Prospectus 2019/2020 WELCOME / ATTAINMENT Welcome to Our School
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Prospectus 2019/2020 WELCOME / ATTAINMENT Welcome to our School I am honoured and delighted to be the daughter will have the opportunity to fulfil their Headteacher of Crestwood School and potential. Our culture of hard work, commitment Crestwood School Sixth Form. and consistent approaches goes hand in hand with excellent teaching mutual respect and bags I firmly believe that a good state education of enthusiasm. Our ethos is one of inclusivity and GCSE Results 2019 is a right and not a privilege and this coupled aspiration. Our determination to be the absolute Crestwood School would like to with the shared Invictus vision that each and best we can be is infectious. We proudly work in congratulate all students on an every one of our students irrespective of collaboration with parents, carers, our community, excellent set of results. There are many local/feeder primaries and other stakeholders. background or ability deserves access to the incredible individual performances. type of opportunities offered by the best Your son/ daughter will be joining Crestwood at a very exciting time. Construction of our new In terms of attainment there were the independent sector can offer is unique Science block is due to start October 2019 and outstanding performances from: within our community. I am extremely this will be a state of the art facility to rival that of Helen Zheng eight top grades (seven or higher!) proud, but not surprised, of our most recent any school in the local area and beyond. including two grade 9s! Our Head Girl Hannah Ofsted judgement of Good with Outstanding We are proud to offer Post 16 education in Moore also received eight top grades, Cole features (February 2018). A good school collaboration with Invictus 6th Form. I am very Roberts and Nyah Mallen with seven top grades knows its strengths and weaknesses and it passionate about providing an opportunity for each and Daniel Moriarty with six top grades which included three 9’s! was wonderful for our staff and students to our students to continue their studies here at our school. We offer a wide variety of courses, be recognised for all of their hard work and At Crestwood we place a huge emphasis on both A-level and BTEC, and can offer unrivalled progress, which is the measure of what a student efforts over recent years. pastoral care and support to all of our students. was expected to achieve when they joined us in The vision that our community deserves to be Crestwood 6th Form students also benefit from Year 7 vs what they achieved in Year 11. the resources and teaching expertise the 5 other served by at least a Good school has been realised Again, we have so many positive performances in but we refuse to rest on our laurels and our Invictus Schools offer. The success of our first terms of progress: years have led to some wonderful feedback from intention is to be consistently Outstanding when Daniel Moriarty tops our progress chart scoring next inspected. our Year 12 and Year 13 students, so much so that applications have doubled year on year. 2.93, meaning Dan scored almost 3 grades higher Progress and attainment will always be paramount across ALL his subjects! Elif Elma and Simrah but never at the expense of a rich and inclusive If you would like further information please speak Basharat achieved progress scores of 2.22 and education where students are at the centre to any member of the teaching team to request a 1.86 respectively. Molly Mai Summers (1.71) and of everything, are fully supported, valued and copy of the Invictus 6th Form Prospectus. I look Harry Barnes (1.66) complete the top 5 students encouraged to go way beyond what they ever forward to welcoming you to our wonderful making the most progress at Crestwood. thought possible. school and working with you and your son/ daughter over the coming years to attain Across the board our students received 76 top At Crestwood we fully believe that anything is their full potential. grades (7 or higher) a stunning figure amongst a possible and whether that is within the realms of relatively small cohort. Over two thirds of our academia, on the sporting field, within the Arts Mrs C Sutton students received a pass or better in English. or serving the wider community your son or HEADTEACHER 2 www.crestwoodschool.co.uk JOINING Joining our School We work hard to ensure a smooth Sutton, senior staff , their Head of Year and most transition from primary school. This importantly their form tutor. During this evening includes visits to every primary school further information is provided about the new term and any last minute worries and concerns can be by a member of the Senior Leadership addressed. The experience of moving from primary Team and an