2020 Prospectus
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2020Prospectus 2020 Millfield Science and Performing Arts College Introducing our School Millfield Science and Performing Arts College is a small, family school in the heart of Thornton. We currently have just over 875 students on roll and we are one of the smallest secondary schools in the area. Our admission number for September 2021 will continue to be 175; this is due to being vastly oversubscribed and listening to the needs of our community. The school has an excellent academic record, with the vast majority of our students continuing their education at sixth form or college. Welcome Last year, four of our pupils accepted places at Oxbridge. from the Headteacher It is anticipated that students entering the school will work hard, behave well and take advantage of the many educational and extracurricular opportunities the school has to offer. Welcome to ‘Team Millfield’. My name is Nicola Regan and I am immensely proud and privileged to be the Headteacher at our fantastic school. I have worked at Millfield since 2009 and have Millfield is a caring school: all students are valued been the Head of English and the Deputy Headteacher. My and happiness through personal success is inspired. experience of our core values (consistently high-quality teaching We strive for all students to become emotionally and learning in a disciplined and caring environment) is at the equipped individuals; reaching their full potential heart of everything I believe in. I am ambitious for all students through a personal learning experience and gaining and I will continue to ensure their outcomes are at the centre of a thirst for life-long learning. We believe in enriching everything we do. our young people with a wide variety of cultural or sporting experiences. Students have been on We are a small, oversubscribed school in the heart of the a life-changing trip to Auschwitz, they have been Thornton community. Our school motto is ‘Creating Bright skiing in Italy, they have been to Paris and they have Futures’ and I believe that your child is entitled to an outstanding experienced New York. education, where they can become the very best they can be, in everything they do. Our aim is for us all to be exceptional. I have high expectations in our standards of attendance, behaviour, attainment and respect. The Millfield team has a collective belief that with these high expectations, resilience and determination all our students will reach their full potential. Millfield is an excellent school, with a team committed to ensuring all children are nurtured, educated and ready to take their next step into the world. If you would like to visit the school and see our team in action, please contact the school to book a tour with me. Nicola Regan HEADTEACHER The leadership team has maintained the good“ quality of Your ongoing focus education. on raising aspirations ” has ensured that pupils’ OFSTED outcomes have continued to improve. OFSTED” PAGES 2&3 Millfield is afamily , a team, where individuals are valued and happiness through personal success is inspired. We The school has good Our Specialist strive for all students of ‘Team Millfield’ to become facilities in the Performing Arts, emotionally and academically equipped individuals: reaching including a Drama Studio and a College Status their full potential through a personal learning experience. We Television Studio. Millfield has been a Science and Performing Arts College Mission aim to be a centre of learning excellence; ” since 2005. This unique status allows us to get the best expecting high standards of behaviour, attainment and respect. OFSTED from our students: developing their individual talents across Statement science and performing arts. We have fantastic facilities, including two new science laboratories, a dance studio, a theatre (inside and outside) and a green screen TV studio. Students’ achievement has improved Students are Our aim is to use our Specialist College status to develop our links with the community and we provide science and significantly since the last polite, courteous and drama workshops with our local primaries. The Millfield Way inspection. “The proportion of welcoming. students gaining five or more ” good GCSEs has risen at a OFSTED much faster rate than it has Our SMART Expectations: nationally. OFSTED” Smart in appearance Manners and respect Achieve and attend Resilient Tolerant of others HEAD STUDENTS Harriet Piper and Luke Park We are a Reading-Focused School Millfield aims to be a reading school, ensuring all our students have a love of reading through a range of exciting literacy events run throughout the year. These include celebrating World Book Day and visits from leading authors. We have academic reading weeks with every department, and our students read a range of texts during form time. We also have a whole-school literacy coordinator, who