Contents
Trustee’s Note 2
The School 2
Aims of the Trust 2
Room List 5
Other designated / restricted / out of bounds areas 5
Teacher List 6
Enrolment 7
Uniform and Dress Code 7
Funding 7
Term Dates 2016/17 8
AUTUMN TERM (14 weeks) 8
SPRING TERM (11 weeks) 8
SUMMER TERM (13 weeks) 8
The School Day 9
Curriculum 10
KS2 10
KS3 10
KS4 11
KS5 12
Policies 13
Admissions 14
First Aid 14
Child Protection and Bullying 15
Ethos, Values, School Motto, and Guiding Principles 16
Introduction 16
Ethos 16
Values Statement 16
School Motto ‘Learning to Learn’ 16
Guiding Principles 17
Discipline Policy 18
The Concept of Discipline 18
Code of Conduct 18
Complaints Policy 18
School Inspections 19
The House Point System 20
Exam Results 21
The Legal Info 22
Trustee’s Note
“Focus School Plymouth Campus is the key Primary & Secondary School for the South West and caters for pupils from the surrounding area. The school buildings and grounds provide facilities and resources to give our pupils the very best educational opportunities possible. “
The School
Focus School Plymouth Campus is a Registered Independent School having Special Religious Character. It is run by Oakdene Education Trust, which is affiliated to Focus Learning Trust, an umbrella organisation providing Direction, Management, Programmes and Support in Education.
Aims of the Trust
The main aim of the Trust is to provide a full and balanced National Curriculum-based, quality education up to University Entrance Level for boys and girls aged from 7 to 18 years of age whose parents appreciate a Christian ethos. The Trust intends to provide this in a Christian based, safe and disciplined environment, conducive to learning. The ultimate intention is to produce mature, balanced, self-disciplined students who can take their place in the community as caring, upright, responsible and trustworthy citizens.
Room List
Room 01 / Science / Room 22 / Staff AdminRoom 02 / Art/French / Room 23 / Girls PE Changing
Room 03 / Textiles / History / Geography / Citizenship / Mathematics / Room 24 / Girls PE Changing
Room 04 / SDL Room / Room 25 / Disabled Toilet
Room 05 / Server Room / Room 26 / Cleaning Store
Room 06 / Secure Examination Room / Room 28 / 6th Form Respite Area - Girls
Room 07 / Staff Room / Room 29 / Kitchen Area
Room 08 / Staff Prep / Room 30 / 6th Form Respite Area - Boys
Room 09 / Head Teacher and Primary Lead Teacher / Room 31 / Storage Area
Room 10 / Main Office / Room 32 / Chair Store
Room 11 / Mathematics / Room 33 / Boiler Room
Room 12 / English / Room 34 / Storage Area
Room 13 / Primary School Classroom / Room 35 / Boys PE Changing Room and Health & Safety Office
Room 14 / Primary School Classroom / Room 38 / IT Suite / Music
Room 15 / Design Technology / SDL Area / Music tuition (Practical) Staff
Room 16 / Primary Boys Toilets / VC1 / Video Conference Suite 1
Room 17 / Primary Girls Toilets / VC2 / Video Conference Suite 2
Room 18 / Boys Toilets / VC3 / Video Conference Suite 3
Room 19 / Staff Toilets (M) / VC4 / Video Conference Suite 4
Room 20 / Staff Toilets (F) / Primary Library
Room 21 / First Aid room
Other designated / restricted / out of bounds areas
Common Room / Years 12/13 / Access in break and lunchtime onlyCar Park / Out of bounds during school hours
Classrooms / Out of bounds during break and lunchtime
Design Technology (Workshop) / Out of bounds unless teacher present
Grass Areas / Out of bounds when wet
Kitchen Area / Out of bounds
Main Hall / Gym and canteen facilities
Outside Perimeter Fence / Out of bounds
Playground / All Years / Access in break and lunchtime only
Resource Cupboards / Out of bounds
S.T. Office / Out of bounds
Science Room / Out of bounds unless teacher present
Staff Admin / Out of bounds
Staff Room / Out of bounds
Teacher List
Name / Subject / Qualification(s)Mr Kerridge / Head Teacher, History, PE / BA Hons, MA(Ed), NPQH
Mrs Allen / Art, English / BA Hons
Mrs Callard / English / BA Hons
Mrs Lovegrove / English, Literacy Specialist / BA Hons
Mr Turnbull / DT Resistant Materials / BSc Hons
Mr Street / Geography, History / BA Hons MA
Mrs Furby / Music / BA Hons
Mrs Hillier / Textiles, BTEC, Citizenship / BA Hons
Mrs Irving / Mathematics, IT, / BSc Hons
Ms Moody / Food Science and Culinary Skills / BSc Hons
Mr Tonkyn / SENDCo / BPhil SEN
Mr Loze / Business Studies, KS5 / BA Hons
Mr Damarell / Mathematics and Science / BSc Hons
Mr Copeland / SDL Manager, Cover Supervisor / BSc Hons
Mrs Meagher / MFL, Citizenship / BA Hons
Mr Powell / Mathematics, School Support Team / BEd
Mrs Powell / TA
Mrs E Lawes / HLTA
Mr J Putnam / TA
Ms Warburton / Primary Lead Teacher / BSc Hons
Miss Hill / Primary Class Teacher / BA Hons
Mrs Joslyn / Primary HLTA / BSc Hons
Mrs Bryant / Primary HLTA / BSc Hons
Mr J Putnam / TA / BA Hons MA
All teacher, trustees, staff, and volunteer helpers have current enhanced level DBS disclosures, enabling them to work with children.
