2021 PROSPECTUS RELATIONSHIPS • RESPECT • RESPONSIBILITY Welcome from the Principal RELATIONSHIPS • RESPECT • RESPONSIBILITY 3 Thank you for showing an interest in Grosvenor Grammar School. Our School Ethos is underpinned by the three values of Relationships, Respect and Responsibility. As a new pupil to our school, your child will be warmly welcomed into the Grosvenor family and our dedicated staff work hard to ensure that our pupils feel supported and encouraged at every stage of their educational pathway. We have a proud tradition in Grosvenor of celebrating academic achievement, whilst ensuring that our pupils become caring, confident adults. We provide a broad, balanced curriculum and strong careers advice to enable your child to fulfil his or her potential. I would encourage you to come and visit our school to see our fantastic, modern facilities which enable us to provide a vast range of extra-curricular activities. Happiness breeds success in Grosvenor and we encourage everyone to get involved in our school community. I am proud of the achievements of all our pupils and look forward to welcoming your child. Please see our website at www.grosvenorgrammarschool.org.uk for further information. I would be very happy to answer any questions or queries you have about Grosvenor and hope you enjoy reading our Prospectus. Dr F Vasey Principal GROSVENOR PROSPECTUS > 2021 RELATIONSHIPS • RESPECT • RESPONSIBILITY 5 Contents Principal’s Welcome 3 Our Mission and Aims 6 Admissions and Enrolment 7 Arrangements for Pastoral Care 8 Pupil and Safety Protection 13 Extra-curricular activities 14 The School Curriculum 16 Pupil Achievements 24 Working with Parents 29 Positive Behaviour Policy 31 Charges and Remissions Policy 36 Admissions Criteria 39 Admissions criteria (Year 8) 39 Admissions criteria (Years 9 -12) 41 Admissions criteria (Years 13 and 14) 42 APPENDICES 1 - 3 1. Uniform 47 2. The School Year 2021/22 51 3. Grosvenor Aerial Plan 52 4. Bus Routes & Transport 53 GROSVENOR PROSPECTUS > 2021 6 RELATIONSHIPS • RESPECT • RESPONSIBILITY Our Mission and Aims The importance placed on the care of our pupils is reflected by and embedded within the Grosvenor Ethos: RELATIONSHIPS RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY Working together Fostering mutual understanding Developing self and others MISSION STATEMENT: “To inspire our pupils within a supportive, caring environment to be lifelong learners, enabling all pupils to realise their full potential and become tolerant and confident adults.” Within our school, we aim: • to ensure that every individual is valued within an inclusive learning environment; • to enable pupils to achieve high levels of success in all of their activities and prepare them for adult and working life; • to provide a broad, balanced curriculum and extensive extra-curricular programme; • to encourage the personal, moral and spiritual growth of our pupils and to encourage a sense of pride in being a member of the Grosvenor community; and • to build upon the partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, local and international communities, so that everyone enjoys and benefits from their experience of Grosvenor. GROSVENOR PROSPECTUS > 2021 RELATIONSHIPS • RESPECT • RESPONSIBILITY 7 Admissions and Enrolment Grosvenor Grammar School is a controlled, co-educational, inter-denominational and multi cultural, day grammar school. ADMISSIONS AND ENROLMENT DENI regulations say that: (i) 155 pupils may be admitted into Year 8; and (ii) 1075 pupils is the total enrolment for the School. The current enrolment per year group is as follows: Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Year 13 Year 14 181 165 163 162 161 131 147 Note: The figures in the table above include pupils that are supernumerary INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE PUPILS AND PARENTS Please visit our website at www.grosvenorgrammarschool.org.uk and navigate to Admissions where you can enjoy our Promotional Video and Virtual Tour of the School. PRINCIPAL Dr F Vasey CHAIRPERSON Miss S R Rainey OBE CONTACTING THE SCHOOL TELEPHONE: 028 9070 2777 FAX: 028 9079 7019 E-mail: [email protected] Further information: www.grosvenorgrammarschool.org.uk @GrosvenorGS GROSVENOR PROSPECTUS > 2021 8 RELATIONSHIPS • RESPECT • RESPONSIBILITY Arrangements for Pastoral Care Pastoral care is an integral part of the whole Our relationship with parents/guardians is of the utmost educational experience offered to our pupils and is importance to Grosvenor and we will ensure parents not a distinct entity. It underpins every aspect of the are well informed and reassured that their children pupils’ experience in school, and exists, not for its own are being educated in a safe and caring environment sake, but to enable pupils to achieve their potential. and have opportunities to act in partnership with the School. Our aim is to offer the best possible pastoral care by providing support and guidance for pupils in a climate STRUCTURE OF PASTORAL CARE which is characterised by good relationships and