The Herald Education Choices September 2016

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Choose a career with City College S

EPTEMBER is an exciting time, whether you are heading back to school or starting something new at college or university.

For some, however, the pleasures of catching up with old friends or starting a new course can quickly turn sour.

What do you do if you don’t want to stay in school or if your course isn’t what you had hoped it would be?

If you are 16 or over and unhappy in your education or career choice, then it’s not too late to make a change.

You can still apply for a full-time study programme or apprenticeship at City College.

Mike Jones, Employability and Enterprise Manager at City College, leads an expert team of careers and education advisors.

He says: “We see many young people taking the bold step of saying ‘no this is not for me’ and turning to us for free, impartial advice. As a professional, vocation-

al and technical college, we offer courses to suit a wide range of interests, from construction to catering, business to beauty and science to sport.

“Courses start from entry-level right through to university-level degrees, and you don’t need to have a GCSE in English and maths to apply as you can study these as part of your study programme at the college.

“There is a lot of misinformation out there. For example, you don’t have to stay in school until you’re 18, like most people think.

“College courses and apprenticeships are great alternatives to school-based education and can set you on the path to further study or a great career.”

If you are interested in making a fresh start, then City College is offering free and impartial careers advice and guidance every Wednesday throughout September, from 4.30-6.30pm, at Kings Road.

Visit cityplym.ac.uk/events for more information.

There is still time to apply for a full-time study programme or apprenticeship at City College Plymouth

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Aged 16 and over? Not happy with your education or career choice and considering an alternative? It’s not too late to be part of it at City College.

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ITH a mission to advance knowledge and transform lives through education and research, Plymouth University is among the emerging global elite of modern Higher Education institutions.

A spokesperson said: “Ranked by the Times Higher Education (‘150 under 50’ league) as one of the UK’s top five modern universities, we have a strong record of excellence, enterprise and innovation across our teaching and research activities and are distinguished by our long-term engagement with employers and the local community.

“Our degrees are much more than just a passport to a career.

They enrich and develop students with skills and lessons for life so that our graduates not only have an enviable employment record, but also add real value to the economy and society at large, whether learning takes place in the classroom, laboratory, studio or through field-

work, the workplace or community.

More than 4,500 of our students every year benefit from placements and work-based learning, and 89 per cent of our graduates are in employment and/or further study within six months of graduating.

“We pride ourselves on the learning facilities and life prospects we offer our students here at Plymouth, in Britain’s ‘Ocean City’.

“You can find out more by visiting us at one of our open days – on Saturday, October 15 or Saturday, November 12 – and discover what opportunities are available on your doorstep.

“Our open days run from 9.00am to 4.30pm, and visitors can take part in a tour of the campus, budgeting workshops, help and advice sessions on applications and a choice of subject-specific lectures and information sessions.

Secure your place and book now by visiting the university’s website at www.plymouth.ac.uk/open-days

“I liked Plymouth straight away, it was my first choice. I like that it’s a city centre campus with the shops right outside.

My open day was really good – I got to meet people who will be on my course and started making friends straight away.”

– Evie, Early Childhood Studies

Visit one of Plymouth University’s open days on Saturday, October 15 or Saturday, November 12

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Plympton Academy students have a real love of learning

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LYMPTON Academy believes in inspiring a culture of success for all. Its ethos centres around developing a love of learning and a resilience and determination to tackle all the challenges that students will meet. In this way, students become successful and fulfilled life-long lear ners.

A spokesperson said: “Our students are

involved in every aspect of the academy life beyond the classroom; extra-curricular clubs and trips are always available but our students also take an active role in shaping the future of the Academy “Our students leave this academy as rounded, confident, independent young adults, equipped to take pride in their achievements and pursue their dreams.”

Warm welcome at Notre Dame “Outcomes for pupils are now good, especially in the newly redesigned two-year Key Stage 3. In mathematics and modern foreign languages, outcome are particularly strong across the academy” – OFSTED, January 2016

N Plympton Academy helps students to become successful and fulfilled life-long learners

OTRE Dame is Plymouth’s only comprehensive school for girls. Part of a worldwide network of schools founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame, this is a Catholic school that welcomes all those who want to learn in a supportive, caring and aspirational environment.

Notre Dame was judged by Ofsted in its latest inspection as being a ‘Good’ school, and a Diocesan Inspection rated it as ‘Outstanding’. Girls from across Plymouth and beyond enjoy what the inspectors recognised as a ‘very strong family and faith atmo-

sphere’ and are supported in their progress because ‘relationships between teachers and students are excellent’.

This, together with ‘excellent spiritual, moral, social and cultural development’, means Notre Dame students are ready to make the most of their futures.

Whatever their plans, Notre Dame girls are prepared because of the school’s focus on education of the whole child: ‘head, heart and hands’. For further information, please call 01752 775101 or visit the website at www.ndonline.org

“Educating girls: head, heart, hands”

Notre Dame Plymouth

Open Evening Wednesday 21st September 2016 4pm - 7pm Find us at: Looseleigh Lane, Derriford, Plymouth PL6 5HN (just off Tavistock Road)

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Learn and grow at Hele’s School Plymouth company puts the Hele’s School offers students a great place to learn

Hele’s, with a state-of-the-art Sixth Form Centre and a renovated Library opening in September, a refurbished maths centre due to be completed soon afterwards, and further growth of our successful sports academies in golf, netball and tennis.

“Explore our website to find out more about us, and don’t hesitate to contact us should you require any

further information about Hele’s School.

“Better still, come and see us for yourself. Visitors always comment on the purposeful, caring and happy ethos of the school, so what better way for you to find out more about our vision and values than to come and experience them first-hand? A very warm welcome awaits you.”

Focus on launching careers

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PLYMOUTH-based company that has provided quality training and connected thousands of apprentices with firms in the region over the past 17 years, has expanded to cover more sectors of business and industry.

Focus Training (SW) Ltd was set up in 1999 to serve the professional and leadership sector, as well as the retail, health and social care, hospitality and service industries. The company is now launching its new name, ‘The Focus Training Group’, to reflect its growth into electrical, plumbing, gas and arboriculture training and apprenticeships.

The four parts of the new-look group are the original Focus Training (professional trades) DCET Training (electrical), the newly-established Arb Academy (tree surgery and forestry), and Super Tech (plumbing and gas).

With up to 100 per cent funding from Government schemes available, Group recruitment and mar-

keting manager Shelly Wright says there’s never been a better time to consider an apprenticeship. She said: “They are currently fully-funded for 16- 18-year-olds, with the possibility of employer incentives and at least part-funded and in some cases fully-funded for people who are 19 and over.

“That applies to mature apprentices, too, so people shouldn’t think that they’ve missed out just because they’re over 18.”

Of the 60 staff at the group’s five bases in the South West, 35 are tutors / trainer assessors, all with backgrounds in the fields they are teaching in, and the quality offered by the group is recognised with a ‘Good’ ranking from the education standards watchdog, Ofsted and Matrix.

There are 1,000 apprentices on the group’s books at any given time, with, on average, 20 new apprentices starting each month just on the Focus side – and that number is likely to increase.

To all Year 6 children and parents

Open Evening at Hele’s School

Wednesday 14th September 2016 You are invited to join us for tours of the school and presentations at 5pm, 6pm and 7pm.

A warm welcome awaits you.

Come and see why you should choose Hele’s School for your child’s education.

A great place to learn. A great place to grow.

Hele's School

For more information please contact Hele’s School: Tel: 01752 337193 or visit our website at www.heles.plymouth.sch.uk

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ELE’S is a school with a tradition of academic excellence, high aspirations and a big heart. A spokesperson said: “Hele’s is a school we are all proud to attend, a school where we never compromise on our insistence that everyone is valued, learns, enjoys and achieves.

“Expectations for staff and students are high, but very simple; work hard to both do things right and to do the right thing… even when no one is looking!

