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Barking Abbey Comprehensive School
| School Name
| Barking Abbey Comprehensive School
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| DCSF number
| 101241
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| Town/City
| Barking
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| County
| Essex
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| Government region
| East of England
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| Number on roll
| 1916
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| Age range
| 11-18
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| Specialist status
| Sports and Humanities
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| Key stage 3 results
|
|
|
| English
| 80%
|
| Maths
| 77%
|
| Science
| 76%
|
| 5 A* to C at GCSE including English and Maths, 2007
| 58%
|
| % Special Educational Needs
| 2.8%
|
| Keywords
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Description
Barking Abbey is a Test Bed School, and has just been awarded ICT Excellence Status (curriculum) by British Educational Communications and Technology Agency(BECTA).
The school operates a two-year Key Stage 3, whereby students study the full national curriculum but take their SATs and choose their GCSE options in year 8 and start KS4 in year 9.
There is a wide range of academic, vocational and BTEC Double Award courses to choose from.
Resources
BA01: Description of curriculum design
BA02: Information for new Yr 7 students
BA03: Options info for KS4
BA04: Options info for KS 5
BA05: KS4 options blocks for students
BA06: KS4 subject info for students
Links
School web site http://www.babbey.bardaglea.org.uk/new/index.htm
Latest inspection www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/100445
Saffron Walden County High School
| School Name
| Saffron Walden County High School
|
| DCSF number
| 881/5408
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| Town/City
| Saffron Walden
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| County
| Essex
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| Government region
| East of England
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| Number on roll
| 1945
|
| Age range
| 11-18
|
| Specialist status
| Technology
|
| Key stage 3 results
|
|
|
| English
| 84%
|
| Maths
| 84%
|
| Science
| 82%
|
| 5 A* to C at GCSE including English and Maths, 2007
| 70%
|
| % Special Educational Needs
| 3.4%
|
| Keywords
|
|
Description
Resources
SA01:Safffron Walden County High School
Links
http://www.saffronwalden.gov.uk/
School web site http://www.babbey.bardaglea.org.uk/new/index.htm
Latest inspection http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/76576
Sir John Leman High School
| School Name
| Sir John Leman High School
|
| DCSF number
| 935/4056
|
| Town/City
| Beccles
|
| County
| Suffolk
|
| Government region
| East of England
|
| Number on roll
| 1360
|
| Age range
| 13-19
|
| Specialist status
| Technology
|
| Key stage 3 results
|
| Level 5 and above, 2007 SATS
|
| English
| 73%
|
| Maths
| 75%
|
| Science
| 69%
|
| 5 A* to C at GCSE including English and Maths, 2007
| 61%
|
| % Special Educational Needs
| 2.9% with statement, 15% overall
|
| Keywords
| curriculum design, diploma, high attainment on entry, intervention support, options, progress, skills centre
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Description
Pupils start in Y9 with a traditional curriculum offering the compulsory subjects plus drama. Citizenship, Enterprise and Learning to Learn are delivered in full or half-day events.
Pupils have a free choice of options for Y10 (with minimal guidance eg SAT level 6 needed to opt for triple science). The option pools are then constructed to meet their requests. The options offer a broad range of academic and applied courses, including BTEC. In addition, 20% of Y10 follow applied courses (five lines are available) at the off-site Skills Centre run by the Locality Partnership of three schools and the local College. There is also a range of ‘alternative curriculum’ offerings for very challenging pupils and for SEN pupils. Pupils are guided into these.
In Y11 there is an extensive programme of intervention to support pupils.
Pupils applying to join the sixth form have a free choice, subject to appropriate entry requirements, of the subjects available which include a broad mix of academic and applied. Many students choose a mix of academic and applied. The subject pools are then contructed to meet their requests.
Except in Y9, there is a tailored mix of single and double period teaching to meet the needs of individual courses.
The Skills Centre will be the base for the pilot of the Diploma in Engineering in September 2008
Resources
SL01: Description of curriculum design
SL02: Timetable blocking
SL03: Year 10 option blocks
SL04: AS subject pools
SL05: Application to join sixth form
SL06: Applied A Level prospectus
SL07: GCSE prospectus
SL08: Year 9 to 13 timetable diagrams
SL09: Level 2 courses prospectus
SL10: Introduction to 2008 curriculum design
SL11: 2008 Curriculum: Humanities
SL12: 2008 Curriculum: Time allocations
SL13: 2008 Curriculum: Powerpoint presentation used in staff consultation
SL14: 2008 Curriculum: Evaluation form
Links
School web site http://www.sjlhs.suffolk.sch.uk/
Latest inspection http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=124817
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