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Our Sixth Form Open Evening on 24th November 2022 was a huge success. We were particularly thrilled to see former students, who returned for the night to enthuse about how much they enjoyed their own Sixth Form experience.
Our school is part of Operation Encompass
Operation Encompass is a national police and education early intervention safeguarding partnership which supports children and young people who experience domestic violence and abuse.This is in place in every police force in England and Wales. Children were recognised as victims of domestic abuse in their own right in the 2021 Domestic Abuse Act. Operation Encompass means that the police will share information with our school about all police attended domestic abuse incidents which involve any of our children prior to the start of the next school day.
OPERATION ENCOMPASS SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT
Mission Statement
We will be uncompromisingly focused on ensuring every individual is successful.
1. Excellence – We will provide students with opportunities in which to excel, to empower them to make free choices as a foundation for the best possible future; with outcomes in line with or better than their peers nationally.
2. Equality – We will provide high quality teaching and learning, delivering a broad, knowledge rich curriculum, where high aspirations are the norm and success is celebrated, to all students regardless of their background, ethnicity, religion, gender, educational need.
3. Truth – We will pursue truth open-mindedly, seeking to help students to enquire, question and challenge, helping them to be well-rounded, resilient, confident, independent learners with a love for learning.
4. Respect – We will create a safe community that has at its core an understanding of deep respect for self, for others and for the environment; strong relationships are key.
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Executive Head teacher: Jen Veal |
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Designated Safeguarding Lead: Caleb Stevens Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: Dan Vile |
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Governor - Safeguarding: Sarah Huddleston Chair of Governors Dominic Course |
We are delighted to announce that we have been included as one of the top 100 senior schools in the country by The Cricketer Magazine. This is the third time in a row we have featured in the guide.
Year 12 Design Engineer Construct (DEC) students have been tasked with creating a comprehensive portfolio for a development over the next two years. Several are designing a new tennis club for Ashburton, so they went on a "sporting road trip".
Albie B plays for Exeter City at football and Devon County at cricket and is an extremely talented sports student. He is also very modest so would not usually tell anyone how well he is doing, but we have persuaded him to write this article for us about his sporting achievements.
Sixth Form Open Evening 24th November 2022, 5 - 6.30pm