Pershore High School Prospectus insert 2018-2019 Proud of our history, confident in our future
Studying at Pershore High School Headteacher: Phil Hanson Chair of Governors: Nick Young We also have an outstanding Sixth Form which also admits students from Worcester state and independent schools. To find out more details and request a Sixth Form prospectus please contact the Headteacher or Assistant Headteacher, Jason Howell. The most striking aspect of Pershore High School is the friendly and supportive atmosphere. Classification Pershore High School is an academy for boys and girls. As a good school with outstanding features we were awarded Academy status in 2011. An Ofsted inspection in 2013 confirmed this judgement. In 2017 we formed the Avonreach Academy Trust with Cherry Orchard First School, Inkberrow First School and Norton Juxta Kempsey First School. There are currently 1075 students on roll in the school There are 75 members of teaching staff. They are supported by 77 other staff. Admission Arrangements Admission into years 8 to 11 is administered on our behalf by Pupil Admissions & Transfers Section, Children s Services Directorate, County Hall, P.O. Box 73, Worcester, WR5 2YA (Tel: 01905 763763). We follow the LA admissions policy as explained in their booklet which is available at: www.worcestershire.gov.uk/schooladmissions Our planned Admission Limit is currently 252 for September 2018. Applications must be made by 31st October 2017. An Open Evening is arranged for 28th September 2017. It is normal for Year 7 students at our three contributory Middle Schools at Drakes Broughton, Pinvin and Abbey Park to transfer to the High School. However, every year we also admit students from other schools into all years, whether in or outside of catchment. Parents, especially those moving into the area, are encouraged and welcomed to visit the school and discuss what we can offer with the Headteacher. Please call to make an appointment at a mutually convenient time. Special Educational Needs and Disabilities There is a Mainstream Autism Base and the Hampton Centre provides for the special needs and disabilities of other students. The aim of the school s Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Policy is to enable all students to achieve their full potential, academically and socially and to have access to the National Curriculum. The objectives of the Special Educational Needs Disabilities Policy are: To ensure early identification of special educational needs; To increase differentiation within each department; To provide equality of opportunities to all students; To give specialised provision and/or specialist teaching where necessary; To communicate with parents, valuing their contribution; To establish links with external agencies. 2 3 WWW.PERSHORE.WORCS.SCH.UK
Pershore High School is a welcoming, aspirational and purposeful community where young people develop character, courage, confidence and the ambition to succeed. Our Values: Highest levels of achievement; Highest levels of well-being and involvement; Highly effective preparations for the future; Highly effective family and community engagement. There is a positive climate for learning in all classrooms... Students make good progress during Keys Stages 3 and 4 and achievement in the Sixth Form is outstanding Ofsted July 2013 Vision and Values Our Principles: Take pride in always doing your best; celebrate effort and success; Be a positive role model; Always be kind; never ignore unkindness; Communicate positively with everybody; Make the safety and well-being of everyone your priority; Use every opportunity to discuss learning with others; Contribute to, and participate in, the wider life of the school. Students are kind, helpful and respectful towards one another Ofsted July 2013 We are committed to: Offering the highest standards of teaching, guidance and support, thus enabling each student to achieve the highest possible academic standards; Equipping students with basic key skills which will stand them in good stead throughout their working lives; Encouraging students to participate in the wide range of activities on offer. Fostering personal as well as academic development; Giving students a sense of belonging to a community; Encouraging students to take increasing responsibility for their own learning. Students have good attitudes to learning and behave exceptionally well around school There is an excellent variety of extra curricular and enrichment activities Ofsted July 2013 Safeguarding We believe that it is always unacceptable for a child to experience abuse of any kind. We recognise our responsibility to safeguard the welfare of all children. We will provide staff and volunteers with guidance to follow when they suspect a child may be experiencing abuse or at risk of harm. We will work co-operatively with other agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with parents/carers first - unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child