Newbridge Prospectus

Partnership Trust
Excellence through Partnership
Partnership Trust
Excellence through Partnership

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Welcome to
Newbridge
“The leadership team has maintained the good quality of
education in the school since the last inspection. You, your
deputy headteacher and senior leaders are a committed
and unified team, who have high expectations for pupils.”
Ofsted Report March 2017
Welcome to the energy, enthusiasm and excellence that is Newbridge High
School. In collaboration with the newly formed Apollo Partnership Trust, we
aim to create a thriving learning community in which every individual can
achieve their highest standards. We can do this because we care passionately
about the progress and development of every student’s journey into adult life,
and work in partnership with all those who share in this enterprise.
Newbridge is a happy and successful school with a strong team of dedicated
staff and a family atmosphere. Its success depends upon the quality of the
relationships between the people within it and our parents, carers and wider
community. We believe we can all work together to help your child aim higher
and achieve more.
This prospectus aims to give you a clear impression of our school. Further
details can be found on our website: www.newbridgesch.uk. However, I really
hope you will also take one of the opportunities offered in the course of the
year to visit us in person.
I look forward to welcoming you to join in the success of Newbridge
High School.
Mr Stewart Goacher
Headteacher
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“
I think that Newbridge High School is a good place to learn,
not just academically, but socially as well. It is a unique school
consisting of a wide range of unique individuals.
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It is built up of many great teachers with a passion for teaching,
and because of this I think that the school is a very interesting
place to learn. At Newbridge the teachers treat pupils with
respect and familiarity and the majority of pupils do the same,
allowing a strong and respected alliance between the two. At my
time at Newbridge I have come to feel homely and welcomed and
I think that the atmosphere within the high school is a pleasant
one and once you know your way around, on the whole it is a
good school.
Chloe Edmonds - Student
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stand for
What we
Overcoming barriers
Every Newbridge student will thrive in a supportive community.
• Equal opportunities for all
• Treating each other with respect and kindness
• Fostering well- being and self esteem
• Developing resilience
Our goals - Journey to success
Every Newbridge student will progress on a journey to personal,
social and academic success.
• Effective teaching
• High standards of achievement and creativity
• A broad and balanced curriculum
• Valuing talent and achievement
• Encouraging reflection and self- evaluation
• Monitoring progress and intervening with any student who falls behind
• Working in partnership with parents and carers
• Clear expectations of good behaviour
• Growing a sense of pride in our school and its community
“We believe we have struck the right balance between
academic rigour and catering for the whole child at
the age that they are right now. They flourish under
our care, and leave ready to embark on the next stage
of their education. This is achieved by the hard work
and dedication of all, students, staff, parents, outside
agencies and the community as a whole.”
Parliamentary Review 2017
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Achievement
within a broad and
balanced curriculum
All subjects will emphasise the teaching, learning, assessment and progression in
cross curricular skills.
• Emphasises the importance of Literacy and Numeracy
Principles
At Newbridge High School we offer a curriculum which
• Is broad and balanced
All students should have the opportunity to follow all subjects of the national
curriculum at KS3, including PSHE. They should be able to develop intellectually,
creatively, socially and physically.
• Provides enjoyment, boosts self- esteem and raises aspirations
The curriculum should motivate all students to want to learn.
• Promotes spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
All students should develop as rounded citizens through the totality of their
educational experience.
• Encompasses the acquisition of personal, learning and thinking skills
All students are able to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills in
Literacy and Numeracy through discrete lessons and across the curriculum.
• Prepares young people for the future
All students should be equipped with the knowledge, skills and understanding
to achieve as highly as possible at Key Stage 4 and beyond.
All students study
• English
• Maths
• Science
• Humanities (History, Geography and Ethics and Philosophy)
• French
• Art Design and Technology
• Performing Arts (Music, Drama, Dance, Media)
• PE
• Health, Careers and Citizenship
More details of the structure of the curriculum are available on our website.
www.newbridgesch.uk
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““You have ensured that the quality of teaching is consistently
good. Teachers use their good subject knowledge to ensure
that pupils develop the skills and understanding they need
to be successful.”
Ofsted Report March 2017
“Pupils maintain a steady path of progression as they
move between primary, high and upper schools.”
Ofsted Report March 2017
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“Pupils who spoke with inspectors understand the system
well, and know what they have to do to ensure that
they remain on their pathway.”
Ofsted Report March 2017
Our teachers are specialists in their subjects with sound subject
knowledge. They also have the skills to motivate and inspire children
in the 11- 14 age range. As a result, our students have consistently
achieved high standards by the end of Year 9.
Our curriculum and assessment system has been devised in partnership with
other local schools. It plans progress along pathways with clear expectations
of excellent progress towards GCSE. Our students respond well. In English and
Maths, around 80% achieve a secure pathway by the end of Year 9, which will
enable them to access the higher grades at GCSE, once they reach Year 11.
Most students are making progress in line with the top 20% of secondary
schools nationally.
