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We are a popular Roman Catholic Primary School situated in the heart of Lewisham Centre. We are committed to helping all the children in our care achieve their true potential, as we strive for excellence in all we do. Our wonderful staff, children, families, and governing body work hard to ensure we create a supportive, nurturing environment where every child can achieve their potential. Young children get off to an excellent start in Nursery, building up a very strong foundation of social skills and independence. Alongside academic achievement, we can offer your child a fantastic music provision, where in addition to curriculum lessons they have the opportunity to join our school choir who perform locally or learn a range of musical instruments. We can also offer a specialist PE coach and Italian lessons as part of our diverse curriculum. Our last Ofsted reported “Teachers move lessons along at a good pace, setting realistic timescales and motivating lively learning” and “Behaviour in lessons is invariably impeccable, meaning pupils can learn without interruption.” Children achieve very well over time at St. Saviour’s, and our current Key Stage Two results are above the National Average and rising! Our successes also go far beyond test results. Our children are confident and happy and are regularly complimented on their behavior, good manners, and social skills. They are encouraged to challenge themselves, to develop their skills and talents to be the very best they can. We celebrate every success and support every need. We try to ensure that everyone is treated fairly and respectfully We want to make sure that our school is a safe and secure place for everyone We recognize that people have different needs and we understand that treating people equally does not always involve treating them the same. The Equality Act 2010 requires us to publish information that demonstrates that we have due regard for the need to: Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimization, and any other conduct prohibited by the Equality Act 2010. Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it. Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it. View full school

Welcome to St Saviour's & St Olave's School. We are a fully inclusive and very successful inner-city Church of England school for girls. We give you a flavor of the amazing range of opportunities available here to our students, as well as a sense of our proud history and exciting future. With roots that can be traced back to 1562 and only five headteachers in the last 110 years, we provide an educational environment of stability and tradition that enables our whole community to learn from the very best of our shared heritage. We have fabulous new facilities with a new building completed in January 2013 providing state-of-the-art ICT, drama, science, and sixth form spaces that enable us to provide the very best education for our 21st-century students. Our students consistently achieve outstanding results, and many have gone on to study at the most prestigious universities in the UK, including Natural Sciences at Cambridge, PPE at Oxford, Physics at Manchester, and Art at Central St Martins. Last year, four of our sixth-formers went on to study medicine – unmatched in South London. We are proud of this great academic success but that is far from the whole story of SSSO. We are a community with shared values rooted in our faith, and we work closely with a range of partners as well as parents to ensure our students have opportunities to grow into confident, caring, and successful young women. They learn to value themselves and others, to become participants in a greater community. St Saviour’s girls are generous with their time and energy, supporting their peers as mentors, school councilors, and house captains, and they raise thousands of pounds each year for charities in the local and international community. Our students’ success in every aspect of their development is supported and encouraged by a dedicated and highly skilled staff, who give freely of their time and energy to ensure every St Saviour’s girl has the opportunity to excel. Through the formal curriculum and in the vast range of extra-curricular provisions, we believe every girl will find something to challenge and inspire her. We are an Anglican School, centered on a loving, compassionate God - seen in Jesus Christ and lived out through the Holy Spirit, alive in every person. This means we are: Inclusive, Compassionate, Reflective, Supportive, and Transformative. Significant changes are being made to the curriculum of all departments across all key stages. As a result of this, we are updating information for departments regularly. Welcome to St Saviour’s & St Olave’s Sixth Form. We are a high-achieving institution with excellent pastoral care. We are justifiably proud of the achievements of every single one of our students who will now move on to the next exciting challenge that awaits them, be that at university or employment. St Saviour’s offers tremendous opportunities to students who value their learning, who have the drive and ambition to be successful, and above all who wish to secure their future in an increasingly global community. If you choose to study with us you can be assured that you will be taught by extremely dedicated subject specialists, many of whom are examiners for major awarding bodies. With the help of an enthusiastic pastoral team, you will receive expert guidance and regular feedback on your progress towards your goals. There will be opportunities for you to discover and develop a wide range of interests and skills and, as senior students within the school, you will have the chance to be a leader of others and a maker of the future. St Saviour’s & St Olave’s Sixth Form will provide you with the essential academic successes and the opportunity to develop as an individual so that you leave us happy, confident, and well equipped for the challenges in the next phase of your life, whether employment or university. As a core subject, we believe fundamental to English, at St. Saviour’s and St.Olave’s is the exploration of communication. The essential aim of our teaching is to provide the women of the future with exceptional skills in speaking, reading, and writing. Through exploring the breadth and depth of our Literary Heritage, our students dive into different periods and different cultures. Injustices and prejudices of the past are exposed and explored from a modern-day perspective, developing social conscience and empathy whilst doing so. St Saviour’s & St Olave’s School has a rich tradition of music-making. In recent years the reputation of our students has allowed them the privilege of performing to numerous heads of state, key members of Parliament and peers, as well as a variety of famous sporting and popular stars. Some of these include HM Queen Elizabeth II The Right Honourable Tony Blair (former Prime Minister) The Right Honourable Gordon Brown (former Prime Minister) His Grace, Rev Dr. Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Canterbury) President Nelson Mandela The Right Honourable, David Cameron (Prime Minister) The Right Honourable Boris Johnson (Mayor of London) The Right Honourable Michael Gove (Secretary of State) Dame Kelly Holmes DBE and Miss Joanna Lumley OBE. St. Saviour’s & St. Olave’s School was founded as a grammar school for girls in 1903. The school first opened on the 26th January 1903 with eighty-four girls on the premises of St. John’s Elementary School. The building was completed and opened by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales (afterward King George V and Queen Mary) on 14th March, a date kept as the School Birthday and marked each year by a Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving at Southwark Cathedral. St. Saviour’s & St Olave’s is a Voluntary Aided School. The Governors own the buildings and are responsible for their general repair and maintenance. View full school

Every day in school is focused on learning and developing a love of learning. We hope our website will provide you with a flavor of the many wonderful opportunities and experiences offered in our school, and also give you the information needed to support your child’s educational journey. We are a Catholic Primary School in the heart of Kingsbury, clear in our beliefs and values, and the importance of Jesus Christ in our daily lives. Our Mission Statement underpins all we do: “Following Jesus’ footsteps, and inspired by St Robert Southwell, we work hard, aim high and treat everyone with honesty and gentleness” Our school is a thriving community that is well supported by parents and the Parish. There are many opportunities for us to work and celebrate together, including assemblies, concerts, coffee mornings, curriculum workshops, and fundraising events. We are immensely proud of our school and our very hardworking, enthusiastic children, with their wide range of individual talents. We are blessed to have extremely hardworking and committed staff who are ambitious for all our children and are wholly committed to achieving excellence for every one of our children, by providing the best learning opportunities each day. It is a tremendous privilege to lead such a wonderful community and to be part of your children’s learning journey, and work with you in preparing them for their future. At St Robert Southwell, Learning is central to all we do and is our core purpose. We approach learning in exciting, enriching, and creative ways, to engage, inspire and enthuse our children. We believe the curriculum should be relevant to children’s life experiences should inspire and engage them in their learning, while enabling them to work collaboratively using their imaginations. The aim of our curriculum is for pupils to have the requisite skills to be successful, independent, and motivated learners, in readiness for their next stage of education. In September 2016 we launched our ‘Creative Curriculum’ which is planned around the development of knowledge, skills, and understanding using content from the National Curriculum, under broad and engaging themes. The purpose of our Creative Curriculum is to ignite curiosity, nurture fascination and imagination while developing skills and providing a knowledge base for our children. Our Creative Curriculum has English and Maths at its core links are made to ensure children are engaged, motivated, and stimulated in all areas of their learning and subsequently make progress across the board. The general aims of our school are: To help and complement the exercise of the educational rights and duties of the R C family to cultivate the intellectual, creative, and aesthetic values of the child to help the child develop a lively enquiring mind, the ability to acquire information and to question and argue rationally, and the will to apply themselves to tasks and physical skills To help children develop the ability to make correct use of their judgment, will, and emotions To promote in the child a sense of values To encourage just attitudes and inner discipline To develop the children’s knowledge of their own culture and the culture and background of others, so that there will be a mutual understanding between people whatever their race, religion, and ways of life To help children understand the environment in which we live and the interdependence of the individual groups and nations To help children appreciate human achievements and aspirations in art, music, science, and technology To help children acquire knowledge and skills relevant to adult life at home, at work, and leisure. For the achievement of these aims St. Robert Southwell School strives: To provide a stable, caring environment conducive to study and learning in an atmosphere in which the love of God is shown in all aspects of school life To directly instruct children in the Roman R C Faith and to support the parish in preparing children for the reception of the sacraments To provide a wide curriculum that will develop the intellectual and physical skills of the child and enable them to use their particular abilities, talents, and interests to the full To give good emphasis to the skills of numeracy and literacy to seek close co-operation from parents so that the values taught and respected at home and school are the same To encourage the child to play a full part in parish life by contributing to parish worship and parish projects To recognize that the child is living NOW and not just for the future and that children should be happy now, purposeful, and able to contribute to the society around them now. View full school

At the heart of St. Richard’s School is our commitment to the love of God and each other through the Roman Catholic Faith promoting equality and fairness by celebrating diversity in all we do. The Word of God is central to our school community providing a strong foundation for our children to grow fully as they follow the Gospel values of love, peace, truth, and justice. We welcome everyone as a child of God encouraging them to care for the welfare of all, so witnessing that Christ is the foundation and central to all aspects of our school life. We share our faith through inclusive worship aiming to develop the potential of each individual physically, spiritually, emotionally, and academically. St. Richard's is a Roman Catholic Primary School provided by the Diocese of Salford and is maintained by the Manchester Local Education Authority as a Voluntary Aided School. The school's Governing Body is the Admissions Authority and is responsible for taking decisions on applications for admissions. The Catholic Faith and the Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church have an essential role in