Shirley High School
Values and Ethos
Year 10 into Year 11
Mrs Loughnane – Head of Year 11
Head of Year Overview of 2014/15
• The Jack Petchey ‘Speak Out’ Challenge.
• The ‘Big C Challenge’ in aid of the Royal Marsden Hospital
which raised £227.54.
• 14 students with 100% attendance.
• 71 Prefects.
• 31 students with 100% punctuality.
• 174-176 students successfully securing a Work experience
placement.
The Golden Rule
We expect all students to follow our GOLDEN RULE:
Shirley High School students are
expected to show consideration and
respect to all members of the school
and local community at all times.
So that we have a Safe, Happy and Successful school
SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL CORE VALUES
Our Core Values:
ABC - Attendance, Behaviour and Commitment.
Our policies, procedures and rules.
Diversity.
Our personalised curriculum.
Student voice.
The right to work and study in a safe environment.
High quality teaching and learning so all achieve and enjoy.
Contributing to the school, the community and the environment.
Personal development.
Praise, rewards and support.
The ABC to Success
Our school ethos is based on the ABC to Success
Quite simply …….
Our students will be successful if they focus on
the following areas:
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Attendance
Behaviour
Commitment
ATTENDANCE
Attendance and Punctuality
The biggest barrier to achievement at school is nonattendance and poor punctuality.
Students are expected to achieve 96% attendance in an
academic year.
(This means no more than 8 days off in the whole year.)
Students are expected to have less than 3% lates in an
academic year.
(This means no more than 6 late arrivals to school in the
whole year.)
Attendance and Punctuality
Communication is key in ensuring that the school is
aware of any absence for your child. Absence slips
are available for use in your child’s student planner
and these should be completed for when your
child is well enough to come back to school.
Students should aim to be in school by 8.15am but
by 8.25am at the very latest. You will receive texts
from school if your child is not registered during
morning registration.
BEHAVIOUR
Behaviour
Good behaviour in and out of school is important
please support your child in this area.
Your child will be rewarded for good behaviour in school
via our rewards system. You can see what rewards your
child is receiving via the student planner and letters home.
Poor behaviour disrupts teaching and learning as well as
students’ social time out of the classroom. Sanctions in
line with our behaviour policy will be used to address
behaviour breaches.
Our behaviour policy is on the website and behaviour
rules and procedures are in the student planner.
Behaviour
Behaviour out of school is equally as important.
We expect our students to conduct themselves
appropriately and not engage in anti social behaviour that
may bring our school into disrepute.
Sanctions will be applied to any student involved in anti
social behaviour out of school.
We have been asked by the Police to remind parents that
children should not be in Croydon Town Centre after
school unless they have a valid reason to be there, as
there are dispersal orders in place which they will enforce.
Bullying
• We take bullying VERY seriously however we
can only address it when we know about it.
• Bullying should ALWAYS be reported (to the
form tutor in the first instance).
• Cyber bullying is a serious issue! Legally,
students should not have Facebook or Twitter
accounts until they are 13. We ask you to
enforce this for their own safety, check what
your children are accessing and use parental
controls as appropriate for their age.
Mobile Phones
• We do not allow mobile phones in school. This
rule has not changed. If seen they will be
confiscated.
• Students may use the office phone if they
need to contact home urgently.
• If there are exceptional circumstances for
having a mobile phone, then a letter outlining
this must be written to the Headteacher.
Uniform – main points
Please note:
We do not allow piercings at all,
even if covered with plasters.
Students will be asked to remove
piercings, irrespective of when they
have had them done.
• Our uniform is supplied by Hewitts of
Croydon. We ask you to follow the
school uniform policy to ensure uniform
is consistent throughout the school. If
there are any changes you will be
officially informed.
• Our skirts and trousers colour is mid
grey. This will be strictly enforced from
September. Please ensure your child’s
skirt / trousers is the correct colour and
style to avoid the unnecessary expense
of replacing incorrect items.
• Plimsolls and trainers are not part of
the school uniform and are not
permitted. This will be strictly enforced
from September.
• Hair accessories should be plain navy,
black, grey or white only. We do not
allow excessive makeup, coloured nail
polish, extreme hairstyles or jewellery.
COMMITMENT
Are your children ready to learn?
• Students are expected to have their planner with them at all
times. They must be produced immediately if requested by
any member of staff.
• The planner is the simplest form of home/school
communication. Please check and sign it weekly and contact
your son/daughter's form tutor if you have any concerns.
• Students are expected to have a school bag that is of
reasonable size to fit in their planner, pencil case, personal
reading book, other school books as required and any other
equipment that they may need for school.
• Being unprepared for lessons wastes valuable learning time
for everyone. Students must get into the habit of having good
personal organisation.
Pencil cases are compulsory not optional!
All students must have a
pencil case containing:
• Pens (at the very least 2 x black, 2 x green, 2 x
red)
• Pencil x 2 (minimum)
• Rubber
• Pencil sharpener
• Ruler
• Glue
Homework
Please support your child in completing their
homework to the best of their ability and on time.
All students have the option of completing their
homework at Homework Club which runs daily from
3.00 – 4.30pm and is staffed by Student Support
Assistants, on hand to help where required. Computer
facilities and printers are available also.
The homework schedule is on the website.
Expectations
• We expect ALL our students to be successful and
achieve their potential by the time they leave Shirley
High School at 18 years.
• This can only be achieved if we all (students, staff
and parents/carers) work together.
• Please do email me on loughnane@shirley
croydon.sch.uk if you have any questions, queries or
concerns.
SIMS LEARNING GATEWAY
MR HURST
ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER
Front Page
Student Dashboard
Student Dashboard
Homework
Reports
Data Collection
How to access it
Click on SLG
Log on Page
Standards and Achievement
Mr Templeman-Wright
Deputy Headteacher
Standards and Achievement
How do we do it – strategies that deliver success for all?
– PiXL (Performance in Excellence) membership
– Aspirational ‘FFT D’ estimates (top 25% Nationally).
– Individual 1 to 1 meetings with students x 3 per year to review
progress.
– Grade reports x 3 per year to monitor and report progress. All parties
should know where their child is at the end of Year 10.
– In addition we offer:
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Small group teaching and support
additional lessons afterschool
Maths peer coaching in Year 11
whole school commitment to achieving success.
Standards and Achievement
GCSE Grades
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GCSE A*
GCSE A
GCSE B
GCSE C
GCSE D
GCSE E
GCSE F
GCSE G
Standards and Achievement
Key Points - continued:
– We expect students to:
• Complete homework,
• Read and action all assessment comments by
their teachers (reference research done by John
Hattie & MMM),
• Attend extra classes,
• Complete all classwork
• Ask for help.
Progress Range (10-1, 11- 0)
National Changes
• Progress 8 (to be reported in 2016) – replace the 5 x
A*-C inc: E&M measure. Based on performance in 8
subjects, divided into 4 groups: E, M, EBacc
qualification and an ‘open’ group.
• Attainment 8 – designed to show pupils average
attainment in relation to prior attainment at KS2 in
their 8 subjects
Post 16
Shirley High School
Be part of a successful learning community
Year 13 Results 2014
A Level
72% A*-C
97% Pass rate
BTEC Extended Diploma
100% Distinction*-Merit
94% Distinction*-Distinction
Sixth Form Results Day 2014
3RD NATIONALLY out of
4,303 sixth form
providers for value
added performance
Closing Remarks
Mr Templeman-Wright
Deputy Headteacher