“Everything we do is shaped by our determination to ensure that each and every child has a positive and memorable experience of school; that they thrive, flourish and, crucially, are happy.

“In return, we expect students to play an active role in making our school a great place to be through displaying the highest standards of commitment to learning, pride and care. Our inclusive, calm, purposeful learning environment is often cited as a strength of the school, as is the quality of pastoral care and of our challenging curriculum.

“Students have many opportunities to enrich their learning, to discover new skills and interests, and to master others through engaging in a breadth of curricular and extra-curricular opportunities, wherever their interests or aspirations may lie.

“The Combined Cadet Force plays a key role in the life of Hele’s, and both outdoor education and leadership development is at the heart of much that we do.

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Why a Catholic school?

“ The Catholic Church sees parents as the ‘primary educators’ of their own children and sees the role of the school as the key support to those parents in fulfilling that responsibility”

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Learning for life

The Catholic Church has been providing education for children and young people since well before the UK government provided ‘state education’. We are proud of our Catholic school tradition in Plymouth with Notre Dame recently celebrating their 150th anniversary. Our six Primary and two Secondary schools within the city are growing in their popularity and in their academic standards; they admit pupils of every denomination and faith as well as those whose families have no particular faith affiliation.

So why are our schools popular with families of different faith backgrounds? It is because a Catholic School focuses on the values that so many seek in a quality education: excellent academic results, building of character, social responsibility and a sound moral outlook – nurtured in a safe, caring community where your child is accepted, respected and never lost in the crowd.

Pupils of Notre Dame Catholic school

The Catholic Church sees parents as the ‘primary educators’ of their own children and sees the role of the school as the key support to those parents in fulfilling that responsibility. Thus, in a Catholic School you will find the closest co-operation and partnership between parents and their child’s teachers. At the heart of all Catholic schools is the commitment to the development of the whole person and to ensure that all children grow fully into people who can engage with the world and fully participate as mature and responsible adults.

These values and aspirations are not only shared by Catholic families, which is why so many others also choose to send their children to Catholic Schools, regardless of the faith background of the family home. Indeed, it is a key characteristic of Catholic education to recognise and respect diversity. So while the overall environment, values and practices of Catholic schools reflect a consistent Catholic tradition, their goal is not to ‘convert’; members of our school communities, adults and young people, are not expected to act in any ways that might compromise their own faith tradition. Nonetheless, we do believe that all children have a great potential for spirituality as well as for physical, academic and moral development. As a result, mindfulness and prayerfulness, music and liturgy, charitable activities and mutual care are all important parts of the broad experience of Catholic education.

Many of those who are the biggest supporters of Catholic schools are those who are not themselves Catholics but have experienced our schools as a pupil or parent. It is also the case that people who have a strong faith themselves but are not Catholics or not Christians speak highly about how their own

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Tor Bridge High preparing for special September open evening

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OR Bridge High is holding an open evening on Thursday, September 22, starting at 5pm. Judged as a “Good School” by Ofsted in 2015, Tor Bridge has been oversubscribed in Year 7 for the last four years.

It prides itself on having a highly-personalised and challenging curriculum, and offers extended curriculum activities in sport, music and the arts, plus access to whole school themes of enterprise, internationalism and outdoor challenge.

Open Evening Year 4, 5 & 6 Children Thursday 22nd September 5.00pm Principal’s welcome at 5.00, 6.00 & 7.00pm Followed by tours

Friday 23rd September 9.00am

Further tours for year 4 & 5 children & families

Tor Bridge High, Miller Way, Plymouth, PL6 8UN Telephone: 01752 207907 Email: receptionhigh@torbridge.net

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Tor Bridge has an outstanding and truly supportive team of staff, and strong working partnerships between students, staff and their families.

The ‘Small Schools’ system ensures close monitoring of students’ academic progress

and pastoral support. You can find Tor Bridge High at Miller Way, Plymouth, PL6 8UN. For more details, call 01752 207907, email receptionhigh@torbridge.net or visit the website at www.torbridge.net

Discover sporting and academic talents at Plymouth Studio School

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ITH the recent success of Team GB at the Olympics Games in Rio, Plymouth Studio School is poised to help students to discover their own sporting potential and apply a winning mindset to achieving academic and career success in sport and beyond.

