Head's Statement

ASHA ALI

9AL

ENGLISH - MR. BOB EVANS  SPEECH

 

 

 

 

Hello everybody in this website you will find all the information you will need to know about our school king Ecgbert.

 

·         In top 20 of most improved schools for 5*A-C GCSE grades in the lat 4 years

·         Post 16 – 60% of subjects in top quartile for value added

·         About our performance as a whole… “This is truly impressive and my congratulations to you and your staff and to the Governors.” – Jonathon Crossley-Holland, Executive Director Children and Young People

·         OfSTED in 2008 rate us as a ‘VERY GOOD with OUTSTANDING FEATURES’.

·         A socially and ethnically diverse school community serving children from a wide range of backgrounds and locations.

 

In recently years we seem to have gone through what some might describe as ‘a golden patch’.

In 2008 we had record examination results – well above national average.

In 2008 OfSTED judged us now to be a ‘very good’ with outstanding features. We are naturally very proud of this achievement which has been brought about by hard work from everyone associated with the school. The inspectors considered that we were rather special as our children had good behaviour and treat everybody with respect. We have spent £500,000 of our own money on many items to make this one of the best-equipped schools in the country. A significant proportion went on new ICT facilities including new computers with flat screen monitors, and electronic whiteboards.

In our school we take bullying no for a answer and we can control the bullies by giving them a detention or excluding as we cannot have no one upset. Important though facilities are, they do not make a school. One of the many things that impress me and many visitors to our school is the pupils. For the most part they are confident, articulate, happy and proud of their school.

Our school is a technology collage . This has been a very good move for us as we have just moved into a new building on our Wessex site.  

Such is the degree of academic success that the vast majority continue their education at University and other places of Higher Education. We have many 'enhancement opportunities' which include community work, careers education and advice, clubs and societies, educational visits at home and abroad, and the use of computers and Information Technology. One strong feature of the school is the large number of young people (around 120) who participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.

We are not just about obtaining high examination results. We have many sporting, musical and drama activities. The number of visits we make to other countries is significant.

We feel that the backbone of the school is high quality teaching in a caring happy secure and mutually supportive environment. We want ALL students to achieve success to the highest level of their potential.

We believe that we are a school which has a great deal to offer young people although we are never satisfied and are always ‘striving for excellence’.

Mr Bob Evans, Head Teacher