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Bishop Gore School
Governors’ Annual Report to Parents and Carers 2014 – 2015
As a Governing body we are required to produce an Annual Report to parents and carers. This provides parents and carers with the statutory information that is required of us and also gives an insight into the work of the school Governing Body. The three main roles the Governing body has are focused on helping decide the school’s strategy for improvement, particularly in those areas identified in the School’s development plan and the four recommendations arising from the recent Estyn inspection. Improvements which should enable all children to learn more effectively and achieve their potential. Secondly, to ask questions that challenge both the Headteacher and the school’s leadership team when pressing for improvement and in tandem monitor and evaluate the school’s effectiveness. Finally, to be accountable to parents and carers in the first instance and then the wider school and the local community. We act with integrity, objectivity and honesty in the best interests of the school and seek to always keep the core value, improving the quality of teaching of learning as the lynchpin to our decision making. Work is done through a series of full governing body meetings and these are underpinned by input from a number of sub committees. The Governing body has this year greatly benefitted from the contribution of the pupil Governors. The introduction of Vertical Tutoring has seen the creation of a New Pupil Governing Body which mirrors the makeup of the School Governing Body. Pupil Governors have very frankly and honestly contributed to discussions. This additional perspective “out of the mouths of babes”, although I don’t think they would thank me for calling them “babes “has undoubtedly strengthened the Governing Body. The school year has seen a team from Estyn come to our door and the whole school community should quite rightly be very proud of achieving “excellent “in all three areas with “sector leading practice” being identified. It should not be forgotten that it is the hard day to day work of making learning better for the pupils that brought about these “excellent” judgements. It is to be noted that the timing of the inspection could not have been much worse in that crucial run up to the public examinations. It is hoped that other schools will not fall foul of such insensitive timing. Governors will work with the school on the key recommendations made by the Estyn inspection team. We know that significant work has been done to improve the performance at KS4 Level 1 threshold and in Science. More opportunities for Welsh to be spoken outside Welsh lessons are in place. The marking policy is in the process of being simplified and hard fought gains in attendance levels are being seen. Although the Annual report to parents is largely a retrospective document there is no way to sugar coat the impact of how cuts in the budget will affect the school in the coming years. We are hoping to minimise the impact these will have on the quality of teaching and learning. We are very aware that the greatest asset to learning and achieving a pupil can have is access to good teachers. We need to take account of the staff who work with great commitment, energy and dedication and ensure they have a work life balance which enables them to bring their very best to the school. This needs to be one of our aims whilst ensuring that the school delivers a balanced, value for money curriculum which offers appropriate opportunities for the wide spectrum of pupils that attend the school. Bishop Gore school is, I firmly believe a truly comprehensive school, constantly evolving to adapt to increasing demands within the classroom setting and an ever changing educational landscape. Mrs Sue Soul, Chair of Bishop Gore School Governing Body
Members of the Governing Body 2014 – 2015 Category
L.A.
Parent
Community
Teacher Headteacher Associate Staff
Name Mrs M V George Cllr Cheryl Philpott Ms C. Waller Ms. P. Erasmus Ms. S. Williams Cllr. M. Child Vacancy Vacancy Ms F. Qhojeng Mr. M. Radford Mr. W. Watson Mr A. Thomas Mr S. Winks Mrs L. G. Mitchell Mr P.N. Stapleton Mrs S. Soul Mrs R. E. Williams Mr A. D. Perry Mr R. Davies Mrs D. Jenkins
End of term of Office 31.08.16 10.02.18 05.09.16 31.10.16 31.10.16 01.06.17
30.10.17 01.03.16 01.03.16 30.11.16 30.11.16 27.09.17 24.11.17 13.04.19 31.08.16 8.10.17 n/a 03.10.15
Mrs. R. Charewa and Mrs G. Matsui, Parent Governors, resigned during 2014 – 2015. There are currently no vacancies for Parent Governors at Bishop Gore. If you need to contact the Governing Body, please do so by speaking with the Clerk to Governors, Miss S. Woolley or Mrs. S. Soul, Chair of Governors, c/o Bishop Gore School, De-la-Beche Road, Sketty, Swansea, SA2 9AP. Or telephone 01792 411400
Bishop Gore Teaching Staff, September 2014 – August 2015 Headteacher
Mr. R. M. Davies
Assistant Headteachers
Dr. W. Norris Mrs. D. Hockenhull Mrs. D. Treharne Dr. K. Williams
Teaching Staff 2014 – 2015 Samantha Bevan Catherine Bonet David Bradley Richard Braithwaite Ian Capon Neil Caswell Caroline Cox Alison David Mark Davies Michael Davies Ryan Davies (Headteacher) Matthew Deer Lisa Diehl Katie Ebden Angharad Fowler Leanne Fowler Amanda George Paul Green Karl Greenwood Jennifer Harding-Richards Julie Hart Elisabeth Hewitt Dianne Hockenhull Claire-Anne Howells Christy Hughes Helen James Charles Jenkins Dona Jenkins Lisa John Sarah Joiner Anna Kenny Nigel Kirk Keris Kivell Angharad Lear Duncan Leigh Rebecca Lye Louissa Meredith Andrew Mitchell Wendy Norris David Perry Victoria Phillips
Robert Edward Alison Jess Rachel Stuart Carol Jane Andrew Elizabeth Gareth Leon Neil Angela Debra Rebecca Mark Dafydd James Karen Ruth Steve
