Excellence every day
Welcome to Robert May’s School
Year 6 Parents’
Information Evening
September 2018
Welcome and IntroductionsJoanna West - Headteacher
Jonathan Searle - Deputy HeadteacherRichard Wilson - Deputy Headteacher
Louisa Chaplin - Assistant Headteacher
Excellence every day with learning at the centre of all that we do
Ethos
School Day
Time Activity
8.25-8.45am Registration with Tutors
8.45-9.30am Lesson 1
9.30-10.20am Lesson 2
10.20-10.40am Break
10.40am-11.25am Lesson 3
11.25am-12.15pm Lesson 4
12.15pm-12.45pm Break
12.45pm-1.35pm Lesson 5
1.35pm-2.25pm Lesson 6
2.25pm-3.30pm Optional Extra-curricular Activities
English 4 4 single lessons
Maths 4 4 single lessons
Science 3 1 double & 1 single
PE 3 3 single lessons
Music/Drama 2/1 1 double (Y7), 1 single (Y8)
Art 1/2 1 single lesson (Y7), 1 double (Y8)
French or German or Spanish
3 3 single lessons (Y7), 2 lessons (Y8)
Geography 2 2 single lessons
History 2 2 single lessons
RE 1 1 single lesson (Y7), 2 single lessons (Y8)
Design & Technology 2 1 double lesson
ICT 2 1 double lesson
Citizenship 1 1 single lesson
*NB differences in numbers of lessons between year groups for timetabling purposes. These are evened out for the different subjects across the years.
Attitudes and skills
• Flexibility• Open-mindedness• Determination• Self – Confidence• Empathy• Sensitivity• Reliability• Fairness• Courage
• Creative Thinker• Participator• Team Player• Independent Learner• Reflective Learner• Self - Manager
‘Students are eager, enthusiastic and show a curiosity to learn. They enjoy lessons, are active participants and display high levels of independent thinking.’ OFSTED
Core Subjects included in the GCSE Curriculum
• English Language
• English Literature
• Mathematics
• Science including Biology, Chemistry and Physics
• Ethics and Philosophy
• PE
• PSHEE
*NB current offer.
Option Subjects included in the GCSE Curriculum
• Art and Design
• Catering
• Child Development
• Computer Science
• Drama
• Engineering
• Fine Art
• French• Geography
• German
• History
• ICT
• Music
• PE
• Photography
• Spanish
• Textiles
• Vocational Studies
“The Curriculum is broad, balanced, challenging and interesting. ...the well-planned curriculum provides pupils with a firm foundation for the next stage of their education. Pupils are encouraged to be ambitious and strive for excellence.” Ofsted Report 2017
*NB current offer. Occasionally changes are made for different year groups.
GCSE Results (2018)
• 76 % achieved grades 9-4 in both English and Maths• 80 % achieved grades 9-4 in English • 84 % achieved grades 9-4 in Maths
• 65 % achieved a strong pass (grades 9-5) in English• 65 % achieved a strong pass (grades 9-5) in Maths
• 37 students achieved the new, high level 9
• 24 % of all grades were at grades 7, 8 and 9
GCSE Results (2018)
• 75 % of the cohort able to achieve the EBacc passed
• Last year 99% of leavers enrolled in full-time education after leaving Robert May’s.
• Many Robert May’s students go on to achieve superb results in their A levels at local colleges and take places at top universities.
