Highgate Wood School Prospectus

Highgate Wood School arts college Prospectus 2013-14

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Highgate Wood School arts college

Montenotte Road Hornsey

London N8 8RN

visit us at our website www.hws.uk.com

call us on 020 83427970

Follow us on twitter twitter.com/highgatewood

MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD TEACHER

OUR AIMS, OUR SCHOOL Page 3

STARTING SECONDARY SCHOOL Page 3

OUR CURRICULUM

YEAR 7 Page 5

KEY STAGE 3 Page 6

KEY STAGE 4 Page 7

POST 16 Page 8

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Page 9

MUSIC, ART AND DRAMA Page 12

SCHOOL UNIFORM AND HOME SCHOOL AGREEMENT Page 15

TERM DATES AND APPLICATION INFORMATION Page 16

OUR FACILITIES Page 13

COMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONAL LINKS Page 11

OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS Page 10

SPORTS AT HIGHGATE WOOD SCHOOL Page 14

OUR GOVERNING BODY Page 17


I wish to extend a very warm welcome to you from Highgate Wood School. Now in my seventh year as Headteacher at the school, I remain as proud and privileged as ever to be leading this wonderful school community.

We are a truly comprehensive school, and I believe passionately that this is one of our major strengths. Our students are fantastic, and consistently represent themselves and their school positively. They are at the very heart of our vision for the school. We have a saying at the school that our students don’t just come to Highgate Wood School... they ARE Highgate Wood School!

We also benefit from magnificent support from our governing body, our parents and the wider community. However, the people who really make the difference at the school are the staff, who are all absolutely committed to making Highgate Wood School the very best that it can be. We serve at the heart of our local community and give our young people the best opportunities to

fulfil their potential and enjoy their learning.

We believe that there are two key components to getting the very best outcomes from our students. They are:

1. Excellent teaching 2. Happy, safe and engaged students

Our new mission statement encapsulates what we believe Highgate Wood School does best: ‘Making a positive difference to students’ achievements and experiences,

maintaining the highest expectations and inspiring self belief’.

This is truly a wonderful time to be a part of the Highgate Wood School community and I trust that all those who choose to join us on our journey will enjoy the Highgate Wood School experience.

Patrick Cozier Headteacher

MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD TEACHER

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“Students succeed at Highgate Wood because of the good quality care,

guidance and support they receive.”

Ofsted Nov 2011


School Aims At Highgate Wood School the education of every young person is held to be of equal value. The school motto is that Everyone Matters and this is reflected in our school aims. At the end of seven years at Highgate Wood School we want our young people to:

♦ have high expectations of themselves and of others

♦ thrive on their passion for learning

♦ demonstrate high quality in whatever they do

♦ take their place in society with a set of principles underpinned by the importance of contribution, courtesy, cooperation and consideration

♦ show and display an appreciation of justice and morality

♦ choose a healthy lifestyle underpinned by good eating habits and regular exercise

♦ have the skills, abilities and qualifications necessary to achieve economic well-being

♦ be positive and confident in their approach ...be a living, breathing example of the Highgate Wood School Ethos.

ABOUT HIGHGATE WOOD SCHOOL

School Profile Highgate Wood School arts college is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school providing secondary education to 1425 students. We underwent our last OFSTED inspection in November 2011 which highlighted our “positive and inclusive learning ethos” and described the school as a place where children “enjoy a good quality of education because the good teaching they receive secures equally effective learning and progress.”

Ofsted judged us to be outstanding in terms of how safe our students feel at school.

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Highgate Wood serves a multicultural community and many of our students are bilingual. The school is over-subscribed.

Just under half our students are drawn from a wide variety of minority ethnic groups, including Black-Caribbean, Greek and Turkish Cypriot, as well as from the Turkish, Kurdish, Black-African, Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Chinese and Somali communities.

Historically, we have had more boys than girls (with an all girls school being so close by), but this has changed in recent years as the excellent performance of our girls has encouraged more parents to send their daughters here.

