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Building
Stronger
Relationships
Building
stronger
relationships
Welcome to New Mills
Parent Forum
What is a parent forum?
A forum where parents/carers can meet to:
• Receive information and have your say about what happens in school
• Discuss and share ideas to improve your school and the local community
• Organise and make decisions about whole school events that affect your
son/daughter
Why get involved?
• To give your opinion and be involved in the decisions that are made in
school
• To socialise with other parents and contribute to the wider school
community
Objectives for this evening
• To report back on the outcomes of your feedback
and what changes we have made.
• To share with you our plans to work collaboratively
with Cheadle Hulme High School to help us drive
school improvement.
• To hear from you about what area of school
improvement you would like the parent forums to
focus on next
• To build stronger relationships and improve
communication between parents and the school.
Exam Results
A Level
• 25% of all A’ Level results at A* or A grade.
• 55% were A*-B grade.
GCSE
• 53% gaining 5 A*-C including English and Maths.
• 66% of students achieving 5 A*-C grades.
University
Plymouth
Gloucester
Manchester Met
University of York
Media City
Newcastle Uni
Manchester Met
Uclan
Huddersfield
Sheffield Hallam
Manchester Met
Sheffield Hallam
Salford
Sheffield Hallam
Lincoln
Manchester Met
Edinburgh
Loughborough
University of York
Chichester
Salford
Edge Hill
Loughborough
Course Placed
Marine Technology
Film Production (going next year)
Medicinal and Biological Chemistry
Economics
Post Media Production
Combined Honours
Biomedical Science
Journalism
Chemistry with Industrial Experience
Social Work
Biomedical Science (Foundation)
Film and Media Production
Journalism: Broadcast
IT with Business Studies
Graphic Design
Product Design and Technology
Linguistics and English Language
Aeronautical Engineering
Environment, Economics &Ecology
Film and Television Studies
Media Production
Media, Film & Television
Aeronautical Engineering
Highest Achievers
A*
A
B
Ellen Dean
7
3
1
Frances Cope
5
6
Sam Foster
4
7
Ellen Scotney
4
7
Alex Greensmith
4
2
Thea Bannister
2
9
Molly Winterbottom
1
5
4
Harry Hughes
1
5
2
4
5
Andrew Daniels
4
Vision
New Mills is a school where:
• all students and groups of
students have high aspirations,
enjoy learning and achieve their
potential
• students, staff and the local
community are proud of their
school
• students and staff feel valued and
are happy to be part of
• more parents make New Mills
their first choice
What needs to improve?
• Raise levels of progress through raising expectations
• Provide high quality marking and feedback to students to aid
student progress
• Create better systems for tracking and addressing under
achievement
• Raise levels of achievement by ensuring that teaching is consistently
good or better across all subjects
• The setting of homework needs to be consistent and challenging
• Raise standards of behaviour, appearance and punctuality through
consistently high expectations and application of school systems
Your Feedback - What needs to
improve
• Standards and Discipline
• Homework
• Reporting, parents evenings and marking of
books
• Communication
• Teaching
Standards and Discipline
You said:
We did:
• Uniform not
consistently monitored
• Students out at
lunchtime
• Smoking
• Code of conduct should
be enforced
• Disruptive pupils not
dealt with adequately
• Appoint two new pastoral
managers
• New behaviour policy
• Uniform standards reinforced
daily
• Sanctions for smoking and
being late
Pastoral House Teams
Homework
You Said:
We Did:
• Regular homework
• Lack of consistency in
homework marking
• Homework timetable –
enable parents to
plan/support/check
complete
• Homework policy
• Homework timetables
How much homework?
Subject
English
Maths
Science
French/German
History
Geography
RS/PSHE
DT
Music
Art
PE
Year 7-9
2 x 30 min
2 x 30 min
2 x 30 min
1 x 30 min each
1 x 30 min*
1 x 30 min*
1 x 30 min*
1 x 30 min*
1 x 30 min*
1 x 30 min*
1 x 30 min*
Year 10 & 11
Students in years 10 and 11 should be set an average of at least 1
hour per subject per week, with the exception of English, Maths and
Science (at least 2 hours per week).
Reporting, Parents Evening and
Marking
You said:
We did:
• Reports at the end of
year – no written
feedback
• Written reports for all year
groups
• Not enough time at
parents evening
• Marking and feedback
policy
• Homework handed in,
never seen again
• 3 hour parents evening
Communication
You said
• Communication
• Support on-line? – for
parents to help pupils
with homework
• Website up-to-date
ALWAYS – awful
We did
• Letters
• Newsletters
• Sims Learning Gateway
• Parent Forums
Teaching
You said:
• Some teaching not
seen as inspiring
• Differentiation within
lessons
We did:
• Appoint a Director of
Teaching and Learning
• Staff training
programme focusing on
teaching and learning
• Working with CHHS an
outstanding school and
training school
School to School Support
Working with Cheadle Hulme High
School to support school improvement
What areas of school improvement would you like to focus on at the next
Parent Forum?
Building
Stronger
Relationships
Building
stronger
relationships
Next Parent Forum
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Tuesday 2 December