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Contents 1.
Introduction
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Innovation and success
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Summary Findings
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Actions
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School Priorities 2014
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Grainville profile
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Progress – the Jersey Perspective
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Academic
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Vocational
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Community
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Sports
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Expressive Arts
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Surveys
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Introduction
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Grainville School is a mixed 11-16 States secondary school which welcomes students of all abilities and backgrounds and, through a programme of academic, vocational and personal education, inspires each child to achieve success no matter what their starting point may be. As a very inclusive school with a strong family-oriented ethos, we are proud of our curriculum design that aims to stretch and challenge all. At Grainville we are committed to school improvement. We understand that to be an effective school, there needs to be a common and shared identification of school priorities to continue to raise standards. We hope the following information will help you to understand our school, celebrate with us the many successes over the past year and also recognise the areas that we know we need to improve. Grainville School has just completed a five year school improvement programme, designed to make it a highly successful 11-16 school in Jersey. In 2014, Grainville achieved the best academic results in its history, smashing the previous year’s best results, becoming the highest achieving 11-16 school in Jersey. In recognition of the increasing success of the school, in June 2014, Grainville won 2 prestigious Jersey enterprise awards, the first school on the Island to do so. One award was for ‘Developing Skills’ within the school and the second was for ‘Not for Profit’ for the excellent work done by staff and students alike. Grainville School Progress Booklet-Detailed Edition
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The School Progress Booklet (detailed or summary edition both on the website) aims to share important information from the last year with parents, students, staff, governors and the whole community. Other ways in which we promote the school are:
In 2014, Grainville updated the school website to offer the whole community access to useful information relating to the school curriculum, day-to-day activities, events, news and examination performance translated into 3 languages (www.grainville.sch.je) In 2013 Grainville consulted with the community on a revised vision for the school in 2014-19 (see website) In 2012 the Leading Parent Partnership Award (LPPA) was renewed for a further 3 years, highlighting positive praise for the school’s relationships with parents (see website) Since 2011, Grainville has put the new School Development Plan (SDP) and its evaluation onto the website for the community to see and discuss (Now called the School Improvement Plan (SIP)) In 2014, Grainville once again gained the Investors in People award (IIP), having been the first company in Jersey to have obtained this in 1999. The external assessor interviewed 21 staff and reassigned the IIP status until 2017 Now bi-annually, the school surveys all parents using the Kirkland Rowell survey to better understand parental views on the quality of service Grainville provides (see website for full details) Grainville shares Cognitive Ability Test (CAT) data with all parents in Year 7 and 10 yearly
We very much welcome your views and comments on this document. You can contact us via s.fitchett@grainville.sch.je to make an appointment or telephone 822921
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Innovation and Success
Information Technology (IT) Vision The launch of the ESC IT strategy ‘Think Differently’ took place in October 2013. The strategy provides schools with a flexible vision for IT to adapt, adopt and develop IT to enhance teaching and learning. Grainville successfully submitted a bid in spring term 2014 for hardware, software and staff training over a two year phased development in 2014-16. To date, 30 classrooms have been re-configured with new hardware such as interactive whiteboards and interactive touch TVs. In January 2015, Grainville will be a wi-fi enabled school. The school aims to allow students to ‘bring your own device’ by the summer term 2015.. Jersey Student Business Challenge In January 2014, for the second year, Grainville and JCG students were given the challenge to take a business idea and make it commercially viable with £100 cash. 10 Grainville finalists were judged in a ‘dragons den’ of CEOs from the four corporate sponsors, Ernst and Young, Barclays, Ogier and JT. Our students raised £8,139 profit from just 10 trading weeks. Of this, £3,793 was given to more than 12 local and international charities. Students celebrated success at the Jersey Student Business Challenge Awards Evening held at the Radisson Blue Hotel in St Helier in May 2014. Grainville is now looking to construct a GCSE equivalent course with local businesses to add to the option choices for Year 10 students in 2015.
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Institute of Directors
Jersey Business Challenge
Enterprise award
Grainville Success 2014 Grainville has been recognised for its development and was the winner of three top awards in 2014. The school was shortlisted and invited to an awards evening where we competed against the excellent work of local charities and businesses to gain the Jersey Enterprise ‘Not for Profit’ award 2014 and also the ‘Developing Skills’ award 2014, the first school in Jersey to win two Enterprise Awards. This is a reflection of the dedication and hard work of staff, students, parents, Governors and members of our community. The Headteacher, John McGuinness was nominated and won the Jersey Institute of Directors (IoD) award for the best public service organisation in Jersey 2014. He is now a finalist for the ‘UK Director of the Year for Public Service’ award in London in the autumn 2014. Once again, this is a great accolade for the school.
