September 2013 – July 2014

• “Improve standards”
• “Exams are Dumbed down”
• “Many vocational courses mean nothing”
• “Fewer students should pass exams”
• “Fewer people should go to university”

• Fewer students passing exams
• Fewer students going to university
• Less breadth of study

• Our best ever set of results at both GCSE and A level
• The best results of any non-selective in the area.
• A good Ofsted result, with a mandate to get to outstanding quickly
• A vision that is both unique and interesting
• Proven Plaza pedagogy

“A Cohesive learning community”
“The Plaza environments are used well as flexible teaching spaces”
“Behaviour is good throughout the school”
“The students have positive attitudes towards their learning and show a high degree of responsibility”
“Teaching is consistently good in all subjects”

Universities this year included:
• Exeter
• Nottingham
• Surrey
• Winchester
• Oxford Brookes
• Bath
In all almost 60% of our students went to
University to study everything from Law to Bio medicine.

Some University Courses studied this year:
Medicine
Physics,
Diagnostic radiography
Accounting and Finance
Biomedical Sciences
Ancient, Classical and Medieval Studies
Media, Culture and Society
English
Psychology
Mathematics
Applied Criminology and Psychology
Law with Business
Law
Teaching & Educational Studies
Nursing

GCSE
• 58% gained 5 A-C grades including English and
Maths ( +3 )
A Level
• 98% A-E ( +1 )
• 72% A-C ( +8 )
• 33% of grades were A or A *( +13 )
• 42% of grades were B+( +12 )
Best performing non-selective school in Maidstone!

• Termly feedback
• Inclusion of new indicator – ‘Attitude to Learning’
• Continue to show attendance, self-management points and achievement points compared to the year group average
• Combination of interim and full reports
• Interim – Attitude to learning in all subjects
• Full – Current grade and attitude to learning
• Full report timings linked into Academic Review
Evenings
• Grades will be traffic light coloured coded to show whether pupils are making the expected progress and are on track to meet their target

Jon Spurling
Assistant
Principal
Wellbeing
Leads
David Simons
Principal
Wellbeing Directors
KS3 Annie Fowler
KS4
KS5
Thomas Stanley
Joseph Sutton
Claire Thompson
Vice Principal
Chloe Cox
Assistant
Principal
Wellbeing
Directors
Olivia Lichfield
Assistant
Principal
ICM
Dean Fox
Assistant
Principal
Wellbeing Leads
Year 7 Amy Parker
Year 8 Annie Fowler
Year 9 Helen Conway/ Holly
Pateman
Year 10 Thomas Stanley
6 th Form Lisa Bodle
ICM’s
Year 7 Cheryl Irvine
Year 8 Joscelin Yates
Year 9 Sue Judd
Year 10 Sue Lambert
Year 11 Maxine Saul
Yr 12/13 Jo Woollett

12/13 6 th FORM
6MM Medhat Michel(Maths Target Group)
6SM Sarah Meredith (English Target group)
6CJ Christopher Jones
6NMA Nathalie Manser
6SMI Sarah Miles
6DG Debbie Glover
6HM Hollie Martin
6PJP Phil Pennington/Jodie Monk
6AED Alex Edwards
6AB Angela Broome
6SC Sue Cooper

• 95% Attendance
• 100% application at all times
• Appropriate office wear
• Be ready to learn with the correct equipment
• To be respectful to staff and peers at all times

Wellbeing – three times a week
Mentoring once a week - compulsory

• Online resources:
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize GCSE & BTEC
• http://www.s-cool.co.uk
GCSE, A Level & BTEC
• http://getrevising.co.uk/pages/links GCSE, A
Level & BTEC
• Online and paper-based study guides – as recommended departmentally
• Termly progress reports

• For those Year 12/13 students with exceptional attainment and/or attendance, on a termly basis we offer:
• Attainment awards
• Attendance awards

• Sixth Form Open Evening –
Wednesday 27th November
• Sixth Form ARD – Wednesday
15th January 2014

Careers trips: Skills London, Kent Careers; HE Convention, University trips
Careers Guidance interviews
Information, Advice & Guidance Sessions on a variety of topics such as Job
Searching, CV writing, Interview Skills, Applying to University
Careers talks
UCAS application support
Focus day activities- including Employability day, Opportunities for mock interviews with employers, Discover Risk and University preparation workshops
Skills Challenge for Year 12: 30 th June – 15 th July 2014
Work experience
Careers library and IT packages for careers exploration and research

Summer 2012:
NEET for year 12 & 13 was 1.8% (only 3 out of 167 students did not continue in education, go to university, enter college or employment with training)
Summer 2013:
58 students (64% are currently starting university/HE)
Some notable achievements are;
• 1 at Nottingham, 1 at Exeter (both Russell group universities)
• 1 at Surrey to do Law
• 1 at St Georges in London to do Biomedical sciences.