The school, which opened in September 2015 on-site at the University of St Mark & St John, has already attracted some of the city’s top young athletes with its unique mix of traditional academic qualifications, BTECs and specialist sports performance, and sports career programmes.

The opening of its new £4.2 million building and High Performance Sports Centre this autumn will see it add to its excellent world-class sports facilities and equipment.

The new building will provide a unique new environment for its small class sizes, individual approach to learning and Olympicand Commonwealth-level sports coaching.

Open to Year 10 and Year 12 students, the state-funded school offers great opportunities to study for up to 10 GCSEs (including the EBAC qualification), up to four A levels or a BTEC Extended Diploma, alongside specialist Sports Performance, Sports Talent and Sports Coaching and Development programmes.

The school’s unique Sports Performance and Talent Programmes, designed by Olympic sports psychologist Jon Rhodes, is delivered by top coaches, including Commonwealth sprint medallist Kat Endacott-Foster, and Olympic swimmer Antony James. It uses the latest in screen-

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ing, monitoring equipment and psychological testing to provide training programmes designed around each student’s own sport and includes strength and conditioning support. The school aims to add specialist coaches in a range of sports including netball, cricket, basketball, football and more over the coming year.

For students looking for careers as coaches, sports therapists and physios, sports scientists and sports psychologists, the Sports Coaching and Development Programme allows students to gain coaching qualifications and put these into practice through work experience and mentoring.

For non-sports students, the Professional programme gives students a chance to study for academic qualifications in a unique sports environment which brings important skills like focus, determination, teamwork and resilience into the classroom.

Matt Lennon, principal of Plymouth Studio School, explains: “Whatever their aims, we believe in helping each student to become a resilient and independent learner and find the skills they need to help them fulfil their personal, sporting and career goals and reach their full potential both in and outside the classroom.”

Plymouth Studio School is holding its Year 10 open evening on October 6, starting at 6pm. It includes a free laser shooting taster session with Peninsula Shooting Club and a tour of the new building. The Sixth Form open evening is on November 30 at 6pm. Register to attend by visiting the website at www.plymouthstudioschool.co.uk

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Student case studies: Plymouth Studio School LILY PARSONS, Year 11, nine GCSES, Leander Swimming Club, Sport Performance Programme “Coming to Plymouth Studio School means I can combine my Leander training with specialist coaching from Olympic and Commonwealth swimmers, Anthony James and Steve Beckerleg and still focus on my studying for my GCSEs. I live in Cornwall so I stay with a host family in the week.”

MATT PETHERBRIDGE, Year 13, BTEC Extended Diploma in Sport, Devon under-17 cricket team Matt is studying for his BTEC Diploma in Sport as part of the Sports Development and Coaching pathway: “The mix of study, practical coaching experience and additional sports performance support is really helping me on the way to achieving my ambition.”

KAY BRYSON, four A levels, GB Modern Pentathlon under-19s team, Sports Performance Programme The school provides the perfect opportunity for Kay to combine her personal sporting goals with the qualifications she needs to pursue her ambition to go to Medical School: “It’s great to be able to integrate this level of training in the school day with my A level studies.”

AKING the right choice of secondary school is one of the most important decisions you, as a family, will make.

Sir John Hunt Community Sports College is a smaller school and knows all of its students as individuals.

A spokesperson said: “We are caring, supportive and aspiring.

“In joining Sir John Hunt, you are joining our family, where we will challenge each young person to excel ‘to greater heights’.

“The college and community are proud of our academic success, incredible facilities, outstanding care and guidance, and the range of inspirational activities on offer both within and outside of college. Don’t take our word for it – come and have a look. Find out how we can help your

child to be the best that they can be.” If you are unable to make the open events at Sir John Hunt, please feel free to call Mrs Jordan on 01752 201020 or email her at newintake@sirjohnhunt.plymouth.sch.uk to make an alternative arrangement.