Prosser Rees Roach Robins Rose Seaton Shephard Shilling Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Thomas Tiley Treharne Wallis Waygood White White Williams Williams Wilson
Staff who left Bishop Gore School 2014 - 2015 Stephen Diehl Siwan Ellis Poonam Sanghera Marcus Adanah Jane Allchurch Sian Lewis Linda Reid Matthew Hills Rebecca Sullivan Kate Stevens
Governors’ Personnel Sub-Committee, 2014 - 2015 There is a scheduled meeting of the Personnel Committee in each of the school terms. The function of the Personnel Committee is to deal with all matters relating to Teachers’ Pay and Conditions of Service which are legally defined in the annual Blue Book as they apply to the staffing of Bishop Gore School. The Autumn term meeting is regularly held early in the term as it approves the salaries payable as from September 1st to all members of staff whose performance has been managed by their line managers during the end of the previous academic year. Governors’ role is simply to check that this process has been completed for every member of the teaching staff and to ensure that the recommendations are relayed to the LEA’s Salaries Department for implementation. The Spring term meeting is the one which, following the information supplied by both the Curriculum & Standards and Finance Committees, first considers the staffing implications of those decisions taken elsewhere. In recent years this has been the tentative first step in considering staffing levels of both teaching and associate staff which will be required in the next academic year. Two policy documents were presented by the Headteacher. The first, a draft staff appointments policy and the second Vertical Tutoring draft raised issues with restructuring of the pastoral staff. The discussion of the committee on both of these documents continued into the Summer term meeting of the Personnel committee in May 2015. At both meetings, Governors discussed the latest Performance Management which will be implemented in 2015 – 2016. Also the committee approved all applications for early retirement, which may take effect at the end of the summer term. Mrs M. V. George Chair of Personnel Sub-Committee
Governors’ Pupil Support Sub-Committee, 2014 – 2015 This report wasn’t available at the time of printing. If you would like to find out any details about the Pupil Support meetings, please contact the Chair of Governors, Mrs. S. Soul, c/o Bishop Gore School or telephone (01792) 411400
School term and holiday dates 2015-2016
Term Autumn 2015
Term begins
Term ends
Mid-term holiday Begins
Ends
Term begins
Tuesday Friday Monday Friday Monday 1 23 26 30 2 September October October October November 39
Spring 2016
Monday 4 January
Friday Monday Friday 12 15 19 February February February
Monday 11 April
Monday 22 February
74 Thursday 24 March
24 Friday 27 May
Monday 30 May
34
Friday 3 June
Monday 6 June
54
Wednesday 20 July 33
Total:
Total days
Friday 18 December 35
30 Summer 2016
Term ends
67 195
Bank holidays 2015 - 2016 25 March 2016 - Good Friday 28 March 2016 - Easter Monday 2 May 2016 - May Day 30 May 2016 - Spring Bank Holiday The School’s INSET days are shown in the School Calendar which can be viewed on the school website www.bishopgore.net The School Day 2015 - 2016 8.45am Period 1 9.45am Movement time 9.50am Period 2 10.50am Tutor Time (Period 3) 11.10am Break 11.30am Period 4 12.30pm Lunch 1.20pm Period 5 2.20pm Movement time 2.25pm Period 6 3.25pm End of school day Attendance 2014 - 2015 Attendance 93.2% Authorised 5.1% Unauthorised 1.7%
Pupil Numbers September 2014 - June 2015 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Year 13 Total
224 198 191 206 172 99 68 1157
Health and Safety 2014 - 2015 The Health & Safety Committee at Bishop Gore deal with all Health and Safety matters within the school, all accidents reported in the school are also sent to the County Hall Health & Safety Department. This ensures that there is a backup of all reports held at the school. One RIDDOR accident report has been filed this year. Other minor injuries occurred during PE lessons and slips, trips and falls in the playground. We have a total of 8 trained First Aiders on school site to deal with any occurrences anywhere within the school. All health and Safety meetings are held on a regular basis with a member of the SLT and Premises Manager. Mr. S. Thomas Premises Manager Premises Report 2014 - 2015 As part of an ongoing programme of refurbishment to the fabric of the school the following work has been carried out in the academic year 2014-2015. It should be noted that whilst some of this work has been funded by the Local Authority the bulk has been resourced out of our own school budget. The installation of new PVC windows in the East Elevation has been completed and also finished in the Drama Studio and Theatre. In addition, more classrooms have been repainted and refurbished which has made the learning environment much better for all the users. It also has the effect of making those still needing an upgrade look rather worse. It is hoped, in time, that they will all be improved. There has been a long awaited transformation of one of the science labs which has had a very positive effect on teaching and learning. The adjacent classroom has also been transformed and gives pupils a spacious light room to work in. We were jointly funded by the City and County of Swansea to replace an ageing and leaking water tank which was situated above the Learning Resource Centre and this allowed us to carry out additional work in that part of the school. All largely unseen, but necessary to prevent water ingress into the fabric of the building. We have had trees felled in the grounds identified as unsafe. The very large tree at the front of the school whilst arguably not a thing of beauty, is now safe. Shortening it is going to very expensive so for the time being it will remain as it is.
