“Stronger Together”

December 2017

Dear Parent / Carer

You are invited to the Annual Parents’ meeting, which will be held on Monday 12th February 2018 at 4.30 p m in the School Hall. At this meeting the Governing Body will present their Annual Report and following the report you will have an opportunity to ask questions of the Governing Body or raise issues of concern in relation to the school. A summary of the Annual Report is included with this letter, though full copies of the report are available on request from the school (please see the list of content on the last page).

If it is your intention to attend the Annual Parent’s meeting would you please complete the slip below and return it to the school reception.

Yours sincerely

R A Seabourne

Mrs R Seabourne CHAIR OF GOVERNORS

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To be returned to the school reception:

I / We will attend the Annual Parent’s meeting on Monday 12th February 2018.

Signed: ______Print name: ______

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Ty Gwyn Way Fairwater Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 4YZ

www.cwmbranhighschool.co.uk

1 GOVERNORS’ ANNUAL REPORT ADRODDIAD BLYNYDDOL Y LLYWODRAETHWYR

SEPTEMBER 2016 – JULY 2017 MEDI 2016– GORFFENNAF 2017

CHAIRPERSON: HEAD OF EDUCATION SERVICES: CADEIRYDD: PENNAETH Y GWASANAETH ADDYSG:

Mrs R Seabourne Mr D McChrystal C/O Cwmbran High School, Torfaen County Borough Council, Ty Gwyn Way, Civic Centre, Fairwater, Cwmbran, NP44 4YZ Pontypool, NP4 46YB Tel: 01633 643950 Tel: 01495 762200 2

‘Stronger Together’

Cwmbran High School is an English Medium School in Torfaen County Borough Council.

Our aim is to continue to develop Cwmbran High School into a high achieving, academic school. We are establishing a culture of high expectations, challenging targets and ambitious goals for every pupil. The outcome of these improvements will give our pupils the best skills and qualifications they can possibly achieve to improve their life chances.

Pupils, parents / carers, staff and governors are prepared to raise their expectations and drive standards up.

Achievements in the classroom are matched by success in a very wide range of other areas.

Pupils have the opportunity to participate in Music and Drama, with a School Production, and choral and orchestral performances.

Team activities are a strength in all major sports with clubs at lunchtime and after school encouraging still wider participation.

The Sports Academy continues to give our school a distinctive identity and profile within the community.

There is a wide range of extra curricular opportunities including Charity Work, Clubs and a wide variety of school visits / trips.

A further breakdown of achievements is provided within this report.

3 Governor Information

PARENT GOVERNORS END OF TERM OF OFFICE

Ms K Edwards Sept 2019 Mrs G Evans Sept 2019 Mr J Powell Mar 2020 Mr P Kindred Sept 2019 Mrs T McDonald Sept 2019 Mrs C Moses Sept 2019

TEACHER GOVERNORS

Mr D Baribeault Sept 2019 Mr A Lewis Sept 2019

SUPPORT STAFF GOVERNOR

Mrs D Cornes Oct 2020

LEA APPOINTED

Cllr D Daniels July 2019 Cllr M Owen July 2019 Cllr K Preston May 2021 Cllr P Seabourne July 2019 Cllr B Wellington July 2019

COMMUNITY GOVERNORS

Mr J Davenne Oct 2019 Mr M Poulton (Vice Chair) Oct 2019 Mr P Schofield Oct 2019 Mrs R Seabourne (Chair) c/o Cwmbran High School, Ty Gwyn Way Oct 2019 Fairwater, Cwmbran, NP44 4YZ Mr M Ward-Jones Oct 2019

Clerk to Governors: [email protected]

School Session Times

Registration / Assembly 8.35 am – 8.55 am Lesson 1 8.55 am – 9.55 am

Lesson 2 9.55 am – 10.55 am Break 10.55 am – 11.20 am

Lesson 3 11.20 am – 12.20 pm

Lesson 4 12.20 pm – 1.20 pm

Lunch 1.20 pm – 1.50 pm Lesson 5 1.50 pm – 2.50 pm Lesson 6 2.50 pm – 3.50 pm (Year 11 only)

PSE / L O R I C DAY (PSE / LORIC Day is every Wednesday)

Registration / Assembly 8.35 am – 9.15 am Lesson 1 9.15 am – 10.10 am Lesson 2 10.10 am – 11.05 am Break 11.05 am – 11.30 am Lesson 3 11.30 am – 12.25 pm Lesson 4 12.25 pm – 1.20 pm Lunch 1.20 pm – 1.50 pm Lesson 5 1.50 pm – 2.50 pm Lesson 6 2.50 pm – 3.50 pm (Year 11 only)

5 School Planning 2017 — 2018

Our overall aim is to continue to raise standards of pupil achievement so that we are one of the top achieving schools in Wales . Our priorities for the coming year are:

 Continuing to improve standards across all areas  To continue to develop pupils skills, specifically in Literacy and Numeracy  To continue to improve the quality of Teaching and Learning, and therefore the standards within lessons  To continue to raise pupils’ expectations so that they become ambitious and have a ‘can do’ attitude

Attendance Information 2016 / 2017

93.5% was the target set for 2016 – 2017. 93.2% attendance was achieved. The recommendation for 2017 – 2018 is to set the overall target as 93.7%, with the unauthorised attendance target set at 0.74%. This has been agreed the by the Governing Body and Local Authority.

