SIR WILLIAM PERKINS's SCHOOL SENIOR SCHOOL PROSPECTUS Welcome from the Head
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Cultivating Potential BUILDING CONFIDENCE, INTEGRITY & EXCELLENCE SIR WILLIAM PERKINS'S SCHOOL SENIOR SCHOOL PROSPECTUS Welcome from the Head Welcome to Sir William Perkins’s School. This book contains a great deal of information, which we hope you will find helpful, but it is only by coming to see us that you will find out what makes us such a special place. We hope that this proves to be helpful to prospective and existing parents. Naturally, the school is developing on a continuous basis and the school website will contain current information which may supersede the information printed here. The School’s Aims are to: • Inspire excellence in academic standards • Give the student the confidence to enjoy learning, the resilience to learn from mistakes and to cultivate good habits of work • Help each student: - develop fully as an individual with integrity - refine creative and practical skills - gain the qualifications they need to embark on, and succeed in, in their chosen career - think independently - be a confident, responsible, and unselfish member of the community. Academic success is our priority but education The School has a Christian foundation and should be about far more than just top grades. our ethos of integrity underpins the way it We believe in educating the whole person and operates. However, we value the fact that equipping our students to have the confidence the Sir William Perkins community is diverse to make their mark on the world. We encourage and students of all faiths, or none, and their them to get involved in the many co-curricular families are warmly welcomed. activities on offer, to take every opportunity to develop their interests and creativity, their The School is continually developing, with interpersonal, teamwork and leadership skills, buildings and equipment updated and extended to be forward-thinking and to reach into the to meet the current needs. wider community. We would be delighted to welcome you if you Our latest inspection report said of our students: would like to come and visit us. Do get in touch! “Pupils demonstrate excellent social awareness and they grow up to be poised, confident and articulate young women.” www.swps.org.uk CONTENTS SCHOOL HISTORY About Our School 02 Sir William Perkins founded the school in 1725; a Uniform, School Day & Inspection Report 05 wealthy local Chertsey merchant, he founded the Joining 06 school to educate the town’s children. Finances, Fees, Scholarships & Bursaries 08 The School moved to its present site in 1819 and The Entrance Examination 10 later became one of the first grammar schools Visiting Us 12 in the country to educate girls, becoming a The Curriculum 13 voluntary controlled Grammar School in 1944. Wellbeing 32 In 1978, it became fully independent as an Careers Advice 33 educational foundation administered by trustees, SWPS Student Houses 34 who also form the Board of Governors. This history underpins the ethos of the School. Travelling to School 35 School Coach Services 36 Today it has approximately 600 students aged Coach Code of Conduct 39 11 to 18, joining us from many different schools, Co-Curricular Activities 40 both independent and maintained; in fact, the proportion from these is typically equal, which helps to make us the comfortable and happy place that so many people remark upon when they arrive. Sir William Perkins’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We are a Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered in England and Wales at the School address. GOOD SCHOOLS GUIDE “Excellent results achieved with a big dollop of humour, humanity and freedom of thought.” BUILDING CONFIDENCE, INTEGRITY & EXCELLENCE 01 About Our School “Aim high and get involved”, which perfectly sums up our attitude and lies at the heart of the school ethos. We are situated in 12 acres of green belt in Surrey, closes at 5.30pm. They can arrive at school any in attractive grounds, with our sports fields on site, time after 7.30am. and we are easily reached by road or public transport; indeed, we are less than a two-minute walk from One of our students coined the phrase “Aim high the station. We offer several school coach services and get involved”, which perfectly sums up our attitude and lies at the heart of the school ethos. for those not on a convenient public transport route. Independence is a characteristic we work hard to Whether students love sport, the performing nurture, and whilst using public transport can appear arts, or academic challenge, there is always a daunting at first, it quickly becomes part of the daily host of opportunities to enjoy. We are constantly routine of senior school life. maintaining and improving our facilities, with the most recent additions being our boathouse Whilst we are academically