Enrolment
All parents whose children are attending a Focus Affiliated School for the first time will be required to complete an Enrolment Form (available from the School Administrator). In signing this form, parents are committing themselves to abide by the regulations and ethos as set out in this prospectus and the Focus Ethos and Discipline Policy.
Parents are expected to support the authority of the school in upholding school discipline, rules and policies.
Parents are encouraged to maintain a detailed interest in all aspects of their children’s education and to advise the school of any concerns they have.
Uniform and Dress Code
Focus School Plymouth has a Uniform Policy based on that of the Focus Learning Trust. It is designed to give a corporate identity. The uniform must be worn at the school at all times.
The items of clothing are listed in the Focus Uniform Policy, which can be obtained from the School Office, and is available to parents of enrolled children. It is a requirement that all garments are supplied through the Focus organisation.
Further information is available on our school website: plymouth.focus-school.com
Funding
Oakdene Education Trust is funded by voluntary contributions. Fees are charged to parents wishing to enroll their children in the school. Members of the Focus School Plymouth Community should be aware that the annual running cost for the Trust in the 2016/17 school year is approximately £1.2million.
The overall financial requirements are met from the following sources:
• School Fees from Parents of the Focus School Plymouth Community
• Fund raising events organised by the Events Management Team
• School Trading controlled by Oakdene Trading Ltd, trading as ZOHNE
• Business donations including legacies
• Focus Learning Trust grants
• UBT Trading initiatives
Term Dates 2016/17
AUTUMN TERM (14 weeks)
Term begins / Monday 5th September 2016Half-Term Holiday / Monday 24th to Friday 28th October 2016
Term Ends / Friday 16th December 2016
SPRING TERM (11 weeks)
Term begins / Wednesday 4th January 2017Half-Term Holiday / Monday 20th to Friday 24th February 2017
Term Ends / Friday 7th April 2017
SUMMER TERM (13 weeks)
Term begins / Monday 24th April 2017Half-Term Holiday / Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June 2017
Term Ends / Thursday 20th July 2017
Other important dates and events will be advised during the school year.
The School Day
Primary TimetableMonday - Thursday / Friday
08:45 / Students Arrive / 08.45 / Students Arrive
08.55 / Registration / 08.55 / Registration
09.05 / Session 1 / 09.05 / Session 1
09.55 / Break / 09.55 / Break
10.10 / Session 2 / 10.10 / Session 2
11.55 / Lunch / 10.55 / Break
12.40 / Session 3 / 11.05 / Session 3
13.40 / Break / 12.35 / Lunch
13.55 / Session 4 / 14.30 / Session 4
14.55 / Finish / 14.55 / Finish
Secondary Timetable
Monday - Thursday / Friday
08:45 / Students Arrive / 08.45 / Students Arrive
08:55 / Lesson 1 / 08.55 / Lesson 1
09:45 / Lesson 2 / 09.45 / Lesson 2
10:35 / Break / 10.35 / Break
10:55 / Lesson 3 / 10.55 / Lesson 3
11:45 / Lesson 4 / 11.45 / Lunch
12:35 / Lunch / 12.25 / PE/Games
13:15 / Lesson 5 / PE/Games
14:05 / Lesson 6 / PE/Games
14:55 / Finish / 14.55 / Finish
Curriculum
New Year 7 students will undertake Baseline Assessment Tests and Cognitive Ability Tests. This, together with Year 6 reports and SATs results will form the beginning of a Student Profile which will be kept for each student. INCAS testing will be carried out at the beginning of every year for years 3 – 6. KS1 results will be obtained for all year 3 entrants.
