Performance
The faculty
Staff
Currently there are six specialist teachers covering all subjects within the Performance faculty. The current members of the team are:
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Kim Clarke (Co-Head of Performance & Head of PE) |
Charmian Gott (Co-Head of Performance & Head of Music) |
Thomas Day (2nd in Performance & Head of Boys' PE) |
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Rebecca Flaherty |
Rebecca Hamlett (Head of Drama) |
Richard Lally |
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Abbi Terry (Assistant Principal) |
Simon Sykes |
Chris Mahoney |
Accommodation and Resources
The school is in an idyllic setting and has substantial grounds – netball/tennis courts, a rugby pitch, 2 football pitches, a cricket pitch and pavilion and an all weather area. Inside the department has a large Sports Hall and a Gymnasium.
Time Allocation
The school operates a 25-period two weekly timetable, with five 60-minute lessons per day.
Currently PE is taught to all students in Key Stage 3 for four periods per fortnight, and in Key Stage 4, for one period per week.
In addition, a high percentage of our students opt for GCSE PE. It is taught for five periods per fortnight.
Schemes of Work
Currently students follow a number of activities including netball, football, rugby, gymnastics, cross-country/orienteering, athletics, rounders.
Achievements
Exam grades at GCSE have been consistently excellent over the last few years achieving some of the best grades across the school.
In competition, the school has had significant success at a local and regional level across a variety of sports.
Extra-Curricular Activities
The PE Department offers many extra-curricular activities, which includes:-
- MSN (Multi Skills Night)
- Netball teams in Years 7-11
- Rounders teams in Years 7-10
- Football teams in Years 7-11
- Cricket teams in Years 7-11
- Tennis in Y8 & Y10
- Rugby League teams in Years 7-11
- Badminton & Table-Tennis fixtures
- Indoor Football in both lower and upper school
- Cross Country in Years 7-11
- Athletics in Yrs 7-11
These are run with the support of other members of staff. In addition, the department run many well attended lunchtime activities, including:-
- Badminton
- Table-Tennis
- Trampolining
- Dance
- Netball
- Indoor Football
- Indoor Cricket
- Rounders
The school also presents a school (musical) show and a play on an annual basis.
On a biennial basis, the faculty take students on a water sports trip to Barcelona and a skiing trip to Italy. They also run reward trips throughout the year including aerial extreme climbing, swimming and ice-skating.
Curriculum Intent
The Performance specific Curriculum Intent can be found here:
Assessment Guidance:
The Performance approach to Assessment can be found here:
Learning Journey
The Performance Curriculum Sequences can be found here:
Golden Knowledge Organisers
The school defines 'Golden Knowledge' as being the most important content to Remember and Understand, as it represents the main building blocks of the curriculum.
The Performance 'Golden Knowledge' for each year group can be found here:
Year on a page
The summary of each Year Group's curriculum can be found here:
Music Development Plan 24-25
The school's Music Development Plan can be found here:
