Shirley High School Values and Ethos Year 9 into Year 10 Miss Whitehead – Head of Year (As of September, Mrs Manning)

Head of Year Overview of 2014/15 Successful transition into GCSE subjects Published authors of poetry and short stories

Head of Year Overview of 2014/15 Students took part in this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day at Croydon Town Hall. They did some fantastic readings and were congratulated by the Mayor of Croydon for their input, plus members of the public came up and congratulated them on how well they had done. All 5 were entered into the book of excellence.

Head of Year Overview of 2014/15 Silver Award in Croydon Schools Athletics Long Jump Bronze Award in Croydon Schools Athletics 200m Gifted and Talented sports provision for 12 students Jack Petchey Winner – yet to be awarded Debate club with Ms McKenzie Sports Day

The Golden Rule We expect all students to follow our GOLDEN RULE: Shirley High School students are expected to show consideration and respect to all members of the school and local community at all times. So that we have a Safe, Happy and Successful school

SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL CORE VALUES

The ABC to Success Our school ethos is based on the ABC to Success Quite simply ……. Our students will be successful if they focus on the following areas: – Attendance – Behaviour – Commitment

ATTENDANCE

Attendance and Punctuality The biggest barrier to achievement at school is non- attendance and poor punctuality. Students are expected to achieve 96% attendance in an academic year. (This means no more than 8 days off in the whole year.) Students are expected to have less than 3% lates in an academic year. (This means no more than 6 late arrivals to school in the whole year.)

Attendance and Punctuality Communication is key in ensuring that the school is aware of any absence for your child. Absence slips are available for use in your child’s student planner and these should be completed for when your child is well enough to come back to school. Students should aim to be in school by 8.15am but by 8.25am at the very latest. You will receive texts from school if your child is not registered during morning registration.

BEHAVIOUR

Behaviour Good behaviour in and out of school is important please support your child in this area. Your child will be rewarded for good behaviour in school via our rewards system. You can see what rewards your child is receiving via the student planner and letters home. Poor behaviour disrupts teaching and learning as well as students’ social time out of the classroom. Sanctions in line with our behaviour policy will be used to address behaviour breaches. Our behaviour policy is on the website and behaviour rules and procedures are in the student planner.

Behaviour Behaviour out of school is equally as important. We expect our students to conduct themselves appropriately and not engage in anti social behaviour that may bring our school into disrepute. Sanctions will be applied to any student involved in anti social behaviour out of school. We have been asked by the Police to remind parents that children should not be in Croydon Town Centre after school unless they have a valid reason to be there, as there are dispersal orders in place which they will enforce.

Bullying We take bullying VERY seriously however we can only address it when we know about it. Bullying should ALWAYS be reported (to the form tutor in the first instance). Cyber bullying is a serious issue! Legally, students should not have Facebook or Twitter accounts until they are 13. We ask you to enforce this for their own safety, check what your children are accessing and use parental controls as appropriate for their age.

Mobile Phones We do not allow mobile phones in school. This rule has not changed. If seen they will be confiscated. Students may use the office phone if they need to contact home urgently. If there are exceptional circumstances for having a mobile phone, then a letter outlining this must be written to the Headteacher.

Uniform – main points Our uniform is supplied by Hewitts of Croydon. We ask you to follow the school uniform policy to ensure uniform is consistent throughout the school. If there are any changes you will be officially informed. Our skirts and trousers colour is mid grey. This will be strictly enforced from September. Please ensure your child’s skirt / trousers is the correct colour and style to avoid the unnecessary expense of replacing incorrect items. Plimsolls and trainers are not part of the school uniform and are not permitted. This will be strictly enforced from September. Hair accessories should be plain navy, black, grey or white only. We do not allow excessive makeup, coloured nail polish, extreme hairstyles or jewellery. Please note: We do not allow piercings at all, even if covered with plasters. Students will be asked to remove piercings, irrespective of when they have had them done.

COMMITMENT

Are your children ready to learn? Students are expected to have their planner with them at all times. They must be produced immediately if requested by any member of staff. The planner is the simplest form of home/school communication. Please check and sign it weekly and contact your son/daughter's form tutor if you have any concerns. Students are expected to have a school bag that is of reasonable size to fit in their planner, pencil case, personal reading book, other school books as required and any other equipment that they may need for school. Being unprepared for lessons wastes valuable learning time for everyone. Students must get into the habit of having good personal organisation.

Pencil cases are compulsory not optional! All students must have a pencil case containing: Pens (at the very least - 2 x black, 2 x green, 2 x red) Pencil x 2 (minimum) Rubber Pencil sharpener Ruler Glue

Homework Please support your child in completing their homework to the best of their ability and on time. All students have the option of completing their homework at Homework Club which runs daily from 3.00 – 4.30pm and is staffed by Student Support Assistants, on hand to help where required. Computer facilities and printers are available also. The homework schedule is on the website.

Expectations We expect ALL our students to be successful and achieve their potential by the time they leave Shirley High School at 18 years. This can only be achieved if we all (students, staff and parents/carers) work together. Please do me (September onwards) on if you have any questions, queries or concerns.

SIMS LEARNING GATEWAY MR HURST ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER

Front Page

Student Dashboard

Homework

Reports

Data Collection

Click on SLG Log on Page How to access it

Standards and Achievement Mr Templeman-Wright Deputy Headteacher

Standards and Achievement How do we do it – strategies that deliver success for all? – PiXL (Performance in Excellence) membership – Aspirational ‘FFT D’ estimates (top 25% Nationally). – Individual 1 to 1 meetings with students x 3 per year to review progress. – Grade reports x 3 per year to monitor and report progress. All parties should know where their child is at the end of Year 9. – In addition we offer: Small group teaching and support additional lessons afterschool Maths peer coaching in Year 11 whole school commitment to achieving success.

Standards and Achievement GCSE Grades for foundation subjects GCSE A* GCSE A GCSE B GCSE C GCSE D GCSE E GCSE F GCSE G

Standards and Achievement

Key Points - continued: – We expect students to: Complete homework, Read and action all assessment comments by their teachers (reference research done by John Hattie & MMM), Attend extra classes, Complete all classwork Ask for help.

Progress Range (9-2, 10-1, 11- 0)

National Changes GCSE reform: new GCSEs in Eng Literature, Eng Language & Maths for first teaching in Sept 2015 and first assessment in summer 2017 Progress 8 (to be reported in 2016) – replace the 5 x A*-C inc: E&M measure. Based on performance in 8 subjects, divided into 4 groups: E, M, EBacc qualification and an ‘open’ group. Attainment 8 – designed to show pupils average attainment in relation to prior attainment at KS2 in their 8 subjects A new 9 – 1 (as from 2017) grading scale with 9 being the top level. Grade 5 equivalent to the current ‘C1’ grade

Post 16 Shirley High School Be part of a successful learning community

Year 13 Results 2014 A Level 72% A*-C 97% Pass rate BTEC Extended Diploma 100% Distinction*-Merit 94% Distinction*-Distinction

Sixth Form Results Day RD NATIONALLY out of 4,303 sixth form providers for value added performance

Closing Remarks Mr Templeman-Wright Deputy Headteacher