Forest Gate Community School (FGCS) is an exceptional learning environment with a real community spirit. We provide students with a high degree of challenge combined with excellent support and as a result, our results are outstanding. Our staff shares a commitment to delivering interesting and engaging lessons and to raising attainment. Relationships between staff and students are excellent and discipline is very good. We treat one another with respect and understanding.
We have a genuinely comprehensive intake and we work hard to meet the needs of all our students, from those who come to us with exceptional talents and abilities to those who require additional support to succeed.
We are well resourced in our staffing and we have a modern, well-equipped estate which supports learning. We offer a wide range of leadership and extra-curricular opportunities to our students.
At FGCS we have very high expectations of everyone who is involved with the school - from students and staff to parents and governors. Our goal is to see all students become highly skilled learners, achieving excellent standards and leading fulfilling and exciting lives. Students and teachers alike enjoy lessons, which make for a positive and purposeful atmosphere throughout the school. Our commitment to equal opportunities is reflected in all aspects of school life and we welcome young people from all cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs. We aim for our students to leave FGCS as well-educated, knowledgeable, confident, and well-rounded individuals.
We aim to build a love for learning and promote a thirst for knowledge in all our students. We believe that by modeling behavior, and by recognizing and rewarding effort and achievement, we provide an environment where students are proud to present their work and strive for the highest standards. All students can expect to have their efforts and successes recognized and celebrated on both a personal and public level. This ranges from individual praise to certificates, postcards or letters home and awards or whole-school celebration events to work published on the school website or the regular school magazine,
We are a school with enormous strengths. Through the continuous hard work and co-operation of staff, students, parents, and governors, we have built a reputation for academic success, as well as an excellent standard of pastoral care.
Forest Gate Community School is a learning community where staff and students have high aspirations for themselves and each other. We seek to create a place of learning for every student in our care and nothing will stand in the way of this entitlement.
We aim for our students to become well-informed, rounded, and confident people. All of our students have the right to grow into well-informed, confident individuals who can demonstrate independent learning and responsibility in their attitudes towards one another.
We want our students to be aware of their responsibilities to others in the local community and to work cooperatively to make things better. We pride ourselves on our caring, disciplined, and supportive community.
We instill in students the need to learn with an enquiring mind and to work hard. We encourage our teachers to deliver the best teaching they can because we believe this is the best way to support and improve the life chances of the students in our charge.
All of our staff are expected to challenge and support students to achieve their potential. Identifying the individual needs of our students and providing them with the appropriate type and quality of support is therefore particularly important to us. In addition to our excellent in-class support, we have several programs of academic and pastoral intervention, including subject-specific help during and after school hours, lunchtimes, and Saturdays.
Students are also encouraged to take part in the wide range of extra-curricular activities that are available at the school. Our new sports hall provides excellent facilities for our successful sports teams and clubs. Music and Drama provide a range of performing opportunities as well as visits to concerts and plays. Opportunities are available for educational visits to museums and other venues throughout the year. We have a strong pastoral structure and each year group has a Head of Learning and a student manager to help children to be safe and to achieve.