school life and influence every aspect of the Curriculum. We ask all parents applying for a place here to respect this ethos and its importance to the school community. This does not affect the right of the parents who are not of the Faith of this school to apply for and be considered for a place. Admission arrangements to the Reception year are separate from those from the Nursery. Attendance at the Nursery does not give a child any guarantee or priority when it comes to consideration for admission to the Reception class.PARENTS/CARERS must complete a School Application Form (SAF) which is available from the Local Authority (LA) in the year before their child starting in Reception. This SAF must be submitted to the LA by the closing date as specified on the application form. Parents/Carers must accept all policies drawn up by the Governors of St. Richard's School, e.g. uniform, behavior, homework, etc, and are expected to sign to this effect before their child is admitted to the school. The PAN refers to the number of pupils in each year group. The standard number at St. Richard’s School for N year is 52, Reception Year, Years 1 to 6 is 60 per year group. The school operates a waiting list for each year group of pupils are added to the list according to their admission category. Parents are asked to complete the School Application for Admission Form and the Manchester Local Authority Common Application Form by the Co-ordinated Admissions Scheme. The school conducts regular reviews of the waiting list parents are notified of their child’s place on the list and inquiries are made to check if places are still required. At St. Richard’s we understand that the Internet is a fantastic place for researching and socializing. Whilst we encourage our pupils to use the Internet, we are also aware that there are potential online dangers that may affect our pupils. We want to support the children and our parents in keeping safe by offering information and support on the wide range of online safety issues that might affect the whole family. As a school, we are currently working towards the E-Safety Mark. As part of this process, we are required to use the 360 Degree Safe tool to guide our progress. This process demonstrates our commitment to online safety as a part of our curriculum. This academic year we have established an Online Safety Group consisting of Year 6 pupils. They are committed to raising awareness about online safety and providing support for their peers. The online safety group meets termly to discuss ideas and issues. The staff and governors have developed this Discipline Policy so that the relationships between adults and pupils should be happy, caring, and purposeful and should be in line with the school’s Mission Statement. It will assist in creating a positive atmosphere and encourage pupils and staff to be aware of the need for self-discipline, respect for others, their property, and the environment. It will provide clear guidelines for all the community at St. Richard’s so that a consistent approach to discipline is taken by all concerned. Parents are the chief educators and teachers of their children and their support and co-operation in establishing their children’s attitude to learning and behavior is crucial. At all times they will be kept informed and involved in any relevant developments. Here at school, we hope to build on the good practice started in the home and aim to work in partnership with the parents to bring out the very best in their children. Throughout Advent, in 2017 the GIFT Team held a weekly prayer group in the Prayer Room. The Jesse Tree is used during Advent to tell the story of the Bible up until the birth of Christ. The GIFT Team shared short stories related to the Jesse Tree and explained the meaning of the various symbols. Each day a symbolic decoration was added to the tree. Children from all year groups attended the prayer group each lunchtime and some classes used the Jesse Tree in their class collective worships. View full school

St Richard’s is an intimate and nurturing place for every child to learn, whatever their background. The atmosphere is calm, ordered, and purposeful – never rigid or over directed - but disciplined, respectful, and organized. We have high aspirations for all our pupils and believe that through stretching children we build their confidence and self-esteem. The school is positioned in the center of Ham and with this in mind we constantly look for opportunities to serve our local community, helping to shape its future through the children who attend our school. Central to my purpose is that the children here learn to give from the heart, in response to the needs of others, rather than out of obligation. The school gathers daily to reflect upon important issues, to worship together, and to consider the Christian principles that are at the heart of our ethos. Within this loving, compassionate environment, we find that teaching and learning are all the more effective right across the curriculum. Acorns is an afternoon playgroup, which runs in our Nursery learning area and takes children from 2 years old. Nursery children may also apply for a place at Acorns (known as an extended place). These applications are made alongside nursery applications. We have 30 places available in our extremely popular Nursery class. This ensures a stable learning environment and the best possible monitoring of each child's needs throughout this critical stage in their development. Applications should be made any time after your child's 2nd birthday by contacting the school office. Parents must complete a St Richard's Nursery Application Form. There are 30 places in the Reception class and children are admitted in the academic year in which they turn five years old. For September 2018, this means children whose date of birth falls between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014. Parents/ Carers must apply to the Local Authority and the school for a Reception Application form. Both forms must be completed for an application to be valid. For in-year admissions, please contact us and we will let you know if we have a space available. For a small number of children, accessing the curriculum can be difficult. If we feel a child is experiencing difficulties with their learning that are outside the normal parameters we will consider registering their special needs at the appropriate level in line with the SEND code of practice. We know that high-quality teaching in the classroom with their peer group is vital however this may need to be supplemented. In addition to the support listed above some children with SEND may benefit from one-to-one support with the literacy of mathematics speech therapy or for special learning difficulties. Sometimes a child has needs we feel would be best met with an Educational, Health and Care Plan, (ECHP). If this is the case we work closely