Review of Policies, Procedures and Strategies

All Policies & Procedures are reviewed by the Governing Body when required. School Strategies are reflected in our Policies & Procedures and Post Inspection Action Plan.

School Prospectus

Our school prospectus can be viewed and downloaded from our website: www.cwmbranhighschool.co.uk Hard copies are also available from the school.

Premises

 The tennis court have been refurbished to provide a new multi-use games area.  The food tech room has been refurbished to provide a state of the art food tech- nology teaching area.  The lower school roof has been renewed.

6 Use of the Welsh Language

All of our teaching is in English, but we try to use Welsh as much as possible to encourage bilingualism and to increase the employability of our pupils. The Cwricwlwm Cymreig forms part of the work of all curriculum areas.

Welsh Phrase of the Week

A ‘Welsh Phrase of the Week’ is printed in our weekly staff Bulletin for staff to use with pupils at every given opportunity. This is closely linked with our ‘Thought for the Day’ programme used during Assemblies and Registration Periods.

Healthy School Initiative

We encourage a whole school community approach to food and fitness. The Head- teacher, Staff and Governing Body ensure that food provided in school, and advice given to pupils, promotes a healthy and active lifestyle.

We are committed to providing high quality PE lessons and health related exercise, and we work in partnership with Healthy Schools, Hearty Lives Programme, PESS, 5x60 and other Community Sports organisations.

The school takes every opportunity to encourage fitness and wellbeing by incorporating a number of the above programmes in our Health and Wellbeing Day (Sports Day) each year.

Healthy School Objectives:

 To promote pupil participation and decision making in all aspects of food and fitness activities.

 To ensure that activities related to food and fitness, provided for pupils throughout the day, are consistent with curriculum guidance and Welsh Government regulations.

 To work in partnership with School Meal Providers, to ensure that consistent messages about nutritional standards and healthy lifestyles are given to our pupils.

 To offer a broad range of safe, stimulating indoor and outdoor sports, play and recreational activities.

7 School Trips

A number of school trips took place during 2016 / 2017

 MFL Paris Trip  Ski trip to Bardonecchia, Italy  University Visits  PGL - Maths Residential Revision Trips  English Revision Weekend  Welsh trip to Llangrannog  Youth Speaks Public Speaking Competition  University/College taster days  Geography fieldtrips  Reward trips

8 Community Links & Pupil Engagement

Families First We have a growing number of pupils and families supported by this organisation which promotes the development of personal skills and allows access for work with counsellors and education psychology.

Communities First Communities First provide a target group of Key Stage 3 pupils with personal development skills, most specifically dealing with conflict and self-esteem.

CHS Deaf Choir Performances Cwmbran High School Deaf Choir have continued to perform throughout the academic year. Last November they performed on the pitch during the pre-game celebrations for the Wales v Australia rugby game at the Principality Stadium. After their popularity with Aneurin Bevan Health Board events last year they were invited to perform at a training day during the summer term. The Choir also entertained at the Gaer Community Centre, Cwmbran Shopping Centre and local nursing homes. They have more events planned and enjoy visiting different places, teaching some BSL along the way.

Youth Speaks Competition Ieuan Cooke, Megan Alys Jones and Emily Jones all took part in the Cwmbran Rotary Youth Speaks competition this term. Although they came runner-up, they had some great feedback from the judges. Their topic was ‘Is the Criminal Justice System just?’ The best news of the night was seeing the award of ’Best Chair’ presented to Emily Jones.

Remembrance Service Ieuan Cooke, Ben Wolverson & Max Griffiths all volunteered to support Cwmbran Community Council’s Remem- brance Service on Sunday 13th November. They all provided valuable assistance in ensuring the smooth running of the event; their responsibilities included handing out the ‘Order of Service’ and ensuring those attended knew where to go. Ieuan read a piece, in Welsh, to the congregation and all three pupils were a credit to the school.

Christmas Jumper Day The Sixth Form Charity Leader and other Sixth Form students organised a Christmas Jumper Day on the last day on term. Donations of £1 per pupil/staff were collected and donated to a chosen charity.

Holocaust Memorial Day CHS pupils were invited to take part in the Holocaust Memorial on 27 January 2017, alongside 4 other Torfaen Secondary schools and various dignitaries, at St Cadoc's Church, Trevethin. Reverend Canon Brian Pippen intro- duced the order of service including prayers & readings from Reverend Jonny Raine, readings and poems from pupils from CHS, St Alban's, West Monmouth, Croesyceiliog & Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw schools , with various performances from Musicians/Instrumentalists and Choirs from the schools.

Phoenix Project A group of Year 8 students had the opportunity to complete a Fire Awareness course at Malpas Fire Station. The pupils involved thoroughly enjoyed the week, learnt a lot about Fire Safety and their own skills and abilities. Fire Service were extremely complimentary about the pupils.

Smoking Prevention A group of nearly 30 pupils in Year 8 have completed their training as Smoke Free Ambassadors this term. The project led by Public Health Wales has involved the pupils learning about the dangers of smoking, smoking prevention strategies and talking to their peers and adults about the risks associated with smoking. The pupils have worked very hard and have found the project both enjoyable and rewarding.

Burundi Bear Appeal Year 10 were involved in an appeal to help raise money for the charity FacilitAid. The pupils sold Burundi Bears. Each of these little teddies cost £1 which can pay for four bricks. These bricks will be used to build schools in Burun- di, a country which has been ravaged by war and only 10 out of 100 children are able to attend school. The pupils were very enthusiastic in their efforts and raised almost £600. All of this money goes directly to the project. Well done Year 10!

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Poetry Competition During December Miss J Ayling and Miss S Powell ran competitions for Year 7 and 8 pupils in the library. The competitions included poetry and instruction writing, maths problems and designing a gingerbread house. We received lots of lovely entries which made choosing the winners very difficult. First prize was awarded to Carmen Judd, Year 7 for literacy and Billy Harris, Year 7 for numeracy.

Socks for the Homeless IRU (Internal Referral Unit) pupils collected socks to give to homeless people at Christmas. They were told how awful homeless people’s lives can be. They were shocked at some of the stories and decided to help the homeless more often.

Shakespeare Festival On 14th November, pupils in Year 10 participated in the largest youth theatre festival in Europe; the Schools Shakespeare Festival. 21 members of Mr Miller’s GCSE Drama class very capably performed a 30 minute version of Romeo and Juliet at the Riverfront theatre in Newport. The cast worked tirelessly and professionally on the piece for a number of weeks and the school can be very proud of their performance on the night, despite a very stressful dress rehearsal that proved right the theatre saying that a bad dress rehearsal means a good first performance. The students will now take all the skills and knowledge they developed into their GCSE Drama studies over the next two years.

Superhero Reading Challenge In October we launched our Superhero Reading Challenge. The challenge was to read six books borrowed from the library. For every 6 books read they received a super hero pencil, and the pupils name was entered into a prize draw. On Thursday 15th December all of the pupils who completed the challenge were awarded their certificate and badge, with James Davies, Year 7, selected at random to win the £10 gift voucher. Over the course of this terms challenge the pupils who entered have read 160 books!

Peer Mentor Project We launched the second cohort of Peer Mentors at the school. 12 pupils in Year 10 completed 10 hours of training to become Peer Mentors, including safeguarding training. They organised two staff coffee mornings to present their project and show staff how to refer pupils to the project. They presented assemblies to KS3 pupils to ensure that all pupils at Cwmbran High know they have the support of their peers. They have spent time with KS3 pupils in form times to offer further support and guidance to pupils. The Peer Mentors are available every Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes in the library and referrals can be made to [email protected].

‘Neighbourhood Enhancement’ & ‘Silver Surfers’ — Skills Challenge As part of the skills challenge certificate our Year 10 and 11 pupils have to engage with 10 hours of activities which support the community. Year 10 were engaged in a “Neighbourhood Enhancement” scheme and our Year 11 with coaching a group of ‘Silver Surfers’ in how to use the internet. Both activities display the commitment of our pupils in the respect they have for their community and they developed and demonstrated a range of planning and organisation skills in preparation to the activity, while being personally effective during completion of the “hours”. Well done to all involved.

Year 7 ‘Dragons Den’ Pitch Year 7 pupils completed an enterprise project “Going For Gold”. Pupils demonstrated their entrepreneurial skills by creating a commemorative jacket for the Olympic games and delivering their pitches to a panel of local ‘Dragons’. Sports manufacturer PSM agreed to sponsor the pupils and create a real prototype of the winning design. We enjoyed delivering our Community project in collaboration with the “First Give” charity, where £1,500 was donated to charity.

‘Reach for the Sky’ Fifteen Year 11 pupils followed the “Reach for the Sky” programme, provided by ESS (Education Staffing Solu- tions). The programme is designed to help motivate students to achieve their potential and is run by Ian Gough, former Wales International rugby player, and John Radford, retired teacher. Following two classroom sessions in school, the last session was held at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. The pupils had an amazing morning and were treated to stories of “Goughy’s” experiences. We started by entering through the VIP entrance, along the corridor of fame lined with the name of every player that has received a cap for Wales. The visit finished with Ian presenting certificates to the students for completion of the programme. This is an inspirational programme demonstrating to pupils that anything is achievable with the right attitude and hard work. All of the boys involved thoroughly enjoyed all of the sessions!

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‘Employ Me’ - Autism Awareness Week Autism Awareness Week saw our Base students taking part in an ‘Employ Me’ project. Local businesses were ap- proached and asked if they would accept a student as an employee to show the community that pupils with a diagno- sis of ASD can be an asset to the work place. Many local businesses came on board and the week was hugely successful and ASD Base pupils and staff are extremely grateful to them for supporting this project.

Autism Animation Project A group of our pupils have been involved in an animation project funded through Aneurin Bevan University Health Board to produce a short music video to raise awareness of Autism. The pupils worked with professionals to produce an amazing film from start to finish. They created everything from the music to the animations and the rap that they performed. The film was launched at a special event on Friday 31 March which was attended by Mrs Nicolaou and the students. Everyone who saw it was extremely impressed. The film will now be used at training and publicity events around the UK.

