Walderslade Girls' School is a secondary school and sixth form for girls located in Walderslade in the English county of Kent.[2]
| Walderslade Girls' School | |
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| Address | |
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Bradfields Avenue , , ME5 0LE | |
| Coordinates | 51°21′10″N 0°31′30″E / 51.3529°N 0.5251°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary comprehensive (non-selective)[1] Academy |
| Trust | Skills for life trust UID: 3243 |
| Department for Education URN | 137630 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Louise Campbell |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 909 as of January 2015[update] |
| Website | sflt |
Governance
editThe school was designed by Richard Sheppard, Robson & Partners and opened in the late 1950s.[3] It was a community school administered by Medway Council, however the school was converted to academy status on 1 April 2012. Walderslade Girls' School continues to coordinate with Medway Council for admissions.[4]
From the summer of 2018 Walderslade Girls school joined the Skills for life trust (Greenacre Academic trust).[1] Schools within the academy consist of: Greenacre Academy, Walderslade Girls School, Warren Wood Primary Academy, Chantry Community Academy (primary), Hilltop Primary Academy, Kloisters Kindergarten and Pre-School, PGW Sixth Form and Greenacre Sports Partnership.[5]
Academics
editThe school sees itself as a traditional girls school with a sense of togetherness pervading the school. Diversity, aspiration, honesty and personal integrity are encouraged leading to motivation, self-discipline, self-resilience and individual responsibility. Students are expected to show kindness to others.[6]
Though pastorally the school divides into Lower School (Year 7-Year 8), Middle School (Year 9 Year 10) and Upper School (Year 11 & Sixth Form) it runs a three-year Key Stage 3, and a two-year Key Stage 4, and shared sixth-form provision.[6]
Key Stage 3
editBased on the Key Stage 2 SATs, incoming students are divided in to mixed-ability or Alpha sets.[6]
Key Stage 4
editWalderslade Girls' School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. All pupils study English, English Literature, Maths, and Science. As a first option: they select either History, Geography or a language. As a second option: from a Creative Art, a Performing Arts, or an additional humanities, sports or Food, and Ethics.[7]
Shared Sixth form
editThe school also operates a sixth form provision in partnership with Greenacre Academy, with students having the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Ofsted Report 2019". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Welcome to Walderslade Girls' School". waldersladegirls.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ Pevsner West Kent & Weald, page 591.
- ^ "Walderslade Girls' School". Medway Council. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "SKILLS FOR LIFE TRUST - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Prospectus 2019-2020" (PDF). www.sflt.org.uk/. SFLT. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Curriculum". Walderslade Girls' School. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "PGW Sixth Form". PGW Sixth Form. Retrieved 14 December 2013.