“This is a good school.”

Ofsted

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Lipson Co-operative Academy is holding two open events

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HEN you are considering which schools to look at for your children, you are going to hear lots about how each school puts its pupils first and how dedicated to academic success they are.

It will be tricky to assess what these statements really mean for you and your family.

A spokesperson said: “When you start to explore Lipson Co-operative Academy, we think that you will find this really is a school which holds each and every child centre stage. Not only that, you will find the underlying ethos is one of shared co-operative values producing happy, confident learners who are enjoying the fruits of their success.

“We would be delighted if you would come and visit us and experience for yourself what we mean when we say we hold mutual respect, equality, responsibility, honesty, openness, democracy and care at our heart, each and every day.

“We know you will be impressed when you see the results we are achieving by working in this way. The school’s commissioner recently highlighted the value-added performance as being in the top four in the country, and praised the principal and our energetic staff.

“At Lipson, our learners become part of a family, not just a school. This is a family

environment in which everyone has a voice and where everyone is valued as an individual, but expected to make a worthwhile contribution to that family. On a daily basis, we are sharing with our young people our commitment to saying, ‘we instead of me’.

“Another aspect of our family environment is the use of innovative Guilds, which pupils join after consultation whilst they are still at primary school. Every pupil is part of a Guild; each one has a specialist focus.

“Children who are nervous at starting a new school, are supported by a pastoral system right from day one. Whether our learners are studying for academic or vocational qualifications, Lipson’s passion for its values encourages teachers to give children dedicated and timely feedback at all stages of their work, with personalised plans and support to make improvements.

“These same energetic teachers handle modest class sizes, with good levels of pastoral and support staff. Our continued investment in the school’s facilities is paying off in improving success rates and recognition of our good practice.

“We look forward to welcoming you to one of our open events: our ‘open evening’ on September 13, from 6.30-8.30pm, or ‘open afternoon on September 22, from 2.15-4.30pm.

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HE University of St Mark & St John (Marjon) wants everyone to know how studying there can change your life, and invites you to attend an open day there on October 15.

A spokesperson said: “As the best modern university in the South West for student satisfaction *, Marjon is also top in the UK for social mobility. This means we believe that everyone has the potential to achieve and to make positive changes in society.

“For more than 175 years, Marjon students have been having success-

ful long-term careers, and making a positive impact on the world. This is within your reach, too.

“Through our degrees and postgraduate degrees, you can have an incredible university experience here at Marjon.

“Our career-focused courses are much more than just a degree; they are a pathway to a long and enjoyable career. We are sure that you will find a place where you belong in our inspiring community with like-minded people.

“There’s lots of practical experience to prepare you for the world of work, practice your new knowledge and accelerate your personal development.

“Our inspirational lecturers and outstanding support will stimulate your intellectual curiosity and help you achieve excellence.

“All courses are taught at our spectacular green campus in Derriford, where student accommodation is guaranteed for all new students.

“Coming to our open day is the

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An incredible university experience at Marjon

For more than 175 years, Marjon students have been having successful careers and making a positive impact on the world

perfect opportunity to explore university life at Marjon. You can try out our world-class facilities and imagine life in our halls of residence.

“Current students will be on hand to tell you all about their experiences, and you can ask our

tutors questions about the courses you are interested in.

“There will be lots of informative talks and help to guide you through the process of applying for student finance and accommodation.

“You’ll hear from our vibrant Marjon Student Union about the

exciting clubs, societies and social events throughout the year, as well as volunteering and extra-curricular opportunities to boost your CV. Take the opportunity to find out more by registering your place today at www.marjon.ac.uk *National Student Survey 2016.

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Why a Catholic school? “ So why are our schools popular with families of different faith backgrounds? It is because a Catholic School focuses on the values that so many seek in a quality education: excellent academic results, building of character, social responsibility and a sound moral outlook – nurtured in a safe, caring community where your child is accepted, respected and never lost in the crowd.”

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