induction day in July when to secondary school is unique for each child but children meet up with others in their whether your child joins us knowing others from form group, meet their new form tutor primary school, or comes to us on their own, within and experience some taster lessons. a week or so most will have become settled and confident, allowing them to make the most of the During Year 5 and Year 6 many children will already opportunities we have to offer. have visited Crestwood for taster lessons, use of the The transition from primary school is a major swimming pool and other special events. Children event in the life of any child and it is only natural hear more about their new school and ask any that they will experience a mixture of emotions. questions they have during these visits. They get Sometimes parents can feel these emotions more to meet “Buddies” who are attached to their form acutely than their children, but with staff , Buddies group to support them during the first few days and and Ambassadors on hand ready to help, we feel weeks at Crestwood. We talk to Year 6 teachers that whatever the difficulty, we have someone to get as much information as possible to help us who is ready and willing to help establish a secure place the children into well balanced form groups foundation for your child’s future happiness, security which give every child the opportunity to make new and achievements. friends and have a fresh start in a new and different environment. If you have any questions or queries please contact Mrs C Sutton, Headteacher at: Induction Evening, held on the night before the [email protected] first Induction Day, gives parents and children the opportunity to meet our Headteacher, Caroline ... is unique for each child but whether your child joins us knowing others from primary school, or comes to us on their own, within a week or so most will have become settled and confident ... www.crestwoodschool.co.uk 3 CURRICULUM Crestwood Curriculum Putting in place the appropriate curriculum for each child is vital if they are to achieve their best. The curriculum at Crestwood is recognised by Ofsted as being broad and balanced and focuses on those subjects that we believe are most important. 4 www.crestwoodschool.co.uk CURRICULUM KEY STAGE 3: Years 7 & 8 In Years 7 and 8 students spend a significant amount of time studying English and Mathematics. We ENGLISH GEOGRAPHY ICT believe that these subjects are vital in developing skills needed in other subjects and for life outside MATHEMATICS RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FASHION & TEXTILES and beyond school. On entering the school students are taught in a mixture of form groups or sets. Core SCIENCE ART RESISTANT MATERIALS subjects such as Mathematics, English and Science MODERN FOREIGN have learning sets in Year 7 and teaching by ability LANGUAGES MUSIC PRODUCT DESIGN increases so that students are placed in groups that match their learning needs. HISTORY DRAMA FOOD & NUTRITION During Years 7 - 8 students study the subjects to PHYSICAL EDUCATION PSHE COMPUTING the right: & GAMES Year 9 With the demands of a new exams system and changing curricula, Year 9 is an increasingly important year for students. Our flexible curriculum in Year 9 is designed to maximise the opportunities for our students. Dependent on individual abilities, some students will begin GCSEs in certain subjects in Year 9. During the Spring Term, parents and students work with staff to make the choice of subjects that will be followed during Years 10 and 11 at Key Stage 4. Department presentations for each subject can be found on the school website in the Year 9 curriculum section. KEY STAGE 4: Years 10 & 11 Every year we review the curriculum we off er to our students as they move into their final two years at GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGY Crestwood. We do this to make sure we off er each student the greatest opportunity to achieve. HISTORY HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE DRAMA All students study a core of English, Mathematics, Science and Modern Foreign Languages. These RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY ART & DESIGN subjects form the basis of the curriculum. Our more able students are expected to continue studying a BUSINESS STUDIES FOOD & NUTRITION COMPUTING Modern Foreign Language and one of either History, Geography or Computer Science. MUSIC iMEDIA SOCIOLOGY In addition to these, our students have the PRODUCT DESIGN FASHION & TEXTILES COMPUTER SCIENCE opportunity to select from a wide range of GCSE and vocational subjects. KEY STAGE 5: Years 12 & 13 It is our expectation that at the end of KS4 all Crestwood students will continue studying at Post 16. As part of Invictus we are delighted and proud to be able to off er Post 16 education here at Crestwood.