Grosvenor has developed a formal Pastoral Care mutual respect. system where each pupil belongs to a Form Class/ We strive to continue to create an atmosphere in Tutor Group under the direct care of a Form Tutor, Grosvenor where our young people will feel secure and coordinated by a Head of Year, supported by a Head accepted in a safe environment and where they know of School, with the Vice-Principal i/c Pastoral Care having overall responsibility. A School Counsellor, a that they are valued as individuals. We encourage our Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo), pupils to develop a positive approach to study and Assistant SENCo and a Pupil Welfare Auxiliary (school support them as they grow in self-esteem, confidence nurse) also play crucial roles in providing pastoral care and independent thinking. We will assist our pupils to our pupils. to make informed career decisions and promote a positive approach to leisure activities and healthy FORM TUTOR living. In Grosvenor, the Form Tutor provides the first and most immediate level of support and help for pupils, with 25 minutes set aside at the beginning of each day to develop relationships in Form Time. Depending upon the age/educational stage, pupils have different needs. In order to provide the most appropriate care, the pastoral structure and provision differ slightly between the year groups: YEAR 8: TRANSITION FROM PRIMARY TO POST PRIMARY Grosvenor recognises this is an important year, where some primary pupils may be daunted by the move to grammar school. The pupils are the youngest and smallest; they have to move around much more; they have to get to know more teachers and make new friends. The Form Tutor and Head of Year are carefully selected and specifically trained to work with the Year 8 pupils and a full Induction Programme is in place, beginning with a Year 8 Induction Evening in June before the pupils start at Grosvenor. Each parent/guardian is invited to an interview with the Form Tutor early in the first term and to a Parent Consultation afternoon with subject teachers later in the year. To help pupils to settle in, develop friendships and relationships with each other (as well as with their Tutor and Form Prefects), a residential experience is currently offered to each class. Year 8 pupils have a timetabled Form Period (35 minutes per week). This time has been provided to allow the pupils to build GROSVENOR PROSPECTUS > 2021 RELATIONSHIPS • RESPECT • RESPONSIBILITY 9 relationships with the other pupils in their Form Class Programme is in place to help students make the and their Form Tutor and also to support the taught transition to life in Senior School. Senior School pupils Pastoral programme. have their own accommodation where they study independently during non- timetabled subject classes. YEARS 9 – 12 Year 13 classes are held in the Year 13 Library and are Parents/Guardians have an opportunity to meet supervised by the Senior School Study Supervisor. subject teachers in all year groups and are invited to Year 14 Study classes are held in the Year 14 Library attend a careers/subject choice information evening and are unsupervised reflecting the maturity and focus for pupils in Year 10 and Year 12, as well as being expected from Year 14 pupils. given the opportunity to attend their child’s personal Parents/Guardians have an opportunity to meet careers interview. Parent Information Evenings are also subject teachers in both year groups, and are also provided for pupils in Years 9 and Year 11. invited to attend a Higher Education information Year 9 and Year 10 pupils will also have a timetabled evening for students in Year 14. A Parent Information Form Period (35 minutes per week). This time has been Evening is provided for the parents of pupils in provided to allow the pupils to build relationships Year 13. with the other pupils in their Form Class and their Form Tutor and also to support the taught Pastoral DUTIES OF A FORM TUTOR programme. Specific Duties of all Form Tutors include: Any pupils who join the School in Years 9-12 benefit • promotion of the ethos of the school; from an Induction Programme established by their • delivering the pastoral scheme of work; Head of Year and includes a ‘buddy system’ to ensure • registration and attendance monitoring; that they integrate fully into school life as easily as • overseeing of the conduct and appearance of possible. each individual in the class; • monitoring of the progress and well-being of YEARS 13 – 14 each individual; In Senior School, pupils are re-grouped to encourage • f acilitating individual pupil target-setting greater mixing and to help new pupils integrate exercises; more easily. At the beginning of Year 13, an Induction • liaising with the Head of Year, subject teachers GROSVENOR PROSPECTUS > 2021 10 RELATIONSHIPS • RESPECT • RESPONSIBILITY and parents regarding progress, behaviour of impairments; speech and language difficulties; medical each pupil; conditions) receive additional support and attention, • guidance with self-organisation e.g.