selective, we place on Laleham Reach for our rowers and our great emphasis on our co-curricular opportunities, contemporary drama space, Careers Centre offering numerous lunchtime and after-school and Sixth Form Centre, equipped to the highest clubs and societies, which we hope will afford standard, offering spaces in which to study our students the chance to get involved in new or relax. experiences and find an activity they enjoy. Our coaches depart when these after-school clubs You will find that there are many opportunities have finished, such is our commitment to enabling to visit us during the year on a normal working the students to participate. Alternatively, we offer day, to see first-hand the experience your child supervised prep sessions so that homework can be will have whilst studying at the school. Please see done whilst awaiting the coach departure. Students our website for those dates, and reserve yourself a are welcome to stay after school and our Library place. We look forward to meeting you. 02 www.swps.org.uk We are constantly maintaining and improving our facilities which are equipped to the highest standard, offering spaces in which to study or relax. BUILDING CONFIDENCE, INTEGRITY & EXCELLENCE 03 This booklet describes the broad • first aid policy principles on which Sir William Perkins’s • education and welfare provision for pupils School is presently organised. with statements and for whom English is an additional language Whilst every effort has been made to ensure • curriculum their accuracy, the Prospectus and associated • anti-bullying documents do not form part of any contract • educational visits or agreement between parents and the school. • rewards and sanctions Changes of specifications and fees may occur • safeguarding policy during any given year and the school reserves • academic performance in the previous year the right to implement the changes. • complaints procedure/number of Our website has regularly updated information complaints in the previous year and about the school, including the latest news and staff (including temporary staff) and school policies, including: their qualifications. • policy and arrangements for admissions Hard copies of all policies are available on • discipline and exclusions request and are listed in the Parent Handbook • health and safety provision when students join the school. 04 www.swps.org.uk UNIFORM INSPECTION REPORT • All pupils in Year 7-11 are required to wear The Independent Schools Inspectorate last school uniform carried out a full inspection in 2010 and a regulatory inspection in 2016. For a copy of the • Sports kit is also required to be worn by report summaries, please refer to the school Years 7 to 11 website at www.swps.org.uk and hard copies • All uniform and sports kit is supplied by are available on request from the school. AlleyCatz who are based in Hersham. Items can be purchased from their shop directly The Department of Education is our regulator, which is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to (contact details to be found on Saturday, or alternatively from their website www.education.gov.uk) and our school is www.alleycatz.co.uk noted on the Edubase register available at www.edubase.gov.uk Full details of the Uniform Code and Sports Kit can be found on the school’s website www.swps.org.uk/Uniform SCHOOL DAY 8.20 am Registration 3.30 pm End of lessons Monday - Thursday 2.55 pm End of lessons on Friday Co-curricular activities take place after school and at lunchtime. After School Prep is available every day until 5.30 pm. BUILDING CONFIDENCE, INTEGRITY & EXCELLENCE 05 Joining BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND STAFF We welcome new entrants to Year 7 every year. There are 4 tutor groups An up to date list of our Governors and Staff can be found on our website at www.swps.org.uk with approximately 24 students in each. This is also available in hard copy, on request. The deadline for application for Please phone the School on 01932 574900. the entrance exam is the end of October of your daughter’s Year 6 (i.e. 31 October 2019 for 2020 entry.) The Head, Mr Muller, and the Chair of Governors, Mr Want, can be contacted: Overseas Applicants c/o Sir William Perkins’s School, We are happy to accept applications from overseas students prior to their arrival in the Guildford Road, Chertsey, UK and to arrange assessment at their current Surrey, KT16 9BN school. However, we are not accredited to T: 01932 574900 sponsor overseas students under the UKBA’s Tier 4 programme. The Admissions Process There are a few simple steps along the route to joining SWPS. Please see the helpful list below for each stage of the journey. 1. Visit Us Come and see the school at any of our numerous events, whether it be an Open Evening, Information Morning, School Production, Year 4 Workshop or Year 5 Taster Day, to name just a few! (More details on page 12).