Quality teaching and learning is at the heart of Queens Park Community School. We care about every student, we inspire and motivate our students to learn and achieve. It is not about where you come from it is where you are going to that counts. Our high expectations are underpinned by first-class teaching in mixed-attainment groups, challenging and supporting every one of our students to progress towards their life goals.
Our emphasis on creativity enables Queens Park students to flourish. They have the freedom to express themselves thanks to our strong academic, cultural, artistic, and sporting curriculum with excellent enrichment.
Our students experience success. They are challenged to achieve their aspirations. When they leave us to go on to university, jobs, or apprenticeships, they are proud to say “QPCS made me who I am.” They come back and share their success, inspiring the next generation and building our community.
We will be a center of academic excellence, at the heart of our community, and with the highest aspirations for all of our students. Queens Park Community School is part of Career Ready. For the past eight years, we have created opportunities for students aged between 16 to 19 years old to be part of this great and exciting movement.
Career Ready is supported by some of the biggest names in British business and by linking academic study with employment the Career Ready program presents the opportunity for students to broaden their future education and career choices.
Artsmark and can be awarded to schools over a period leading to the gold standard. Indeed, this normally takes several years of progression in meeting the criteria and then setting ambitious targets to progress through the levels.
In March 2012, QPCS applied straight for the Gold award, which is only given to a few schools where the Arts are impacting across the curriculum to enhance the educational experience of all participants in drama, music, art, design, and dance. QPCS gained a Gold standard which is an exceptional achievement.
The majority of our students are taught in mixed attainment, mixed-gender tutor groups. We aim to maximize opportunities for utilizing different teaching and learning styles to raise attainment and accommodate the needs of all our learners.
For all groups, raising the attainment of the students is our priority. The school has eleven areas of learning.
- Art & Design Technology
- English
- Performing Arts
- Languages
- Humanities
- Mathematics
- Science
- Business
- Computing
- Physical Education
- Personal Development
Each faculty has a specialist suite of rooms grouped so that teachers can work and plan in teams. This improves the quality of lessons offered to our students. Homework is set regularly. The emphasis on homework is a significant factor in our student's academic success and parents are asked to involve themselves in this aspect of the school’s work.
All children from 11-16 follow a balanced program of study which fulfills the requirements of the National Curriculum and leads mainly to GCSE exams. Students in Years 10 and 11 continue to follow a broadly common curriculum with the expectation that this will provide them with the maximum choice of progression routes.
In Key Stage 3 classes are taught predominantly in mixed-attainment groups. This encourages teachers to view students as individuals and set them to work appropriate to their current level of attainment. Under this system, high attaining youngsters can be moved on to advanced work much more quickly, whilst those who from time to time are struggling, are set work which is structured to their needs. We have an exciting program of opportunities for able and talented students.
In Key Stage 4 the “tiering” of some GCSE subjects means that students need to be grouped according to the tier of the exams they will be sitting.
At sixteen you choose where you continue your education. The choices open to you are Sixth Form at QPCS, a College of Further Education, another Sixth Form Centre, or an apprenticeship or work-based training. All young people have to stay in education or training until they are eighteen.