It is likely that the cuts in our budget forecasted for at least the next three years will impact severely on our ability to make any large scale improvements. It is hoped that we will be able to keep up with considerable maintenance demands placed on the budget by the school buildings in the coming years. Mrs. S. Soul Chair of Finance and Premises sub-committee Governors’ Finance and Premises subcommittee, 2014 - 2015 Managing the school budget is not a straight forward operation, far from it. Key to this is the fact that the school year and the accounting year do not coincide. Forward planning is a challenge, particularly as we do not receive the school budget until as late as the end of March. Happily in the academic year 2014-2015 the school was able to set a budget. The Finance committee have worked, in close partnership, throughout the year with the Headteacher, the school Finance Manager, Ms Sarah Clement and the Local Authority accountant and this has enabled us, through robust monitoring to keep a close focus on expenditure. Key to this is the ability to identify areas of expenditure which may become a cause for concern in the future and where necessary redirect funds to those areas before they become a major financial headache. In addition to this we have had to cope with the increasingly large burden of maintaining the school buildings. Additional funds for the more elderly schools in City and County of Swansea are not recognised in our school budget. This means, inevitably, that funds are redirected away from teaching and learning. A source of inequity within the system which we can do little, it would appear, to change. Agenda time in the committee has been taken up determining and reviewing financial policy in addition to long term, sustainable financial planning. The latter being the most difficult task we face. We continue to strive to get best value for money via the internal monitoring procedures in place which are on-going all year round. This year we had to take into account the 5% cut in the delegated budget to schools, a consequence of severe budget restrictions being placed on the City and County of Swansea. These cuts are likely to be repeated for the next two years at least at a figure possibly larger than 5%. There is no doubt that we are going to have a significantly more challenging financial allocation in 2015-2016 with the additional uncertainty surrounding grant allocation. Whilst the financial year 2014-2015 has been a healthy one and has allowed us to invest in, most importantly, teaching and learning and enabled us to direct funds to improve the physical learning environment of the school, this is almost certainly not going to be the case in 2015-2016. We need to be robust in our decision making, looking at future expenditure both from a staffing perspective and project development. To this end we will, as a finance committee, be meeting more frequently in the coming school year to ensure that we take every measure to get best value and every penny that we get is put to the best possible use to benefit the whole school community. Mrs S. Soul Chair of Finance and Premises sub-committee
Finance for the School Year 2014 - 2015 Parents will be aware that funding is heavily dependent on pupil numbers and it is important that the school recruits well. No Governor has claimed any expenses in connection with his/her duties. School Donations 2014 - 2015 There were no school donations during this academic year. Estyn 2015 Recommendations As you may be aware, the school was inspected by Estyn in May 2015. A number of recommendations were made and these have been included in our 2015- 16 School Development Plan. The 2015 Estyn recommendations and progress towards them are as follows:
Improve key stage 4 performance in the level 1 threshold indicator and in science (15/16 School Development Plan Reference – Project 2) Our level 1 threshold performance improved significantly this year. Our aim is to ensure that all pupils achieve this indicator in the very near future. There has been a number of actions to improve the quality of provision in science and these are beginning to make a positive impact
Provide more opportunities for pupils to practise their Welsh language skills outside of Welsh lessons (15/16 School Development Plan Reference – Project 7) There is a great deal of momentum in this area, emanating from a highly skilled and vibrant Welsh (languages) department. A very successful ‘Dydd Shwmae’ was held in October which encouraged all members of the school community to use Welsh throughout the day. Pupil numbers for the Llangranog and St David’s Day festival at Disney Land Paris are some of the largest we have seen. Further work is being undertaken to ensure Welsh is used at every opportunity.
Simplify the marking policy (15/16 School Development Plan Reference – Project 1) The Marking and Presentation policy has recently undergone a series of amendments in order to make marking more straightforward with the aim of producing the final version before the end of this term.