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Summary findings in 2013-14
Grainville School has every right to be pleased with progress across the school. Student attendance and participation in learning are stable and the school self-imposed attendance target has increased from 94% to 95% in 2014-15. Examination performance is at an all-time high with more students achieving 5 A*-C grades than ever, making Grainville the highest attaining non-fee paying schools in Jersey in 2014. All of this is reflected in the positive atmosphere, the purposeful learning in classrooms, our ‘can do’ culture and high expectations around the school. Students successfully access a wide range of academic and vocational courses that best meet their needs. In 2013-14 there were 26 courses overall available to students. In addition 20 students undertook Work Related Learning (WRL) with local companies and employers. A value-added score is used to measure how many students achieve higher results than anticipated. In 2014, positive value-added scores were achieved in art, business studies, ICT, maths, music, fashion, drama, French, geography, history, Italian, photography, sports studies and Spanish. We are also proud of our students passing their City and Guilds and BTEC/ABC’s at Highland’s College in construction, fabrication and welding, vehicle maintenance and hair and beauty. The overall whole school value-added score based upon the summer GCSE/BTEC examinations in 2014 was +0.58 (over half a grade above expectations). Students with a Special Educational Need achieved a value added score across their examinations of +0.2. EAL students achieved a value added score of + 1.0.
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In the 2014 examinations 76% of all Year 11 students achieved 5 A*- C grades and 99.4% grades A*-G. 89% of Year 11 students moved into further education starting courses at Highlands or A-levels at Hautlieu and for the first time, JCG. 8% of students gained or are still looking for employment. This is a great success story and evidence that our young adults are engaged in education and using their results to their best advantage. Grainville students continue to excel in Modern Foreign Languages and Performing Arts and have been successful in many Island, Inter-Island and National competitions. Community spirit is very high and is reflected by the on-going charitable work of the school, raising almost £11 000 in 2013-14, and in the caring way students work together and support one another. Grainville School successfully implemented 85% of the key areas identified in the School Improvement Plan (SIP). This was a tremendous achievement because action plans were linked to the whole school priorities and were focused on raising standards. As a school, we continue to set high expectations and monitor and evaluate what we do to improve further. The school continues to support those students with special educational needs, students where English is not their first language and students with autism.
4. Actions The school recognises that whilst some school improvement strategies can be implemented over short periods with immediate gains, many take time to impact and develop. Improvement in progress in English Language, Humanities, Art and Science were the highest priority for 2013-14. Short and long term plans to improve standards were put into place at the beginning of the academic year, with detailed plans of action for these departments (see Detailed Progress Booklet 2012-13 on the website). The outcomes at the end of the year showed: Significant improvement in English language results at GCSE, with 56.2% of students gaining an A*- C grade, compared to 29% in the previous year Significant improvement in the art GCSE, with a value-added score of +0.61 (students on average gained over half a grade higher than expected), compared to -1.13 last year Geography results improved, with students gaining a third of a grade on average (value-added +0.33) History obtained a value-added score of +0.61, the first positive gain in the last 3 years Curriculum change can take at least 2 years to embed and for positive changes to be seen. Two departments are beginning their second year of departmental improvement.
