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Wolgarston?
Wolgarston?• Wolgarston High School is a thriving, 13-18
comprehensive serving the communities of Penkridge, Brewood, Wheaton Aston, Bishop’s Wood, Dunston and Coven. With over 800 students, including 170 in the Sixth Form, the school is both a vibrant place to be and highly successful.
Wolgarston?
• 13-18 school.• Year 9 to Year 13.• Numbers have dropped from over 850 to below 700 due to demographic changes and falling rolls.
• School overall budget down 25% in 4 years.• Redundancies year on year.• We are not a privileged school.
PANDA 1
Why and how?…• RRR, TTT, AAA• Improvement in the quality of teaching• We observe sixth form lessons and we only allow good
teachers to teach sixth form students• Student Satisfaction Survey• We have removed weak subjects from the offer• Each subject is taught by expert teachers with proven track
records (%A*/A/B…..U, VA)• Setting realistic targets• Tracking progress• Specialist and individual tutorials
Not just lessons• Subject specialist tutor and individual tutorials• Year 12 and 13 together• Programme of social, moral ,spiritual, cultural assemblies
including guest speakers• ‘Fun Fridays’• Community contributions• A strong focus on sixth form students’ ability to develop
independent study skills prepares them well for their next steps.
• Events we run
Assembly Rota, Communal Fridays, Tutor Themes, Milestones and Individual Tutorials
W/C Theme Person Friday Communal Day
Tutor theme Milestone and individual tutorial
27 Oct HALF TERM HALF TERM 3 Nov Cultural KJB Alan Alecock
Samaritans Remembrance
(ELJ)
10 Nov Remembrance Guest- British legion
Dingbats/Rebus challenge (CM)
17 Nov Moral VK Anna Blanchard
Road safety (RJS)
24 Nov Social NR Heather Roebuck, CRY Health Screening
Also, Alice Hirst @ dinner time for Anthony Nolan trust sign up of students
Stereotyping Y12 Parents’ Eve
1 Dec Other RJS Drop ins to main school tutor groups (VK/WS)
Individual tutorials
8 Dec Other Student Satisfaction Survey
Drop ins to main school tutor groups (VK/WS)
Individual tutorials
15 Dec Spiritual CKM KL, CM & AG (Hot choc, mince pies and quiz)
What if?
22 Dec CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS
Where we are now…• The overall effectiveness of the sixth form is outstanding.
Ofsted Jan ‘14• We are top of the league for Average Point Score (Grade)
for comprehensive schools in Staffordshire. • We are only one of three comprehensive schools in
Staffordshire to average B- or higher for A-Level results. • We are top of the league for Value Added (how well
students did compared to how well they should do) for comprehensive schools in Staffordshire.
Academic performance
Shropshire average= 203.3
Average points score (Staffordshire)
• See next slide!
• http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/group.pl?qtype=LA&superview=p16&view=aat&set=1&tab=151&no=860&sort=ks5_14.tallppe_aleva&ord=desc
Average points score (Shropshire)
• See next slide!
• http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/group.pl?qtype=LA&superview=p16&view=aat&set=1&tab=151&no=893&sort=ks5_14.tallppe_aleva&ord=desc
• Value Added Performance
• 2014= 1st
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Value added
L3VA
Option choice survey of Year 10• Each year is different• Do our best to accommodate• Further Maths• Music• Spanish• French
• Option blocks set in response to feedback from the night
Minimum entry requirements• English• Maths• APS (Average Points Score)
• 6.0 = 8 Bs or, 4As and 4Cs• 5.5= 4 Bs and 4 Cs• 5.0= 2Bs, 4Cs, 2Ds• Must include English, Maths and a Science
• Course specific requirements
Exemplar course specific requirements
Biology• Core Science and Additional Science GCSE, or Biology
GCSE, at Grade B or higher• English and Mathematics GCSEs at Grade B or higher• An average GCSE Score of 6.0 or higher
Photography• An average GCSE Score of 5.0 or higher• 5 GCSE’s at Grade A*-C
Applying and the Sixth Form process• Year 10 evening (in June/July) and then set option blocks• Open Evening in October of Year 11 with option blocks• Application by December• Interview• Conditional offer• If a course recruits in insufficient numbers the school reserves the
right to withdraw the course• Yes / Discussion / No letter on results day• Key assessments and interventions (AAA, TTT), student satisfaction
survey and results analysis• Y12Y13 interview. U’s cannot continue in that subject.• Key assessments and interventions (AAA, TTT), student satisfaction
survey.• Celebration day• Results analysis (Post mortem?)
What do our Sixth Formers go on to?• AAA+ alumni• Tim Dutton• Simon Gater*• Luke Guest (R)• Sam Hilton** (R)• Adam Leroux* (R)• Emily Mayer*• Gemma Rawcliffe*• Sophie Smith**• James Whitton* (R)
Sixth Forms• How do you know Wolgarston is Outstanding?• Overall Results (Raw scores)• In 2014, Wolgarston students achieved 8% A*, 30%A*/A,
60% A*/B, 80%A*/C and there were 0% U grades
• Average points score• In 2014, Wolgarston A-Level students achieved 227
• Value added score• Academic=+0.33, Vocational=+0.63
• What Ofsted say• “The overall effectiveness of the sixth form is outstanding.
Standards are above average, because teaching is of a consistently high quality.”
A2 Results 2014
PANDA 2
PANDA 3
