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Welcome To
St Francis
Xavier’s College
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Year 5 Open Evening SFX
• Welcome
• Introductions
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The Pastoral Team
• Head teacher – Mr Rippon
• Deputy Head teachers – Bro Peter, Mr Flowers
and Mrs Fay
• Miss Crickett- Co-ordinator Of Key Stage 3
• Co-ordinator of Learning (Year 7)– Miss
Staunton
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St Francis Xavier’s College
A Catholic Foundation School
“Jesus came that we might have life…
…life in all its fullness”
John 10:10
Jesus came that we might have life, “…
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St Francis Xavier’s strives to build a Christian community
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Educating the
Whole Person
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The SFX Curriculum
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Delivers the full National Curriculum
Caters for the full ability range
Allows for setting in all subjects
Encourages boys to work hard
Allows for extra support in areas for
development
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Subjects Studied
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English
Maths
Science
RE
ICT
Careers
Business & Enterprise
skills
• Geography
• Music
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History
Art
Technology
French
Spanish
Latin (where appropriate)
PE
PHSCE
ICONS
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Setting Arrangements
• Will be based initially upon SATs results
• English and Maths will use the SATs results for their
own subjects
• Science will use the Maths result
• All other subjects will use the average of the English,
and Maths scores
• Setting will be reviewed by all subjects twice per year
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Setting Arrangements
• First step is that boys will be placed into two,
equal ability halves called yellow and green.
• These yellow and green bands will then be
divided into 4 sets within the setting groups
• G1 & Y1
• G2 & Y2
• G3 & Y3
• G4 (This set will be smaller)
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Setting Arrangements
• Subjects setting independently
– English
– Maths
– Science
• Subjects setting together (from Year 8 onwards)
– RE : History : Geography
– Languages : ICT
– PE : Music : Art : Technology
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Pastoral Care at SFX
• “Students enjoy coming to school and have positive
attitudes to learning.
Students are polite and courteous.
Pastoral care and the personal development of
students are strengths of the school. ”
• Transition
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“All About Me” booklet
Induction Day
“Life at SFX” booklet
Meeting with Parents
Pupil / Form Tutor meeting
First Day
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Admissions
• How to apply to the College
– Complete the LA Online Preference Form, select
SFX as one of the three choices by 31st October
2013
– Complete the SFX Application Form, return it to
the College no later than 31st October 2013
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Criteria
Criterion 1
Baptised Catholic boys who are in the care of the Local
Authority (looked after children) or who were
previously in the care of the Local Authority
Criterion 2
• Baptised Catholics attending one of the named feeder
primary schools
– Liverpool schools - Christ the King, St Paschal Baylon, St Mary (Woolton),
St Clare, St Gregory, Our Lady of Good Help, Bishop Eton, Our Lady of the
Assumption.
– Knowsley Schools - Holy Family (Liverpool 25)*, St Andrew, St Mark.
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Criteria
Criterion 3
• Baptised Catholics living in one of the parishes listed below but who do not
attend one of the named feeder primary schools.
– Christ the King and Our Lady (incorporating former Parishes of Christ the King, Our Lady of
Good Help and St Paschal Baylon), St Mary, St Clare, St John Almond (incorporating the
former Parishes of St Gregory, St Cyril and Our Lady of the Assumption), Bishop Eton and St
John Vianney (incorporating the former Parishes of Holy Family, St Andrew and St Mark)
Criterion 4
• Baptised Catholic boys who have a brother or sister at the college at the time
of likely admission. This includes full, half or step brothers or sisters, adopted
and foster brothers or sisters who are living at the same address and are part
of the same family unit.
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• Criterion 5
• Baptised Catholic boys
Criterion 6
• Boys who are in the care of the Local Authority
(looked after children) or who were previously in the
care of the Local Authority (other than Catholic).
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Criterion 7
• Boys of other Christian denominations, whose parents express
a wish for their children to attend St Francis Xavier’s College,
maybe admitted if the number of Catholic children seeking
admission falls below the admission number.
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Criterion 8
• Boys of other faiths whose parents express a wish for their
son to attend St Francis Xavier’s College, maybe admitted if
the number of Catholic children seeking admission falls below
the admission number .
Criterion 9
• Boys whose parents express a preference for a place at the
school.
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Touring and Leaving the College
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Visiting Departments
Finding your way
Refreshments
Application Forms
Leaving the site
Enjoy the Evening
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Thank You
For more information about SFX
please visit
www.sfx.liverpool.sch.uk
or follow @SFXCollege on Twitter
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