The new Head of Science changed both courses at KS3 and KS4 at the start of 2013-14 and is now monitoring progress of students in the second year of the new GCSE course. GCSE results for Year 10 students have already significantly improved with the introduction of the new syllabus, with 80% of students gaining an A*-C grade in the core science GCSE, compared to 35% in the previous year The RE department has changed its course from Philosophy and Ethics to RE GCSE and, with rigorous assessment throughout Year 11, the department expects to see significant improvement in 2015 and is confident that this will happen
Learners must set themselves challenging goals to take responsibility for their learning and take up opportunities to study or train beyond 16. High achievements in core subjects are common requirements on entry to Level 3 courses and we have acted upon this by developing a curriculum that allows our students to Grainville School Progress Booklet-Detailed Edition
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make the greatest possible gains, thus accessing high quality education when they leave Grainville. Some of these changes are detailed below:
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In 2012 the school reviewed the time allocated to maths and English at Key Stage 4 and created an additional hour in core subjects Students in Year 11 have the opportunity to complete their Maths GCSE early in November and, if successful, to either improve their grade further or focus on gaining a high grade in English Language Most students are double entered for English and maths, so that they have two chances to gain a C+ grade for entry into post-16 courses The new Head of Science (appointed in 2013) changed the curriculum so that BTEC Science is now delivered to sets 3-4, in conjunction with GCSE courses for our more able scientists. The BTEC content is better matched to some students because it is coursework orientated and this course has achieved a positive value-added since it began A leadership Mentor was established in Art and English to support and review the curriculum with the Head of Department and co-establish improvement strategies for 2013-14, with success A change of examination board for Philosophy and Ethics, the final exam in May 2015 Departmental links have been established with outstanding schools in the UK, to learn from best practice in raising academic achievement. To date, 14 middle and senior managers have visited UK schools in the last 2 years In 2013-14, the academic mentoring scheme involved all KS4 students, parents and key staff. Working with their mentor, all students established regular, clear personal learning targets A whole school programme of lesson observations and book scrutiny has been established in 201415 to further raise standards In September 2013, the third cohort of Year 7 started our ‘Horizon’ programme, a ‘school within a school’. There have been gains in both Literacy and Numeracy and the development of these skills remains a key focus for all our students A new School Improvement Plan (SIP) will be developed in 2014 based upon published whole school priorities to replace the 2013+ SIP The school has created a new support system for Heads of Department so that they can access resources, time, training and materials where needed, based upon measures of student progress
School Priorities 2014-15
As with the previous year’s Whole School Priorities, there is a continued focus on Literacy and boys’ achievement. With so many changes over the last 12 months to the curriculum structure in England and the adapt and adopt approach by the Education Department, as well as the Island implementation of the ‘IT Vision’, there is much to do with regard to the National Curriculum over the coming year. The new school priorities for 2014-15 are: 1.
Clarify curriculum and assessments structures 2014-17
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Develop a lesson observation and work scrutiny programme with Heads of Department and Heads of Year
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Implement the Literacy Policy (2014) and develop Literacy skills across the curriculum to raise standards in subjects
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Actively use assessment structures to monitor and improve student progress across all departments, and in particular, progress made by boys
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Enhance teaching and learning through the use and application of Information Technology
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Implement the changes to the 2014 National Curriculum across departments
Grainville Profile
At Grainville, we pride ourselves on the fact we are a truly inclusive school. Grainville serves a large rural catchment area that includes St John and St Martin in the north of the island as well as the urban catchment of St. Helier. In 2013-14 there were 552 students on roll. The social deprivation index identifies that 38% of students live in social housing (Statistics Department December 2010). In 2013-14, 17% of Grainville students had an identified Special Educational Need (SEN). In the same year the percentage of students with English as an Additional Language (EAL) and who had additional English support in school was 7%. However, approximately 27% of students come from households where English is
the second language spoken. Grainville currently caters for 65% of all secondary age EAL students coming to Jersey. Grainville had 8 autistic students, 4 in Year 11, who accessed our Autistic Spectrum Disorder Communications Provision attached to the school. Literacy and Numeracy levels upon entry in Year 7 were significantly below national expectations. See below:
Grainville entry profile in 2009 (Year 7) for Year 11 Leavers in 2014 Grainville
UK (2010)
Difference
Average CAT Score for year group
96.5
100
3.5
Reading - % at Level 4 or above (Year 6)
71%
84%
-13%
Writing - % at Level 4 or above (Year 6)
42%
67%
-25%
English - % at Level 4 or above (Year 6)
56%
80%
-24%
Maths - % at Level 4 or above (Year 6)
65%
77%
-12%
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Grainville Student Profile of Entry in 2007 for Year 11 leavers in 2014 Whole School 2013-14 Special Educational Needs (SEN) English as an Additional Language (EAL) Social Housing (Equivalent of UK Free School Meals FSM index) ASD (Autistic provision) Looked After Children Number on roll in Year 11 in 2014 Number of students in Y11 with below average CAT (Less than 89) Number of students in Y11 with above average CAT (Above 111)
17% 7% supported (27% speak other language at home) 38 % 2% 1% 108 26 15
Grainville continues to offer a broad balanced curriculum both at KS3 and KS4. At KS4 students are able to choose from 26 subjects including a combination of academic and vocational (5 vocational courses at Highlands) and Work Related Learning placements with employers. Grainville has a history of strong links with local businesses and currently enjoys a close partnership with over 100 companies that has been developed over 25 years. We recognise the importance of developing skills for employability. These skills not only include good Literacy and Numeracy, but good communication, team working, problem solving, IT, timekeeping, personal presentation, and skills in customer care. Students are actively encouraged to participate in a wide range of extra-curricular events and activities including team building and leadership tasks to develop greater independence for adult life. Grainville became the first organisation in Jersey to be awarded the ‘Investors in People’ (IIP) Award in 1999, and in a continuous 3-yearly cycle gained the IIP Mark again from 2014-17. Grainville was also the first school in Jersey to be recognised for its working partnership with parents achieving the ‘Leading Parent Partnership Award’ in 2009, and again in 2012 and the St John Ambulance Schools Mark in 2011. Grainville is also the only state school to have established a platoon in the Army Cadet Force (ACF) as part of the Royal Jersey Militia.
