Learning Support

If we are already aware that you have additional learning needs, the Head of Learning Support, Mrs Beard, along with your subject teachers, will continue to monitor and review your access arrangements to ensure that they remain up to date and appropriate. Sometimes, however, additional needs only become apparent as pupils approach GCSEs, often due to concerns with your progress. If this is the case, staff will alert Mrs Beard, who will then investigate to establish whether there is a need for interventions and then advise teaching staff of strategies to support you in class. If appropriate, you might also receive one to one guidance, or be invited to small group sessions or workshops to look at skill building for GCSEs, such as revision skills, decoding exam questions, formulating and planning an answer, and managing your time. Depending on what’s right for you, you might need just a short boost in certain areas to increase your confidence or ability, or you might benefit from more continued guidance.

What does a typical day consist of in Year 10 and 11?

Each school day is divided into six teaching periods (30 periods per week) distributed between:

- English

- Maths

- Sciences

- Each of your four option choices

- Religious Studies (1 period each week)

- Physical Education (2 periods each week)

- Personal, Social, Health, Moral and Economic Education (1 period each week)