‘Taste Your Future’ Event Pupils from the Hearing Impaired Base were given a fantastic opportunity on March 17th when they were invited to attend the British Deaf Association’s ‘Taste Your Future’ event in Cardiff. They met with a group of deaf and hard of hearing professionals who performed demonstrations from their field. The pupils learnt a lot about different careers and the routes they would have to take to reach their goals but most importantly, they returned home feeling that their deafness doesn’t need to stand in the way of their dreams. This was the first time the BDA has organised such an event and we look forward to attending it annually.

World Book Day To celebrate World Book Day staff across the school dressed as their favourite book characters. The pupils really enjoyed guessing which characters they had dressed as and even voted for the best dressed teacher and department. A Competition for Years 7 and 8 was held in the Library. There were a range of literacy and numeracy activities that pupils could choose from. Prizes for the best entries were awarded to Bailey Richardson (Yr 7) and Leah Phillips (Yr 8). Every pupil was also given a £1 book token which they could use to buy a World Book Day book or get £1 off a book of their choice.

‘Our House’ - Congress Theatre Many of our very talented pupils performed in this wonderful production and received some amazing reviews. The team were recognised for their hard work, commitment and talent.

Red Nose Day Year 7 decided to support Red Nose Day 2017 with some fundraising ideas. There was a competition to design a ‘Red Nose’ and the winner of the £5 voucher was Keeley Jones.

‘Wacky Dodgeball’ was played after school on Red Nose Day. Pupils and teachers dressed up, wore onesies or generally looked a bit silly to play dodgeball. Everyone had a great time and along with the selling of Red Noses (supported by Jay Knowles in Year 11), we raised £105 for the Comic Relief Appeal.

Armed Forces Day Tabitha Clough represented CHS at Cwmbran Council's Armed Forces Day. She contributed to the ceremony by reading a thoughtful extract from the Bible, in Welsh, very beautifully. As always, she really was a credit to the school.

‘Beauty & the Beast’ (12 & 13 /7/17) Our production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast really has left an everlasting impression on the school which everyone was talking about. The musical show was held on 12 and 13 July 2017 with the final night exceeding all expectations and selling out! There were a range of pupils who participated in the musical from year 7 to year 13 demonstrating the diverse Per- forming Arts Community that the school is proud of. Audience members raved about the show passing on comments such as: “The pupils were amazing and an absolute credit to your hard work. Everything looked and sounded so professional.” The real Disney magic sparkled throughout the auditorium and enchanted young and old from start to finish. The costumes encapsulated the iconic scenes and characters from the film in a way that left the audience mesmerised by the singing, acting and choreography. We are exceptionally proud of everyone involved in the production!

Community Links & Pupil Engagement

Sports Day On the 29th June pupils had the opportunity to compete in a range of traditional track and field athletics events plus some fun less traditional fun events. The response in terms of participation from the pupils was excellent and we were really pleased and grateful that former Pontypool, Wales and British Lions prop forward Mr Graham Price could join us to present the medals and trophies.

Army Outreach Day On Wednesday 28th June, The Army Outreach team visited the school to hold the Intro PDA (Resilience, Team Building and Leadership Session) workshop with Year 12 Public Services and Business Studies students. They ar- ranged an outdoor session that gave students a taste of Army team building and problem solving with a wide range of hands-on activities. 15 students took part and the event lasted the entire day. It was full of challenging tasks that developed mental and physical attributes. The pupils were also provided with a careers presentation with the Army staff.

Pupils had a really enjoyable day, taking part in tasting rations that soldiers eat out on the field and team work activities such as getting items across a river with limited resources, moving tyres in the correct order, lifting and moving a box using just 2 ropes and an assault course. The students also had the opportunity to try on camouflage clothing and paint.

All students got stuck in on the course with plenty of laughter along the way!

Welsh Water Competition We are delighted to confirm that our Year 7 Skills pupils won the Welsh Water Competition. Pupils completed Independent research and produced work to raise awareness of the dangers of swimming in reservoirs. Judges from Welsh Water were extremely complementary about the work produced.

Summer School To support students in accreditation of their Skills Challenge Certificate (Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification) Year 10 students supported Mr Honey-Jones, with his Summer School programme which enabled them to pass their Community Challenge. After receiving training, students helped coach and mentor Year 6 students over two weeks of the summer holidays to support them with their transition from primary to secondary school.

12 Pupil Achievement

Paralympic Hopeful Kyran Bishop was chosen as one of the 10 out of 300 people to attend a Talent Assessment event for Para- Archery for the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 as part of Britain’s next Paralympic champions. On top of this, he has also been chosen as a Youth Sports Ambassador for the school and visited Treforest University campus for the day where he met former Paralympian John Harries.

Christmas Card Competition Congratulations to Celsey on her winning entry for our Christmas Card Competition. Celsey’s card became the official Christmas Card of CHS! She was also rewarded with an artists gift pack from the Art department.

Talented Writers 190 pupils (Years 8-13) were selected to be published for a writing competition which involved them having to write a “spine chiller” in 100 words or less which they entered last summer. Their entries were published in an an- thology of mini sagas! Theses are some of the chillingly creative titles: ‘The Forest Wanderer,’ ‘Like Nothing Ever Happened’ and ‘Choice or Consequence’. Well done to all those involved.