with parents and professionals to make the process of applying as straightforward as possible. At St Richard’s we are fully committed to keeping our pupils safe. If anyone has any child protection concerns whatsoever they should immediately notify a member of our Child Protection Team who will take appropriate action and advice. This may include calling the Single Point of Access at Achieving for Children. If you do not feel you want to talk to someone in school please contact SPA direct. If the matter is about a member of staff please contact our Safeguarding Governor. Contact details are available from the School Office. If you have any Health and Safety concerns please notify a member of the Leadership Team, the Health and Safety Team, and/ or the School Office immediately. Our wonderful school was first opened in 1890, replacing an earlier Ham Village School. Originally called St Andrew’s School, we were situated in what is now St Thomas Aquinas Church on the corner of Ham Common. Funds to build the school were raised by local charities, subscriptions, and the National Society, a Church of England body for the promotion of church schools and Christian education. When it opened, the school had a capacity of 100 boys and 101 girls. As Ham Common at the time had so many activities taking place, including horse racing, the children were often distracted on their way into school every day. Mr. Alfred Hedger, Headmaster between 1919-1940, would entertain the children with stories of his holiday climbing expeditions to the Matterhorn mountain in the Alps. Then as now, the school had a very successful football team called ‘The Hammers’. The school swimming pool was opened on Saturday 13th May 1972. The £4,300 cost of the swimming pool and changing rooms were raised by pupils, staff, parents, and friends over three years. On the day, there was a Grand Opening by Mr. Hugh Wheldon, Managing Director of BBC Television, who opened the pool with the words, “This project is a monument to the enterprise. These people have done it themselves. Let this be an example to others”. There was a swimming gala to close the Grand Opening and the winning team received a trophy. View full school

Our primary school is where pupils will begin their journey through St Richard Reynolds Catholic College. We strive for excellence in all that we do and have a committed and talented staff who work tirelessly to achieve this. Our nurturing environment encourages, supports, and develops the spiritual, intellectual, moral, and physical development of every child. As well as being hugely ambitious academically for all our pupils, we want them to live lives that are fulfilled personally, socially, and spiritually. Choosing the right school is a vitally important decision. St Richard Reynolds will be a place where our young people will come first, be loved, listened to, challenged, and inspired. We are committed to the pursuit of excellence in all that we do and if you entrust your child to us you will see that we work tirelessly to achieve this. We are hugely ambitious academically for all our pupils. However, we also want them to live lives that are personally, socially, and spiritually fulfilling. The governing body is organized into several committees each with terms of reference setting out its responsibilities and delegated powers. These committees meet regularly and report to the chairman’s committee and the full governing body. The governing body is bound by a Code of Conduct. If your child has not been offered a place at a school you ranked as a higher preference than SRRCC, they will automatically be placed on our waiting list. Parents and carers have two weeks to accept or reject offers. If places become available, they will be offered to those on the waiting list according to the school's over-subscription policy. The school is a voluntary aided co-educational primary school within the trusteeship of the Diocese of Westminster. it will eventually provide 210 places for pupils between the ages of 4 and 11. The Reception curriculum follows the changes brought in with the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework in September 2012. It covers seven areas of learning three prime and four specific. The three prime areas are Personal, Social-Emotional Development, Communication, and Language and Physical Development. Success in these areas ensures that children will go on to achieve in the specific areas of learning Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding the World, and Expressive Arts and Design. Children will learn in a variety of ways in the classroom in a combination of adult-directed teaching and child-initiated learning. There will be a strong focus on objective-led planning which will provide the opportunity for each child to develop their understanding and make progress in a way that 3 engages them and appeals to their interests. In addition to the seven areas of learning, pupils will also take part in Religious Education lessons which will underpin teaching and learning within the classroom. Play and Exploration are a fundamental part of learning in Reception. It means children will choose activities where they can engage with other children or adults or sometimes play alone. During these activities, the children will learn by first-hand experiences by actively ‘doing’ as well as through scaffolding and modeling by adults. We will provide them with sufficient space both indoors and outdoors, time and choice with a range of activities. There will be a good variety of planned and prepared activities, as well as allowing time for the children to initiate their learning. Activities will be planned through discussion with the children around their current interests, as well as taking into account their learning styles and stages of development. Our environment will enable children to try things out and make sense of relationships, allowing all children to fulfill their potential. Assessment of learning is primarily through observation of pupils engaged in the range of cross-curricular activities, which are both child-initiated and adult-directed. Our primary assessment method is through the use of the online application ‘Tapestry.’ This application allows all staff working with EYFS pupils to contribute to the pupil’s profile. It also allows the opportunity for parents and carers to contribute towards the profile as recommended in the EYFS Statutory guidance. At the end of the Reception year, pupils will be assessed against 17 Early Learning Goals, with a judgment being made as to whether they are emerging, expected, or exceeding these goals. Pupils must be working at the expected level in the Prime areas (PSED, PD, and CLL) plus Literacy and Mathematics to be deemed to have made a good level of development (GLD). Appropriate interventions will be put into place to support pupils who have not reached GLD as they enter Year 1. The six existing Catholic primary schools in Richmond were rated by OFSTED as outstanding or good in terms of contribution to the community. They engage fully in borough sports, in charitable and community projects, in artistic, dramatic, and musical programs, and in ecumenical initiatives to name but a few. The new primary school will similarly engage in local events, activities, and opportunities across the borough and beyond. The High School will enable many local Catholic children to continue their education within Richmond rather than having to attend Catholic secondary schools outside the borough. This will allow them to take a more active part in their local community and to grow into responsible citizens who are proud of their local area. The College will seek to collaborate with all schools in the borough and to form productive partnerships with local businesses, religious groups, clubs, and charities. View full school