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Measuring Progress – The Jersey Perspective
In 2011, GCSE league tables appeared in the media for the first time in Jersey. Automatic comparison to the UK benchmark of 5 A*- C including English and maths was inevitable. But unlike the UK where selection into fee paying schools is 7%, the selective education system in Jersey removes 55% of more able students from the four 11-16 schools by Year 11. In Jersey 41% of students attend private or fee paying secondary schools with a further 15% selection to Hautlieu in Year 10. The average Cognitive Ability Test (CAT) score for a child will differ tremendously between types of school. In Jersey, a student in an 11-16 non-fee paying school will have an average CAT score in the range of 93 – 100, whilst a selective/private school ranges from approximately 106 - 118. At Grainville, the average CAT score in Year 11 in 2013 was 96.5 (the full CAT range is 60 - 140 with 100 being the national average).
Comparison of Min - Max Average CAT Mean Standard Age Score (MSAS) for Year 11 (2010) 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60
140
140
140
118 100
100 106
93 60 Non Fee Paying 11-16 Schools
60 Selective / Private Schools
100
60 UK Average
How to measure progress? In 2009, a House of Commons Select Committee Report ‘School Accountability’ stated, ‘The Achievement and Attainment Tables present a very narrow view of school performance and there are inherent methodological and statistical problems with the way they are constructed. For instance, they are likely to favour independent and selective schools, which have a lower intake of deprived children or of children with Special Educational Needs. In 2010, Michael Gove, the current UK Secretary of State for Education agreed the current system of assessing the performance and effectiveness of a school was flawed and could be improved and amongst a range of actions set up a review on school accountability under Lord Bew. In May 2011, Lord Bew’s final report confirmed the firm view that a move away from crude attainment statistics towards a new focus on pupil progress was the mark of an effective school. Lord Bew hoped that new use of data would highlight schools that do fantastic work in the most challenging circumstances and level the playing field for them. Grainville School Progress Booklet-Detailed Edition
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Grainville’s response to national views on league table Grainville supports the view expressed in the House of Lords and by Lord Bew about the obvious dangers of focusing on 5 A*-C as the single and most important measure for judging the effectiveness of a school. Focusing only on the percentage of students gaining five A*-C at GCSE masks the true picture of attainment within schools. This means that underachieving students can go unnoticed (e.g. students gaining a grade C instead of a grade B but because they fall within the A*-C grouping they are deemed as successful). It is also a terrible shame that there is currently no formal recognition of achievement for students who gain a pass below C at GCSE, despite the fact that these often provide evidence of real progress. Students who achieve GCSE grades below A*-C should be offered the same respect and value for their progress measured against clear grades D G. Grainville School will continue to focus on valueadded as the most useful measure when making
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judgements on performance and school effectiveness. All schools in Jersey have individual measurements of student potential based upon the Cognitive Ability Test (CAT). Whilst CAT data does identify age and gender, it does not contain any social context, e.g. it does not link to socialeconomic (equivalent of free school meals) or Special Needs or English as an Additional Language; it remains the best common indicator in Jersey schools. CAT predictors are based upon an average school and normal distribution of abilities, not seen in Jersey schools due to the selective nature of the education system. CAT targets are therefore challenging for less able students and not sufficiently challenging for more able students. In conjunction with CAT data, Grainville is also measuring progress of students from primary school moderated Key Stage 2 teacher assessments as a new measure of success.
