INSPECTION REPORT FULLBROOK SCHOOL New Haw LEA Area
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INSPECTION REPORT FULLBROOK SCHOOL New Haw LEA area: Surrey Unique reference number: 125313 Headteacher: Mr R Elms Reporting inspector: Dr A R Beaver 20224 Dates of inspection: 17th – 20th February 2003 Inspection number: 249964 Full inspection carried out under Section 10 of the School Inspections Act 1996 © Crown copyright 2003 This report may be reproduced in whole or in part for non-commercial educational purposes, provided that all extracts quoted are reproduced verbatim without adaptation and on condition that the source and date thereof are stated. Further copies of this report are obtainable from the school. Under the School Inspections Act 1996, the school must provide a copy of this report and/or its summary free of charge to certain categories of people. A charge not exceeding the full cost of reproduction may be made for any other copies supplied. INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL Type of school: Comprehensive School category: Foundation Age range of students: 11 to 18 years Gender of students: Mixed School address: Selsdon Road New Haw Addlestone Surrey Postcode: KT15 3HW Telephone number: 01932 349301 Fax number: 01932 351224 Appropriate authority: The governing body Name of chair of governors: The Reverend G Holliday Date of previous inspection: 20th – 24th January 1997 Fullbrook School - 3 INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSPECTION TEAM Team members Subject Aspect responsibilities responsibilities 20224 Dr A R Beaver Registered inspector Child development What sort of school is it? Sociology The school’s results and students’ achievements Leisure and tourism How well are students taught? How well is the school led and managed? What should the school do to improve further? 12775 Ms J Goodchild Lay inspector Students’ attitudes, values and personal development How well does the school care for its students? How well does the school work in partnership with parents? 31329 Ms K Barratt Team inspector History Citizenship 30941 Mr K Brammer Team inspector English Drama 1759 Mr G Edwards Team inspector Design and technology 32115 Mr J Foster Team inspector Latin How good are the curricular and other opportunities offered Spanish to students? Modern foreign languages (support) 20719 Ms A Fraser Team inspector Religious education 14691 Mrs J Hall Team inspector Science 32118 Mr J Jackson Team inspector Mathematics 12890 Mr T Jardine Team inspector Chemistry 2521 Mrs S Killman Team inspector Psychology 20527 Mr B King Team inspector Mathematics (support) 1240 Mr J King Team inspector Art and design 32340 Mr P McKay Team inspector Geography 4757 Mr D Morris Team inspector Music Expressive arts Fullbrook School - 4 Team members Subject Aspect responsibilities responsibilities 16950 Dr C Orr Team inspector Modern foreign languages French English as an additional language 16930 Mr J Plumb Team inspector Geography (sixth form) 18032 Ms I Randall Team inspector Information and communication technology 3731 Mr W G Robson Team inspector Special educational needs Educational inclusion, including race equality Option support 10053 Ms J Simms Team inspector Art and design (sixth form) Business 12972 Mr A Weaden Team inspector Physical education The inspection contractor was: Bench Marque Ltd National Westminster Bank Chambers Victoria Street Burnham on Sea Somerset TA8 1AN Any concerns or complaints about the inspection or the report should be raised with the inspection contractor. Complaints that are not satisfactorily resolved by the contractor should be raised with OFSTED by writing to: The Complaints Manager Inspection Quality Division The Office for Standards in Education Alexandra House 33 Kingsway London WC2B 6SE Fullbrook School - 5 REPORT CONTENTS Page PART A: SUMMARY OF THE REPORT 7 Information about the school How good the school is What the school does well What could be improved How the school has improved since its last inspection Standards Students’ attitudes and values Teaching and learning Other aspects of the school How well the school is led and managed Parents’ and carers’ views of the school ANNEX: THE SIXTH FORM PART B: COMMENTARY HOW HIGH ARE STANDARDS? 16 The school’s results and students’ achievements Students’ attitudes, values and personal development HOW WELL ARE STUDENTS TAUGHT? 21 HOW GOOD ARE THE CURRICULAR AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED TO STUDENTS? 24 HOW WELL DOES THE SCHOOL CARE FOR ITS STUDENTS? 28 HOW WELL DOES THE SCHOOL WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS? 31 HOW WELL IS THE SCHOOL LED AND MANAGED? 32 WHAT SHOULD THE SCHOOL DO TO IMPROVE FURTHER? 