“No matter where you come from, what religion you are or what you believe in, everyone is equal. Here everyone gets the same chance to learn.”

Emma Year 9


Starting Secondary School Starting secondary school or changing schools is a big step and we do all that we can to aid the process and make it easy and enjoyable.

We pride ourselves in ensuring that we visit all our local primary schools to meet our new Year 6 cohort in the summer term before they start in September. Students joining other year groups are also encouraged to visit prior to taking up a place and their Head of Learning ensures that they have a structured start.

For our new Year 7 students, Claire Allaway, one of our Assistant Headteachers, has the specific responsibility of ensuring that they settle in well and immediately benefit from their time here . A carefully planned induction programme commences in July when they spend a day at Highgate Wood School and this helps them get to know the rest of their tutor group and settle in quickly.

Other well-developed procedures to help students beginning at the school include:

• established links with local primary schools.

• teachers from Highgate Wood visit local primary schools.

• meetings are held with our local primary school heads and teachers to discuss curriculum and individual students.

• peer mentors are available to support new students.

KEY STAGE 2\3 TRANSITION Ms Allaway has acquired considerable experience in settling in new students and monitoring their academic and social progress, as well as retaining links with their primary schools. Mrs Allaway is supported by an enthusiastic team of Year 7 tutors who see their tutor group every day, as well as a dedicated Head of Learning and a Pastoral Mentor who has oversight of the year group. This helps us get to know the children’s academic and social strengths and any individual difficulties they might face and enables close relationships to be established quickly.

It is important for parents to know how to support their children as they move from primary to secondary education. All Year 7 parents and carers are invited to an evening meeting in the Summer term prior to their children starting at school, and here they have the opportunity to meet members of the Year 7 team and discuss any concerns they may have.

After school starts, there is an opportunity in the second half of the autumn term for parents and carers to come and discuss their child’s progress with his or her form tutor. This meeting is intended to address any difficulties which may have arisen and help ensure that all Year 7 students are enjoying school and working hard.

During the course of the year parents receive regular updates of their child’s progress, including information about their academic achievements and their attitudes to learning.

In the summer term all staff are available at an evening meeting to discuss the progress that Year 7 students have made during their first year of secondary school.

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“Every single day I learn something new.”

Eda Year 8


* Parents are advised of their right to withdraw their child from RE and Sex Education. Students will be supervised but no alternative curriculum is available.

Our students benefit from Curriculum Enrichment days that take place once a fortnight during their time in Year 7 at Highgate Wood School.

Enrichment includes themed days, subject days, special events, trips and visits from outside experts that provide students with planned curriculum opportunities to extend and broaden their learning. Our belief is that these enhancements to the curriculum mean that our Year 7 students can engage in longer style tasks that give them more scope for developing their skills, e.g. independent learning, research, working in teams, and problem solving, as well as the chance to explore areas of the curriculum in more depth.

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The Year 7 timetable has 50 one-hour periods on a two weekly cycle.

No. of periods 4 3 4 3 6 2 2 2 6 4 3 4 2 5

❶ Year 7 students are taught both French and Spanish before making the decision to continue with either a single lor double language in Year 8. ❷ Formerly known as RE

YEAR 7 CURRICULUM—including Enrichment

Subject*

Enrichment Art Design Technology Drama English Geography History ICT Mathematics French/Spanish ❶ Music Physical Education Ethics and Cultural Studies ❷ Science

Enrichment

“The fortnightly enrichment days open up a wealth of opportunities to make learning exciting and engage learners through activities that include

medieval days and enterprise days.” Ofsted Nov 2011

“My teachers inspire me to work hard and achieve my full potential.”

Amelia Year 8


The Curriculum - Years 7, 8 and 9 Throughout Key Stage 3, we build on each student’s earlier school experiences to extend the breadth and depth of their knowledge, develop their understandings and improve their skills in all areas of the curriculum.

Our aim is to provide a broad and balanced curriculum that is both challenging and exciting . During Key Stage 3 we support and encourage each student to reach their academic potential and develop themselves as creative and considerate individuals.