British Canoeing Champion Etienne Chappell recently took part in the British Canoeing Championships on 3 March. He won the junior 16 Pan Celtic Kayak event and he plus 2 others one the junior team race. He also qualified for the selection event for the Senior GB Team over the Easter weekend.

Autism App Designer A new mobile phone and tablet app, “About me”, developed by the Health Board and partners was launched in November 2016 to improve information sharing and support for students and young people with autism. The Health Board worked with the young people from our ASD base right the way through the project, from designing the logo used to trialing the app before it was launched. The app was officially launched by AM Rebecca Evans (Minister for Social Services and Public Health) and Harry Ellor-Jones was invited to the launch to represent CHS as his logo design was the one chosen for the app.

Torfaen Leading Junior Sea Cadet Alex Husselbee, Year 7, is a Leading Junior Sea Cadet at Torfaen Sea Cadets based in Pontnewydd. He and his fellow cadets, some of which also attend CHS have been very active with training on and playing instruments in the Torfaen Sea Cadets Drum Corps, for Remembrance Day Parades both in Pontnewydd and Pontypool.

Inter-Schools District Athletics Championships Congratulations to Fraser Evans on finishing first place in the shot-putt and discus at the Inter-schools District Athletics Championships. James Probert also finished 2nd in the 100m. Both Fraser and James have now qualified for the county championships. Jermarie Chatham (100m), Lawson Hooper-Obrien (200m) & Jessica Tolley (hurdles) also finished 3rd in their events narrowly missing out on qualification for the county championships.

Newport Dragons Ben Taylor (Yr 10), along with another 126 boys, have been training with the Dragons and Ben was picked Drag- ons regional side!

Celebration of Achievement Evening (6/7/17) ‘Celebration of Achievement’ Evening on Thursday 6th July 2017 was again a very successful and enjoyable event. Ash Randall, Pro Freestyle Footballer opened the proceedings, with an excellent demonstration of skills and some light-hearted competition between the staff he chose to join him on stage.

From Subject Awards, to Head of Year Awards, to Community Awards, all the pupils were deserving winners and are outstanding role models for their peers. The cast of this year's School Production of ‘Beauty & the Beast’, along with the Deaf Choir ,both performed on stage at the event.

See also the Community Links & Pupil Engagement and Sporting Achievements & Activities pages

Sporting Achievements & Activities

Sports Activities

At Cwmbran high we offer an extensive extra-curricular PE programme that is run jointly by the PE department and our 5x60 officer. Students have the opportunity to participate in competitive and non-competitive sporting activities during lunch time and after school. As a result over 650 students participated in at least one extra-curricular sporting activity last year.

The activities offered to students are broad and varied to try and appeal to as many different interests’ students may have and to encourage as many students to participate as possible. Students had the opportunity to participate in basketball, badminton, 5 a’side football, trampolining, street dance, free running, cheerleading and students have the opportunity to use the fitness suite during lunchtime and after school.

In addition to these opportunities we also competed in a range of matches and tournaments last year:

Rugby

All Year Groups in KS3 and KS4 had the opportunity to compete against other schools in the authority. Year 9 & 11 students also had the opportunity to compete in the Welsh Schools cup. However, we unfortunately failed to progress beyond the group stages. However, the response from students in all year groups was very positive and we will look to build upon a positive start this year.

The following students deserve a special mention for their commitment and performances on the field:

Year 7 –Ethan Todd, Callum Miller, Riley Beer Year 8 – Louie Edwards, Vinney Burden, Sol Jackson Year 9 – Harry Jarvis, Jermarie Chatham, Sam Morgan, Adam Gilmore (Pontypool Schools) Year 10 – Joel Chapman & Ben Taylor (U/15’s Pontypool schools / Newport Gwent dragons trials) Year 11 – Liam Beer, Harry Porter, Lloyd Saunders, Joe Edmonds

Boys Football

Boys football club for KS3 was held on a Monday after school and was well attended with over 30 students regularly attending. All year groups participated in the Gwent schools cup and the welsh schools cup competition. Congratulations to the senior football team / football academy on another successful season. As defending champions they narrowly missed out on defending their Gwent schools cup by loosing in the final.

Special mention to the following pupils for their performance last year:

Year 7 – Lewis Macauley, Ethan Todd, Oliver Coote Year 8 – Harry Evans, Sol Jackson, Rhys Nicholson Year 9 – Harry Jarvis, Jack Beach, Max Tucker & Josh O’Brien Year 10 – Daniel Jones, Ethan Stevens, Corey Hill, James Probert, Tom Coote Year 11 – Isaac Powell, Lloyd Saunders, Evan O’Hagan, Jamie Wilcox & Owain Stephenson

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Girls Football

Girls Football club for Key Stage 3 was run on Friday lunchtime with the help of Declan Rawlings, Tayla Hinwood and Luke Kent (6th form students). Students had the opportunity to participate in a number of indoor community and futsal tournaments throughout the year.

