1045 - 1130 Lesson 2
1130 - 1145 Break
1145 - 1230 Lesson 3
1230 - 115 Lesson 4
115 - 155 Lunch
155 - 210 Drop Everything and Read
210 - 250 Lesson 5
250 - 330 Lesson 6
330 - 345 Preferred Activity Time with form tutors