Whitehorse Drive
Epsom, Surrey KT18 7NQ
Tel: 01372 720439
Email: info@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk
www.roseberyschool.co.uk
14 September 2015
Dear Parents and Carers
As of the week beginning Monday 14 September, your daughter has been placed in a new Maths set. We
believe that it is vital that the students who are arriving at Rosebery from many different schools and
backgrounds, and with varying levels of confidence in Maths, are placed into sets as early as possible. The
girls were assessed in both their current mathematical knowledge and their problem solving skills. It is their
performance in these assessments that have dictated which set they have been placed in.
In Year 7, due to the timetable and the available teaching staff, we are able to split the students into four
sets, each containing 30 girls; these will also be their same sets for Science lessons. In Years 9, 10 and 11, we
have five sets, which allows a much greater amount of flexibility in the number of students in each group and
therefore the placing of students within them. This system has been adapted and refined over the past few
years, and we are confident that all the students at Rosebery are challenged and given the opportunity to
fulfil their full potential.
During both Years 7 and 8, we will be making regular adjustments to the sets based on the students’
performance in assessments, tests and general class work. We will continue to try and identify any students
who may benefit either from being pushed faster in a higher set, or by being allowed to gain more
confidence at the top of a lower set. Both of these actions can help to raise achievement and ensure that
all of the girls feel both challenged and supported.
The details of your daughter’s new set are as follows (please note there maybe changes to the days your
daughter has Maths and Science):
Week
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Day/period
Monday p1
Wednesday p2
Wednesday p3
Thursday p1
Thursday p2
Friday p1
Tuesday p5
Wednesday p1
Wednesday p2
Thursday p1
Thursday p5
Friday p5
Subject
Maths
Maths
Science
Science
Science
Maths
Science
Maths
Science
Science
Maths
Maths
Teacher
Miss V Scarff
Miss V Scarff
Mr P Van Den Elshout
Mrs S Curtis
Mr P Van Den Elshout
Miss V Scarff
Mr P Van Den Elshout
Miss V Scarff
Mr P Van Den Elshout
Mrs S Curtis
Miss V Scarff
Miss V Scarff
Room
M3
M3
C3
C3
C3
M3
C3
M3
C3
C6
M3
M3
Should you need any further clarification on this matter, please feel free to contact me.
Yours sincerely
N. Bailey
Miss Nicole Bailey
Key Stage 3 Coordinator (nbailey@rosebery.surrey.sch.uk)