St Richard Reynolds Catholic High School was founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for children of Catholic families. The school is conducted by its governing body as part of the Catholic Church by its trust deed and instrument of government and seeks at all times to be a witness to Jesus Christ. As a Catholic school, Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect of the school’s activity. The Catholic character of the school’s education must be fully supported by all families in the school. All applicants are therefore expected to give their full, unreserved, and positive support for the aims and ethos of the school. This does not affect the right of applicants who are not Catholic to apply for and be admitted to a place at the school by the admission arrangements. Our College Vision forms the basis upon which the curriculum is based. Our core purpose is to provide outstanding learning and teaching opportunities for all of our students. Our curriculum aims to offer challenges leading to the highest standards of personal achievement through the recognition of individual needs, according to ability and aptitude, and provides varied co-curricular experiences, as well as progression within and between Key Stages. As a voluntary aided school, the governing body has sole responsibility for admissions to this school and intends to admit up to 150 students to the sixth form (Year 12) in September 2018. This number includes students currently on the school roll who meet the required, school-determined, academic qualifications for their chosen course and who wish to be admitted to the sixth form. Internal Year 11 Students will be given their UCAS Progress usernames and passwords at the start of the autumn term and will be guided through the application process. Students who may already have self-registered will need to re-register using their school username and password. If students have any questions they can see Mrs. Richards, Sixth Form Manager, in the school office. External students may have been given a UCAS Progress login by their school or may register on the site themselves. The governors welcome applications from students at other schools and intend to admit a minimum of 30 students from other schools who meet the required, school-determined, academic qualifications for their chosen course but where there are more applicants than places available, priority will be given to the school’s current students, provided that they meet the required, school-determined, academic qualifications for their chosen course. We are committed to providing children with an inspiring academic experience that is pupil-centered and stimulating. We adopt a pioneering, global and independent approach to what we teach. Catholic religious education is the core subject of the curriculum to which all other subjects relate. The College seeks excellence in all subject areas: Mathematics, English, Sciences, Modern and Classical Languages, the Arts, the Humanities, Physical Education and competitive sport, and a particular specialism in Music will develop over time. We are deeply committed to opening the hearts and minds of our young people in every way. We have an outstanding enrichment provision, including sports, arts, clubs and societies, leadership and challenge activities, that all add up to high-quality education of the whole person. The College will develop a particular specialism in Music. We believe that this will lead to memorable experiences and outstanding examination results for our pupils. The formal curriculum is divided into a 31 period week at Key Stage 3, with each lesson lasting 50 minutes. Its purpose is to give a broad and balanced education to all our students which includes Religious Education, all National Curriculum subjects, and Latin. Students are also given opportunities to develop spiritually, socially, morally, physically, culturally, and academically. Religious Education is at the heart of our curriculum and lessons are carefully planned to ensure that all areas of the Bishops’ Curriculum Directory are met i.e. Revelation, Church, Celebration, and Life in Christ. “The outcome of excellent Religious Education is religiously literate and engaged young people who have the knowledge, understanding, and skills – appropriate to their age and capacity – to reflect spiritually, and think ethically and theologically, and who are aware of the demands of religious commitment in everyday life”. (The Bishops’ Curriculum Directory 2012) In both Key Stages, the formal curriculum is supplemented by the informal curriculum, which contributes greatly to the educational experience of students, as well as the Catholic ethos within which learning takes place. We work to ensure that students experience the richness of a Catholic way of living and believing in all areas of College life. After-school events, such as theatre trips, retreats, sports clubs, and music groups all serve to help our students fulfill their God-given potential. The governing body is organized into several committees each with terms of reference setting out its responsibilities and delegated powers. These committees meet regularly and report to the chairman’s committee and the full governing body. The governing body is bound by a Code of Conduct. View full school