Netball

Netball Clubs have been run on both Mondays and Tuesday afterschool, with all year groups in Key Stage 3 and 4 having the opportunity to compete against other schools in the authority. Netball club has been well attended with over 40 girls regularly attending training every week. Cwmbran High was well represented at the year 7, 8 and 9 Netball Tournaments and the year 10 team competed well within their league but unfortunately did not qualify for the finals. The commitment and positive attitude shown to both training and matches by all the students involved has been excellent and we will look to develop and build upon this next year.

A number of year 8 and 9 students have assisted with the year 7 netball club this year and are keen to make it a success. This has also helped them to develop their skills in coaching and umpiring.

The following students deserve a special mention for their commitment and performances:

Year 7 – Maia Elsworthy, Summer Bowen Quirk, Caitlin Hodder, Rhian Arnold, Abbie Alford, Abigail Brown, Olivia C Lloyd, Anna Roden, Madison Green, Rea Barton, Phoebe Parry Howells, Livi Draper, Lily Adams, Olivia Hurley, Keeley Jones, Holly Marie Greening, Zoe Sharp, Bethany Lister Year 8 – Ellie Chapman, Angharad Witcombe, Nia Galivan, Mya Francis, Millie Lane, Cerys Davies Year 9 – Emma Cooney, Amy Payne, Elinor Green, Morgan Thomas, Mollie Williams, Madison Beard, Carys Sutton, Emily Parry Year 10 – Abbie Trotman, Catrin Arnold, Rosee Daveys

Cross Country

Last year we entered the inter-schools cross country leagues. Over 300 students from schools around Gwent compete in the event and Cwmbran High School was well represented with both boys and girls teams in each race for each Year Group.

Congratulations to all students that competed in the team and special mention to Jasper Davenne & Riley Beer who consistently placed in the top 20 at each race.

The number of students wishing to participate in cross country has gone from strength to strength and this year over 40 students represented Cwmbran High School in the Blackwood event.

Athletics

Throughout the summer term students had the opportunity to attend athletics club every Thursday afterschool. The response from students was excellent and consistently there were 30+ students participating in athletics events after school.

The athletics teams were chosen from students that attended the club and students participated in the inter-schools athletics championships.

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Congratulations to all those students that were selected to represent the school in an athletics event but a special mention must be given to the following students who won the regional event and went on to compete in the county championships.

Joshua Preece (Yr8) - Shot putt (2nd in the county championships for the second consecutive year) Harry Evans (yr8) – Javelin (County Champion) Cordelia Goodger (Yr7) – 100m (2nd in the County Minors)

Sports Day

This year was Cwmbran High schools second sports day and we were very pleased to welcome former Wales and British Lions legend Graeme Price to present the medals and trophies to the students. It was a very successful day that built on the success of lasts year’s sports day. This year there was an even greater response from students with over 450 students competing in athletics events throughout the day.

Student of the Year

With-in the department we select a student every month that we feel deserves a special mention because of their efforts that month. This usually goes to a student that has 100% participation rate in lessons, has regularly attended extra-curricular clubs and has been committed to CHS sports teams.

All of those students that received a student of the month nomination were considered for the student of the year in PE and it was difficult to narrow the selection down to one boy and one girl for each year group. However, congratulations to the following students on being elected as ‘Student of the Year’ in PE last year :

Year 7 Maia Elsworthy, Daniel B Evans Year 8 Ellie Chapman, Sol Jackson Year 9 Jermarie Chatham, Elinor Green Year 10 Catrin Arnold, Ethan Stevens Year 11 Nia Bowen, Morgan Greenslade Year 12 Evan Urie, Luke Kent Year 13 Jamie Davies, Samuel Griffiths

PE trophies

Each year the department presents a special trophy to the best boy or girl from across all year groups. This trophy is presented to students for excellent academic performance in PE, for their sporting success on the sports field or for their help with-in the PE department and their leadership skills. This years worthy winner was:

Declan Rawlings - Declan is a hardworking and enthusiastic student. He is also a talented sportsman who has demonstrated excellent commitment to the PE department and 5x60 clubs this year. As a volunteer coach he has coached the Year 7 boys and girls football teams, delivered sport sessions in our local feeder primary schools and helped out with sports development festivals including Newport county football festival and school sport transition festivals. Declan has made the most of various other opportunities to further develop as a coach and has achieved his football leaders and tennis activators award. As a result of all the hard work Declan has done this year he has also been nominated for an award with the welsh football trust and we are waiting to hear the result. Declan has been a massive help to the PE department and sports development this year and is well on track to become a fantastic coach of the future.

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Honours

 Liam Beer, Lloyd Saunders, Harry Porter & Joe Edmonds – Pontypool School Rugby  Ben Taylor – Pontypool Schools Rugby  Liam Tanner – U/18’s Welsh Gymnastics Squad  Max Tucker – U/14’s Cardiff football Academy  Evan Shellard-Davies – 2016 GForce Kickboxing Grand Champion  Ettienne Chappelle – Wales & GB Kyaking squad - Competed in the World Junior  Championships  Cara-Leigh Edwards – Wales Taekwondo  Sophie Pritchard – U16 Welsh Academy Archery  Isabel Carter – U16 Wales Trampolining  Kieran Bishop – Wheelchair rugby international  Ieuan Cooke – Archery international honours  Molly Jones – Represented Wales in the world dance championships  Charlotte Erasmus – Welsh Swim Squad

5x60

As part of Sports Development and Newport ‘County in the programme’ we have offered taster sessions with both girls and boys within PE lessons.

