Section 10 Consultation Information Booklet
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Didsbury High School Section 10 Consultation Unashamedly Academic 1 Welcome We are delighted that our proposed secondary free school, Didsbury High School, has progressed to the pre- opening phase. We are now required to undertake a public consultation. Didsbury High School will be located on a site off Princess Road, between the Siemens building and One Didsbury Point (subject to planning permission). The preferred opening date is September 2019 for 210 Year 7 students, growing year on year to full capacity of 1,050 students. In addition to this the school will have a sixth form of 300 students. The school will replicate the outstanding provision offered by the Laurus Trust founding school, Cheadle Hulme High School (CHHS) in Stockport, which is hugely oversubscribed and recently named in the Sunday Times ‘Parent Power’ top 25 comprehensive schools in the country. The demand for places sees CHHS as one of the ten most over-subscribed schools across the whole of Greater Manchester. We look forward to listening to your views, in order to provide parents/carers and the community we serve with the best school possible. Linda Magrath CEO, Laurus Trust 1 2 Linda Magrath Executive Headteacher, Cheadle Hulme High School With a 35 year career in education, Linda has been Headteacher at Cheadle Hulme High School for 13 years, overseeing two outstanding Ofsted judgements. She is also an experienced National Leader of Education. David Woolley Head of School, Didsbury High School David is currently a Deputy Headteacher at Cheadle Hulme High School and prior to this has taught for over a decade in Manchester. He is a Specialist Leader of Education committed to providing the very best education for his students. David is very excited about Didsbury High School. 3 Our vision For everyone regardless of background or circumstance to be inspired, to thrive in all environments, to recognise what it takes to succeed, to set aspirational goals and work hard to achieve them. This vision is shared across all schools within the Laurus Trust and is refected in every aspect of school life. It is embodied in the Cornerstones which underpin our work. 3 4 The Laurus Trust Cornerstones Academic Aspiration Leadership & Service Our vision is for all of our students, regardless of We value individuality, celebrate diversity and background and circumstance, to make outstanding encourage our students to have the confdence progress and achieve grades which will open to think for themselves, whilst emphasising the the door to the future of their choice. We want importance of tolerance, teamwork and collective our students to be curious and develop a thirst responsibility. We place great importance on for knowledge; we want them to be resilient and both leadership and participation and encourage to value effort; we want them to understand that students from all backgrounds to take on roles of sometimes failure is an essential part of the learning responsibility and engage in School and House process and to recognise that developing a positive, activities. By the time they leave us, we want each ‘can do’ attitude will help them to set and achieve student to have that true sense of self worth which aspirational goals. will enable them to make wise choices, stand up for what is right and what they believe in and, in doing so, be of value to society. Competition & Physical LeadershipEndeavour and Service Culture, Creativity & Rhetoric We believe that physical activity and competition, Alongside our high aspirations for academic both inter and intra school, are vital to the holistic success, we passionately believe in the importance development of young people, fostering their of education in its broadest sense and we will physical, social and emotional health. We want our ensure the fullest possible participation in art, music students to approach competition with optimism and drama. We want our students to appreciate and vitality; to relish the opportunity to demonstrate that great writing gives us access to ideas which determination, creativity and perseverance in order challenge our thinking; that the power of language to overcome challenges; to understand that hard gives us the opportunity to make our voice heard work and commitment lead to a greater chance and present our own ideas with courage, conviction of success and that obstacles are temporary but and impact; that the Arts open up worlds which we achievement lasts for a lifetime. might not otherwise inhabit. We will ensure that students from all backgrounds are able to discover new talents and interests and develop existing ones. 5 What can you expect from Didsbury High School? We are unashamedly academic. We Other extra-curricular activities, together will provide outstanding teaching and with regular sport and exercise, and a curriculum which develops essential a sense of competitive spirit, will knowledge, attitudes, skills and habits, increase personal well-being, health and together with access to wide ranging concentration levels. opportunities for subject enhancement. These will combine to ensure that every child at Didsbury High School is in a position to make outstanding progress and open the door to the future of their choice. Our key belief is that the all-round educational attainment of individual students is substantially promoted by their participation in a whole range of activities, not just classroom based academic ones. The Electives programme will deliver this vision and will form part of the curriculum and the formal school day. We will also promote team building skills, Training in the use of oracy, discourse leadership, and a passion to perform to and rhetoric (the Cicero Curriculum), the best of one’s ability in all disciplines. and performing arts generally, will inspire These higher levels of individual confdence and enhance the presentation betterment will be achieved across all skills of the students. ability levels through a wide scope of activities. Leadership is a skill to be learned and cultivated. Students will learn about the importance of success, and how to cope with setbacks, not as failure but as a springboard to better achievement. There will be a focus on developing presentation skills and self-confdence in general. Inspiring students to broaden their horizons and believe that ‘anything is possible’, is absolutely key to post- education success. 5 6 Laurus Trust | Name of event Patsy Rodenburg OBE Patsy Rodenburg, OBE, is a British Voice Coach, Author, and Theatre Director. She is the Head of Voice at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Patsy is working with the Laurus Trust as a consultant for the delivery of the Cicero Curriculum. Paul Dickov Paul Dickov is a former professional footballer and manager who has played for Arsenal and Manchester City as well as achieving ten international caps for Scotland. He is working with Laurus Trust students and staff as a coach and mentor. The academic success of the Laurus We are consulting with architects and Trust founding school, Cheadle Hulme designing a brand new, state of the art High School placed it in the top 3% of building that supports our curriculum and schools nationally in 2017. Indeed in opens up a wealth of exciting possibilities. 2017 CHHS achieved signifcantly more The Auditorium will not only provide a gold standard (5+) GCSEs in English and wonderful space for plays and concerts Mathematics than any school in South but will also allow us to engage in formal Manchester, Tameside and Stockport. debating in a suitably professional However its success is not limited to 11- and imposing environment. Similarly, 16. Its Ofsted Outstanding Sixth Form the Sports Hall will be equipped to the received matching outstanding results. highest standard and students will have An impressive 70% of A-Level grades access to well designed and carefully were A*-B and over 40% of students planned outdoor areas. Our silent study attained three grades at A*-B. Over half centre will provide a calm environment for of its students are progressing to the individual study and access to computers. prestigious Russell Group Universities. The Sixth Form will be on a separate foor Students will be studying a wide range with access to a roof terrace. of degree subjects, from more traditional disciplines such as Medicine, Languages, We want our school to be at the heart of Sciences and Law to the creative routes the community and as such would plan which include Architecture, Engineering, to make facilities such as the Sports Hall Interior Design and Fine Art. available for use out of school hours. 7 cheadlehulmeprimary.org.uk Page 3 Example Timetable 7 8 Laurus Trust | Name of event Why does Manchester need a new secondary school? There will be an additional 750 year Anticipating that local residents may be 7 students in Manchester in 2019 concerned about the potential increase compared with 2017*. Didsbury High in traffc in the vicinity of the new school, School will not only address this demand the Trust is developing a detailed strategy for places but will also replicate the with Highways Offcers at Manchester outstanding provision of Cheadle Hulme City Council. A comprehensive and High School, for the young people in the robust Transport Assessment and Travel area. To ensure that our students fully Plan will be submitted in support of our beneft from a Laurus Education and are planning application. able to open the door to the future of their choice we will also, in time, open a 300 Please note that this consultation is place sixth form on site. This will allow us not related to any building or planning to deliver an outstanding education from applications surrounding the new 11 to 18 as we have done at Cheadle school; it is solely to consult on whether Hulme High School.