Academic Achievement GCSE / BTEC
A definition of value-added A student who achieves a subject grade result which is above their CAT-based expectation is said to have added value. One whole grade above target is +1 and so on. All value-added calculations can be used to produce an overall average for each subject, for individual pupils or for the whole school. The whole school average value-added score, taken from over 599 grades was +0.58. Anything between +/- 0.25 is broadly in line with objectives targets and expectations. Anything above or below +/-0.25 is statistically significant depending upon the number of students. Summary of value-added in 2014 (number of students) Whole School +0.58 (101) Girls +0.76 (47) Boys +0.31 (54) Special Educational Needs (SEN) +0.2 (20) English as Additional Language (EAL) +1.0
(Above expectation) (Above expectation) (Above expectation) (In line with expectation) (Above expectation, but only 2 students had target data)
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GRAINVILLE GCSE RESULTS ANALYSIS – 2014 2014 Leavers Average CAT score = 96.5
Subject Art Business Child Development DT Fashion Drama English English Literature French Geography History IT Italian Mathematics Music Photography Philosophy Portuguese Science Spanish Sports Studies Totals % of Total
Total Entry 14 39 16 7 14 92 27 18 9 19 32 10 94 4 17 13 21 118 13 22 599
A* 4 10 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 4 5 1 3 0 0 3 0 2 11
A 2 3 0 1 6 5 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 0 1 2 11 2 4 0
52 8.7
53 8.8
B 1 15 2 0 4 16 6 2 2 4 9 0 8 1 4 1 4 13 1 5
C 4 11 3 2 0 31 9 9 2 4 18 0 46 0 7 4 1 56 3 10
D 3 0 5 2 0 23 5 2 3 2 0 0 18 0 2 2 1 16 3 0
98 220 87 16.4 36.7 14.5
E 0 0 2 0 0 10 1 0 0 6 0 1 12 0 2 2 0 23 0 0
F 0 0 3 2 0 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
G 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
U 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
% A*-C 78.6 100.0 31.3 42.9 100.0 57.6 77.8 88.2 55.6 47.4 100.0 90.0 59.2 100.0 75.0 53.8 90.5 60.2 76.9 100.0
59 9.9
25 4.2
4 0.7
3 0.5
4 0.7
76.4
% A*-G 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.9 100.0 100.0 92.3 95.2 98.3 100.0 100.0
99.4
Vocational outcomes in 2014 18 students completed a range of Level 1 Vocational awards, attending Highland’s College for 1 day per week, results are as follows:
Construction Vehicle maintenance Fabrication and welding Hospitality Hair and Beauty
2 students gained BTEC Level 1 Diploma 4 students gained BTEC Level 1 Diploma 3 students gained ABC Level 1 Certificate 4 students gained City and Guilds Level 1 5 students gained City and Guilds Level 1
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Headline statistics for 2014
76% of all GCSE grades were in the A*- C range, a school record (62% in 2013) 62.5% gained 5 A*-C grades 45.5% of students obtained 5 A*- C including English Language and Maths (21.6% in 2013) In maths, a record high of 59.2% achieved A*-C compared to a target of 42% In English, 56.2% obtained A*-C compared to 29% in 2013 Students achieved a 99 % pass rate at grades A* - G 14% of all grades were A* 24% of all grades were A*/A (16% in 2013) 0.8% of all grades were ungraded 15% of students went on to Hautlieu and 2% to JCG to study A Levels 72 % of students went on to study Level 1-3 vocational courses at Highlands College 8% of students went directly into, or are seeking, employment
In the majority of subjects, (14 of 21 school-based subjects) students surpassed the CAT expectations for A*C grades or added value. The following 14 subjects achieved a positive value added score overall:
Art Business Studies Drama French Geography History ICT
Italian Maths Music Photography Science (BTEC) Spanish Sports Studies
In 2014, media studies is being run as a new option.
Performance over time 2010-14 Progress over the last 4 years shows an upward trend with significant gains in performance, reaching school records in 2014. 90%
GCSE outcomes 2011 - 2014
76%
80%
% of C+ grades
70%
62% % 5 or more A*-C
60% 47%
50% 40%
% 5 or more A*-C inc En, Ma 30%
30% 20%
45.5%
20%
Linear (% of C+ grades)
21.6%
12%
Linear (% 5 or more A*-C inc En, Ma)
10% 0% 2011
2012
2013
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10. Vocational Achievement
Grainville has the largest Work Related Learning (WRL) programme of all secondary schools on the island. In 2013-14, 14 students in Year 10 and 18 students in Year 11 studied Work Related Learning. This practical work-based course requires students to work one day a week with three different employers over 2 years. Students gain first-hand experience of the adult world of work and develop skills for life. For many students this experience helps raise self-esteem and confidence and, for some, it results in an offer of full or part-time employment or an apprenticeship. In 2014, 8 students (8%) went directly into employment after leaving school compared to 2% across the island. The school is grateful to 100 different companies across the island that work closely with our school and provide our students with these unique opportunities. 8 students took part in the Princess Trust XL Programme in 2013. The XL programme focuses on developing key skills in young adults through practical activity and taking leadership roles within group tasks. Modules completed have included preparation for work, leaving school, community projects and fund raising. The Asdan (life Skills) programme was successfully completed by 10 students in Year 11. Grainville has established a four year partnership to develop courses for young people and raise funds and awareness to the island community about the work of the Princes Trust.
