The Charter School

Subject Overview

Please note that all exam information relates to exam results in 2014

19.9.2014

TRUE • Promote the creative and visual arts across Art & Design the whole school, and champion the importance of creative thinking skills by working alongside other subjects and GCSE Results ensuring our curriculum is truly cross- curricular • 100% of our E Art & Design students achieved A*/C grades • 100% of our Art & Design Applied pupils Offer: achieved A*/B grades • We follow an extensive curriculum during the school day, with many pupils opting to A Level Results take GCSE Art & Design or GCSE Applied Art and Design and then on to A Level • 100% of our Fine Art students achieved study A*/C grades • We teach all Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils one • 100% of our Photography students achieved lesson each week; Year 10 and 11 lessons A*/C grades are three times a week and at Sixth Form students attend five hourly lessons every week

Our Staff: • We specialise in Photography and Lens- based media, Design, Fashion and Textiles, mixed media, and Fine Art. • We have an established partnership with Goldsmiths College and welcome trainee teachers, creative practitioners, graduates and arts educators to our department

Facilities: Aims: • Four large dedicated classrooms We aim to ensure all pupils: • Kiln • Explore visual, tactile and other sensory • Photography darkroom experiences to communicate ideas and • Mac laptops and a fully equipped suite of meanings Mac computers • Work with traditional and new media • Printing press, with screen printing, lino, • Learn to appreciate and value images and woodcut and dry-point printing equipment artefacts across times and cultures, and to • A technician offering technical, practical understand the context in which they were and creative advice and expertise made • Are able to reflect critically on their own work and the work of others Community Links: • Learn to think creatively and act like We have made close links with the following artists, craftspeople and designers, to work organisations: independently and as a part of a team • Picture Gallery • Develop an appreciation of art, craft and • design and its vital role in creative and • South Gallery other industries • IPC Media (In School Design Programme & • Engage with community and national arts Internships) based organisations and professionals • Art College

TRUE • Saatchi Gallery • Woodmill project

Clubs There is a range of clubs for Years 7, 8 and 9 that run on rotation throughout the year. Clubs have included film, ceramics and drawing.

TRUE • Develop an understanding of current Business Studies and economic issues, problems and institutions • Apply economic concepts and theories in a Economics range of contexts and appreciate their value and limitations GCSE Results • Analyse, explain and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the market • 100% A*/C grade at economics GCSE economy and the government role within it

BTEC (Level 2) Offer: • 100% Distinction*/Merit Business BTEC At Key Stage 4 we offer two courses. They vary (level 2) in terms of assessment and content: • BTEC First Certificate in Business Studies A Level – this is 75% coursework and results in • 52% A*/B grade at Economics 2 GCSEs A*–C (this can be increased to a Diploma which is the equivalent of 4 GCSEs; only suitable for students who BTEC (Level 3) are able). • 100% Distinction*/Distinction in BTEC • GCSE Economics – this is 100% exam and Business is equivalent to 1 GCSE .

We have over 200 students in Key Stage 4 and At Key Stage 5 (Sixth Form) there are three 5 choosing one of our range of Business Studies courses to choose from: or Economics courses. • BTEC BTEC Business Studies – 100% coursework. • A Level Economics – 100% exam. Aims: • Young Enterprise, share trading club and Business Studies aims to: the Target 2.0 competition. • Develop students’ critical understanding of organisations, markets and ‘added value’. Our facilities: • Create students’ awareness that business • We have two dedicated business rooms with behaviour can be studied from the interactive whiteboards, audio-visual perspectives of a range of stakeholders equipment and computers • Make students aware of the economic, environmental, ethical, governmental, legal, social and technological issues Our staff: • • Acquire a range of skills including decision- Our Business Studies teachers have a making and problem-solving wealth of teaching experience, which is supported by impressive industry Economics Studies aims to: experience.

Enrichment: We have established a wide range of contacts in both local and national organisations. We have also established links with prestigious City firms, such as PwC, King & Wood Mallesons and The Worshipful Company of International Bankers. We take part in many activities designed for the extension and enrichment of Business studies. Competitions (regional and national) have included:

TRUE • Young Enterprise/Achievers International • Share trading company • Bank of England Target 2.0 • Selling for success • Mentors from industry • Revision conferences • Working in the City tours • WCIB and RES essay competition • Links to PwC, King & Wood Mallesons • Visits to Sainsbury’s, Nandos, Thorpe Park, Clifford Chance, Allen and Ovary, HSBC, marketing consultancies