s welfare. Pastoral Care and Academic Support At Pershore High School our concern for the welfare and social and academic success of our students is paramount. To achieve this we run a vertical tutoring system in which every student belongs to one of three Houses, overseen by a Head of House and House team. Each tutor group within the House is made up of a few students from every year group. This mix of age groups allows our young people to learn from older role models, look out for each other and develop leadership skills. Tutors will know their tutees extremely well and are able to carry out targeted academic mentoring at key points in the academic year, encouraging students to reach their full potential at critical times. Siblings are in the same House and as far as possible students stay with the same tutor and House team for the whole of their time in the school, building solid, consistent relationships between school and home. Religious Education Policy The curriculum of the school makes provision for all students to attend both acts of worship and lessons in Religious Education. It is open for parents to request that their child be excused from these activities. Any such request should be in writing to the Headteacher. Policy Documents All policy documents are available from our school website or on request. They are reviewed systematically by a Governors Policy Review Group. 4 5 WWW.PERSHORE.WORCS.SCH.UK
Examination Results 2017 Please note that these statistics are calculated on 221 Year 11 students on roll in January 2017, of these: The Attainment 8 score was 49.84 72% achieved 4+ or more GCSE English & Maths 51% achieved grade 5+ in GCSE English & Maths 71.49% achieved 5 A*-C (including English & Maths grade 4+ or higher) 26.7% achieved a strong pass in the English Baccalaureate 27.15% achieved a standard pass in the English Baccalaureate The GCSE results demonstrate excellent progress with students on average achieving one fifth of a grade above expectation in every subject (Progress 8 Score +0.21). Table 1: GCSE Results (Year 11) - Analysis 2017 Students Age 15 Entered 5+ GCSEs 5+ A*-C 5+ A*-G Entered 1+ GCSEs 1+ A*-C 1+ A*-G No passes A*-G Boys (PHS) 114 113 85 110 114 103 221 0 Girls (PHS) 107 106 83 106 107 105 221 0 Total (PHS) 221 219 168 216 221 208 221 0 Table 2: GCSE Subject Analysis 2017 Subject 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 U % 9-4 % 9-1 English Language 7 12 22 40 47 37 33 14 7 2 75 99 English Literature 6 9 12 37 46 35 36 28 9 3 66 99 Mathematics 10 18 18 32 55 41 18 15 10 4 79 98 Totals 23 39 52 109 149 113 87 57 26 9 73 99 Subject A* A B C D E F G U % A*-C % A*-G Additional Science (Route 1) 2 22 50 43 22 8 9 1 1 74 99 Art 6 7 20 14 3 2 0 0 0 90 100 Biology 12 27 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 Business Studies 3 8 12 2 0 1 0 0 0 96 100 Catering Studies 0 2 5 3 6 2 1 0 0 53 100 Chemistry 13 18 20 9 0 1 0 0 0 98 100 Child Development 1 2 6 4 6 4 1 0 0 54 100 CiDA 0 6 9 20 0 0 0 0 5 88 88 Drama 0 8 2 3 4 6 0 0 0 57 100 Electronic Products 1 6 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 88 100 Food Technology 1 6 5 10 5 2 0 0 0 76 100 French 6 4 4 10 9 6 7 0 0 52 100 Geography 9 13 27 29 19 16 6 6 0 62 100 German 2 7 9 32 30 5 4 0 0 56 100 D&T Graphic Products 0 1 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 67 100 Subject A* A B C D E F G U % A*-C % A*-G History 5 6 17 21 13 7 3 1 0 67 100 Music 2 1 4 3 4 3 1 0 0 56 100 Physical Education 5 4 6 20 9 2 1 0 0 74 100 Physics 19 19 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 Religious Studies 6 6 9 17 10 6 5 5 2 58 97 D&T Resistant Materials 0 0 9 13 10 2 1 0 0 63 100 Science A (General/Combined) 0 4 39 33 43 20 16 3 1 48 99 D&T Textiles 1 3 6 7 3 0 0 0 0 85 100 Totals 94 180 301 312 202 94 55 16 9 70.2 99.3 % of Totals 7.4 14.2 23.8 24.7 15.9 7.4 4.3 1.2 0.7 Subject D*2 D2 M2 P2 P1 U % A*-C % A*-G Performing Arts (BTEC) 2 0 6 16 2 0 92 100 Subject D* D M C P F U % A*-C % A*-G Business Studies (VCERT) 0 5 24 12 0 0 0 100 100 Business Studies (VCERT1) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 100 ECDL 71 42 39 0 3 0 0 100 100 6 7 WWW.PERSHORE.WORCS.SCH.UK
Table 3: A Level results (A2) 2017 YEAR 13 Entries A* A B C D E U A*-C A*-G Average Points Score 2017 % 5 14 26 26 20 7 2 71 98 32.12 Table 4: A Level results (by subject) (A2 Year 13) 2017 Subject A* A B C D E F G U Abs A*-C A*-G Applied Business 0 3 2 4 2 0 0 11 11 9 100 45 Applied ICT 0 1 3 3 2 2 2 13 11 7 85 31 A&D Fine Art 1 1 8 4 3 0 0 17 17 14 100 59 A&D Photography 0 1 4 2 2 1 2 12 10 7 83 42 Biology 0 7 4 4 5 2 0 22 22 15 100 50 Chemistry 0 4 3 2 2 1 0 12 12 9 100 58 Computer Science 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 8 8 4 100 13 Design & Technology 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 5 3 100 40 Drama & Theatre Studies 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 6 6 3 100 17 Economics 0 4 3 3 1 0 0 11 11 10 100 64 English Lang & Lit 0 