Years 10, 11, 12 and 13, will take examinations as detailed on the following pages.
KS2
KS 2 (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6) will be taught the following subjects:
English / French / FoodMathematics / Design Technology / History
Geography / Science / SDL
P.E./Game
KS3
Educational visits and field trips will be organised throughout the year to tie in with the academic fields of study. Pupils in KS3 are also expected to do on average 30 minutes of homework, per subject, per week. Special provision is available for AGT pupils, alongside those with SEN. A range of diagnostic and remedial therapies are available. See page 13 for more details.
KS 3 (Years 7, 8 and 9) will be taught the following subjects:
Art / Design Technology / CitizenshipFood / English / French
Geography / History / Mathematics
Music / P.E./Games / PSHE
Science / Textiles
KS4
Pupils at KS4 are expected to complete on average 1 hour of homework, per subject, per week. Work experience is included within the Career Advantage Programme (CAP) for the end of Years 10 and 11.
EXAMINATION BOARDS, SPECIFICATIONS AND DATES:
Subject / Board / Specification / Year 10 Exams / Year 11 ExamsEnglish Language / Edexcel / 1EN0 / Internal / June 2017
English Literature / Edexcel / 1ET0 / Internal / June 2017
Maths / AQA / 8300 / Internal / June 2017
Science / AQA / 8464 / Internal / June 2018
Additional Science / AQA / 4408 / - / June 2017
Geography A / OCR / J383 / Internal / June 2018
Geography B / AQA / 9030 / - / June 2017
History / Edexcel / 1HIO / Internal / June 2018
History / Edexcel / KHI0/01 / - / June 2017
French / AQA / 8657 / Internal / June 2018
French / AQA / 4655 / - / June 2017
Citizenship Short Course / AQA / 4105 / June 2017 / N/A
Food Preparation and Nutrition / AQA / 8585 / Internal / June 2018
Home Economics and Nutrition / AQA / 4585 / - / June 2017
DT Product Design / AQA / 4555 / Internal / June 2017
KS5
KS 5 (Years 12 and 13) will take a mix of the following subjects:
Accounts / Art and Design / LawHistory / Business Studies / French
DT – Product Design / Government and Politics / Food
English / Chemistry / Geography
Extended Project / Mathematics / Economics
Physics / PE / Games
EXAMINATION BOARDS, SPECIFICATIONS AND DATES - Key Stage 5
Subject / Board / Specification / Year 12 Exams / Year 13 ExamsAccounts / AQA / 2120 / June 2017 / June 2017
Business Studies / AQA / 7131/7132 / June 2017 / June 2017
Economics / AQA / 7135/7136 / June 2017 / -
Extended Project / AQA / 7993 / - / October 2017
Food / City and Guilds accredited / FLT9800 / June 2017 / June 2017
Law / OCR / H134/H534 / - / June 2017
English for Business / City and Guilds / 8959 / On demand 2017 / On demand 2017
English / AQA / 7701/7702 / June 2017 / June 2017
Maths / AQA / 6360 / June 2017 / Jan/June 2017
Certificate in Use of Maths / AQA / 4980 / June 2017 / June 2017
French / AQA / 2650 / - / June 2017
French / AQA / 7651 / June 2017 / -
History / Edexcel / 8HIO/9HIO / Internal / June 2018
DT Project Design / AQA / 2550 / June 2017 / June 2017
Some of these subjects are imported and/or exported to other Focus Learning Trust affiliated schools using VC facilities in order to extend the range of available subjects and also to maximise the benefit of quality teaching.
Policies
Focus Learning Trust has a large number of written policies relating to the running of the school which have been adopted by Oakdene Education Trust. These are kept at the Focus School - Plymouth Campus Office, in the Policies and Procedures Manual and are available on request, and include:
Curriculum / Educational Visits / Anti-BullyingSpecial Needs / Health & Safety / Behaviour Management
Data Protection / Gifted & Talented / Child Protection
Complaints / Positive Mental Health
Admissions
Admissions to Plymouth Campus are governed by the Admissions Policy a copy of which is available on request from the school. We admit pupils on a non-selective basis regardless of general ability or aptitude.
Whilst Focus School Plymouth Campus will make every effort to include children in accordance with its Admissions Policy, there may be some children who require specialist facilities or therapeutic input that Focus School Plymouth is unable to provide.