Grainville Army Cadet: Leadership development
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11. Community Achievement Grainville Section of the Jersey Militia Army Cadet Force (ACF) Grainville School is pleased to be the first non-fee paying 11-16 secondary school to be able to have a school section within the Army Cadet Force. Grainville is proud to have its own platoon and students attend training twice weekly. Cadets learn first aid, strategic planning, team work, problem solving, drill and most importantly, skills and confidence in leadership. The Valentines meal is an annual community event in the Grainville School calendar. It originally began in 1980 as the Harvest Supper but changed many years later into the Valentines Meal. As in previous years, in 2014 over 100 local senior citizens enjoyed a fantastic 3 course meal prepared, cooked and served by Year 11 students. 2014 marked the 34th year of this special community event. Inter-Schools Primary Football Competition Year 11 BTEC Sports students organised the Year 6 girls inter-school football competition, coordinating the event for a period of 2 months. This involved 10 different primary schools and has now become a yearly event. What a great success. Charitable work and fundraising £10 949 was raised for charities in 2013-14 to support a wide range of local and national charities. This equates to every student raising an average of £19.84. This shows what a generous, caring and supportive student body the school has. (Grainville has now raised over £70,000 in five years for different charities). Charity Princes Trust Red Cross (and Philippines crisis) Sports relief Hospice, Jersey Variety Club Durrell week
Funds raised £ 3 097 Unemployed young people £ 1 869 Humanitarian relief £ 2 840 Young people £ 898 Care for the terminally ill £ 1 021 Children’s charity £ 1 224 Conservation
Total
£ 10 949
The Prince’s Trust Grainville has forged strong bonds with the Prince’s Trust charity over the last few years. In 2014, students and staff walked a total of 6700 miles raising essential funds for The Prince’s Trust. In total, just over £3 000 was raised for this one event alone. Durrell Grainville enjoys a unique partnership with Durrell enabling our school to gain access to educational resources, the international training team and Durrell centre.
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Year 12 Awards Evening This is a special evening for our previous Year 11 students to come together for the last time to celebrate their academic achievements. As of the publication of this booklet, the students do not know who the prize winners are. The Cluster Carol Service in 2014 brought together the Primary schools of St. Saviour, Grand Vaux, Springfield, St. Martin, St. John, Trinity and the Grainville School community choir (students and staff) in an evening of Christmas carols and readings. A fantastic evening was enjoyed by all and the culmination of the evening was a real treat for all the primary students when Father Christmas arrived with gifts. Grainville Mud Club and support of St Saviours flower in Bloom We continue to develop students understanding of horticulture and permaculture along with staff who wish to use the garden as part of the curriculum. This is what has happened over the last year:
Grainville were the winners of the ‘Secondary Schools Carrots Competition’ and the ‘Secondary Schools Summer Vegetable Garden Competition’ in July The mud club held their second ‘soup kitchen’ in autumn 2013, which was again a great success In spring, the Asdan group gained credits towards their bronze award by working in the garden The ACF helped remove our old weedy pathways to make way for new ones The mud club contributed to the ‘Plant Poppies for the outbreak of WW1’ and attended the presentation in the Royal Square We held a compost workshop with Mel Le Maistre from the States Recycling Centre We held our own Jersey Royal potato competition and took part in the annual School’s Gardening Competitions
Student leadership Students are encouraged to develop their self-confidence. The school seeks to develop young leaders and actively promote initiatives to encourage everyone to participate. The School Council, Sports Leaders, House Captains, Team Captains, School Prefects, Senior Student Leaders, Student Receptionists are all examples of ways in which students have taken part in school life and have influenced decisions making a positive difference. Prefects and other senior students act as trainers, peer mentors and chair the School Council. Pride of Grainville Awards Every year, Grainville takes time to recognise and celebrate with family, friends and members of the school community the students who contribute to the whole community or who achieve through endeavour. This moving award ceremony is a real highlight in the Grainville School calendar and is a fitting tribute to the courageous and caring young people in our school community.