0 1 6 7 1 1 16 15 7 94 6 English Literature 2 3 5 5 3 1 0 19 19 15 100 53 French 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 100 50 Food Technology 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 5 5 1 100 20 Geography 0 6 2 6 2 0 0 16 16 14 100 50 German 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 4 3 100 25 History 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 8 8 8 100 63 Mathematics 5 1 13 5 4 0 0 28 28 24 100 68 Further Mathematics 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 100 100 Music 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 5 1 100 0 Physics 2 3 5 2 6 1 0 19 19 12 100 53 Psychology 3 2 8 9 4 6 1 33 32 22 97 39 Religious Studies 0 1 3 6 4 0 0 14 14 10 100 29 Physical Education 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 4 4 100 50 Textiles 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 4 3 100 25 Table 5: GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level Results (Year 12) 2017 Subject A* A B C D E U Total Entry Total A*-E Total A*-C % A*-E % A*-B Chemistry 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 67 0 Design & Technology 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 6 6 2 100 17 English Literature 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 100 100 Further Maths 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 5 2 2 40 40 German 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 100 100 Government & Politics 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 8 8 5 100 63 Mathematics 0 10 6 1 3 4 0 24 24 17 100 67 Philosophy 0 2 5 2 2 0 1 12 11 9 92 58 Science in Society 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 5 5 100 60 Textiles 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 2 2 67 0 Extended Project 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 100 100 Total 1 19 19 8 11 7 7 71 65 47 91.5 55 % 1.4 26.7 26.7 11.2 15.4 9.8 9.8 Table 6: Student Attendance Figures Student Attendance Figures 2016/17 Students (aged 12 to 16) 881 Student Sessions (Autumn & Spring Term 2016-2017) 231868 Attendance Authorised Absences 4.95% Unauthorised Absences 0.48% Table 7: Post 16 Destinations 2017 The following information is provisional as of 1st September 2017. Destinations Percentage (%) PHS 6th Form 28 Worcester 6th Form 18 Other 6th Form 4 College 42 Apprenticeship 8 Undecided 0 Table 8: 6th Formers Destinations 2017 The following information is provisional as of 1st September 2017. Destinations Percentage (%) University (including Deferred places) Further Education (excluding University) Employment 14 Apprenticeship/Sponsored Degree/Training Year 14 0 Gap Year 9 64 5 8 8 9 WWW.PERSHORE.WORCS.SCH.UK
The School Day (2018/2019) Morning Travelling To and From School Approximately 60% of our students travel to and from school on transport provided by the LA. There is secure storage for students who wish to ride a bicycle to school. Afternoon 8.50 Registration 2.05 Warning Bell 9.00 Period 1 2.10 Registration 10.00 Period 2 2.15 Tutor/Assembly 11.00 Morning Break 2.30 Period 5 11.20 Period 3 3.30 End of school day sports fixtures& clubs 12.20 Period 4 5.00 Late bus (Wednesday/Thursday) 1.20 Lunch: sports practices and other extra-curricular activities Charging The Governors have agreed that school visits for curricular purposes should be funded in accordance with LA guidelines, and that voluntary contributions may be requested from parents to cover the cost of such visits, provided that no child is prevented from taking part through inability to pay. The Pershore High Trust offer student support bursaries to assist students to attend visits if the need requires. Lockers Lockers are available for all students. Medical Arrangements Lessons amount to 25 hours per week, operating on a two-week timetable. There is a medical room at the school and most of our administrative staff hold appropriate First Aid qualifications. School Term Dates 2018 2019 The Friends of Pershore High School Autumn Term 2018 Monday 3rd September Friday 21st December (75 days) Half Term Monday 18th February Friday 22nd February All parents are automatically members of The Friends of Pershore High School, as are staff, Sixth Form students and Governors. The Committee is elected annually. It plans social events, educational briefings and fundraising activities. Half Term Monday 29th October Friday 2nd November Summer Term 2019 Monday 29th April Tuesday 22nd July (55 days) Health and Safety Spring Term 2019 Monday 7th January Friday 12th April (65 days) Half Term Monday 27th May Friday 31st May The Governors Finance, Policy and Operations Committee monitors health and safety in the school and there are clear procedures for dealing with accidents and other eventualities. Equal Opportunities In addition there will be 5 staff training days 10 Design & Print : blueappleeducation.com 10189/09/2017 Pershore High School is committed to equality of opportunity.
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