TRUE • In Year 9 pupils develop their critical Citizenship Studies thinking and enquiry skills. They investigate the role of the Media in modern • 85% of our GCSE pupils got an A*/C grade society, Children’s Rights in a globalised (26% above the national average) world, the UK national budget, the • 33% of our A Level Government and European Union, a topical project. Politics students achieved a grade A*/B At KS4 we offer a GCSE in Citizenship Studies, which builds successfully on the provision at The Importance of Citizenship Studies KS3. • It It challenges pupils to broaden their Citizenship Studies equips young people with knowledge and understanding and provides the knowledge, Citizenship Studies equips an opportunity for the active participation young people with the knowledge, skills and in a community. understanding to play an effective role in public · In Unit 2, students participate in a London- life. It encourages them to take an interest in wide competition run by First Give. They topical and controversial issues and to engage research, visit, represent and advocate for local charities working on social issues. The in discussion and debate. most successful group, as judged by an expert panel, wins a £1,500 donation to Pupils learn about their rights, responsibilities, give to their chosen local charity (plus two duties and freedoms, about laws, justice, runner-up prizes of £250 each). democracy and the changing identity of the UK. · In Unit 4, students follow a programme They learn to take part in decision-making and designed by the British Library called Campaign: Make an Impact. They learn different forms of informed and responsible about historical campaigns, develop their civic action. They play an active role in the life own campaigning skills in order to create of their schools, neighbourhoods, communities and deliver their own in-school education and wider society as active and global citizens. campaign on a PSHE or Citizenship issue of their choice.

At KS5 students can study for an A Level in Aims: Government and Politics. • To work within the National Curriculum to • The AS Level course focuses on the people, provide a broad and varied introduction to structures and processes that facilitate UK the study of Citizenship politics: Democracy and Political • To develop successful learners who are Participation, Electoral Systems, Political equipped to play a full part in public life Ideas and Parties, Pressure Groups, UK and in the democratic process Constitution, Parliament, the Executive, Civil Liberties and the Judiciary. Our Offer: • Whilst at A2, students explore political ideologies in depth. The KS3 offer works in line with The Charter School’s modular curriculum. • In Year 7 pupils develop their active Our Facilities: citizenship skills, focusing on taking • State-of-the-art classrooms, many with informed and responsible action. Pupils interactive whiteboards. explore the topics of multiculturalism, local • A computer suite allows ICT to be delivered government, the role of charity in modern through the curriculum. society, the school community. • In Year 8 pupils develop their representation and advocacy skills through Our Staff: modules covering Human and Legal Rights, • The Citizenship Studies department Democracy and national government, crime consists of three subject specialists with a and punishment, the local community. wealth of experience in the classroom.

TRUE Other: • Active Active Debating Clubs and Competitions for KS3 and KS5 • Joint trip with MFL Department to Brussels in Year 9, including visits to the European Parliament. • British Library’s Campaign Make an Impact programme • Annual Trips to UK Parliament at all Key Stages • Meetings with local, national and European politicians for KS4 and KS5

TRUE • To understand how computers store and Computer Science and IT represent data through understanding and manipulating binary and hexadecimal numbers GCSE Results • To be able to identify and describe • 92% gained A*/C grades. This was our first computer hardware and recognise how set of GCSE computing results so we are computer networks function. delighted with their successes. • To be able to create effective navigation systems for websites and web apps. Sixth Form Results • To be able to search for and identify usable • 85% of what is our first BTEC in IT cohort information achieved Distinction*/ Distinction. • To be able to use digital technologies to • We have recently launched computing as work collaboratively an A Level (to compliment the GCSE); and • To be able to describe and evaluate IT use all students in Key Stage 3 also study key computing concepts (with a heavy focus on programming) through our new Computer Science and IT curriculum.

Aims: • To develop a strong working knowledge of computer programming including creating and using algorithms, developing and creating accurate text-based code and manipulating and using variables and arrays.

in social contexts • To understand and explain how to stay safe when using digital technologies including gaining a strong awareness of e-safety issues. • To develop an understanding of important events, people and issues in the history of computing.

Offer: • To be able to further • All students in KS3 have two lessons of explore Computer Science/IT per week programming using • We run an App competition in Year 7 a variety of interfaces, languages and tools. supported by business • To be able to present and organise data • At KS4, students will be able to choose effectively from a range of computing and IT • To be able to use database queries to qualifications, including GCSE computing. analyse and process data • At KS5, students can take the BTEC in IT or the A Level in computing

TRUE Our Facilities: • We have five dedicated ICT classrooms fully fitted with interactive whiteboards and audio/visual equipment as well as 30 pupil workstations • One smaller dedicated ICT classroom for A Level and GCSE groups • Industry-standard software titles including: Adobe Premiere Pro, Microsoft Office 2010 and Adobe Photoshop • 10 Raspberry Pi computers (9 used for after school clubs) • Various programming titles, including Scratch, Alice, Gamemaker, Visual Studio Express, BBC Basic and Python and AppShed

Our Staff: • We have an experienced and talented team of staff within the Computing and ICT department; and we also work closely with the Maths, Design Technology and Business Studies departments due to the extensive links between the subjects • Staff also have a range of skills in programming including Java, HTML and CSS, Python and Visual Basic, and are constantly updating their knowledge and skills

