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 7  - Assistant Principal  - Hannah Griffiths

Class Belong (Primary)   - Sharon Brewer & Helen Tong

Class 7C   -  Abby Causer & Katie Dolan

Personalised / Bespoke Learning -

Nurture Base - Rena Wright, Ian Brownbill & Lou Hayes

HIVE Base - Hannah Griffiths & Olivia Hincks

Amanda Wiggin - Teacher across Nurture & HIVE

Years 8 and 9 - Assistant Principal - Lisa Hesketh

Class 8G   - Rob Gorst & Tracey Newport

Class 8B  - Hafiza Brepotra & TBC

Class 9M - Teacher  & Sarah Henshaw

Class 9F - Andy Fallows & Connie Earle

Years 10 & 11 - Assistant Principal - Claire Hand

Class 10J - Paul Jones and Suzanne O'Loughlin

Class 10K  - Alex Kennedy & Elle Crowley

Class 11J - John Jones, Jan Crawford & Sally Gordon

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 15  minute reading session and a structured break and lunch 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 -

900 - 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 - 110      Lunch

110 - 120      Drop Everything & Read

120 - 200 - Lesson 4

200 - 245 - Lesson 5

245 - 300 - Break

300 - 345 - Lesson 6

345      Back to class / form groups / prep for home / transport