• 100% of the cohort who opted to start apprenticeships took them up
Extra Curricular
Science Club Maths Club Book ClubHistory Club Food For Fun ChoirProductions Table Tennis TennisICT Club Art Club DT ClubHockey Netball BasketballFootball Athletics BadmintonRugby Cross Country GymnasticsMagistrates’ Court Competition
Enrichment and Extra Curricular Visits : Examples
Theatre trips
Gallery visits
Geography field trips
History battlefields tours
Archaeological digs
Ski trips
Watersports trip
Year 7 pantomime and bowling
Year 11 expedition (every two years)
Student Voice Activities
● School Council● Tutor representatives● Questionnaires● Head Prefect Team● Prefects● Student Voice box● Digital Leaders● Student Guides● Focus groups on the current school expansion
Special Educational Needs
● Early identification● Transition● Robust list and register● EHCPs (Statements) are followed● Regular updates to staff● Differentiation● LSAs● Quality Inclusive First Teaching● Homework Support
More able and talented
● Identification● Curriculum content and challenge in the
classroom● Differentiation: quality teaching first● Competitions and trips● Monitoring and encouraging● Student Voice involvement● Links to colleges and other schools
“The most able are stretched and challenged in all subjects.”Ofsted Report 2017
Expansion Works
● Work commenced on Monday 24th July 2017 and will be completed by November 2018.
● Facilities added include reception, library, additional classrooms and lab space in the Invictus Building as well as internal rearrangements to create new science laboratories and a much needed extension to the dining facilities.
● Works were planned with the 2019 cohort in mind where the number of students in feeder schools exceeds our historic intake of 240.
● Admissions for September 2019 and beyond allow for 270 places.
How to apply
Online applications open : Monday 10th September 2018
Online applications close: Wednesday 31st October 2018 (midnight)
(Paper applications must be taken to a Hampshire school before half term or posted no later than Monday 29th October 2018)
Advice, guidance, catchment areas and instructions:http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/admissions/ad-guidance.htm
How to apply
❏ Information letter to Primary Schools: September 2018
❏ Three choices, in order of preference. The order of preference is important.
❏ Email/Letter confirming place sent: 1st March 2019
Waiting list: 4th March 2019
Appeals: Contact Robert May’s School
May-June 2019
Ensure our Admissions Officer knows about your case.
Admissions: 1 + 2
❏ Looked after children or children who were previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order (Appropriate written evidence will need to be provided).
❏ Children or families who have a serious medical, physical or psychological condition which makes it essential that the child attends Robert May’s School rather than any other. (Appropriate medical or psychological evidence must be provided in support.)
Admissions 3
Oversubscription- priority order:Students living in the Robert May’s catchment
area who...❏ Have siblings in the school in September 2019
Note: Sibling includes brother, sister, half brother, half sister, adoptive brother, adoptive sister, step brother, step sister, those living as siblings in the same family unit.
Admissions 4 + 5
Then…
Other children living in the catchment area of Robert May’s School
Then…Children of staff who have been employed at the school for two or more years
Admissions 6 + 7
Then other children who live outside the catchment area who...
❏ Have sibling(s) in the school in September 2019 and attend one of the linked catchment primary schools (Greenfields Junior, Hook Junior, Long Sutton CE (Controlled) Primary, Mayhill Junior and Whitewater CE (Controlled) Primary (School Specific criterion)
❏ Other children who have a sibling in the school in September 2019 - do not attend a linked feeder primary school
Admissions 8 + 9
Then...
● Other children who live outside catchment (no siblings at RMS) educated at a linked feeder primary school
● Other children who live outside the catchment area
NOTE: broad sibling definition still applies
Tie-breaker: distance measurement to school reception
Distance: straight line- Hampshire CC Geographic Information Systems
Admissions summary
❏ Live in catchment and have sibling at RMS❏ Live in catchment but no sibling at RMS❏ Children of staff❏ Live out of catchment + have sibling at RMS
and attend link feeder school❏ Live out of catchment + have sibling at RMS❏ Live out of catchment + attend linked feeder
school ❏ Live out of catchment❏ Appeals
How to apply
❏ Information letter to Primary Schools: September 2018
❏ Three choices, in order of preference. The order of preference is important.
❏ Email/Letter confirming place sent: 1st March 2019
Waiting list established: 4th March 2019
Appeals: Contact Robert May’s School
May-June 2019
Ensure our Admissions Officer knows about your case.
