Reepham High School & College

Additional Information 2020-2021

Admissions Criteria Reepham High School & College has an intake limit for Year 7 in September 2021 of 162. Currently there are a few places in all years.

Area served by the school: , , Bawdeswell, Bintree, Booton, Brandiston, Briston, Cawston, Corpusty, Craymere Beck, Eastgate, Elsing, , Foxley, , , Hackford, (part of), Heydon, Irmingland (part of Oulton), Kerdiston, Lenwade, Little London, , Lyng, Melton Constable, , Primrose Green, Reepham, Salle, Saxthorpe, Southgate, Sparham, Swannington, , Thurning, Upgate, , Whitwell and .

If there are more requests for places than there are places available, the Authority will admit children in the following order of priority:

1. Children with a statement of Special Educational Needs naming the school. 2. Children in public care who are due to transfer. 3. Children who are due to transfer and live in the area served by the school. 4. Children who are due to transfer and live outside the area served by the school, who have an older brother or sister attending the school at the time of admission (but not in the sixth form). 5. Children of staff: To qualify for this criterion the member of staff concerned must have been in post at the school for 2 years at the date of application. The only exception to this rule will be where the school can demonstrate a recruitment issue for the post. 6. Children who are due to transfer who live outside the area served by the school and attend a feeder school at the opening date of the admission round i.e: September. 7. Children who are due to transfer and live outside the area served by the school.

If all children within any of the above rules cannot be offered a place, the highest priority will be given to children living nearest to the school within that rule. To determine who lives nearest, distance will be measured on a straight line ‘crow flies’ basis, using Ordnance Survey data. If following the application of admission rules and distance two applicants cannot be separated for a final place at a school the authority will use random allocation to determine the priority for the remaining place.

Feeder Schools:- Astley C Primary, Bawdeswell C Primary, Cawston VC Primary, Corpusty C Primary, Foulsham C Primary, Gt Witchingham VA Primary, Lyng VC Primary, Reepham C Primary.

Contact for further information: Admissions Section, Education Department, County Hall, Martineau Lane, , NR1 2DL. Tel: 0344 8008020 Transferring from Primary School Due to the COVID situation these events are all provisional and other systems may be put in place. To help pupils and parents through the move to high school, there are a number of opportunities to learn about Reepham High School and College. The process has been carefully thought out to ensure that the transfer is as smooth and pleasant as possible.

Early October – Open Evening - For all transferring pupils and their parents. At this meeting, starting at 6.30 pm, there is an introductory talk and various activities and displays are put on which give both the parents and the pupils a flavour of life at Reepham High School and College. Early October - Open Day – The school is open to visitors throughout the day, (9.15 am -12.15 pm and 1.30 pm-3.00 pm). Prospective parents who wish to see the school in action should telephone the school office to make an appointment. From May onwards – RHSC staff visit all the primary schools twice. At one visit during the school day, the children have a chance to meet them and talk about their transfer to Reepham High School and College. The second visit is held in the evening and is for parents to find out the important things they need to know to support their child effectively in their first term at high school. June/July - School handbooks are distributed, which give detailed information about life at Reepham High School and College. Mid-July - Induction Evening - transferring pupils and their parents meet the group tutor and look around the school. Mid-July - Induction Days - transferring pupils join us to meet their group tutor-to-be and future class mates. They follow a sample timetable which enables them to get the feel of life in a high school.

The School Day We appreciate parents may sometimes need to drop off pupils early but we cannot supervise our pupils before 8.40am.

Daily Timings 08.50 - 09.10 Registration We operate a two week 09.10 - 10.10 Lesson 1 timetable and find 10.10 - 11.15 Lesson 2 pupils quickly adapt to 11.15 - 11.30 Break Week One and Week 11.30 - 12.30 Lesson 3 Two routines. 12.30 - 13.20 Lunch 13.25 - 14.30 Lesson 4 14.30 - 15.30 Lesson 5 Uniform

ALL ITEMS SHOULD BE MARKED WITH THE OWNER’S NAME

Outdoor Clothing Coats, jackets, hats, scarfs and gloves etc. must not be worn in class.

Indoor Uniform Boys and Girls Shirt: A formal plain white, long or short sleeved shirt. Must be worn buttoned at the neck and wrists and tucked in. Tie: The RHSC clip-on tie worn correctly. Shoes: Black, flat and sensible. Boots, trainers, high heels or canvas shoes are not allowed. Blazer: Bottle green 'Trutex' or 'John Lewis'. They will be worn in school during appropriate lessons unless instruction is given to remove them (P.E., Technology etc.). Blazer badges may be obtained from Birds of Dereham. Year 11 only are entitled to wear a black, v-neck jumper, only available from Birds of Dereham, to replace the green blazer. Sweatshirt: An optional embroidered, burgundy coloured v-neck sweatshirt may be worn under the blazer. This does not replace the blazer. Only available from Birds of Dereham. Skirt: Girls may wear skirts. Skirts must be the RHSC box pleat skirt only available from Birds of Dereham. Other skirts are not acceptable. Trousers: Trousers should be black full length, straight cut. No fashion trousers, jeans, cords, stretch material or zip/button detail will be allowed. Trouser belts should be slim, plain and black. Socks: Girls will be allowed to wear black ankle socks or black tights, with skirts. Black socks with trousers. Boys should wear plain black ankle socks. A green apron must be taken to all technology, art and science practical lessons (white laboratory coat optional).

Summer Uniform An embroidered, burgundy coloured polo shirt worn with the blazer and/or v-neck sweatshirt may be worn in the second half of the summer term only. Available from Birds of Dereham.

PE and Games Uniform

ALL ITEMS SHOULD BE MARKED WITH THE OWNER’S NAME

See following pages.

Suppliers Birds of Dereham, Unit D, 13 Yaxham Road, Dereham, NR19 1HB (01362 699130/692941) are our main uniform suppliers. For online orders their website can be accessed at www.schoolwear-uk.com. Please make sure that the blazer is 'Trutex'.

General Appearance Pupils are allowed to wear a wrist watch. For pierced ears, TWO sets of studs only may be worn (two in each ear lobe). Note: studs, not hoop earrings. Facial and body jewellery are not allowed. Any body piercings should be done at the start of the summer holidays so wounds will be healed and studs can be removed when pupils return to school. One simple ring is permitted but must be removed for practical lessons. A wrist watch is allowed. Bracelets and charity wrist bands etc. are not allowed. Extremes of hair fashion or unnatural hair colours are not allowed. Long hair must be tied back. All pupils should be clean shaven.

Equipment School planner, pencil case, pens, pencils, USB pen, eraser, ruler, calculator and a basic geometry set. A reading book should be brought in every day.

Please Note: No aerosol sprays of any kind must be brought to school because of the bad effect these may have on asthma sufferers.

Examination Results A level Our 2020 A level results were, for the ninth successive year, outstanding. 74% of all A level grades were at A*, A or B.

GCSE results Due to the COVID lockdown and the replacement of examinations with Centre Assessed Grades the Government has decided that no GCSE results should be published for the previous academic year and that school league tables would not be published.

As such we have followed the guidelines to not publish our results. However, we are extremely pleased with the hard work and effort our pupils put into their GCSE courses and believe that they rightfully achieved some fantastic results.

Reepham College

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