Working alongside other Children’s Services, we are committed to achieving excellence in respect of all five outcomes of the Children Act (2004).
Examples of how we are doing this include:
Making a Positive Contribution
- Established customs of students taking positions of responsibility (i.e. prefects, monitors, Head Girl/ Boy) and participating actively in Student Councils
- Developing active citizenship in the local community and at national and international level
- Working with a wide range of partners from different sectors
- Community placements for students, including work supporting primary schools in Arts, Physical Education and Literacy
Ensuring Economic Well-Being
- Increasing the proportion of local people entering further and higher education
- Provision of clear progression pathways 14 – 19
- Providing training in personal financial management, career action planning and the role of ICT in the workplace
Being healthy
- An environmentally friendly building design with an energy efficient system
- “Healthy School” status for cooking our own food on site and providing healthy meals to primary partner schools
- From 2009 we will provide breakfast facilities for students who wish to use this service
Enjoying and Achieving
- The curriculum places an emphasis on investigation, experimentation and risk taking
- The new building will provide a stimulating learning environment
- Excellent ICT facilities with wide access and links to home as well as other community learning centres
- Placements and visits
Staying Safe
- Movement within the new building will be electronically controlled and monitored with high quality surveillance systems
- Unless as part of their learning, from 2009, students will not be allowed to leave the site during the school day
- The Personal, Health, Social, Citizenship and Enterprise Education curriculum explores and raises awareness of bullying, racism, drugs and sexual health
- Successful anti-bullying strategies such as the deployment of students as Peer Counsellors and “Buddies”
- Internet Safety Policy and acceptable use policy