Each year within Key Stage 3 has a different emphasis.

In Year 7, the focus is on ensuring those basic building blocks of literacy and numeracy are firmly established while developing mastery of collaborative and individual working.

In Year 8, the introduction of Citizenship supports our focus on the world beyond school, and students are given a wide range of learning experiences to equip them for success in the world beyond the classroom.

In Year 9, the focus is on completing Key Stage 3 and fully preparing students for the demands of GCSEs. We take particular care to ensure that informed decisions are made on the choice of curriculum for Key Stage 4 and parents are encouraged to play an active role in this process.

In all lessons students are encouraged to develop skills for learning and for assessing their own progress and avenues for further improvement.

OUR CURRICULUM—KS3

Everyone Matters Through Key Stage 3, students are taught in groups designed to provide the best level of challenge and support so that everyone is able to progress and achieve. We set by ability in Maths, Science and English and group differently in subjects like Drama, Art, Music and Design Technology.

Students with particular learning or language needs are helped within their lessons by Learning Support Assistants and occasionally with individual or group learning by specialist staff outside the classroom.

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Subjects At Key Stage 3. students are offered a wide range of learning experiences and opportunities both with the subjects they study and through collaborative projects

between different subject areas.

Through Key Stage 3. students study English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Ethics and Cultural Studies (formerly RE), ICT, Citizenship, Physical Education, Technology, Music, Art, Drama and Modern Foreign Languages. We also give our most able linguists the opportunity to study two languages: French and Spanish.

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) is delivered across the curriculum for all years, but particularly through Enrichment in Year 7 and Citizenship in Years 8 and 9.

End of Key Stage 3 Key Stage 3 ends at half-term of the summer term in Year 9. This allows an extra half-term for students to engage in their GCSE and other Level 2 courses at Key Stage 4.

“The broad and balanced curriculum provides for the

learning needs of all students.” Ofsted Nov 2011

“I enjoyed my time in Key Stage 3. It taught me a lot and got me ready

for the choices I had to make.” Alex Year 10


The Curriculum - Years 10 and 11 The National Curriculum requires all students to study: English, Mathematics, Physical Education, Science, Citizenship, Ethics and Cultural Studies (formerly RE) and ICT.

These are all delivered as separate subjects in Years 10 and 11 with the exception of ICT which is available as a discrete option but is also delivered across the curriculum to allow students even greater scope in their choices.

Our Key Stage 4 curriculum begins in the second half of the summer term of Year 9, thus allowing students a full two-years to complete their GCSE and other courses. The school offers opportunities for students to study a range of academic and vocational courses including the EBacc which is available as a pathway for all students to follow should they choose to.

Key Stage 4 students also participate in Work Related Learning projects, including work experience, enterprise days and other curriculum-based work.

We encourage all students to continue their study of a foreign language, and to gain accreditation in their first language (where applicable). In recent years, students have successfully been awarded GCSEs in Greek, Turkish, Bengali, Russian, Portuguese and Dutch.

OUR CURRICULUM—KS4 Academic Success Highgate Wood School’s exam results have steadily improved in recent years.

Our GCSE results in 2011 were our best ever in terms of A* - C grades. They also led to Highgate Wood School being in the top 10% of non-selective schools in the country for students achieving the top A* and A grades at GCSE.

Our most recent GCSE results have surpassed those from last year. In 2012, 86% of students achieved five or more A* - C grades at GCSE and 72% achieved this including English and Maths. This represents a new record of attainment for our students and the new standard to which we expect our future students to aspire to and surpass.

Optional Subjects Students are able to choose four additional courses to complement their core subjects. The school prides itself on the range of courses available, which also includes the opportunity for some students to follow alternative courses at partner colleges as part of their full curriculum*.