36 OTHER SPECIFIED FEATURES - LATIN 38 PART C: SCHOOL DATA AND INDICATORS 39 PART D: THE STANDARDS AND QUALITY OF TEACHING IN AREAS OF THE CURRICULUM, SUBJECTS AND COURSES IN KEY STAGES 3 AND 4 (including the special feature of Spanish) 45 PART E: THE STANDARDS AND QUALITY OF TEACHING IN AREAS OF THE CURRICULUM, SUBJECTS AND COURSES IN THE SIXTH FORM 73 Fullbrook School - 6 PART A: SUMMARY OF THE REPORT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL Fullbrook School is located in New Haw, Surrey. It provides education for girls and boys aged 11 to 18 years. The students come from many primary schools in a wide area, but mainly from the area around Weybridge and Woking. The school was formerly grant maintained, and has now chosen foundation status. It is comprehensive and much bigger than most secondary schools; 1641 students attend, of whom 229 are in the sixth form. Boys outnumber girls in each of Years 7 to 11 and, in total, 76 more boys than girls attend the school in these year groups. More girls than boys are in the sixth form. The school is very popular and the number of applications each year well exceeds the places available; the number of students in Years 7, 8 and 9 exceeds the current admission number of 280 per year. Since the last inspection six years ago, 343 more students attend the school. About six per cent of the students have minority ethnic backgrounds. A few more than is usual have a language other than English as their first language, but very few are at an early stage in learning English. The number of students who join or leave the school other than at the usual ages of 11, 16 or above is below average. The percentage of students who claim entitlement to free school meals is also below average. The percentage identified by the school as having special educational needs, including statements of special educational needs, is below average. The main categories of special educational needs are learning, emotional and behavioural, and physical impairments. Proportionately, more students have behavioural difficulties than in 1997. On entry to the school, students’ attainments span the full range and are above average overall. The school gained DfES achievement awards in 2001 and 2002. It holds the Sportsmark and Healthy Schools awards. It is an associate of the Technology Colleges Trust and is an Investor in People. Application is being made to gain the status of a specialist school for mathematics and computing. There has been considerable change of teaching staff during the last two years and the school has had difficulty in recruiting specialist teachers in several subjects. HOW GOOD THE SCHOOL IS Fullbrook is a good school. Students attain well above average academic standards and they have positive attitudes to learning. Teaching is good. The headteacher leads the school very well and leadership and management are good overall. The school gives good value for money. What the school does well · Students attain well above average standards in the Year 9 National Curriculum tests and in GCSE examinations. · The teaching is good and much is very good. Teachers have good relationships with students and enable them to make good, and often very good, progress. · Students’ attitudes to learning are good and they behave well in most lessons. · The headteacher’s leadership is very good and good leadership and management overall ensure that the quality of teaching and learning remains the highest priority. · The school is very effective in the training and induction of new teachers. · The school rightly has the confidence of parents that it is providing their children with a good education. Fullbrook School - 7 What could be improved · The behaviour of a small minority of students is not good enough in lessons, especially in Years 7 to 9; when they are not directly supervised, some students’ behaviour is intimidating to others who are reluctant to report such incidents. · Many students on the register of special educational needs do not have clear enough targets to direct the work of teachers, or to enable them to evaluate the progress that these students make. · Initiatives to provide additional courses and support for students who have learning and behavioural difficulties are not co-ordinated, monitored or evaluated well enough. · The accommodation is inadequate for the numbers of students in the school. Students cannot always be accommodated in specialist rooms when this would be helpful to their learning. The areas for improvement will form the basis of the governors’ action plan. HOW THE SCHOOL HAS IMPROVED SINCE ITS LAST INSPECTION Good improvement has been made since the last inspection in January 1997. The school has maintained well above average standards. The quality of the teaching of students of very wide-ranging competence was a key issue of the last inspection. Teaching is now good overall, and usually enables students to make very good progress, especially across Years 10 and 11. Strategic planning has improved and is now very good. Assessment data are used much more effectively to support students’ progress. The National Curriculum is fully provided in Years 10 and 11. Although religious education is now well provided for in Years 10 and 11, sixth-form students do not receive their entitlement to it. Assemblies are held regularly, but students do not receive their entitlement to an act of collective worship every day.