ensures that wider reading and PAGES vocabulary improvement is embedded in every subject area. 4&5 Students are well prepared for the next stage “of their education. OFSTED” Staff morale is high.” “ OFSTED Key Stage 3: Years 7, 8 and 9 At Millfield, all students follow a curriculum which is broad, balanced and relevant. The core curriculum of English, maths Key Stage 4: and science is taught alongside the foundation subjects which includes: Modern Foreign Languages (MFL), history, geography, technology, drama, dance, music, art, PE and religious Years 10 and 11 education. Some subjects are taught in mixed ability groups, The programme of study for students in Years 10 and whilst others are taught in sets. All teachers provide lessons that 11 comprises an extended core of National Curriculum are challenging and engaging, and all staff promote student subjects including English language and literature, maths, involvement in their own learning and progress. science, RE, PSHE and PE. Each student is given bespoke guidance, from the Deputy Headteacher, before they carefully choose options that suit them, so that they have the best opportunity for personal success. Some options are designed for academically gifted children, others are for those who prefer a hands- on practical, vocational route and some are for those specifically talented in a particular area of the curriculum, for example dance, music or sport. As with the Key Stage 3 curriculum, Key Stage 4 is designed to enable every student to achieve their full potential, regardless of academic ability, and provide a progression route after high Students are school which promotes life-long learning. presented with many opportunities to develop and extend their writing skills. Work-Related OFSTED” Learning We believe our commitment to two weeks of work experience in Year 10 and impartial careers guidance are vital to help our students progress in the world of work. We want our students to be well-qualified, with great results in their examinations, and we also want them to be prepared for the world of work! PAGES 6&7 Students say that The School Day Form Captains they feel safe and well Students arrive at school for 8.20am. The school operates a five- Here at Millfield we have a reliable, enthusiastic and proactive team looked after in school. lesson day, with each lesson running for 60 minutes. The total of form captains. Each form from Year 7 to Year 11 nominates a amount of teaching time is 25 hours per week, excluding time for form captain. The Form Captains have regular meetings, where break periods, registration and house or year group assemblies. together they decide on aspects of the school that they believe OFSTED ” Lesson times are as follows: could be improved. They act as a voice for the rest of our students. As a school that encourages listening to our student voice, we Registration/Assembly 08.20 – 08.45 want students to take part in as many discussions as possible, Lesson 1 08.45 – 09.45 so they are regularly invited to Senior Leadership Team meetings where they propose their ideas and then their suggestions are Lesson 2 09.45 – 10.45 discussed and often implemented. The form captains have raised Break 10.45 – 11.05 and instigated a range of ideas including: an extra seating area for Lesson 3 11.05 – 12.05 lunch time; new rewards initiatives; kindness week and they were ILC: World Book Day Lesson 4 12.05 – 13.05 also involved in the Deputy Headteacher interviews. Lunch Break 13.05 – 13.50 Lesson 5 13.50 – 14.50 School Library: our Independent Learning Centre The Independent Learning Centre (ILC) offers a pleasant working and leisure environment for students to use during the school day. It has something for everyone, whatever your tastes, hobbies or interests. The ILC is open at break, lunchtime and after school. Here’s just some of the things on offer in the ILC: - A wide and varied range of up to date fiction, including eBooks to borrow and read on your phone or device; - A ‘Quick Reads’ section; - A large selection of subject specific non-fiction to help with research and homework; - A large ICT section providing access to online resources; - A selection of young adult books for older readers; - A collection of graphic novels; - Mind-boggling cross curricular games and - ‘First News’: A children’s newspaper subscription. Our Caring Pastoral Team Students are very well On joining us at Millfield, students are placed in one of Health, Economic) lessons that are targeted to students’ four houses: Brontë Bears, Hawking Hawks, needs, look at topical events happening in the world and, prepared for Rowling Rhinos or Shakespeare Sharks. The of course, do fun quizzes! “their future lives wellbeing of our students is of paramount concern and each student is part of a Form Group that meets daily The school is committed to helping students achieve through a broad Students for registration with a Form Tutor.