Improve attendance (15/16 School Development Plan Reference – Project 4) We have improved attendance but continue to work hard to improve this further.
School Development 2014-15 progress Outcomes 1- Increase the number of pupils attaining the CSI at the end of KS3, the L1 threshold and the L2 threshold inc English & Maths at the end of KS4. Continue the focus on addressing gender performance differences and the impact of FSM.
Strategies put in place at KS3 and KS4 to improve outcomes with significant improvements in L1 threshold and of identified groups of pupils. Work still needs to be done to ensure the CSI at KS3 and 4 is at the level of other indicators. Outcomes 2 -Increase the number of pupils achieving the L3 threshold and 2 A*-C grades/BTEC equivalent (y13). Increase the number of pupils achieving A*-C grades (or BTEC equivalent) at the end of y12 (AS) The performance in both indicators improved this year. Outcomes 3 -Develop a digital response to work scrutiny in terms of the processes involved in feedback and in evidence recording (both from pupils and teachers). Ensure parents and carers can play a full and active role in digital assessment of and for learning. The school has committed to using HWB and a ‘cloud-based’ storage system (OneDrive) with this new system expected to be introduced during this academic year. Provision 1 - Investigate alternative pupil support structures that offer both high quality pastoral care and the opportunity to deliver highly personalised learning experiences. Vertical tutoring was implemented in September 2015. Provision 2 - Continue to work towards being recognised as a ‘Dyslexia friendly school’ where we are able to identify and respond to the “unexpected difficulties” that a dyslexic learner. Further training has been undertaken with all staff. This provided an excellent insight into the issues we need to work with and develop over the coming months. Provision 3 - Develop the Curriculum 2012 model to extend into year 9, reflecting the differing stages of learning of pupils offering a highly personalised learning package. Ensure all colleagues have the skills to be able to facilitate learning allowing pupils to lead the learning process. The structure of the challenge menu has been reviewed offering a clearer link to literacy and numeracy developments. This work has been led by members of our Professional Learning Group. Provision 4 - Ensure all staff have the skills, knowledge and understanding to be able to place the LNF at the core of planning all learning opportunities integrating this work with that of the LIFE programme. Cluster development work has been undertaken with our allocated National Support Programme Partner. Twilight sessions have been held with staff to develop the link between literacy, numeracy and e-learning.
Provision 5 - Continue the development of learning spaces and other aspects of the site provision to ensure that pupils have access to 21st century learning opportunities and experiences. New science laboratories were opened in September 2015. To reflect the increase in pupils numbers, other spaces (eg offices) have been turned in to classrooms. Provision 6 - Review and redesign sixth form curriculum offer to offer progression routes from our key stage 4 learning pathways. The post 16 offer was re-designed to reflect the option choices of pupils. Provision 7 - Ensure all lessons have clear learning outcomes and success criteria that clearly signpost learning for pupils during that lesson and build on learning from previous lessons. Curriculum Focus Week observations have all had this as a focus for the work. Feedback from Estyn was extremely positive. Leadership 1 - Develop and adopt a new leadership structure which enables leaders and teams to be reflective at all levels; have a clear and shared vision, sense of purpose and high aspirations for the school and are proactive in driving this forward. New leadership opportunities have been designed to reflect the needs of the new curriculum. Leadership 2 - Review procedures for health and safety and premises management clearly highlighting the responsibilities of all members of the school community. A number of senior colleagues have undertaken premises and health and safety management courses with responsibilities clearly defined. Leadership 3 - Identify opportunities for the development of leadership capacity across the school including developing our role as a ‘lead practitioner’ school As a result of our involvement in the lead practitioner programme opportunities have arisen for the development of our colleagues. Action taken to strengthen links with the community We continue to offer a large number of opportunities for parents and carers to take part in the life of the school. In addition to our existing consultation framework (parents’ and carers’ evenings), we have Review Days, surgeries (with the Head and also with Pupil Support Managers and Curriculum Leaders), Open meetings with the Head, Curriculum and Assessment Evenings and a more formal Presentation Evening. We are supporting the development of the tennis courts by working closely with the Friends of De-La-Beche Park and have recently organised events for local elderly residents.