The courses Highgate Wood School currently offers to students at Key Stage 4 include:

♦ Art & Design ♦ Business Studies ♦ Dance ♦ Drama ♦ Economics ♦ Food Technology ♦ French ♦ Geography ♦ History ♦ ICT ♦ Land Based Studies

♦ Media Studies ♦ Music ♦ Music Technology ♦ Physical Education ♦ Product Design ♦ Psychology ♦ Science ♦ Sociology ♦ Spanish ♦ Textiles

* College courses include Construction, Public Services, Hair & Beauty and Motor Vehicle Engineering

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“Highgate Wood Secondary School should be congratulated for their

stunning achievement in securing some of the best GCSE results in the country.”

Sue Williamson Chief Executive

Specialist Schools & Academies Trust

“Teachers are actively interested in our well-being and progress.”

Joshua Year 10


OUR CURRICULUM—Post 16 Transition to University

All our post-16 students have an Academic Mentor who provides guidance and advice during their time in the sixth form. This will include help with study skills and exam technique as well as providing more general pastoral support.

A particularly important role of the Academic Mentor is to assist with the UCAS university application process. We have an excellent record of helping students onto the next stage of their education, at university and elsewhere. Highgate Wood School students have been successful in their applications to a wide range of institutions from Cambridge to Falmouth, Warwick to Aberdeen, studying across a wide range of subjects from Medicine to Fashion, French to Philosophy.

We believe that our sixth form not only prepares students academically for the step up to university but also helps them develop socially and emotionally to be successful in whatever they go on to do in the future.

“The popular sixth form enjoys a positive reputation locally and, through good leadership and

management, it complements the provision provided in Years 7 to 11.”

Ofsted Nov 2011

The Post 16 Offer Highgate Wood School has over 200 students in the sixth form which is made up of students who have joined us from other schools as well as those who completed their GCSE courses here.

We offer a wide range of subjects at Post 16, mainly A level courses, but also a small number of vocational courses.

These include:

♦ Art & Design ♦ ICT ♦ Biology ♦ Maths ♦ Business Studies ♦ Media Studies ♦ Chemistry ♦ Music ♦ Drama ♦ Music Technology ♦ Economics ♦ PE ♦ English Language ♦ Philosophy ♦ English Literature ♦ Photography ♦ French ♦ Physics ♦ Further Maths ♦ Product Design ♦ Geography ♦ Psychology

♦ Government & Politics ♦ Sociology

♦ History ♦ Spanish

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Each year a group of our sixth formers visit South Africa to help children in schools supported by the Hillcrest Charity.

Our results at Post 16 have been excellent over the last five years, consistently placing the school in the top 20% of schools nationally in terms of “value-added” performance.

In 2012 our sixth form students achieved the school’s best ever results: 79% A*- C in examinations that were taken, with nearly half achieving top A*-B grades. We have also attracted and enrolled a record number of sixth form students both from within and beyond Highgate Wood School.


Independent Study We hope to encourage all our students to develop their independent learning skills and take responsibility for many areas of their own development.

Our Learning Resource Centre is kept open every day after school to allow students to study and access the computer network. A homework club is also run by the Learning Support Department every day after school to help students complete the work they have been set.

Highgate Wood School is one of the leading schools in Haringey in the use of a Managed Learning Environment where school departments are now posting an increasing number of their resources so that they can be accessed by students from home and elsewhere. We also make use of a number of other on-line tools to support learning and independent study.

Homework Homework is an important part of secondary education. Its purpose is to develop independent learning, improve skills, consolidate classroom learning and enhance knowledge and understanding. It also gives parents and carers the chance to become involved in their child’s education.

Through Key Stage 3, students are set regular homework for all subjects. With some subjects, this takes the form of regular weekly tasks, but the majority of Key Stage 3 homework takes the form of extended projects. The schedule for these projects is published in the Key Stage 3 handbook at the beginning of each term.

In Year 7, students should spend no more than about three quarters of an hour each evening on homework. As they progress through Key Stage 3, this should increase to approximately one hour.

Increasingly, our homework resources and information are available on-line on the school’s Managed Learning Environment but students should still keep a record of their work in their Journal which is issued to all students at the beginning of the school year.