St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School is an 11-18 mixed Catholic comprehensive school serving the population of Flintshire in North Wales. It was founded in 1954 to serve the Catholic population of Flintshire. It is one of three Catholic secondary schools in the Catholic Diocese of Wrexham, the others being St Joseph's Catholic and Anglican High School, Wrexham and Blessed Edward Jones RC High School, Rhyl. It is a mixed school, currently serving close to 1000 pupils (including a mixed sixth form of over 120). It draws its pupils and students from the Roman Catholic parishes of Flint, Holywell, Queensferry, Mold, Saltney, Buckley, Connah's Quay, Hawarden, and Pantasaph. St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School believes that good attendance at school is vital for a successful education and an important preparation for life after school. We, therefore, take steps to encourage all students to attend regularly and rigorously pursue unsatisfactory attendance. The school has a legal obligation to monitor attendance and to report any unauthorized absence. We endeavor to work closely with parents to improve attendance and also to liaise with the inclusion welfare service to access additional support as required. Authorized absences will include illness and approved educational activities. Exceptional circumstances such as bereavement, will also normally be authorized. Students must bring a note of explanation from a parent when they return to school after being absent. Should it be necessary to make a medical appointment during school hours advance notice in writing is needed? We cannot allow pupils to leave school without this permission. The Welsh Government has published a program of study for each National Curriculum subject (known as ‘Orders’, revised in 2008). The Orders share a common format to help schools plan across the curriculum. Each Order has a Focus Statement which encapsulates what each pupil should be taught at a particular Key Stage. Thus the knowledge, skills, and understanding that pupils should be taught are set out in a series of columns. Some subjects are provided with context/opportunity statements that indicate contexts for the development of knowledge, understanding, and skills or opportunities that can be provided throughout the program of study. In addition, all subjects in the National Curriculum have Common Requirements. These include a statement of Access for all pupils, including those with special educational needs (SEN) and those who are gifted or talented. The other Common Requirements emphasize the importance of providing opportunities, where appropriate, in all National Curriculum subjects for pupils to develop and apply Common Requirements related to communication, mathematical, information technology, problem solving and creative skills and to the Welsh Dimension and personal and social education. Individual departments’ policies and schemes of work highlight how the National Curriculum Orders are being met and how the Common Requirements are being developed. View full school

'St Philomena's is a good school with many outstanding features including a vibrant Catholic life and excellent relationships between staff and pupils. It is a welcoming and inclusive school with a strong Catholic ethos. It provides an attractive and happy learning environment where all feel valued and encouraged to achieve their full potential.' At St Philomena's we share the love of God every day, in everything we learn, do, and say. St. Philomena’s Catholic Primary School undertakes to reflect the Gospel Values and the teachings of Christ in a positive Catholic environment. Christ recognized the value and dignity of each person and His ministry was one of forgiveness. St. Philomena’s Catholic Primary School embodies this spirit and these values in educating the whole person, that is in the areas of spiritual, cultural, moral, mental, social, and physical developments and in reaching out to the parish community and wider society. We aim to do this in partnership with parents and the parish of Our Lady of the Crays by:- Caring about the children entrusted to us for their education and nurturing their growth and development to help them achieve their true potential Encouraging mutual respect between children, teachers, staff, parents, and everyone else involved in our school Encouraging the children to develop their understanding of and relationship with God. We belong to a Catholic parish and place great importance on our Catholic heritage and faith, but we also respect the fact that others choose to express their faith in different ways Encouraging each child to do their best in academic, artistic, musical, sporting, and other activities, and supporting those who need special help to learn Providing an inclusive community of children and adults, where all are welcomed and where we celebrate the diversity which people of different cultures bring to the school Ensuring that each child knows they are valued so that they grow in self-confidence and approach their time at school as a time of exploration, without fear of being judged. There is a shared vision amongst staff and governors that the school will be outstanding in the next few years. Faith in God – making God part of our daily lives seeking guidance and reassurance from God in whatever we do trust that God will look after us thanking God knowing God loves us no matter what and building an understanding of faith Work and achieve – making a difference succeeding striving for excellence growing to be good people taking care of our environment knowing God is walking beside us Belief in ourselves – loving and trusting ourselves trying our best at all times believing anything is possible being confident and positive praising and encouraging having courage to manage challenge and achieve goals and looking for gifts and talents in everyone Love for each other – being fully part of God’s wider family following Christ’s example in loving everyone, whatever their color or creed treating others as ourselves being caring and respectful of everyone showing compassion and forgiveness, and looking out for each other. Breakfast club allows your child to have a good breakfast in a safe comfortable environment that they already know before school starts. Children attending breakfast clubs learn to mix and socialize with other children in school which helps to promote their confidence. Staff at the breakfast club are DBS checked and trained in Child Protection and first aid. We aim to provide a fun, safe environment where your children can play, relax and socialize after school. During the school term, running directly after school until 5.45 pm, the club takes the stress out of school collection for parents. Our staff is very experienced in childcare. They are qualified, DBS checked, and have first aid training. Children are served drinks and a light tea. Our after-school club provides a safe and secure environment for your child and provides an informal setting allowing your child to be creative and to explore through play. View full school