As we move in to the new academic year, our contact with parents and carers has further developed. For example, Learning Partnership Meetings have replaced the review day structure as a result of feedback from parents and carers. To help with the design on the new vertical tutoring system, a ‘change team’ comprising parents and carers and senior staff from the school was set up. Action taken to review school policies All policies are reviewed as part of a formal cycle. Policies are reviewed with key stakeholders and then discussed at Governors’ sub-committee level with any recommendations for changes/action then passed to the full Governing Body. Action taken to implement and review school strategies Our self-evaluation system is the key method of measuring the quality of impact in school. All colleagues are observed teaching annually as part of a formal review cycle. In addition, pupil work is scrutinised as part of this process. Key findings from this system are then analysed and incorporated into the school and team development plans. All staff (teaching and support) undertake performance management with the annual targets set reflecting school and team development plan priorities. Special Education Needs Policy The policy of Bishop Gore School for pupils with additional learning needs is to provide maximum access to the whole curriculum within a framework of support and encouragement appropriate to the needs of individual children throughout the whole ability range. Each form, which is the registration and pastoral grouping, contains pupils from across the ability range. Teaching groups in Years 7 – 9 are arranged by mixed – ability in some subjects. A balance between mixed – ability groups and sets provides the opportunity for all pupils to reach their full potential in all subjects. It is the responsibility of each Curriculum Co-ordinator to provide programmes of work suitably differentiated for the least and most able as well as for pupils of average ability. Mr. S Jones is the SENCO and the Inclusion Department supports pupils with additional learning needs through a variety of strategies: advice to individual teachers on assessing the level of need and appropriate differentiation of the work; inclass support teaching; the purchase of special equipment; and withdrawal of pupils experiencing literacy difficulties in basic subjects for specialist support, including the use of ‘Successmaker’ computer aided learning. Additionally, the school has a Specialist Teaching Facility for a small number of pupils with moderate to severe learning difficulties. There are places for 20 pupils in the unit. Pupils here have additional support in their individual needs from the LEA’s speech therapists, psychologists and physiotherapists. Pupils in the STF are integrated into main-stream classes with the necessary level of support as widely as possible and they play a full part in many aspects of the social and cultural life of the school
The Special Needs Code of Practice. In accordance with the Code of Practice, Mr. M. Radford is the nominated Governor for SEN, monitoring of pupils’ special needs continues throughout their school career. In this process, primary school records, advice from the Schools’ Psychological Service, the indications of the school’s screening tests, concerns expressed by parents, form tutors and class teachers all play a part. The Inclusion Team will not only co-ordinate and oversee support for pupils with ALN but will also assist with the co-ordination of our more able and talented programme, EMLAS provision, behaviour support, speech and language support and other inclusion activities. The process of staged referrals of certain pupils with SEN, in accordance with the Code of Practice, from the identification of need to full statementing, is in progress. The Funding of Pupils with SEN Pupils with identified levels of special needs attract a higher funding per head than pupils without these identified needs. The funding varies on a sliding scale according to the severity of the need. It is a function of the responsibility which Governors bear for the financial management of the school to monitor the spending of SEN funding. This has been facilitated by the very clear financial statements presented by the Leadership team together with the SENCO. SEN funding this year was principally used to employ 5 specialist support assistants; also for ancillary support and for the purchase of special classroom materials to assist access to the curriculum. As we moved into the new financial year, we adopted a new LEA system whereby all SEN funding is delegated to schools who then manage the budget accordingly. Access for Disabled Pupils The school will consider, sympathetically, requests from parents of disabled pupils, for admission to the school, and will make every effort to accommodate their needs, within the existing constraints of the school buildings.
Governors’ Curriculum and Standards Sub-Committee, 2014 - 2015 This report wasn’t available at the time of printing. If you would like to find out any details about the Pupil Support meetings, please contact the Clerk to Governors, Miss Sarah Woolley c/o Bishop Gore School or telephone (01792) 411400
Key Stage 3 Targets
Key Stage 3
2016 Girls
Boys
2017
Pupils
Boys
Girls
Pupils
Target
Target
English
92
78
170
90%
123
84
207
91%
Maths
90
76
166
88%
122
84
206
90%
Science
92
78
170
90%
122
84
206
90%
CSI
76
77
153
81%
110
76
186
82%
Key Stage 4 Targets
Key Stage 4
2016
2017
Level 2 including English and maths
72
79
Level 1
99
100
Core Subject Indicator Leaving school with no quals.