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

“Our successes get recognised whether they are big or small.”

Kourtney Year 10

During the course of 2012, the school will be moving to the second generation of services provided by the London Grid for Learning. This promises to provide even more resources to support on-line learning for students, from video-casts and podcasts to free access to new reference sources and on-line information tools.

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Working Together with Parents We value our partnership with parents/carers and are grateful for the significant contribution they make in supporting their children’s progress and our school community as a whole.

We have a number of ways in which this partnership is supported and strengthened. These include

• Parent/carer’s evenings – an opportunity to meet with subject teachers – one meeting for each year group per academic year

• Academic review meetings – a chance to discuss early progress in the autumn term with your child’s form tutor

• Year 9 Options meetings - an opportunity for parents/carers of Year 9 students to receive information, advice and guidance about Key Stage 4 courses

• We encourage parents to take a regular and active role in reviewing their child’s learning through the student Journal and our tutor system.

OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS Parents and Staff Association All parents and teachers automatically belong to the Parents and Staff Association (PSA).

Members of the PSA arrange social events when parents and staff can meet informally. The PSA also organises fundraising activities through which money is raised for extra curricular projects.

In the last year, PSA support has enabled the school to move forward with a whole range of initiatives that would have been impossible without their help. These include buying computer software for Science, video equipment for Enrichment, helping to fund many of the school’s clubs and afterschool activities, supporting post 16 students to visit universities and colleges and providing tea and cakes for some very welcome staff appreciation afternoons.

The PSA group is heavily involved in some of the school’s most important events, including the annual Music, Art and Drama festival, the Winter Concert and the School play.

Highgate Wood School PSA also provides a means of communication between parents/carers and the school. There are regular meetings (roughly two per half term). At some meetings there are presentations from staff where parents/carers can hear about school initiatives and the work of specific curriculum areas.

A member of the governing body is linked to the PSA to ensure that the voice of parents is considered at Governing Body level. There are also “Governors’ Surgeries” during some PSA meetings to allow easy dialogue between parents and school governors.

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Highgate Wood School is proud to have the Leading Parent Partnership Award, a nationally recognised award for schools that work very closely with the families of their students.

Communication with Parents It is important that parents know what is happening in their child’s school. At Highgate Wood School we use a wide variety of means to help ensure parents are informed and up-to-date with school news and events.

We produce a regular magazine, Insight, which is distributed to all students each term and is also available on-line through the school website. There are also other publications to provide information for a particular event or purpose.

Increasingly, the school is making use of digital tools to improve our communications and contact with families. These include the school website at www.hws.uk.com, and the school twitter feed @highgatewood.

We also help parents keep up-to-date by the use of text messages and email communications.

“The school engages parents and carers well in their children’s education.”

Ofsted Nov 2011


their first attempt and receiving acclaim for their talents and abilities in the Model UN forum many times since.

We have competed internationally, and have helped develop a sister programme in Poland through a Comenius Regio grant.

So popular is the programme with our students that we have held our

own North London conferences at Highgate Wood School every March involving around 15 other schools involved and 250 – 300 students. Last year we successfully extended participation in Model UN to include Year 9 students as well as those from Year 10, 11 and the sixth form..

For students in Years 7 and 8 we now have a well established DebateMate club, often supported by our Model UN veterans,

where younger students can develop their skills in argument, persuasion and debate.

International Schools Award

COMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONAL LINKS

Model United Nations A key element of our commitment to Global Citizenship is the Model United Nations programme that we have participated in for the since 2005. At Model UN, students take on the role of ambassadors for a particular country and then debate in one or two day conferences around an agreed topic. Their goal is to resolve global problems using the structures and formal debating procedures of the UN.

Highgate Wood School has built up an enviable reputation within Model UN, with our students winning the ‘Best Delegation’ award in the London Conference at

“strong global links with faraway communities offer students

valuable opportunities to share experiences and learn from

others.”