Other Links: • Regular afterschool afterschool clubs include opportunities to develop skills in, Computer Game design and building and programming Raspberry Pi devices, as well as other opportunities to complete work in open access clubs. • We have recently signed up to the app building software AppShed and will be using that in lessons and after school clubs to promote computing

TRUE • Reinterpreting and applying learning in Design Technology new design contexts and communicating ideas in new or unexpected ways • Exploring and experimenting with ideas, GCSE Results materials, technologies and techniques • 86% gained A*/C grade in Product Design • 100% A*/C grade in catering, textiles and Critical evaluation engineering • Analysing existing products and solutions to inform designing and making A Level Results • Evaluating the needs of users and the • 100% pass rate at A Level context in which products are used to inform designing and making • Successful at Arkwright scholarship • Exploring the impact of ideas, design decisions and technological advances and Aims: how these provide opportunities for new design solutions Students will be involved in the following activities: Offer: • All students Designing and making follow the • Understanding that designing and making National impacts on the world Curriculum in Design • Applying knowledge of materials and Technology production processes to design products and do two, • Understanding that products and systems one-hour have an impact on quality of life lessons every • Exploring how other products have been week designed and made • Students follow a carousel Cultural understanding system in • Understanding how products evolve order to according to users’ and designers’ needs, experience the beliefs, ethics and values and how they are different areas influenced by local traditions and available of Design materials. Technology Exploring how from specialist staff in specially equipped products rooms contribute to lifestyle and consumer choices.

Creativity • Making links between principles of good design, existing solutions and technological knowledge to develop innovative products and processes

TRUE • The areas we currently offer in KS3 are food, textiles, resistant materials and electronics • At KS4 we offer GCSEs in Product Design and textiles/fashion, both from the AQA exam board. We also offer BTEC engineering. • At KS5 we have a Product Design A Level course

Facilities • We have specialist rooms for Food, Textiles and Electronics, as well as two workshops and an ICT suite • We have recently received State-of-the-art CADCAM facilities including a 3D printer, laser cutter and milling machine, through • We have extra curricular clubs in our involvement with the Lambeth/ Engineering, CAD, Textiles and Catering engineering Diploma Consortium

Work from all our students can be seen on our Staffing YouTube channel which is called charterdesign • We have a very experienced team of veterans who all offer specialist areas of expertise including electronics, food, textiles and fashion, metal work, woodwork, plastics, Computer aided design, jewellery and all aspects of product design.

Other Links • We run a variety of after school activities, most importantly support for exam courses and coursework

TRUE productions have included Romeo and Drama Juliet, Bugsy Malone, West Side Story and Little Shop of Horrors. This year’s production will be Guys and Dolls. GCSE Results • We offer an extra-curricular Drama Club • 92% achieved A*/C grades for Years 7 and 8 which enables students to refine key drama skills and work towards • 45% of our pupils achieving A*/A performing to an audience

A Level Our Facilities: • 38% of students achieved A*/B grades • Purpose-built drama studios and theatre • Flexible performance space – from a 300- BTEC seat theatre to an intimate raked studio • 100% achieved a Distinction*/Distinction • All spaces have sound and lighting equipment Aims: • To provide a broad and exciting experience Our Staff: for students • Our drama department is made up of four • To engender a passion for the subject and exceptional teachers. The experience, to encourage a life-long love of this art form enthusiasm and energy displayed by our staff is second to none. • To learn subject specific skills such as performance and directing • To understand the development of the art Other Links: form through history – from the Greek • We also have strong links with a number of Theatre to Harold Pinter, from outside theatres and organisations: Shakespeare to Arthur Miller - The • To teach drama is as a subject that - The develops essential life and confidence- building skills - The Globe Theatre • To promote respect and appreciation of all - The cultures – particularly relevant in our - Theatre culturally rich world - The Blue Elephant Theatre Company • Using these links, we offer a huge number Offer: of varied trips over the year ensuring that • All pupils study drama every week in our pupils have access to the extraordinary Years 7, 8 and 9. wealth of cultural activities on offer on our doorstep. • We follow an extensive drama curriculum during school, with many pupils moving to • Additionally, we invite both theatres and take GCSE drama and then on to A Level individual professionals to run workshops Drama and Theatre Studies in school, last or BTEC Performing Arts. year that included some • Many performances are held Hollywood during the year, including magic when short sets and longer Joseph Fiennes performances. Additionally, came to work all GCSE, BTEC and A Level with the cast of performances are advertised Romeo and and available to watch Juliet. • There is a school production every year—recent

TRUE the chance to learn about the world of English television and radio journalism • We regularly welcome internationally renowned authors. These have included GCSE Results Lionel Shriver, Sebastian Faulks CBE and • 92% achieved A*/C grade in English Chris Ryan Literature • 36% at A or A* grade in English Literature Our Facilities: • 86% achieved A*/C grade in English • All our teaching rooms have interactive Language whiteboards • 33% at A*/A grade in English Language • Pupils have access to a dedicated ICT area for drafting and redrafting their work A Level Results • 92% A*/C grades and Our Staff: our results for AS and A The English Department is a very experienced Level are in the top 10% in the country. and well qualified team of ten subject specialists, who have taught in a range of • Last year, 86% of pupils made 3+ levels of London schools. progress by the end of KS4 and 49% made 4+ We all love our subject and take great pride in levels of progress. our work with pupils.