62
75
0
0
Pastoral Organisation The pastoral curriculum was organised around six Pastoral Co-ordinators, one for each Year group in the school, who managed a team of Form Tutors with responsibility for registration, attendance, welfare and disciplinary matters, together with the teaching of the pastoral curriculum through a programme of personal and social education (PSE). The Form Tutor was the first point of contact for parents. Pupil Support Managers 2014 - 2015 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12/13
Miss T. Jones, Pupil Support Manager Mr I. Capon, Pupil Support Manager Mrs J. A. Hart, Pupil Support Manager Mr K. Greenwood, Pupil Support Manager Mr J. M. Davies, Pupil Support Manager Mrs S. E. Lewis, Post 16 Support Manager
Physical Education – Achievements 2014 – 2015 The department continues to work hard in conjunction with the schools’ Active Young People (AYP) 5x60 programme to provide as many opportunities as possible for our pupils in our extra-curricular programme. As well as the traditional sports such as football, rugby, netball, gymnastics and swimming we continue to offer dodgeball, basketball, badminton, beginners swimming, lifesaving, surfing, squash and fitness sessions in our fitness suite. The pupils had the opportunity to take up surf instruction every Thursday evening in Caswell before half term. Please see our full extracurriculum sports programme on the school website. Our pupils also have the opportunity to compete in AYP taster events in venues around Swansea e.g. LC2 fitness suite and National Pool for events such as the “Kids of Steel” triathlon event (disciplines of cycling, running and swimming). Sports Day Swansea University 2015 2015 sports day was the first opportunity to implement the new house system in sports competition. The new 5 house system meant there were more competition places available so there were far more pupils competing. Also those who did not compete in the athletic competition were involved in a carousel of alternative activities. This was extremely successful. Pupils participated in atomic touch, rounders’, real Frisbee and football. Sports Day was hugely popular again with pupils and staff. There was plenty of friendly competition between the pupils from years 7 to 10 in their house teams. The winning house for 2015 was Bracelet house. It was a great day with the emphasis on activity and participation as well as competition. Victor ludorum winners - Ciaran Sullivan, Tom Henderson, Connor Stone, Jordan Ali Williams. Victrix Ludorum winners - Ellie Goss, Lydia Hannaford, Lottie Mallet, Lauren Huxtable. Judith Macken Award - Caitlin Ward and Lottie Mallet. Stephen Hayler award - Tom Henderson School Presentation Evening and Sports Awards 2015 Congratulations to the following pupils on their P.E. awards: PE Curriculum Awards: Caitlin Ward and Tom Founds The Lee McCarley Cup for the ‘most improved rugby player in Y11: Scott Hypher The Emrys Williams Award for Sport Endeavour: Ronnie Saddington Bishop Gore Sports Ambassadors Our Sports Ambassadors for 2014-15 were Tom Gravenor and Lauren Huxtable. We have just appointed Sam Clowes and Aneira King as our sports ambassadors for 201516. They have both qualified as silver ambassadors. This is a great achievement. Rhys Saunders has also been confirmed as one of Swansea’s Gold ambassadors. This is an amazing achievement for Rhys and the school. This is the second time in two years that the school has pupils who have achieved gold ambassador status in Swansea. Rhys played a significant role in the hosting of the Inclusive school sport event staged at Bishop Gore School, as did a number of our pupils from the STF and our sports leaders group. Sports Leaders / Rugby leaders award group Lauren Huxtable, Caitlin Evans, Connie Jenkins, Jasmine Hitchman, Sofia Conte, Lowri Evans, Tom Gravenor, Alex Frost, Emily Reed, Rhys Cottrell, Jamie Kirkhouse, Oliver Harris and Dominic Marques.
School Sports Council Last year the school sports council was established. This has now been built upon since September. Pupils from all year groups are eligible to join. The aim of the council is to use pupil voice and work with the AYP team and PE department to improve PE and sports provision at the school. School Eisteddfod and Inter Form Sports Competitions 2015 House competitions were held again in Years 7-9 in football, rugby, netball and basketball in conjunction with the School Eisteddfod Competitions. Netball Afan Nedd Tawe County Trails/Squads and Hub selections
Well done to the year 9, 10 and 11’s netball girls who took part in the Urdd netball competition this year. It was a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to experience playing against teams from potentially all over Wales. The year 10’s in particular did extremely well and made it to the quarter finals against Gwyr but unfortunately lost 6-10.
Congratulations to the netball girls who were very successful in this year Afan Need Tawe country trials and local hub trials. As you can see from below the girls have done Bishop Gore very proud. Well done!
First trial U14’s: Lydia Hannford Matilda Rosser Maddie Allchurch
U14’s Development Squad: Maddie Allchurch
U14’s County Squad: Lydia Hannford Matilda Rosser
Local Area Hub: Matilda Rosser Maddie Allchurch Meg Montgomery
First trial U16’s:
U16’s County Squad:
Local Area Hub
Rebecca Stone Charlotte Griffiths Lottie Mallet Georgia Williams Caitlin Evans
Lottie Mallet Georgia Williams Caitlin Evans
Rebecca Stone Charlotte Griffiths Lottie Mallet Georgia Williams
Lifeguards Well done to Ellie Goss in year 8 for taking part in lifeguard of the year 2015. She won an amazing 3 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal. Urdd county swimming Congratulations to all our pupils who competed for Bishop Gore in the Urdd swimming competition this term. They really did us proud with a number of pupils qualifying for the national finals. Sophie Williams, Ellie Goss, Caitlin Ward, Dylan Ward Tom Henderson and Jack Montgomery.
