The De Montfort School

The De Montfort School
Motto Unlocking Your Child's Potential[1]
Established 1 September 2014 (2014-09-01)
Type Community school[2]
Headteacher Guy Nichols[3]
Deputy Headteacher Stuart Weston[4]
Chair of Governors Christine Grove[2]
Location Four Pools Road
Evesham
Worcestershire
WR11 1DQ
England
52°05′06″N 1°56′20″W / 52.0851°N 1.9388°W / 52.0851; -1.9388Coordinates: 52°05′06″N 1°56′20″W / 52.0851°N 1.9388°W / 52.0851; -1.9388
Local authority Worcestershire
DfE URN 116932 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Staff > 130[4]
Students 918
Gender Co-educational[2]
Ages 10–18[5]
Houses      Dahl
     Curie
     Shackleton
     Mandela
Colours Red and black
         
Website TDMS

The De Montfort School (formerly known as The Federation of Evesham High School & Simon de Montfort Middle School[6][7] and Evesham County Secondary School) is a secondary school[8] located in Evesham, Worcestershire, England. It is a mixed comprehensive community school[2] serving 10- to 18-year-olds[5] primarily from Evesham and its surrounding villages.

The school was created after a consultation was undertaken on the proposal to merge two Evesham schools - Simon de Montfort Middle School and Evesham High School - which had previously been run in a "hard federation",[9][10] after Simon de Montfort Middle School was taken into special measures.[11] The schools already shared a roll of staff and board of governors. After operating the federated school for several years, the then headteacher, Caroline Browne, and board of governors sought to consolidate the federation and form a new school on the federation's combined grounds and buildings.[6] These proposals were approved by Worcestershire County Council after a consultation with staff, parents, students, feeder schools and the Secretary of State for Education on 7 July 2014.[5]

While separate institutions and still using their former names, Simon de Montfort Middle School and Evesham High School previously received "Good" ratings from Ofsted in their March 2014 and September 2011 inspections respectively.[9][2] Evesham High School Sixth Form previously received a "Satisfactory" rating in its September 2011 Ofsted inspection report[2] with the report specifying a "good capacity to improve".[2] After the merger, however, GCSE results for the De Montfort School in the 2015 academic year fell well below the government standard for attainment with just 32% of students achieving the baseline 5 GCSEs at C-grade and above.[12][13] The Department for Education ranks the school in the lowest 10% of schools in England at the primary level and lowest 30% at the secondary level, describing it as "well below national average".[8]

In January 2016, Yahoo! News included the school in a list of "failing" secondary schools[14] which included all those which fell short of the government's minimum student performance benchmarks.

Curriculum

Lessons are taught in dedicated subject departments. Students in year 9 take a common curriculum consisting of English, Mathematics, Science, Art, Design, History, Geography, Philosophy and Ethics, Music, Drama, Physical Education and Personal, Social and Health Education.[1] In year 10 and year 11, students follow two-year courses in English, Mathematics, Science and Physical Education, in addition to half courses in ICT and Philosophy and Ethics. Students at this level additionally choose three optional subjects from a small range including a handful of pre-vocational and GNVQ Part 1 Courses. The school offers 9 A Level courses.[15]

Admissions

The school has 3 entry points at year 6, year 9 and year 12. Entries at year 6 are predominantly from its feeder schools St. Richard's C of E First School and Bengeworth Academy, but entries from other local schools are sometimes made. Entries at year 9 are predominantly made by students who studied at the school during year 8, but a significant number are also made by students from Blackminster Middle School. Entries at year 12 normally come from a more varied set of institutions including those who studied at the school at GCSE continuing studies at A level and some students moving to the school from other local secondary schools.

Notable alumni

Evesham High School

References

  1. 1 2 The De Montfort School Retrieved 31 August 2014
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ofsted report September 2011 Retrieved 31 August 2014
  3. ↑ Evesham High School Newsletter July 2014 Retrieved 31 August 2014
  4. 1 2 The De Montfort School Staff List Retrieved 31 August 2014
  5. 1 2 3 Worcestershire County Council Letter to Parents Retrieved 31 August 2014
  6. 1 2 Evesham Journal "School merger will go ahead" Retrieved 1 September 2014
  7. ↑ Worcestershire County Council Merger Consulation Public Notice Retrieved 1 September 2014
  8. 1 2 The De Montfort School DfE Performance Record Retrieved 12 May 2017
  9. 1 2 Simon de Montfort Middle School Ofsted report March 2014 Retrieved 1 September 2014
  10. ↑ Evesham Journal "Two could become one as plan for merger of two Evesham schools is announced" Retrieved 1 September 2014
  11. ↑ Sir Peter Luff personal blog "TOWN MP CONGRATULATES EVESHAM SCHOOLS ON NEW FEDERATION" Retrieved 12 May 2017
  12. ↑ Worcester News "Future looks bright for Evesham school despite poor GCSE results" Retrieved 12 May 2017
  13. ↑ Evesham Journal "GCSE league tables: How did Worcestershire's schools fare?" Retrieved 22 January 2016
  14. ↑ Yahoo! News "Does Your Child Go To One Of These 329 Failing Secondary Schools?" Retrieved 21 February 2017
  15. ↑ The De Montfort School Sixth Form Prospectus 2017 Retrieved 12 May 2017
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.