Aims: • To introduce pupils to a very interesting range of fiction, poetry, film, drama, non- fiction and discussion topics • To encourage pupils to enjoy reading, writing and discussion • To teach pupils to communicate well in all contexts

Offer: • All our pupils study English and most study English Literature to GCSE • We currently teach A Level English Literature to three groups in the Sixth Form • Extra-curricular offer has included: theatre trips, debating, reading, creative writing and film appreciation groups • BBC School Report — our Gifted & Talented students in Year 7 take part in this initiative which offers them

TRUE Geography Offer: KS3 which works in line with The Charter School’s modular curriculum. Each module GCSE Results focuses on one of the 5 key concepts of the • 98% of our students gained A*/C grade National Curriculum and develops one of the • 65% achieved A*/A grades 5 key processes or skills — see KS3 diagram below.

A Level Results We are very proud of the high standard of • 78% achieved A*/C grades achievement in KS3 Geography. • Students have gone onto study Geography/ • A new, modern GCSE in Geography which Environmental Science and Geology at engages and challenges pupils to develop university their understanding of topical and relevant issues – pupils develop a firm foundation Aims: for A Level and beyond • A broad and balanced A Level offer which • To inspire young people to identify their encourages understanding of global personal geography and engage in current geography through players, actions and affairs futures. A modern approach required by • To develop an enthusiasm for the subject both industry and government and issues studied and a sense of awe about • BTEC (KS5) Travel & Tourism – 100% the world in which we live coursework. Students are taught for five • To work within the National Curriculum to hours a week provide a broad and varied introduction to • We create geographers, many of whom go some of the key issues facing our world today on to study Geography at degree level, including Oxford University. Geography is a popular option choice with good results at GCSE and A Level

TRUE Our Facilities: • Sixth Form international visit to Iceland, to study tectonic processes and the • A wide range of resources including management of natural hazards kinaesthetic games, thinking skills activities, text books, DVDs, weather (Please note the range and destination of trips may recording kit, maps, photographs – and change as the curriculum becomes updated or contact with our link school in Ghana availability changes) • A computer suite allows ICT to be delivered through the geography curriculum

Our Staff: • The geography department consists of four subject specialists with a wealth of experience in the classroom. • Other responsibilities represented in the team include an Edexcel Examiner and Geographical Association members.

Out of classroom learning: We make extensive use of the school grounds and beyond, gathering primary data, orienteering, setting off volcanoes, etc., plus… • Year 7 investigate the local area using map skills and explore the geography of the school grounds • Year 8 visit to Kew gardens to understand ecosystems • Year 9 visit to the Natural History Museum to develop understanding of earth processes • Year 10 GCSE make a Rivers study to Box Hill in Surrey; all to support their GCSE course work. Plus there are smaller, local outings • Year 12 A Level to Dorset and London Docklands to develop geographical investigation and research skills

TRUE • History continues to be the one of the most History popular option choices at GCSE and A Level.

GCSE Results Our Facilities: • 97% of our GCSE pupils gained an A*/C • State-of-the-art classrooms, many with grade interactive whiteboards • 72% of our GCSE pupils gained an A*/A • The computer suites on the humanities grade floor allow ICT to be delivered throughout the history curriculum A Level Results • 81% achieved an A*/B grade Our Staff: • 36% achieved an A*/A grade. • The history department consists of five subject specialists with a wealth of AS Results experience in the classroom • 100% of our AS Level students achieved an A/C grade (no A* grades at AS) Other: Well-established Study Tours: Aims: • Berlin as part of the GCSE course, which supplements students’ studies on Germany • To provide a chronologically balanced and 1918–45 and International Relations 1900– engaging curriculum which enables 1939. students to becoming questioning and critical historians. • Year 9 (World War I) Battlefields Trip to Belgium. • To engender a passion for the subject and to encourage a life-long love of history

Offer: • A thematic KS3 (Years 7, 8 and 9) offer which works in line with The Charter School’s modular curriculum; this allows an innovative approach to some of the big questions in history whilst developing the key skills of knowledge and understanding, enquiry, and analysis. • A GCSE in Modern World History which engages and challenges pupils to develop their understanding of the causes and consequences of the major events of the 20th century. This includes the opportunity to visit Berlin. • A broad and balanced A Level offer which encourages the stepped development of historical skills and introduction to Historiography. • Our A Level History Symposium enables students to take part in weekly seminars on a wide range of historical questions run by teachers, students and visiting academics.