Students at Highgate Wood School benefit enormously from opportunities to become true global citizens. Through the curriculum that they follow, and the development of partnerships with schools across the world, we recognise our students’ enhanced enthusiasm for learning and their openness to new ideas. Our students have a greater awareness of themselves, as well as a greater respect and appreciation of others. This is clearly demonstrated by the ways in which they apply critical thinking to local and global issues. Working on projects with peers from many different countries has enabled our students to become even more confident and articulate.

We are involved in a number of prestigious projects with many international partners. We are currently working with schools in six European countries as well as schools in Tunisia, India and South Africa. Our excellent record of effective and sustainable international work has been recognised by the British Council.

In September 2011, we received the International Schools Award for a second three year period, something we are extremely proud of.

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MUSIC, ART and DRAMA

Specialist Schools Status Highgate Wood School is a centre of excellence for the arts, sharing resources and developing leading practice with other schools and communities.

Our strength in music, drama and art is reflected in the high quality productions and exhibitions staged at the school, and also in our links with outside organisations.

The school has a professional industry link with the prestigious Haymarket Theatre, which allows talented drama students the opportunity to train in acting and production skills at the theatre.

Our art department has long established links with the Saatchi Gallery, one of the world’s leading collections of contemporary art, which has exhibited work produced by our students.

Two acts from our Winter Concert in 2011. This year’s Winter Concert takes place on 17th, 18th and 19th December.

The “Teapot” from our 2012 Year 7 Art Exhibition

“The specialist subject areas make a good contribution to

students’ creative skills and to their development of confidence

and self-esteem.” Ofsted Nov 2011

Last year’s school production of Lysistrada by Aristophanes revealed the extraordinary talents of our drama students.

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An Environment for Learning

Highgate Wood School completed a major modernisation programme in September 2010 that transformed the school into the attractive and effective modern learning environment that we enjoy today.

The school has a state-of-the-art computer network contributing to learning and teaching across the school. Most classrooms are equipped with an Interactive White Boards, whilst around the school we have several dedicated ICT areas, including four ICT suites equipped with PCs, andthree equipped with iMacs for media, music and graphics work. We have five ICT-rich vocational classrooms and further ICT spaces in the Learning Resource Centre and the Sixth Form Study Area.

OUR FACILITIES Cashless Catering Our computer network extends to the Dining Hall where it supports the system of cashless catering which has removed the need for students to bring money into school. Highgate Wood School works with Wisepay to allow payments to be made on line.

Dining Hall

The Dining Hall is a bright and airy space, making it ideal not only for mealtimes but also as a social space shared by staff and students. Our modernisation programme also included the refurbishment of the Main Hall which is now a functional and attractive performance space that supports the high quality of performance and production that has characterised Highgate Wood School for many years.

Learning Resource Centre Our Learning Resource Centre offers much more than a traditional library. Here students are able to get support with homework as well as to access a whole range of resources to support them in their independent learning and research during the school day and after school. The LRC is also used increasingly to host talks by visiting authors and other similar events.

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This summer, Highgate Wood School students were not only living in the city staging the Olympics, they were given the opportunity to visit venues before the Opening Ceremony and attend some Olympic events for free. In total 200 students and accompanying staff went to one of 13 events of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012.

Young Leaders in Sport in Haringey Highgate Wood School is one of the leading schools for sport in Haringey. We host the School Games Organiser, coordinating competitive sport for half of the borough.

Highgate Wood School works closely with four feeder primary schools; Coleridge Primary, Rokesly Junior School, Weston Park Primary and St Aidan’s Primary School and provides ongoing support for these schools to enable primary students to participate in a minimum of two hours of high quality PE per week.

We also coordinate intra-school and inter-school competition within Haringey, providing primary students with the opportunity to compete in a range of different sports and in turn allowing our Highgate Wood School Young Leaders to gain qualifications, skills and experience in volunteering, officiating and leadership.