St Philomena’s Catholic High School for Girls is a vibrant learning community. We seek to provide opportunities for all our students to achieve their very best, grow in confidence, and become independent young women. Our students are encouraged to be ambitious and to have high aspirations. We actively encourage them to take a lead role in their education and develop their learning whilst maturing into confident, resilient, resourceful young women able to face any challenge. Our school motto is from Psalm 127, ‘Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Christ is at the heart of all we do the rich liturgical life of the school is celebrated in a variety of ways. Our curriculum is designed to ensure it meets the needs of all our students with an excellent range of subjects and pathways both at GCSE and A-Level. We encourage students to be inquisitive, open to new ideas, and never cease in their thirst for knowledge. Students at St Philomena’s succeed regardless of their ability. We know our students well and we know how they learn best. Our success is due to our collaborative partnership with home. We value parents’ contributions and aim to ensure they are fully involved in helping their daughters to make progress and take decisions about their future. Our students are our greatest ambassadors the vast majority progress to our Sixth Form and thereafter to university or further education. We have a very active alumni network. When you visit, please do speak to our students we are very proud of their achievements, and the values they share make our community special. St Philomena seeks to be a community where every member flourishes in the truth, wisdom, and love revealed by Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church. Through our work and shared life together each member is enabled to respond to the unique call from God to grow in holiness, personal fulfillment, and loving service. We seek excellence in teaching and learning in all aspects of school life and hold that each person is a gift from God, to be treasured and deserving of respect and dignity. Our Mission is: To develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ - to seek Him, to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him. To pray is to encounter Jesus and to be united to him as he prays to his Father through the Spirit. To enable each person to become the person God calls them to be. Our vocation, a gift from God, is a call and a mission. To respond means to commit the whole of our life to God according to the spirit of the Gospel. It reaches completion in the glory of heaven. To bring the presence of Christ to others. The Daughters of the Cross never separate the love of God from the love of people, they show that those who truly love God also love their neighbor. To continue the unique legacy of the Daughters of the Cross in providing a great holistic education to equip women for their future and eternal life. Pay special attention to the signs of the times be alert to the growing needs of the world. View full school

St. Philip's is a Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School situated in the Hulme area of Manchester located near to Manchester city center and the universities of Manchester. St Philip’s Church of England Primary School is a Voluntary Aided school. Admissions to an Aided School are the responsibility of the Governors, in agreement with the Diocesan Board of Education and the Local Authority. The Governing Body is the admission authority for the school, and the school is required to act by the School Admissions Code. The admissions process is coordinated by Manchester City Council (the Local Authority) and the school liaises with the Local Authority on admissions issues. The published admission number agreed for admission to the Reception Class is 30. If no more than 30 applications for admission to the Reception Class are received, all applicants will be offered places. 26 children may be admitted to the Nursery Class. (Please see the separate notes below on arrangements for Nursery admissions. A separate application must be made for any transfer from the Nursery class to the Reception Class in the Primary School.) Responsibility for admissions is delegated to the Governing Body Admissions SubCommittee. The school will admit all children having a statement of special educational needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) in whose statement or EHCP the school is named. Parents may seek a place for their child outside of their normal age group, for example, if the child is gifted and talented or has experienced problems such as ill-health. In addition, the parents of a summer-born child may choose not to send that child to school until the September following their fifth birthday and may request that they are admitted out of their normal age group – to reception rather than year 1. Parents requesting admission out of the normal age group must put their request in writing, addressed to the Headteacher at the school, together with any supporting evidence that the parent wishes to be taken into account. The governing body will make decisions on requests for admission outside the normal age group based on the circumstances of each case and in the best interests of the child concerned. This will include taking account of the parent’s views any information provided about the child’s academic, social and emotional development where relevant, their medical history, and the views of a medical professional whether they have previously been educated out of their normal age group and whether they may naturally have fallen into a lower age group if it were not for being born prematurely. The governing body will also take into account the views of the Headteacher. When informing a parent of their decision on the year group the child should be admitted to, the governing body will set out the reasons for their decision. Where the governing body agrees to a parent’s request for their child to be admitted out of their normal age group and, as a consequence of that decision, the child will be admitted to a relevant age group (i.e. the age group to which pupils are normally admitted to the school) 4 the local authority and governing body must process the application as part of the main admissions round, unless the parental request is made too late for this to be possible, and based on their determined admission arrangements only, including the application of oversubscription criteria where applicable. The governing body must not give the application lower priority on the basis that the child is being admitted out of their normal age group. Parents have a statutory right to appeal against the refusal of a place at a school for which they have applied. This right does not apply if they are offered a place at the school but it is not in their preferred age group. The overriding principle at St. Philip’s is one of nurture rather than punishment. Various levels of behavioral strategies operate within the school at any one time, ranging from those concerned with classroom management and ethos, to those relating to an internal exclusion for a fixed period. At St. Philip’s we always respond sensitively and professionally to the needs of particular individual children. Throughout each day the expectation is that every member of staff will endeavor to adopt a positive attitude towards all our pupils. The class teacher uses a time-out card, which informs the partner class teacher of the time that the child is to remain in that class. Occasionally a class teacher may feel that another year group would be more appropriate this needs to be arranged between the class teachers, before the removal of the child. The child will remain in the designated room for a fixed period (stated on the Removal from Class Slip) so that they might reflect, before returning to their class, showing that they have modified their behavior appropriately. There should be a place in each class for a child to sit and reflect (this is not on the floor). Parents/carers will be notified when there has been a repetition of unacceptable behavior, verbally or via a letter, and the matter discussed at the earliest opportunity. Naturally, subsequent positive feedback will also be given as and when appropriate. View full school