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12. Sporting Achievement 2013-14 The 2013-14 Sporting Ambassador Award This Award has this year gone to Patrick Cullinane who has represented the school for football, cricket, rugby and athletics throughout his 5 years here. Patrick has always shown a high level of commitment to training and fixtures, has been a role model to others in his PE lessons and has supported the PE staff in the training/coaching of younger year groups. He has also represented the Island for football, athletics and rugby. Patrick’s greatest achievement is winning the school’s ‘Victor Ludurum’ for best male athlete at sports day, which is awarded to the student who accumulates the most number of points for their events. Patrick has won this award for 4 years in a row and this is the only time in the school’s history that a student has achieved this. He is a true ambassador for sport and for our school. The 2013-14 Sporting Contribution Award at Grainville School was presented to Courtney Page. Courtney has been ever present in all sporting teams and has represented the school in all fixtures. She has assisted in the organisation and training of teams across the school. Courtney has been nominated to be a Sports Prefect and we are positive that she will be a fantastic help with all sporting events. Well done Courtney. The Team of The Year award for 2013-14 was awarded to the Year 10 Football Team who won the Annual Year 10 Boys School Cup competition. They had a fantastic day at Springfield and were great ambassadors for the school. The squad consisted of: Connor Bowler, Diogo Santos, Leo DeNobrega, Liam Irwin, Connor Le Gallais, Kyle Devenish, Jacques Marques, Adriano Pereira, Diogo Franca, Sol Hannaford, Hugo Da Costa, Jamie Cook, Jake Laurendeau and Danny Franco.
Awards for Sporting Endeavour in 2013-14 were presented to: Year 7 Girls: Chloe Fosse, Emeila Sargeant, Olivia Taylor, Yara Silva-Ferreira, Melissa Lewis Year 7 Boys: Luke Appleton, Jean-Paul Ferreira, Kai Green, Lochan Chandradeo, Daniel Riley, Adam LeLere, William Mahrer, Benito Nardone Year 8 Girls: Charlotte McFarland, Melissa Pereira, Sophie Venton, Lohren Bateley, Lily Heslam, Sarah Myhill, Bethia Macdonald, Erin Stott, Elizabeth Vasse, Caitlin Fitzsimmons Year 8 Boys: James Ferreira, Thomas Gowlett, Alexander Lowndes, Maksymilian Majerczyk, Deon Pallett, Marco Pestana, Sonnie Stansbridge, Elliott Gwinnel, Brody Boleat, Kyle DeVares, Daniel Loyer, Fabio Pires Year 9 Girls: Sally Ammar, Chloe Bernhard, Ines Cipriano, Sara Kutvolgyi, Emily Le Gallais, Emily Caetano, Jocey Dibbens, Candice Gill, Charlotte Vernon, Elena Brady Year 9 Boys: Joel Lucas-Villar, Chiannon Vautier, Charlie Hawkins, Fabio Marques, Liam McCotter, Kieran Oakley, Harrison Smith, Daniel Wilson Year 10 Girls: Olivia Jolly, Nicole Cherry, Jeep Siriwong, Claudia Mendes, Arianne Espadilla, Courtney Page Grainville School Progress Booklet-Detailed Edition
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Year 10 Boys: Krystian Filipowicz, Vitor Gouveia Island Sporting Representatives in 2013-14 Football; Shelly Abru, Ines Cipriano, Deon Pallett, Patrick Cullinane and Brad le Mercier Cricket: Zach Morgan, Brad Le Mercier and George Cousins Athletics: Ines Cipriano, Kieran Oakley, William Mahrer, Tia Parry and Catia Pestana Badminton: Jack Gowlett and Tom Gowlett Table Tennis: Caitlin Fitzsimmons Hockey: Emily Le Gallais Squash: Olivia Taylor Go-karting Island Champion: Sophie Venton
13. Expressive Arts Achievements 2013-14
School production 2014: We Will Rock You
Drama Numerous opportunities have been offered throughout the year to further student’s knowledge of the performing arts both inside and outside of the class room. Students have watched live performances at the Opera House and Jersey Arts Centre. One of our performance trips to see Vamos Theatre Company resulted in a one off workshop with the cast for our gifted and talented students in the spring term. Many more trips are planned for 2014-15 to broaden the students’ knowledge and understanding of the subject. In February 2014 Grainville School put on our largest full scale musical to date of the west end hit ‘We Will Rock You’. Over 70 students from Years 7-10 and numerous staff worked hard for 3 months to create an outstanding 2 hour musical using a range of performances, elaborate costumes and props with excellent renditions of Queen’s greatest hits. During the five performances over the week, including two matinées to primary school children from our cluster schools, our students excelled and performed with great confidence to almost 1000 people. Following a trip to London in November to see the show, meet the cast and crew as Grainville School Progress Booklet-Detailed Edition
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and going backstage, we invited previous members of the cast to visit the school in January 2014 for a series of workshops. Our students then performed the actual “We Will Rock You” set dance routines in the show. The after show party took place at the Grand Hotel two weeks later with an Oscar style premier viewing of the DVD of the amazing performance. Also, following her outstanding performance as ‘Killer Queen’, Kelly Freitas was selected by the Jersey “West End Experience” Company to receive a summer scholarship.