School Athletics, Teams from year 7 – 11 were selected to represent Bishop Gore in county athletic and cross country events in summer 2015. Connor Stone (Triple jump) and Will Mellowship (Sprints) did well in the County Athletics championships. Dylan Ward has done well in club athletics and is currently rated 20th for javelin in Wales at his age. Cross Country Congratulations to all our pupils who competed for Bishop Gore in the Cross Country competitions this term. BOYS: Year 9-Tom Henderson, Ryan Stokes, Tyler Colderick GIRLS: Year 7- Summer Stuart-Low, Meg Montgomery, Freya Marchant, Caitlin Collier Gymnastics Display Year 6 Open Evening Congratulations to all our year 7 and 8 gymnasts who performed on the open evening. The pupils put a lot of time and effort into their lunchtime practices and still had the energy to perform their display 3 times on the night. A superb performance. Rugby Rugby Development officer Liam Evans has now been in post a year. In his first year at the school his targets from the WRU were to establish a girls rugby squad in the school and play at least 50 rugby fixtures. All targets were achieved. This meant that Bishop Gore have now been awarded WRU school of rugby status. The school were given formal recognition of our new status by the WRU in a whole school assembly at the end of our Estyn inspection week. Former pupil Alun Wyn Jones was in attendance to present the school with the award from the WRU. It was a fitting way to end an exceptional week in the recent history of Bishop Gore. During the summer our school took part in our very first touch rugby competition run by the WRU using boys from Y11 and 6th form. The boys played incredibly well and ended up finishing second in our group. The competition itself was run for 10 weeks on a Wednesday evening and was for ages 14+. At the start of the new academic year the Senior Bishop Gore rugby academy was established and we had a Senior XV entered in the schools mid-week rugby development league. Since the start of term we have had years 7-6th form play a total of 22 games to date with an Ospreys cup final due to take place on the 1 st of December for our Y9s and a semi-final for our 6th form rugby team a day later on the 2nd. Away from the field the boys and girls have taken up the option of purchasing rugby hoodies and t-shirts to wear to training and to matches, Clarity Copiers have sponsored our new 6th form jersey along with BLK and the Ospreys. This year has also seen a new link with the Ospreys and Bishop Gore Pupils have begun work with the Ospreys in the community by helping during the Ospreys half term and summer camps, helping in RWC events all over Swansea and by coaching in our feeder primary schools and community first projects. We are looking forward to competing in Rosslyn Park and the Urdd sevens during March 2016 for all age groups 7-6th former including our Y11 girls’ rugby team. Whilst preparing for Rosslyn Park and the Urdd we have introduced a new code of conduct for the players. This looks at their behaviour in school, attendance in school / training and making sure they hit they’re global grades in all subjects. Targets are set so pupils do not under perform with their academic performance.
Football Due to the fact there was an early Easter this year some of the winter sports continued in to the summer term. Mr Adanah's Year 9 football team progressed to the final of the Swansea school's cup against Bishopston at St Helens. The boys were a credit to the school. Despite going down 2 goals to nil in the first of half they fought back to score 2 well deserved goals. In a nail biting finish Bishopston managed to score the decider. Mr Thomas's Year 8 football team did one better winning the Rail Safety Afan Nedd Tawe 5 a side cup with an outstanding performance from Wilf Tetzlaff. Cricket The cricket season receives only a very narrow window between summer half term and exams. The Y7 team won both their games as did the Y8 and 9 teams. Girls summer team sports In the summer term the main sport apart from athletics our girls play is rounders. Regular practices are held and all girls are welcome to attend. Matches were organised against local schools and we attended county tournaments. De La Beche Tennis courts The school continued to contribute to the Sketty park tennis court refurbishment fund. The refurbishment is now complete. This is an incredible achievement by all those who have worked so hard to bring together all the different partnerships. The community park on De la Beche road looks fantastic. Bishop Gore pupils now have access to first class tennis courts and a multi sports area - All on our doorstep! The local community have also donated a tennis challenge cup to the school. The format is yet to be decided but it will probably take an inter house format. National School Sport week/ Inclusive Futures sport event Darren Jones the Inclusive Futures Coordinator has been working with our STF department and training them up as Sports leaders. Bishop Gore was selected by the Youth Sports Trust to host the Inclusive Futures sport promotion day. This was a brilliant honour for this school. Stars from the sports world attended -Jason Gardner (100m Sprinter GB), Frankie Jones (Welsh Gymnast and Commonwealth Champion) James Ledger (Paralympic Athlete Long Jump) - and representatives from Wales’s national assembly. Sky sports TV were in attendance with former pupil Dean Thomas reporting for them. It was an inspirational day. Pupils from the STF department made some excellent presentations to the gathering and our sports leaders group helped to referee and coach in the different activities. The PE Department wishes Mrs Jane Allchurch a long and happy retirement. Mrs Allchurch had a long sporting association with Bishop Gore. Firstly as a pupil representing Wales in netball and athletics, then as Head of Girls PE. She has left behind a fantastic legacy. The PE department also welcomes Steve Lancey covering for Louise Seagrove AYP position while she takes maternity leave. As ever the PE department are really appreciative to all the staff that help to run teams outside the department, including Mr Marcus Adanah, Mr Ian Capon, Mr Tom Treharne, Mr Leon Thomas and Mr Matthew Deer.