Also, as part of the NCFC cups CHS have attended Girls Cup (Years 7/8) in which we reached the semi-finals that was held at the velodrome, Newport.

We have attended Basketball and Badminton festivals as part of 5 x 60 festivals.

We are also working to engage pupils in health and wellbeing programmes through sport within school.

5 x 60 clubs are running and offering a number of clubs including, football, badminton, netball, trampolining, fitness suite sessions, cheerleading and more to follow based on what the pupils would like so we can offer a variety.

Again this year Mr Guy, our sports development officer, organised a very successful Transition Festival. Many ‘Coaches of the Future’ and Sports Leaders supported Mr Guy and helped to deliver sessions to the Year 5&6 students. A very enjoyable day was had by all involved. We had 6 feeder schools involved with over 200 pupils participating.

Coaches of the Future/CSLA Sports leaders

4 CHS pupils Declan Rawlings and Lewis Bond (2016), Joe Edmonds and Georgia Whitty (2017) attended ‘Coaches of the Future’ courses and are now helping out with school sessions, festivals and also community club sessions.

The following pupils were identified to attend the Young Leaders Award (Sports Leaders) to en- hance their coaching experience and help at sessions within school and local feeder schools. They have all completed their hours and a few will be going onto the CSLA level 2.

 Abbie Trotman – helping at netball club  Amy Payne – helping at netball club  Georgia Whitty Gymnastics and VGA

Sporting Achievements & Activities

 Ellie Chapman – helping at netball club/trampoline clubs  Danielle Evans- helping at cheerleading and VGA  Lily Evans – helping at cheerleading and VGA  Ashley Tucker – helping at football/badminton  Alex Gage – helping at football/badminton  Lewis Bond – helping at Rugby sessions and festivals  Declan Rawlings – helping at Football sessions and festivals  Tayla Hinwood – helping at football sessions and festivals  Joe Edmonds – helping at community tots sessions

All students (Young leaders & Young ambassadors) that have helped support the PE department and / or delivered coaching session’s with-in local feeder primary schools or at local clubs have done a fantastic job. They are excellent role models to other students and are developing their skills to become excellent coaches of the future. Well done!

Football Academy

The Football Academy continues to flourish working in partnership with the Torfaen Coaching Centre.

Our under 18s had a disappointing season in the West Midland College League and unfortunately were knocked out of the Gwent School Cup in the Semi-Final stages.

We had two training days for the new intake of players and an Open Forum night to try to answer any queries that parents/carers and players may have. We took the opportunity to share with them the history of the Academy and outline our expectations.

During the past two years the Academy played a supporting role to the school’s ASD Base by offering support to some of their challenging students who benefit from the influence of some of the Academy players. We offer reward sessions for students who enjoy playing football and the players planned and ran a very successful Sports Day for the ASD students at Cwmbran Sports Field at the end of the term.

We run weekly small group PE sessions for ASD students who struggle to engage in timetabled PE lessons due to their sensory and social needs. This has been hugely successful in not only developing their PE skills but also their ability to participate in groups and build their confidence.

Mr D Cheedy ~ Head Coach (L)

Mr K Griffiths ~ Goalkeeping Coach (R)

18 Examination Results 2017

Key Stage 3 – Year 9 – 2017

Percentage of Pupils Attaining Level 5 or Above:

KS3 Teacher Assessment Levels (TALs)

National School Difference

% 2017 % 2017 %

English 91% 90% -1% L5+

Mathematics 91% 87% -4% L5+

Science 94% 93% -1% L5+

Core Subject 83% 87% +4% Indicator L5+ in Eng/Ma/Sci

19 GCSE Results—Year 11 – 2017 Number of pupils on roll: 218

School Actual Difference L A Difference Target School against Average against 2017 Outcome target 2017 target 2017 Achieved:

5 or more GCSE grades 60% 55% -5% 61% -6% A* - C

5 or more GCSE grades 47% 43% -4% 51% -8% A* - C Including En / Ma

5 or more GCSE grades 96% 90% -6% 93% -3% A* - G Results in selected Subjects: English:

Achieved grades A* - C 62% 50% -12% 62% -12%

Achieved grades A* - G 96% 95% -1% 96% -1%

Mathematics:

Achieved grades A* - C 58% 53% -5% 60% -7%

Achieved grades A* - G 96% 92% -4% 93% -3%

Science:

Achieved grades A* - C 85% 92% -5% 60% -7%

Achieved grades A* - G 96% 95% -1% 95% 0%

Core Subject Indicator:

A* - C in Eng, Maths & 45% 43% -2% 48% -5% Science

20 Advanced Level Results – 2017

Target 2016 School 2016 Difference

% Level 3 Threshold 100% 99% -1% A’Levels min A - E

Passes at Grades 100% 99% -1% A*- E

Achievement Targets 2017 We are required by the Welsh Assembly Government to set and publish targets for pupil attainment at KS3 and at KS4.

Outcomes are inevitably subject to variations in ability of Year Groups as well as to the even more significant factors of attitude and work ethic.

The targets we set are intended to be realistic, challenging, manageable and attainable.