During the summer term the Drama department offered a weekly drama club focussing on forum theatre, mask work and improvisation work. These were received enthusiastically by students who enjoyed the extra opportunity to explore the medium and make new friends. 19 students chose drama workshops for activity week and are now currently taking part in this year’s Shakespeare Schools Festival based on Shakespeare’s final play “The Tempest”.
Eisteddfod Speech and Drama Results 2013 During the week of 18th -22nd of November our students competed in the English Speech and Drama section of the Eisteddfod at the Arts Centre and Opera House. For some of these students it was their first time on stage. It was a truly worthwhile experience for both staff and students. The results are as follows: The Betty Massip De Turville Voucher (first time ever) Holly Noel: Silver Thomas Raphael–Hall: Bronze The Trevor Matthews Cup Lillian Heslam: Gold and runner up Caitlin Fitzsimmons: Silver Grainville School Progress Booklet-Detailed Edition
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The Marjorie Maine Cup 7.1 Topic: Gold 7.3 Topic: Gold 7.5 Topic: Silver
Choral Speaking for Groups 7.2 Topic: Gold and runners up 7.4 Topic: Silver
The John Grimshaw Trophy (13-17 years) Our Year 10 boys were the first winners of the new John Grimshaw trophy for choral speaking. The year 10 BTEC Performing Arts Students stunned both the audience and judges so much that they were invited to perform once again in the ‘winner’s ceremony’ for the Bailiff. Year 10 boys: Gold and overall winners Year 10 girls: Silver The Jersey Live and Recorded Drama Voucher Original Verse Hope Micheletti: Silver Melissa Lewis: Silver Helen Sonnes: Silver Eisteddfod Photography competition This is the second year the school has entered students for the photography and we are thrilled with the performance of the following students: Michael Pearce Georgia Christie Mark Marrett Bruno Mendonca Jessica Gallichan
Platinum Gold Silver Silver Copper
Courtney Picot April Raffray Jamie O’Driscoll Hannah Whitcome
Copper Silver Gold Silver/Platinum
Michael Pearce’s picture was outstanding and he won the following trophies: Mannion Trophy-Best manipulated image John Le Boutillier Memorial Trophy – Best student image Jersey Camcorder club Trophy – Best Newcomer Jersey Eisteddfod award – Best Junior image
14. Surveys The positive feel about the school is also evident in the results of the Kirkland Rowell surveys completed by parents, students and staff in May 2013. The upward four-year trend from parents reflects their combined view that Grainville continues to grows from strength to strength. It is with this in mind that we have made the decision to survey bi-annually and re-direct this year’s costs into teaching and learning. The next survey will take place in May 2015. Overall effectiveness: The overall parent rating of the school increased from 68.9% in 2010, to 74 % in 2011, 78% in 2012 to 78.6% in 2013. This is well above the UK average of 75.4% and shows that parents at Grainville are more satisfied by the school than their counterparts in the UK. Parents’ views of key elements of the school were as follows:
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Anti-bullying Behaviour Safety and support in school Assessment Leadership Achievement Attitudes Learning Teaching Attendance and punctuality School systems
Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Outstanding Good Good Good Good Good Good
Parents believed that the following aspects of the school were outstanding:
Racial harmony
Encouraging and listening to parent and pupil views Explaining to parents how to help their child Teaching quality Caring teachers Community spirit Careers advice Ensuring pupils make good progress Quality of the school management Truancy control Parents’ evenings and reports Availability of resources School meals School security Tailoring the workload to the child’s needs School facilities Developing moral values Marking of work
Parents believed that the following aspects of the school were good:
Developing confidence of pupils Access to staff School discipline Developing potential Uniform Teaching for special needs Exam results Control of bullying Happiness of child Image of the school in the community Choice of subjects School communication Computer access Levels of homework
Grainville could not be successful without the dedication of the staff, the hard work of students and the support of their families, the Governors and members of our local community. If you would like to discuss or query any details of the School Progress Booklet, please do not hesitate to get in touch on s.fitchett@grainville.sch.je or call 822900.
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