St. Peter's is a friendly school that is situated on two sites. We are often described as having a peaceful village atmosphere and parts of our Junior building date back to 1837. We have a strong Christian tradition and ethos and have close links with St. Peter's Church and the Diocese of Birmingham. Our school motto is: Through the teachings of God we Love Others Value Everyone. St. Peter's prides itself on its warm, caring environment and the supportive partnership it forges with parents. We value each child as a unique individual and ensure there is a range of opportunities provided for their academic and personal development. Our school ethos at St. Peter's CE Primary School underpins everything we do. St. Peter’s religious character stems from its historic church foundation which is following the principles of the Church of England. St Peters serves its multi-faith community within the context of Christian belief and practice. We encourage and promote Christian values through the experience we offer to all of our children and this is summed up in our school mission statement: At St. Peter’s CE school we aim to create a Christian community whereby we live in harmony before God and provide a warm, safe and caring environment in which to learn and grow. At St. Peter’s, we believe in creating a stimulating environment that allows children to learn in a way that motivates and interests them through inspirational learning activities and high-quality teaching. Our creative curriculum at St Peter’s revolves around the Cornerstones Curriculum. The Cornerstones Curriculum has developed support materials for schools to provide a variety of Imaginative Learning Projects. Each project is split into sections, which see children progress through four stages of learning: Engage, Develop, Innovate, Express. Aims: To nurture and develop well-rounded positive, responsible, and caring individuals. To make learning fun and give children opportunities to develop their knowledge and skills to achieve their full potential. To enable children to work cooperatively with others, develop their independence, and foster their creativity. To achieve the above we need to ensure children: Have firm foundations of basic skills which they can use and apply. Have a broad range of exciting and creative opportunities to discover and nurture their talents. Develop a set of core Christian values. Have access and opportunity to achieve their full potential, whilst developing their sense of uniqueness, confidence, and self-worth. Develop their awareness of caring for their surrounding environment and the wider world. Appreciate and value the contributions made by all ethnic groups in our multi-cultural society View full school

With 47 green acres in the heart of one of Europe’s most historic cities, St Peter’s is a school like no other. The fourth oldest school in the world, St Peter’s provides outstanding day and boarding education for around 560 boys and girls aged 13-18 Founded in 627 AD, St Peter’s School is the fourth oldest school in the world We offer education from ages 2+ (rising 3) to 18 at three schools: Clifton School and Nursery (rising 3-8), St Olave’s School (8-13), and St Peter’s School (13-18) We are a co-educational school offering both day and boarding education Pupil numbers as of September 2019 are: 577 at St Peter’s, 358 at St Olave’s, and 225 at Clifton, totaling 1160 The boy: girl ratio is around 6:5 across the school as a whole Approximately 143 pupils are boarders. Boarding starts at age 10 Pupils from overseas usually make up approximately one-third of the boarding community, and 10% of the whole Senior School community In 2019, the A* - B pass rate was 85% at A-Level. In 2019, the 9 - 5 pass rate was 92% at GCSE. The majority of our pupils proceed to Russell Group of elite universities. Popular subjects include medicine, engineering, history, politics, and modern languages We employ approximately 380 individual members of staff of whom 130 are teaching staff The site occupies 47 acres Annual fees range from £9,570 in the Nursery to £18,705 (Day), £31,080 (Boarding), and £33,405 (Non-EU Boarding) in the Senior School Well-known alumni include: Guy Fawkes, composer John Barry, cricketer Jonny Bairstow, sports presenter Katherine Downes and actors Greg Wise and Fleur Keith Our vision is to be a happy, thriving 3-18 co-educational day and boarding school community that combines a classical, high quality, all-around education with a forward-looking and exciting approach to learning. We would like to build on our excellent reputation in the North and become known as one of the best all-around independent schools in the country. We will do this by always working to improve as we live the School’s Christian values together. The Seven Values The School's Seven Values are for every member of the St Peter’s School community to practice – pupils, teaching and support staff, parents, and governors – across the three schools. Friendship: To be a welcoming, caring, and inclusive community in which we can all feel valued and grow in confidence. Trust: To speak with honesty and conviction, to listen carefully and openly, and promote strong relationships of trust and loyalty. Wisdom: To develop enquiring minds and a lifelong love of learning, and provide the inspiration to achieve, through creative teaching and a breadth of co-curricular opportunities. Compassion: To encourage self-respect, care for others, and an active interest in the world beyond the school. Endurance: To work hard and participate with whole-hearted commitment and resilience, reflecting on our disappointments and shortcomings with honesty. Humility: To conduct ourselves with the generosity of spirit, praising effort and fair play, and celebrating our successes with modesty. Hope: To prepare for the future, always seeking to improve, and approaching each challenge and opportunity with energy and optimism. View full school