KS3 (Year 9) Targets 2017

Subject % Gaining Level 5+

English 90% Mathematics 91% Science 94%

Core Subject Indicator 87%

This indicates the percentage of pupils attaining Level 5 or above in each of English, Mathematics and Science in combination

KS4 (Year 11) Targets 2017

Percentage of pupils Target 2017

 Entered for at least 1 approved qualification 100%  Achieving at least 5 GCSE or equivalent including English & Maths Grades A* - C 50%  Achieving at least 5 GCSE or equivalent Grades A* - C 60%  Achieving at least 5 GCSE or equivalent Grades A* - G 94%  Achieving the Core Subject Indicator (CSI) 48%  Leaving school without a qualification 0%  Unauthorised absence rate 0.5%

This indicates the percentage of pupils attaining Grades A* - C in each of English, Mathematics and Science in combination

21 Destination of Leavers 2017

M=Male, F=Female

Cwmbran High Year 11 Year 12 Year13 Total

School F M Total F M Total F M Total Continuing in full-time ed- 50 54 104 41 34 75 3 4 7 186 ucation - Same School

Continuing in full-time ed- 4 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 ucation - School

Continuing in full-time ed- 29 39 68 5 10 15 1 6 7 90 ucation - College

Continuing in full-time ed- 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 20 50 50 ucation - HE

GAP Year 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Continuing in Part time 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Education

Entering employment out- 0 4 4 4 8 12 3 9 12 28 side WBTYP

Entering WBTYP 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 (employed status)

Entering WBTYP - 11 17 28 2 6 8 0 1 1 37 (without employed status)

Able to Enter Emp, Ed or 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 WBTYP (Unemployed) Unable OR NOT READY 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 3 6 to enter Emp, Ed or WBTYP (e.g. due to ill- ness, custodial sentence) Known to have left the 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 area

Not responding to follow- 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 up and therefore unknown

To be updated 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 97 123 220 57 59 116 42 41 83 419 Total 97 123 220 57 59 116 42 41 83 419

22 Outturn Statement 2016-2017

23 24 25 GOVERNORS ANNUAL REPORT TO PARENTS CONTENTS CHECKLIST

A. Details of the arrangements for the next annual parents' meeting to include time, place, purpose and agenda, and a report on any consideration made in relation to any resolutions passed at the previous annual meeting. (only required if governing body decides to hold a meeting)

B. Details of any meetings held following a parental petition under Section 94 including date, venue and reason for meeting, list of those present (excluding parents), number of parents and brief description of discussion, any actions agreed and results of such actions. If a meeting was petitioned but not held an explanation of the reasons for this and outline of the petition.

If no petition for a meeting was received during the year, then the report must state that no meeting was held under Section 94 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013.

C. Details about the members of the governing body and the clerk to include name category of governor if they are an ex-officio governor if they are not an ex-officio governor the date on which their term of office comes to an end if an appointed governor, who appointed them the name and address of the chair and the clerk (this can be the school address)

D. Information, if available, about the arrangements for the next election of parent governors.

E. A financial statement, to include The section 52 statement provided by the local authority; A summary of how the school's budget was used; Details of any gifts and their use Details of the total amounts paid for travel and subsistence to members of the governing body.

F. The most recent school comparative report(s) of performance in end of key stage teacher assessments (DEWI contextual reports) and, for schools with pupils following key stage 4 study programmes, the most recent Summary of Secondary School Performance (SSSP).

G. The most recent annual attendance and absence figures for the school (%).

H. Secondary schools should include details of the proportion of pupils aged 15 or 16 at the start of the previous academic year who; continued in full-time education, training or work based learning went on to employment are known to have neither continued in education nor gained employment, or whose destination is unknown.

I. Details of the steps taken to develop and strengthen the school's links with the community including with the police.

J. The most recent targets for improvement and for reducing absences agreed by the governing body with the local authority.

K. Details of arrangements for pupils to participate in sport and extra-curricular sports activities. L. A summary of any review undertaken and any action taken as a result and details of any policy or strategy adopted by the governing body.

M. Details of the term dates and session times for the school for the year for which pupils are being invited to apply for admission.

N. Information about any changes to information in the school prospectus.

O. Information about the curriculum, the organisation of education and teaching methods. This should include details of any special arrangements made for particular groups of pupils including those with special educational needs.

P. The language of the school as shown in their PLASC category

Q. A brief statement about the use of the Welsh language in the school, to ensure that parents and prospective parents can gain a full understanding of the linguistic character of the school. This should include: a. use of Welsh as a language of instruction in different key stages, different subjects and if appropriate the availability of alternative instruction in English; b. details about the use of Welsh as a usual language of communication at the school outside of formal instruction; c. any restriction to the ability to choose the language of instruction; d. arrangements at the school for facilitating continuity for pupils instructed through the medium of Welsh whilst registered at the school or when transferring from primary to secondary school; e. details of any exception from the National Curriculum in Welsh as long as inclusion of this information does not identify an individual pupil affected.

R. A brief statement about the provision of toilet facilities for pupils and the arrangements made to ensure their cleanliness.

S. Information on the action taken to promote healthy eating and drinking by pupils of the school.

NB Items in bold must be included in a summary report – all items must be included in full report.