TRUE Maths Our Facilities: • Seven classrooms fully fitted with interactive whiteboards and audio/visual GCSE Results equipment • Smaller classroom for intervention groups • 82% of our GCSE students gained A*/C grade • Fully equipped ICT suite used regularly by all classes across the year groups • 32% of our GCSE pupils gained A*/A grade Our Staff: A Level Results • Our staff in the Mathematics department • 64% of our students achieved an A*/B have a wealth of experience in teaching and grade in Mathematics using mathematics in other fields. • 100% of our students achieved an A*/C grade in Further Mathematics Other Links: • We take part in many activities designed Aims: for the Extension and Enrichment of • To encourage students to think Mathematics: independently and be confident when - The Junior, Intermediate and Senior dealing with numbers and handling data Mathematics Challenge where we are • To learn subject specific skills such as often winners numerical reasoning and calculator skills - Maths Inspiration Lecture Days • To understand the progression from - The King’s Factor educational arithmetic to algebraic manipulation lectures • To enable students to apply their - Various educational trips including a knowledge and skills mathematics to solve Year 10 maths trip to Disneyland and real world problems and in mathematical Year 8 trip to Bletchley Park reasoning and proof • • To promote the use of mathematics in other We subscribe to www.mymaths.co.uk a areas of the curriculum and demonstrate to web-based resource where students can students the career opportunities available complete online homework and access with a mathematics qualification tiered revision materials for external examinations Offer: • All students in KS3 have three hours of mathematics a week. There are four ability sets in all three year groups • At KS4 students have at least 4 hours of mathematics per week and are divided into smaller groups to enable more differentiation. Students are set according to their mathematical ability, regardless of what option block they are in • At KS5 students study for 5 hours per week and are expected to do 5 hours per week independent study • Further mathematics is offered to higher achieving students who are predicted a Grade A at A Level, or who wish to study mathematics at university

TRUE • Consistently good results at both GCSE Media Studies and A Level, regularly exceeding national figures • 100% pass rate at GCSE; AS and A Level Facilities • Aims Interactive whiteboards in all teaching rooms • To offer students an opportunity to study • Access to ICT suites and critically reflect on a range of different media that have an impact on their lives • Access to equipment and expert technical support • To give students an understanding of theoretical frameworks in which to understand the interactive media Staff dominated world they live in • Subject specialist with long experience in • To allow students to investigate areas of the teaching of Media Studies and the media that interest them experience in the media industry • To offer students opportunities to become • AQA A Level examiner with team leading producers of media products through the experience use of ICT and audio/visual skills Other Offer • Student trips to a range of media • A GCSE in Media Studies offers both a institutions e.g. the BBC; the BFI and the theoretical and critical approach and the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) practical production of media artefacts. • Regular involvement in National Schools Students will produce extensive written Film Week pieces and a range of creative assignments • A Level in Media Studies combines a rigorous academic study of the contemporary media world with opportunities to respond creatively to it through film, print and new technologies

TRUE Modern Foreign Languages

GCSE Results • 95% of all our French students achieved A*/C grade • 80% of all our Spanish students achieved A*/C grade • 100% of all our Latin students achieved A*/B grade • 100% of all our Mandarin students achieved 100% A*/C • To develop positive attitudes to foreign language learning A Level Results • To provide a coherent, satisfying and • 77% of our students achieved an A*/ worthwhile course of study for pupils who B grade do not progress to further study in the We are bucking the national trend by focussing subject strongly on Modern Foreign Languages. Many students in Years 10 and 11 will be required to Offer: take either French or Spanish as compulsory. • French, Spanish, Mandarin and Latin • All students in KS3 receive two hours of We also offer Mandarin in Key Stage 3, which language teaching a week. In Year 7 pupils then continues into Year 11 and a GCSE. We are set based on prior language learning at are one of a very limited number of state KS2. Students carry on with language learning until Year 9 schools offering this provision. Latin is also • Pupils can take two languages at GCSE offered from Year 8. • In Year 10 pupils currently have three hours per week in the Yellow pathway and Aims: we encourage blue/green pathway students to take MFL as an option to pass the EBacc • To encourage pupils to develop the skills, at the end of KS4 grammar and knowledge they need to apply them in meaningful exchanges • At KS5 students study for five hours per week and are expected to do five hours per • To develop understanding of the spoken week independent study and written forms of French/Spanish from a variety of registers • To communicate confidently, clearly and Our Facilities: effectively in another language through • Three classrooms fully fitted with both the spoken and written word, using interactive whiteboards and audio/visual increasingly accurate, complex and varied equipment. language • Smaller classroom for intervention groups • To increase their sensitivity to language and A Level. and language learning • To develop critical insights into, and Our Staff: contact with, the contemporary society, • cultural background and heritage of Our languages department staff has a countries or communities where another wealth of experience in teaching and using language is spoken languages in other fields. The Department

