Saint Cecilia's Church of England School

Saint Cecilia's Church of England School
Established 2003
Type Academy
Religion Church of England
Interim Headteacher Miss Ann Kennedy
Location Sutherland Grove
Southfields
Greater London
England
SW18 5JR
United Kingdom
51°26′51″N 0°12′30″W / 51.44753°N 0.2084°W / 51.44753; -0.2084Coordinates: 51°26′51″N 0°12′30″W / 51.44753°N 0.2084°W / 51.44753; -0.2084
Local authority Wandsworth
DfE URN 141808 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 950
Gender Coeducational
Colours Burgundy, Green and Grey
Diocese Southwark
Website www.saintcecilias.london

Saint Cecilia's Church of England School (commonly referred to as 'Saint Cecilia's') is a Church of England secondary school in Southfields, south-west London. It opened in 2003 as Saint Cecilia's, Wandsworth Church of England School, and was renamed on 1 March 2015.

Admissions

It is situated in Southfields. junction (near Putney Heath) of the A3 with the A219. It is just north of the Southfields tube station.

History

It opened as a voluntary aided school in September 2003 with one year group of 150 pupils. It has been growing incrementally year by year until it reached 750 pupils across Years 7 to 11 in the 2007/2008 academic year. It opened its sixth form in 2008 and has now reached a total expansion of up to 950 children.

In March 2015 the school converted to academy status.

School life

Academic life

Saint Cecilia's Church of England school caters for pupils of both sexes aged 11 to 18. The school operates a strong classic academic focus with most traditional GCSEs covered in addition an extended core including extra specialisms Music and Maths lessons, in addition to core subjects and a wide range of option subjects.

The school has a strong Christian ethos.

House System

In July 2009 it was announced the school would begin a house system. In September 2009 five houses were introduced. They were (with house colours later voted for by the pupils of each house):

Sixth Form

In September 2008 the school expansion led to the opening of the school's sixth form. Sixth Form pupils have access to a sixth form only common room, kitchen, relaxation area and a sixth form only computer lab. Saint Cecilia's Sixth students can also borrow laptops for their studies. The most popular subject choices at A-Level include Maths, English, Biology, Psychology and Chemistry.

The Sixth Form caters for around 200 pupils across both the Lower and Upper Sixth. Entry to the Sixth Form and to the Upper Sixth are both conditional.

Academic performance

Saint Cecilia's is a high achieving school and every year, GCSE and A level results are well above average, among the best in Wandsworth LEA. A large number of its sixth form cohort successfully gain places at prestigious to Russell group Universities, including Oxbridge.

Extra-Curricular activities

Saint Cecilia's has a variety of clubs on offer include, orchestra, jazz, science, chess, netball, football, rugby, Christian and language clubs.

Sport

The school has rugby, netball, athletics and football teams that take part in weekly local and regional competitions.

Trips and exchanges

School trips are considered an important part of the learning cycle and a whole week is at the summer term is dedicated for trips for all year groups. Trips include: exchanges to other European countries, study tours, field trips, choir tours, residential tours, ski trips, sports tours abroad, training camps and team-building exercises. Destinations for expeditions and cultural excursions have included Ardèche in the south of France, Malta, Italy, Barcelona, Iceland and Austria. The school also follows The Duke of Edinburgh's Award with multiple trips going on throughout the year. Year 13 students have the opportunity to take part in the Operation Wallacea project, a two week conservation project abroad (countries visited included Mexico, Dominica and South Africa).

The Friends of Saint Cecilia's

The Friends of Saint Cecilia's,is the school PTA which is a registered charity formed by parents of pupils at the school to organise fundraising activities for the school. Several fundraising events are held during the year, culminating in the Saint Cecilia's Summer fair in June/July held on the school grounds on Sutherland Grove.

Notes and references

    http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/15697109.Rough-sleeping_schoolchildren_raise_more_than___3_000_for_the_homeless/

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.