Transport to and from School
● Hampshire Schools’ Transport provides bus services from Hook, Hartley Wintney, Long Sutton, South Warnborough and other villages within the catchment.
● For students living in catchment and travelling a distance of 3 miles or greater there is a legal right to free transport.
● For families eligible for Free School Meals the eligibility distance reduces to 2 miles.
● Public consultation over providing a safe walking and cycling route to Odiham from Hook- in progress
● Check the website for updates:○ https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning/schooltranspo
rt/apply○ Or search “Hampshire School Transport” and follow the links
Year 6 Induction Programme
DecemberDecember - Year 6 from our Feeder Schools visit
to watch the dress rehearsal of our School Production ‘Beauty and the Beast.’
Throughout the year
RMS students in Drama / Music / Art visit feeder primary schools to work with Year 6 students.
March-
letter of offer from HCC admissions team
April/May
Parents receive letters outlining administration matters – music tuition, lockers, uniform, school fund, PTA etc.
Induction
June 2019
❏ Students complete a “This is Me” profile.
❏ RMS SENDCO meets with primary colleagues to discuss the support requirements of individual students.
❏ The Head of Year 7 visits primary schools for discussions about each student who is transferring to RMS.
Induction
June/July 2019
❏ Students attend 2 Induction Days at RMS ❏ Selected students have additional
familiarisation visits❏ Parents attend RMS New Parents’ Evening❏ PTA Uniform sales
Induction
The Class of 2024!
September 2019
Now they are Robert May’s students.
Year 7 and Year 11 only- first day.
Parents’ Evening in late November/early December.
A school where all can excel
“There is a positive ethos throughout the school, which is enhanced by strong relationships between staff and pupils. Pupils conduct themselves well and are respectful and courteous to one another. Behaviour continues to be typically exemplary.”
Ofsted Report 2017
Pastoral Support
❏ Form Tutors and Heads of Year.
❏ Senior Leaders❏ Student Support Team❏ Counsellors, Family
Support Advisor, Parent Support Advisor
• Verbal praise• Positive comments on on work• Tutor awards• Stickers• Department Certificates• Postcards• Letters
• Prizes• Receiving
certificates/praise in assemblies and in end of term celebration assemblies
‘Celebrating success, achievements and improvement both in and out of the classroom.’
Sanctions
‘Support and care can sometimes mean helping the students to learn to do the right thing.’
• Break time detention
• Detention after school for one hour
• Community Service
• School detention
• Two hour Headteacher’s Detention
• Isolation from lessons
• Fixed Term Exclusion from school
Support Strategies
‘We are an inclusive school and we actively support students to reach their true potential.’
At times we use different strategies to support students, including:
✓ Targeted daily reports ✓ Subject monitoring✓ Mentoring✓ Round robins✓ Interviews with parent/child and member of staff✓ Individual Behaviour Plans✓ Working with Pastoral Support Team & outside agencies✓ Working closely with parents
How do we communicate with home?
Sharing concernsTwo way communication via telephone and email (office hours)Meetings.Homework diaries.
Reporting on children’s progress:✓Interim reviews✓Parent Information Evening✓Reviews and Reports at key points in each year
The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
❏ Web / Cloud based
❏ Access through www.rmays.com
❏ Used by teachers for organising and setting homework / revision
❏ Students can work collaboratively from their homes, email, organise their calendar and much more
Our Website and Weekly Parents’ Bulletin
Parents:Email and Text Messages
Students:
Online safety is a key responsibility of schools
and parents.
Minimise “Non-learning screen time!”
Admissions information
Please use:
Hampshire County Council Advice, guidance, catchment areas and instructions:http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/admissions/ad-guidance.htm
Robert May’s School: Admissions policy 2019-2020 is given on our website: http://www.rmays.org/our-school/policies/
For individual and specific enquiries, please call our switchboard to speak to our Admissions Team on 01256 702700