TRUE organises many trips abroad and has also been successful in securing projects with schools abroad • We also work with teaching assistants and mentors to assist in building language confidence

Trips We take a number of trips every year across the Year groups. Including Lille (France), Granada (Spain), Beijing (China) and Brussels (Belgium). • We are also very proud of our Language Leaders in Years 7, 8 and 9, who visit our Other Links: local primary schools to teach languages • The school’s VLE offers a wide selection of • British Council – we have close associations additional resources to support language with the British Council to support learning partnership with other European schools • We also offer a number of after school clubs • University of Westminster offers year including GCSE support and conversation round language workshops for GCSE and A clubs for A level students Level students • Our staff regularly work with colleagues in • SOAS university offers University our feeder primary schools to offer support Language Open days for A Level students and guidance in language teaching • Year 10 and Year 11 students are offered • We support students’ acquisition of the pen pals cultural understanding thanks to many • We subscribe to web-based resources where resources and lesson based activities pupils can find revision materials for all year groups

TRUE Music

GCSE Results • 92% of our pupils gained A*/C grade • 88% of our pupils gained A*/B grade

A Level Results • 100% A*/B grades

Beyond exams... as part of their general curriculum Music • Over 200 pupils are taught on more than lessons and to take part in a wide range of 20 different instruments every week. We musical groups and ensembles. have 14 teacher-led ensembles, • To provide our students with a range of independent student bands, 2 choirs and a formal and informal performance school ‘Jazz Band’. opportunities, both in school and the local • Our pupils have gone on to study Music at community. top universities and at the Royal Academy of Music, Leeds Conservatoire and the Welsh College of Music. • Past pupils have secured contracts with leading record labels.

Aims: • To offer a broad, flexible and motivating curriculum that recognises the different talents of all children that is accessible and delivers excellence to all • To encourage students to • To forge links with our local community in develop and use creativity and imagination order to extend the range of music-making as a learning tool opportunities our students can become • To provide opportunities both inside and outside the classroom to extend and challenge our gifted and talented students • To help students understand, appreciate and make sense of the multi- cultural, multi-media world we live in. • To offer all children the opportunity to learn a musical instrument in addition to the music- making they participate in

TRUE involved in, e.g. trips, workshops, • a recording/editing studio collaborations with creative educational • separate classroom and rehearsal spaces organisations. Our Staff: Offer: • We follow an extensive music curriculum Our music staff provide tuition to the highest focusing on performing, composing/ standards. All are highly-trained musicians in Improvising, listening and understanding their own right — many playing professionally. • We study a wide range of music styles during Years 7, 8, 9 such as the musical traditions of India, Africa, Brazil and the Other Links: Caribbean We also have strong links with a number of • We also study Music Technology, Popular, outside agencies and groups where they Blues and Jazz traditions Opera, the regularly perform including: Symphony Orchestra, Musicals, and • Dulwich Festival Reggae. • • We have a team of peripatetic tutors who • offer tuition in: National Youth Jazz Orchestra • - Acoustic Guitar/Classical Guitar/ Royal Academy of Music Ukulele • / English National - Lower Brass (Trombone, Euphonium, Opera Tuba, Tenor/Baritone horn) • Southwark Youth Orchestra - Upper Brass (Trumpet, French Horn) • The Horniman Museum - Drum Kit/Percussion • The City of London Festival - Electric Guitar and Bass Guitar • The Royal Academy of Music - Flute • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Keyboard and Piano • Trinity College of Music - Oboe/Recorder/Bassoon - Saxophones - Steel Pans - Strings - Voice - Woodwind (Clarinets) • We have a pool of musical instruments that we loan to families free of charge on a ‘first- come, first-served’ basis, as well as links with organisations that offer excellent rental schemes.

Facilities: We are an exceptionally well-resourced department providing: • our own World Music instruments: Gamelan, African and Brazilian percussion, Steel pans and Indian instruments • an Apple Mac suite, with computers running software packages such as: Cubase, Logic and Sibelius

