North Kesteven SchoolA High Performing Specialist School in Performing Arts

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Welcome from the Headteacher

This prospectus is designed to give you just a flavour of life at North Kesteven School. Our learning community provides a great place to learn and develop your child’s individual strengths and skills. Weset very high standards in all areas and expect the very best from our students and staff alike. Throughconstant self reflection we aim to provide the highest quality of education and care for all members of our community. Our excellent state-of-the-art facilities create an inspiring environment for our students and supply a wide range of opportunities in and beyond the classroom for all our learners.

Creating Confident Futures

By providing the very best opportunities for our students both in and beyond the classroom, we relentlessly pursue our mission to create rounded, confident individuals who are fully prepared for work and play in the rapidly changing 21st century.

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Academic Excellence

By placing achievement and success at the core of all we do, North Kesteven School is able to create unique opportunities for our students that enable them to fulfil their potential for successful learning outcomes.

Personalised LearningOur broad curriculum, personalised to the needs of the individual, gives challenge and opportunities for our students to grow and develop their unique strengths, talents and skills. Our dedicated staff are committed to the highest academic standards and are relentless in their task of providing the very best educational opportunities for all.

Individual excellence is our missionMr Connor Headteacher

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Enrichmentfor life

The wide range of extra-curricular activities we offer provide inspiring opportunities to enrich and enhance learning in the classroom and try new experiences. We strongly encourage broad participation as we recognise its impact on life skills, such as public performance, confidence, problem solving and teamwork.

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Caring Values

We have long been recognised for our caring, supportive, nurturing and happy learning environment.We are proud of the support we give our learners to enable them to succeed and achieve in all aspectsof school life. Any concerns that parents or students may have will be dealt with in a thorough andsensitive way.

Positive Partnerships

We have long recognised that the strong partnership with our parents is a vital element in the supporting framework that provides our learners with every opportunity to succeed. We provide a wide programme of events for parents to engage with the school to help cement a strong and productive relationship.

Telephone 01522 881010

www.nkschool.lincs.sch.uk

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Specialist School in Performing Arts

With an impressive history of achievements in the arts and creative media, North Kesteven School continuesto provide an outstanding creative learning experience for its 1400 students. High quality partnerships withinand beyond Lincolnshire place us firmly on the national map as an outstanding school.

Our school was awarded specialist status in 2000 and we are very proud of our state-of-the-art performance space and rehearsal areas including a professional standard digital recording studio. The Terry O’Toole Theatre now doubles as an inspiring teaching space and professional theatrical venue. All students benefitfrom the facilities and those pursuing a career in the arts can gain valuable experience in both on-and-off-stage disciplines.

Many of our past students are now household names from the worlds of television, theatre and music. Theschool has also received national awards for its work in film-making and animation.

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We hope you have found the information in thisbrochure both informativeand useful. If you would like any further information please don'thesitate to contact us.

North Kesteven SchoolMoor Lane North Hykeham Lincoln LN6 9AG

Telephone 01522 881010 Facsimile 01522 881452

e-mail enquiries@nkschool.lincs.sch.ukwww.nkschool.lincs.sch.uk

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