Our all weather pitch and tennis courts, which form part of the school’s substantial open spaces where

students socialise as well as engage in activities, are used well beyond the limits of the school day. There are sport and training events for students from early in the morning till long after the end of the school day.

SPORTS AT HIGHGATE WOOD SCHOOL

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Our Facilities Olympic Summer


The Student Journal The Student Journal, issued to all students at the beginning of the year to help them organise their homework and their school day, is also used as a means of communication between parents and teachers. Notes to a student’s form tutor or teacher or to a parent from a member of staff are often written in the journal.

Within the Student Journal we have a Home-School Agreement which students, parents and tutors sign at the beginning of each year. The agreement has been devised with input from parents, teachers and students, and sets out clearly the expectations and obligations we have of each other that help ensure Highgate Wood School remains a successful, healthy and enjoyable learning community.

At the heart of the Home School Agreement, which is also at the core of Highgate Wood School acceptable use agreements for our ICT facilities, is our belief in the 4Cs: the need for Consideration, Cooperation, Courtesy and Contribution to underpin everything that we do.

SCHOOL UNIFORM AND HOME SCHOOL AGREEMENT School Uniform Highgate Wood School has a school uniform and dress code. The design for the uniform was chosen by the school council in consultation with the wider school community and is periodically reviewed by them.

The Four Cs We wish to encourage all our students to adopt the ethos of the 4Cs before, during and after school.

Courtesy: We expect an automatic sense of courtesy underpinned by the use of “please,” “thank you” and “sorry”. Consideration: We expect our students to always be considerate of each other and their surroundings —walking quietly and sensibly, using the bins provided for litter and holding doors open for each other. Contribution: We want our students to ensure that they are always making a positive contribution to the school community, taking part in as many activities as they can and taking collective responsibility for making Highgate Wood School a better place. Cooperation: We expect all our students to cooperate with members of staff and each other. Even when students are unhappy with a decision, we still expect members of the Highgate Wood School community to cooperate first and then find a way to deal with the situation.

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All students are expected to wear their uniform properly and with pride on the journeys to and from school as well as once they are in school.

The current uniform is as follows:

• black blazer (with summer blue lining) with school logo

• black sweater or cardigan (with summer blue trim) • black, blue and white striped tie • black trousers or school skirt (with summer blue trim) • black shoes Students need to have a school bag for carrying books and equipment. They are also expected to have a pen, a pencil, a ruler and a calculator for use in lessons as a minimum set of equipment.


TERM DATES AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Term Dates 2013 - 2014 Autumn Term 2013 Autumn 1 Mon 2 September to Fri 25 October Holiday Mon 28 October to Fri 1 November Autumn 2 Mon 4 November to Fri 20 December Spring Term 2014 Spring 1 Mon 6 January to Fri 14 February Holiday Mon 17 February to Fri 21 February Spring 2 Mon 24 February to Fri 4 April Summer Term 2014 Summer 1 Tues 22 April to Fri 23 May Holiday Tues 26 May to Fri 30 May Summer 2 Mon 2 May to Tues 22 July

* These dates are still subject to change

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Admissions to Highgate Wood School are administered by the Local Authority. For an application form please contact:

Admissions Service Haringey Council 3rd Floor 48 Station Road N22 7TY Tel: 020 8489 2504 Fax: 020 8489 3339 Email: [email protected]


Highgate Wood School’s Governing Body work closely with the Headteacher, Senior Management and school staff for the benefit of the whole school community. Chair: Charles Wright (Community Governor)

Vice Chair: Imogen Pennell (Representative Governor)

Clerk: Michael Woods

Representative Governors: Cllr Eddie Griffith Oliver Blackaby Brenda Allen

Parent Governors: Andrew Boardman Diana Brown Philip Cavendish Caroline Conlon Elizabeth Hess Carol Vincent Rob White

Community Governors: Phil Cocksedge Janice Dolan Violet Hazelwood-Henry Chris Parr Headteacher Governor: Patrick Cozier

Teacher Governors: Tristan Ashman Jack Fitzgerald Saad Gul Mohammed

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