TRUE • Superb sports hall offering more than Physical Education 600 square metres of indoor space • Covered flood-lit netball court GCSE Results • Additional ball court • • 26% of students achieved A*/A grades Outdoor Gym • ‑ • 77% of students achieved A*/C grades Playing Fields – a 5 minute walk from the school • Sixth Form Swimming Club uses JAGS pool on Wednesday afternoons • 100% gained Distinction* in Sport • Tennis at North Dulwich Tennis Club Subsidiary Diploma (Year 12) • Cycling uses the Velodrome • 100% Distinction*/Distinction in BTEC Sport Diploma (Year 13) Awards Over 500 pupils and students participate in Junior Sports Leadership Award – Accredited over 20 after-school sports clubs every week. by Sport England. Pupils will have the option of completing the Community Sports Leader Aims: Award in the Sixth Form. • To provide a balanced PE curriculum that caters for all genders, abilities and ages We are offering a number of Year 10 and • To encourage our pupils to continue their Year 12 students the chance to take part in the sport after school Community Sports Leadership Awards. The ‑ • To provide pupils links with local sports 20 week course will then enable them to coach clubs in the area introductory sport to local primary school • To offer inclusive and differentiated children. teaching that caters for all pupil needs Clubs and Teams Offer: We also offer a wide range of clubs and teams • Students currently study full course GCSE across the age groups outside curriculum time PE as an option. We follow the AQA in the following sports: syllabus and the course is made up of 60% • practical (4 sports) and 40% theory (exam) Athletics • • Success in this course can lead to studying Badminton BTEC Level 3 Sport which is equivalent to • Basketball two A Levels (A*/C). • BMX • All individual units are graded as Pass, • Table Tennis Merit or Distinction. Awards and Certificates are graded in the same way. • Cricket Unit 1 – Principles of Anatomy and • Cross Country Physiology for Sport. • Cycling • Aimed at developing knowledge and • understanding of physiology and anatomy Dance by knowing the energy, cardiovascular, • Football respiratory, muscular and skeletal systems. • Handball • Hockey Facilities: • Indoor Rowing • Astroturf – suitable for five-a-side football • Netball • Rounders

TRUE • Rugby • London Lady Taverners Under-13 • Swimming Competition County finals – 3rd place • • Table Tennis Inner London Under-13 Girls Inter Cricket Competition – winners • Tennis • Our Rounders team has played excellently, • Trampoline winning a number of games • The Year 8 girls’ rugby team were placed Other Links sixth in London and impressed the ex- • Community Rugby England women’s rugby captain Catherine Spencer so much that she has promised to • Dulwich Cricket Club visit TCS and take a training session with • Millwall Football Club our girls.

Girls Team Successes include: Boys Team Successes include: • We won the inner London girls cricket • Sixth Form football team runners up in the competition at The Oval South London Cup, played the final at Fulham Football training ground. • Under-13 and Under-14 Girls came second in 5-a-side Southwark Competition held by • Basketball – Year 9’s finished second in the Bacons College Southwark league • Winners of girls Under-14 Southwark • Year 12 pupil plays for Crystal Palace football league development squad. • Under-13 Girls football team reached • Our Under-16 boys have excelled in round 5 in the English Schools Competition learning the game of Handball in GCSE – 3 girls asked to trial for the South of PE. They have been only playing Handball England team since April last year and earned a place to display their talents against the best • Year 11 pupil invited to the Great Britain Handball players in England. Handball training camp • Year 7 Netball team won the Southwark League, 3 girls scouted to attend England Individual Successes include: pathway clubs. • Robert Simpson in Year 11 is an England • SEN Sports competed in the Southwark Water Polo Player with younger brother games and won seated volleyball Henry Simpson has been invited to the England Training camp. • Year 7 Netball team represented • Southwark in the London Youth Games. A Aaron Sinclair in Year 10 was selected for number are now coached by England Surrey Rugby Under-16 team Netball • Year 9 Netball Girls achieved 3rd place; this is due to excellent commitment from all the girls and Ms Hunt.

TRUE • A Year 10 student has represented Great Britain for Tumbling (Gymnastics) • Fred Wright in Year 10 is the British Under-14 Omnium cycling champion and represented Great Britain in the Sainsbury's School Games • Catrin Murphy Year 10 was in the National finals of the Youth Development League in Birmingham for Athletics • Table tennis – Kai Davies Francis in Year 9, third in Europe Year 9 • Sophie Simpson, Year 13 student and swimming club coach, has smashed the coming second in the Southwark Athletics 100m fly Kent Record competition to become Kent Champion and Record Other Successes include: Holder. • Flag bearers at ICC Champions Trophy • Leila Bernstein in Year match – Pakistan vs West Indies 10 won gold medal at • the National Youth Year 8 pupil trials for Surrey Cricket Club Rowing Championships • Year 8 pupils represented Southwark team event as well as Junior London Schools Athletics attending Great Britain Championship training. • The Young Leaders have been involved in a • Charlie Nelson is number of events this year working with national BMX over 700 primary students. Champion. • The SEN sports team have been involved in • Luke Cottrell in Year 8 a number of competitions: London School was selected to compete Sports Partnership Seated Volleyball in the London winners 2014, runners-up in LPESSN Championships after Boccia competition, and an Inclusive Cricket competition at the Oval (and came runners-up and were placed in the finals at Lords).