Performing Arts Performance Opportunities 2014 - 2015 Groups and Ensembles Combined Orchestra Wind Ensemble Brass Ensemble Guitar Ensemble Choir Vocal Ensemble Peripatetic staff Ms Claire Hammacott Mr Nick Hedges Ms Cara Pearce Mrs Laura Cottrell Mr Jeff Pearce Mrs Lisa Maddock Mr Jeff Rees October 2014 October 2014 December 2014 December 2014 March 2014 March 2014 March 2014 April 2014 May 2014 July 2014
Voice Drums and percussion Upper strings Lower strings Brass Woodwind Guitar ‘Animal Farm’, senior school production Performing Arts Company students involved with the Dylathon to celebrate the 100th year of the birth of Dylan Thomas Entertainment at the FPTA Christmas Craft Fayre Seasonal Celebration Concert National Theatre Connections performance of ‘Hood’ by Katherine Chandler Public performances of GCSE drama work Public performances of A level drama work National Theatre Connections performance of ‘Hood’ at The Sherman Theatre Cardiff Music links with Grange School ‘Little Shop of Horrors’, Performing Arts Company production
West Glamorgan Youth Theatre Isabella Caplin Adam Lewis Liam Hunt
KS3 Summary 2014 - Percentage of pupils achieving level 5 or better ALL 83.2 85.4 84.3 78.4 83.2 83.9
ENGLISH MATHS SCIENCE CORE SUBJECT INDICATOR – SCHOOL* CORE SUBJECT INDICATOR – SWANSEA* CORE SUBJECT INDICATOR – WALES*
BOYS 80.2 90.7 83.7 76.7 79.9 80.3
GIRLS 85.9 80.8 84.8 79.8 86.5 87.7
* Number of pupils achieving level 5 or above in English, Maths and Science in combination
Percentage of Girls at each level at Bishop Gore ENGLISH Teacher Assessment MATHS Teacher Assessment SCIENCE Teacher Assessment
N
D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
EP
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.4
5.3
29.8
42.6
12.8
2.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
8.5
9.6
28.7
26.6
23.4
3.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.1
12.8
24.5
44.7
14.9
2.1
0.0
Percentage of Boys at each level at Bishop Gore ENGLISH Teacher Assessment MATHS Teacher Assessment SCIENCE Teacher Assessment
N
D
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
EP
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.2
9.6
49.4
28.9
4.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.8
4.8
45.8
25.3
15.7
3.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
13.3
44.6
27.7
13.3
1.2
0.0
Percentage of Girls and Boys at each level in Swansea ENGLISH Teacher Assessment MATHS Teacher Assessment SCIENCE Teacher Assessment
5+
6+
7+
87.6
50.5
16.1
87.9
58.6
30.6
90.2
57.9
23.2
Percentage of Girls and Boys at each level in Wales 5+ 6+ ENGLISH 87.9 52.6 Teacher Assessment MATHS 88.7 59.5 Teacher Assessment SCIENCE 91.8 58.5 Teacher Assessment Key: N = not awarded a level; D = disapplied; EP = exceptional performance
7+ 16.6 26.3 20.7
Summary of KS4 performance 2014 Percentage of pupils who:
Level 2 including English and maths 59.3 60.6 48.3 58.6 62.9 51.0
School 2015 School 2014 School 2013 School 2012 School 2011 School 2010
Achieved the Level 2 threshold (5 or more GCSEs, or equivalent, at grades A*C) 83.3 83.2 88.6 91.7 87.0 68.9
Achieved the Level 1 threshold (5 or more GCSEs, or equivalent, at grades A*- G) 99.4 92.9 100 99.5 91.2 91.4
Achieved the Core Subject Indicator (GCSE grades A*-C, or equivalent, in English, maths and science in combination 45.7 60.0 46.2 58.3 60.5 41.1
Percentage of pupils who: Achieved 1 or more GCSE (or equivalent) grades at A*- G 100 99.0 100 99.6 99.2 97.6
School 2015 School 2014 School 2013 School 2012 School 2011 School 2010
School
Gender
Bishop Gore
Girls Boys All
Cohort Y13* 37 30 67
Cohort 2+ 29 19 48
%2+ A*Points** C 96.6% 89.7% 680 100.0% 89.5% 560 97.9% 89.6% 626
Level 3
Summary of post-16 performance 2014-2015
Bishop Gore
Girls Boys All
Cohort Y13* 25 25 50
Cohort 2+
Level 3
%2+ A*-C
Points**
9 12 21
100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
77.8% 75.0% 76.2%
382 429 406
Destinations 2014 Information has not been released by Careers Wales regarding destinations.