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The Norwood School The Norwood School Crown Dale London SE19 3NY Headteacher Denise Webster NPQH The Norwood Fact File • Ofsted praise: rated a good school with outstanding features and a proven ability to deliver “an innovative and engaging curriculum” Ofsted 2010. • Top 5 in the country: ranked 5th best school in England for the value added measure (student progress between Key Stage 2 to GCSE). • Outstanding exam results: 98% of students achieving 5+ A*-C grades at GCSE, with 64% achieving these grades including English and Maths. • Successful Sixth Form: expanding post 16 opportunities with 100% pass rate. • Exciting future: £13 million state-of-the-art facilities opening in early 2013. • Personalised learning: a community school where every young person is known, supported and challenged. The Norwood School is a vibrant, dynamic and ambitious 11-18 mixed secondary school, rated good with outstanding features by Ofsted. The Norwood School is entering an exciting time, with a brand new building opening in 2013, a vibrant and flourishing Sixth Form and the school's best ever GCSE results in 2011, placing them 5th best in England for the value added measure. The school's vision is clear: to be a beacon of success and a centre of excellence benefitting students, parents and the wider community. A personalised and bespoke learning experience Our vision to nurture and encourage the interests, abilities and unique qualities of each and every student, is achieved through our personalised approach to learning. Using a variety of distinctive pathways, for example, small intervention groups and fast tracking within a condensed Key Stage 3 curriculum, we recognise student promise and our enthusiastic staff are committed to ensuring each child reaches their full potential during their time at the school. This personalised approach to learning ensures each individual is known, nurtured and challenged. Staff are passionate and dedicate their time to delivering an outstanding education, providing students with the skills and abilities they need to realise their ambitions. Our relentless focus on student progress enables us to provide opportunities for challenge and flexible support that is tailored to students' individual needs and encouraging success at the earliest opportunity. An outstanding curriculum Praised by Ofsted as “innovative and engaging”. Our `outstanding' curriculum is designed to meet the needs and abilities of all students, right through to our thriving Sixth Form. At its heart is the overriding importance that we place on developing pupils' literacy, numeracy and communication skills. Our specialism in Performing and Visual Arts further compliments and enriches our offer by fostering students' imagination and developing their self confidence. “The specialist status makes an outstanding contribution to the quality of the curriculum and to the 48 SECTION 2 / SCHOOLS
Telephone 020 8670 9382 Fax 020 8761 5933 Email post@thenorwoodschool.org Website www.thenorwoodschool.org DfE 208 4223 School’s status Community Year 7 intake 2013/14 150 (mixed) Nearest station West Norwood (rail) Bus routes 68, 196, 249, 417, 432, 468 engagement and relevance of students' lessons ... providing pupils with memorable experiences”, Ofsted. In addition, students are encouraged and expected to participate in our wide range of extra-curricular activities which extend, enrich and support learning. Working together to achieve success At The Norwood School we work very closely with our partner primary schools and have developed an excellent primary to secondary transition programme which “ensures students settle into school exceptionally well” Ofsted. We continue to be a Leading Edge Partner to the BRIT School and have long established and very successful links with organisations such as the English National Opera, The Young and Old Vic, the National Theatre and The Rambert Dance Company. We have an excellent reputation for the standard of our pastoral care, guidance and support. Being a small mixed community school, we know our young people well and `pupils and staff are proud to be part of a well ordered, purposeful and safe environment; Ofsted. Our parents are strongly encouraged to be fully involved in their child's education and we are committed to ensuring that parents are regularly updated on their child's progress. A vibrant Sixth Form Our successful and expanding Sixth Form has a 100% pass rate – (2011). The post-16 provision is engaging and a full and “varied range of extra-curricular activities and work experience placements enrich the programme, leading to good personal development,” Ofsted. The curriculum offer at Key Stage 5 provides a natural progression route for students, and those in the Sixth Form make a positive contribution to the school by taking on posts of responsibility such as mentoring. Please see our website for more details. Admission Criteria Performing and Visual Arts Bursaries The Norwood School is proud to offer bursaries to 10% of students who show a natural aptitude and passion for the Arts. Please see our website for more details. All children applying for admission to the school in Year 7 will be required to take a Verbal reasoning, Numeracy as well as a Non Verbal reasoning test. Applicants will be placed in one of five ability bands on the basis of these results. Criterion 1 Looked after children or previously looked after children. A looked after child is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (as per section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989). A previously looked after child SECTION 2 / SCHOOLS 49
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