TRUE Religious Studies and Our Facilities: • State-of-the-art classrooms, many with Philosophy interactive whiteboards • A computer suite allows ICT to be delivered through the religious education curriculum A Level Results • 65% of students achieved A*/B grades Our Staff: • We have also begun to offer a Full Course The Religious Studies and Philosophy department consists of two subject GCSE in Religious Studies at Key Stage 4. specialists with a wealth of experience in the classroom. All of our staff are dedicated and capable professionals who are Aims: committed to making sure that the delivery • To work within the locally agreed syllabus of Religious Studies and Philosophy to provide an interesting and broad remains at and exceeds the high standards introduction to religious belief and practice that our pupils expect and deserve and to inspire reflection on philosophical and ethical issues • To engender a passion for the subject and to encourage the life-long practice of critical thinking • To contribute to the wider ethos of the school by contributing to students’ social, moral, spiritual and cultural education. For example, pupils take part in ‘Thought for the Week’ during tutor time

Offer: • At KS3 (Years 7, 8, 9) we offer learning which works in line with The Charter School’s modular curriculum. There are modules on each of the six major world religions, in addition to topics such as ‘Ultimate Questions’, ‘Religion and Art’ and ‘Science and Religion’ • A full course GCSE is offered to pupils in all pathways, which challenges pupils to grapple with issues such as the existence of God and the morality of abortion, as well as to undertake an in-depth study of Islam • An A Level syllabus consisting of Philosophy of Religion and Ethics which encourages the progressive development of reasoning, critical thinking and essay writing skills and provides an excellent basis for higher education • Philosophy for Children is offered to pupils in Year 7. This is an exciting new opportunity where pupils are able to develop their reasoning, communication and higher order thinking skills through discussion debate

TRUE • The exam board we use is OCR Science • In Year 10, we offer GCSEs in both Additional and Triple Science, which allows science to be studied further in Year 11 GCSE Results • Additional Science allows students to study • 83% of students gained two science at A*/C science further in a more academic way, grades building on previous scientific knowledge in • 88% of students who took Biology, preparation for A Level Science Chemistry and Physics achieved A* or A • We offer A Levels in Physics, Chemistry, grades in all three subjects. Biology and Psychology • 95% of students passed one Applied Science BTEC Our Facilities: • 85% of students who took two • We have10 well-equipped laboratories, Applied Science BTEC courses which all have interactive whiteboards passed • We have an extensive range of new equipment for all Key Stages in Science A Level Results • 47% of students taking biology Our Staff: achieved A*/A grade (74% A* /B grade) • We have ten full-time and two part time Science teachers working in the • 43% of students taking chemistry achieved department. Several of the teachers also A*/A grade (70% A*/B grade) have experience of working within various • 14% of students taking physics (43% A*/B fields of science, including three with grade) doctorates from Oxford, Cambridge, and Imperial universities. Aims • To work within the National Curriculum to Other: provide a broad and varied knowledge and Well-established Study Tours: experience of science by interactive and • Year Trips to Cambridge University engaging lessons department • To allow students to experience first hand • Year 7 Zoo trip to London Zoo how science works through developing experimental skills • Sixth Form biology trip to Dorset • To bring science alive, relevant to their • A wide variety of visiting speakers everyday life and to understand the impact • Strong links with King’s College Hospital it makes on society and King’s College London to support those seeking to making medical school Offer: applications • • A two-year thematic KS3, during Year 7 One of only five schools in the country and Year 8, offers works in line with The linked to PDSA (for those looking to work Charter School’s modular curriculum; and with animals) allows students to build on their knowledge each year. The course is full of exciting and engaging practicals to motivate and inspire our youngest students • In Year 9 all pupils study 21st Century Core Science – which is a GCSE based on the pupils gaining knowledge of the way science works and the role of the scientific community and ethics in the development of new scientific advances

TRUE Our Students’ Exam Year 13 — A Levels/BTECs • 64% of all grades were A*/ B Success 2014 • A third of all students gained at least 3 A Levels with A*/B grades In August 2014 when our students collected • 12% of all grades were A* — as against 8% their results, they were our best ever. nationally • 93% of all BTECs were Distinction*/ Year 11 — GCSEs/BTECs Distinction • 77% gained at least 5 GCSEs including • 32% were A*/ A grades – nationally 26% English and maths • 23 students achieved at least 10A*/A Here are the subject highlights: grades • Biology — 32% A*, 47% A*/A grades and • A third of the entire year group achieved at 73% A*/B grades least 5A*/A grades • Fine Art — 29% A*, 47% A*/A grades and • Three quarters of the entire year group 94% A*-B grades achieved at least 1A*/A grade • Spanish — 83% A*/B grades Key subject headlines — the % of A*/A GCSE • History — 81% A*/B grades grades • Sociology — 72% A*/B grades • 97% — Biology • Extended Project Qualification – 57% A*/A grades • 97% — Chemistry • Chemistry — 43% A*/A grades • 88% — Physics • 73% — Latin Top destinations for our students this year – Oxford, Bristol, Durham, Edinburgh, Warwick • 72% — History as well as leading art and music colleges. Two • 67% — Mandarin students gained places on prestigious City • 63% — Music apprenticeship programmes. • 59% — Geography • 59% — Art & Design

BTECs — % of Distinction*/Distinction • 86% — Health and Social Care • 64% — Business • 56% — Engineering The ‘GCSE Class of 2014’ celebrating their results in August 2014.

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