Our curriculum challenges students of all abilities from those with special
educational needs and learning difficulties, to those who are gifted or talented
in one or many areas of the curriculum. Specialist provision is in place to ensure
all needs are met.
Teachers and subject leaders use sophisticated tracking to spot quickly any
students who are not making the progress they should be towards targets set for
them. Interventions are then set in motion for improvement. These include paired
reading, other programmes designed to raise reading attainment, Maths, and out
of lesson support in many areas of the curriculum. In addition intervention takes
place to raise motivation and develop personal and social skills, for example Forest
Schools, ELSA (Emotional Literacy and Social Awareness) and SMART movers.
Reporting to parents
Three times a year achievement is reported to parents and this includes information
on effort, behaviour and homework.
All parents can register for live information online so that at any time new
assessment grades and behaviour can be viewed in the different subjects.
All links to this service are through our website.
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““Safeguarding is effective. Your records show that staff take
swift and appropriate action in response to any concerns they
have about pupils’ welfare.”
Ofsted Report March 2017
“A number of parents praised the excellent pastoral support at
the school. One wrote, ‘Every child matters at this school. They
should be proud of what they have achieved.”
Ofsted Report March 2017
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“In our observations of learning, pupils concentrated well and
there was no evidence of any low- level disruption.”
Ofsted Report March 2017

Care, guidance
and support
Two Induction Days take place in July when all future students meet tutors,
take part in lessons and experience our routines. A parents’ evening takes place as
part of the induction process.
All our students are placed in a mixed ability tutor group.
In Year 7 there are 6 tutor groups, each under the care of a tutor.
Groups are put together with advice from the primary schools and
information about prior attainment. Students should enter their
tutor group with at least one friend.
Our pastoral system is made up of a dedicated team of tutors, pastoral manager
and counsellor offering excellent care, guidance and support. We work closely
with outside agencies and ensure our safeguarding practice is high quality.
Contact is first made during the year that new students are due to join us
when our Pastoral Manager, Special Needs Co- Ordinator and Headteacher visit
all the local primary schools to meet Year 6 students and talk to their teachers.
Some students will meet them more than once and benefit from extra arrangements
to help a smooth transfer, especially if they have special needs. This includes extra
tours of the school.
Students are encouraged to work hard, show kindness, politeness and respect. If
they do so they can earn reward points. Every six weeks we count up their rewards
and students can claim individual prizes. In addition, the best tutor group in each
year can earn other privileges.
Our students are also encouraged to listen attentively, follow all instructions
without argument and keep their hands, feet and unkind words to themselves.
Those who fail to do this in lessons are given warnings (called ‘stages’) and will be
removed from a lesson if their poor behaviour continues. Students with no ‘stages’
over a six week period (the majority) are rewarded.
Newbridge does everything it can to encourage all students to have 100%
attendance or 95% as a minimum. Holidays during term time will not be authorised,
except in exceptional circumstances.
We take safeguarding very seriously. We maintain an ethos where children feel
secure, are encouraged to talk and are listened to. We ensure that children are
informed about how to stay safe from abuse, and who they can turn to for help.
This includes staying safe online (see the e- safety section on our website).
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The Learning
environment
Our excellent facilities support quality teaching and learning, high
academic standards and good personal and social development.
The school is an attractive, yet traditional Edwardian building. However, inside it
boasts a learning environment and resources fit for the 21st Century.
These include:
• A large Sports Hall with Dance Studio
• Our own kitchens employing our own, skilled catering team, serving high quality
meals, breakfast, mid- morning break and lunchtime in our school diner
• An adventure playground
We have several computer suites. In addition, the vast majority of our parents and
carers lease an ipad from the school. This inexpensive and subsidised scheme
allows our students to access a world of learning at their fingertips.
• 3G Football Grass Pitch with floodlights
• Extensive playing fields and multi- use games area
• A recently refurbished Design Centre equipped with computer aided design
facilities, 3D printer and laser cutters
• A modern, ‘state of the art’ media suite
• Purpose built Science labs
“The school boasts exceptional facilities for its size, and
encourages its local community to make use of them:
every evening and at weekends, the 3G artificial grass
pitch and Sports Hall are packed with community groups.”
Parliamentary Review 2017
• A recently refurbished and well- stocked library
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““Aiming High and Achieving More” in sport gives our students the
confidence to try and the resilience to keep going and succeed in
all areas of school life.”
Parliamentary Review 2017
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“Your use of pupil premium funding has been effective in
ensuring that disadvantaged pupils are now making faster rates
of progress, not only in the core subjects of English, Mathematics
and Science, but also in other subjects.”
Ofsted Report March 2017
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Education
of the whole
child
At Newbridge we believe that education is wider than academic
achievement. Young adolescents have multiple needs. They need
to grow up to be confident young adults, able to work with each
other as well as being able to manage their time effectively to be
independent learners. They need to be encouraged to participate,
develop socially and be able to succeed in a rapidly changing world.
We develop these personal, learning and thinking skills across
all subjects.
All students receive Health Education, Citizenship and Careers Education
and Guidance at Newbridge across all three years. A comprehensive package
helps students to choose courses for the move to their next school. This includes
independent and impartial advice at Options time.
Students are encouraged to take on leadership roles, for example, as sports
leaders by supporting each other with reading or as ambassadors for the school.
An active school council ensures that the student voice is heard and that students
learn the elements of good citizenship.
We are an inclusive school that gives priority to ensuring that vulnerable students
and those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities are supported to access
the full curriculum and to achieve highly within it.
“We recognise that helping children to learn from and
alter their social behaviour is a key part of growing up,
and a key part of our aim to develop the whole child.”
Parliamentary Review 2017
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““Pupils who spoke with inspectors were enthusiastic
about the range of clubs and extra- curricular activities
on offer. At lunchtime, many were involved in organised
sports such as football and dodgeball, while others played
table tennis or read in the library. Parents recognise this
aspect of the school’s work as a real strength, praising the
efforts of staff to provide a balanced, rounded education.”
Ofsted Report March 2017
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Extra-curricular
activities
Students can opt into a wide range of sporting activities taking
place at lunchtimes and after school. These range from team games
such as football, rugby and netball to individual sports such as
athletics and badminton. Some of our teams excel in competitions
with other schools, but all are open to enthusiasts at any skill level.
We have a very active Performing Arts department which offers many
dance, drama and music activities. We involve a large number of students
in whole school productions which take place each year.
Highlights of the year include:
• Activities Week, in which all our students choose to take part in one of a wide
range of different educational and fun activities. Our website contains details of all
the exciting possibilities on offer.
• An exciting pantomime at Christmas
• A school production involving a large number of actors, dancers and stage crew
• A presentation evening that showcases the fantastic achievements that our Year 9
students have made over three years
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Developing
Literacy Skills
“The school runs “a whole school reading programme,
with specific interventions for those who need to develop
the higher order skills required at Key Stage 4.”
(Parliamentary Review 2017)
To be successful at secondary school, students need to continue
the progress they have made with reading at primary school. In
particular they need to:
• Read fluently
• Gain a wider vocabulary
• Interpret increasingly sophisticated texts
• Read in greater depth to understanding the meaning below the surface
We aim to develop in our students a love of reading.
Over the three years they will:
• Access a well- stocked and recently refurbished library
• Read books from the library and complete quizzes which
test their understanding
• Use online reading intervention programmes
• Take part in paired reading with other students
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Working in
Partnership
Partnership Trust
Excellence through through Partnership
Newbridge is a founder member of the Apollo Partnership Trust.
We recognise that the future lies in schools working closely with other schools
in our local community, to ensure that all our children receive an excellent education. In
particular we aim to:
Partnership Trust
• Build a partnership with high quality educational outcomes
• Be in a position to grow to support the educational outcomes of other schools in the
Coalville and North West Leicestershire area
• Provide an engaging, challenging curriculum, led by our best, innovative
staff, working across our schools, making the best use of new technologies,
which enhances progression through the key stages
• Provide a common pastoral system with access to shared expertise (e.g. mental
health worker, counsellor) and shared resources (e.g. behavioural support and
alternative curriculum)
• Challenge and enrich the curriculum experience of the more able but
disadvantaged students through a common approach and shared resources
• Build a partnership that promotes educational excellence, social mobility and community
development through closer relationships with community partners and local government,
delivering an enhanced provision of education in Coalville
Aim High, Achieve More
• Ensure that students benefit from excellent shared facilities and resources and appreciate
the value of themselves, others and the local area
In addition, Newbridge works actively with:
• Coalville Family of Schools
• Ashby and Coalville Education Partnership
• North West Leicestershire School Sports Partnership
• Forest Way Teaching School Alliance
“You have formed effective partnerships with local
schools that are helping you to improve and develop
many aspects of the school’s work.”
Ofsted Report March 2017
• Provide a wider range of enrichment and extracurricular opportunities (creative and
performing arts, sport, academic intervention), beyond that which we could provide
on our own
• Recruit and retain high quality staff and grow our own leaders through secondment
opportunities across our schools, with cross partnership opportunities for middle leaders
Broom Leys Primary School
Together Everyone Achieves More
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What the
students think
We ask our leavers their thoughts of
our school as they are about to leave.
• 8 9 % said they enjoyed their time at Newbridge
• 96% said they feel more confident now than when they started
• 94% said that they have developed more belief and aspiration since
they have been at Newbridge
Here are some of the comments made in response
to the survey.
“I have had a happy and enjoyable experience at Newbridge.
Staff have been helpful and kind and I will miss it when
I leave.”
“Thank you Newbridge for three years of happiness and a
great learning experience. And the diner for all the amazing
food and drinks they served me.”
“Can I stay for 4 more years? Please?”
“It has been great and I have met lots of new people from
different schools.”
“I have enjoyed Newbridge a lot as it has been fun and the
time has gone too quickly.”
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Forest Road, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 3SJ
Tel: 01530 831561 Email: info@newbridgesch.uk
Find us on @NewbridgeHSch @NewbridgeHSch
www.newbridgesch.uk