1. Briefing for Grammar Parents
11th September 2018

2. College Prayer
Lord, teach us to be generous: to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek to rest; to labour and to ask for no reward save that of knowing we do your will. Amen.

3. A Level Results 2018

4. A Level Results 2018 A*-A 21.9% [Target 20.8%] [ 2017-20%]
A*-B 47.2% [Target 44.6%] [ %]
A*-C 72.2% [Target 73.2%] [ %]
A*-E % [ %]
AAB in 2+ facilitating subjects 12.6% [2017 – 9.8%]

5. Individual Successes Niall Green 3A*,A [Mechanical Engineering, Bath]
Matteo Baccaglini A*, 4A [PPE, Merton College, Oxford]
Paul Esseyin A*, 2A,2B [Biomedical Science, St George’s]
Luca Humphries 2A*,A,B [Mathematics, Bath]
Michael Chadzynski A*,2A,B [Mathematics, Southampton]
Joshua Giblin-Burnham A*,2A,B [Mathematics &Physics, Warwick]
Albert Wells 2A,2B [Medicine, Manchester]
Felix Turner A*,2A [History, Bristol]
Thomas Murphy 3A [A* EPQ] [Medicine, Sheffield]
Liam Giuffrida A [Business Management, Southampton]

6. Sixth Form Progression
Currently 83% of the Year group have university places.
Most popular areas:
19  Business/Economics/Accounting;
14   Engineering
10  Psychology/Criminology/Law/Sociology;
9  Mathematics
7    Creative arts - Drama/Music;
6  Sports based 
5    Medical based  - Medicine/Physiotherapy/Bio Med Sci
5    History/Humanities;
4    English Lit/Lan/Linguistics

7. GCSE Results 2018 GCSEs 85% achieved 9-4 in Mathematics [87%]
ADMG
GCSEs
85% achieved 9-4 in Mathematics [87%]
69% achieved 9-5 in Mathematics [71%]
82% achieved 9-4 in English [86%]
56% achieved 9-5 in English [71%]
77% achieved 9-4 in English & Maths [81%]
52% achieved 9-5 in English & Maths [61%]
A8 – [55]

8. GCSE Results 2018 GCSEs 85% of pupils achieved 2 Sciences 4+ [81%]
ADMG
GCSEs
85% of pupils achieved 2 Sciences [81%]
70% of pupils achieved 2 Sciences 5+
43% of pupils achieved the Ebacc [44%;27%]
38%of pupils achieved the Ebacc 5+
39% gained at least 3 9-7/A*/A grades [40%;36%]
27% of all grades were 9-7/A*/A [30%;27%]
77% of all grades were 9-4 /A*/C [81%;74%]

10. Individual Successes Regen P-Stiles 7-9, 3-8
ADMG
Regen P-Stiles 7-9, 3-8
Gian-Luca Fenocchi 5-9, 3-8, 1-7
Sebastian Willatgamuwa 4-9, 2-8, 3-7
Daniel Johnson 2-9,2-8, 6-7
Darragh Murray 2-9, 4-8, 3-7
Kai Baker , 3-8, 2-7; 1-A
Jericho Gamboa 1-9, 4-8, 4-7
Simon Mlodzik ,3-8, 5-7
Alex Peck , 2-8,5-7, 1-A
Max Zuzewicz 5-8, 4-7
Angus Sawers 4-8, 5-7

11. Priorities for the future From the Rio 2017 Conference
INNOVATION IN TEACHING 01
Jesuit School
Priorities for the future
From the Rio 2017 Conference
EDUCATION
FOR JUSTICE 02
PROTECTING
MINORS 04
FAITH & SPIRITUALITY 05
FORMATION OF GLOBAL
CITIZENS 06
CARE FOR
“OUR
COMMON HOME” 03
INVOLVEMENT OF FAMILIES 07
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12. Priorities for the future From the Rio 2017 Conference
Jesuit School
Priorities for the future
From the Rio 2017 Conference
INNOVATION IN TEACHING 01
EDUCATION
FOR JUSTICE 02
CARE FOR
“OUR
COMMON HOME” 03
PROTECTING
MINORS 04
FAITH & SPIRITUALITY 05
FORMATION OF GLOBAL
CITIZENS 06
INVOLVEMENT OF FAMILIES 07
Arrupe Volunteering Award

13. Our Messages to Pupils this year
High Expectations
Focus on Learning
Positive Behaviour
Responsibility
Pride
Punctuality
Getting the small things right

14. Changes to the curriculum
Examen – Extended Tutor Period on Tuesday
Increase of Religious Studies to 3 periods a week in Y8 and Y9
PE Games is now 3 periods a week in Y8 & Y9
Increase from 7 to 8 teaching sets in English and RE in KS4
Increase from 4 to 5 periods a week in English at KS4

15. Assessment & Reporting
Pupils will be assessed every Half Term in each subject
Grades accessible via Schoolgateway
Grades based on summative assessment PPE/Internal Exam
Reporting
Half termly grade cards
Written report to be produced in advance of Parents’ Evening
Learning Targets to be discussed with Teacher
Progress towards targets reviewed at the end of the year/course

16. New Teaching Staff Mr D Ashton (Maths) Mr N Benjamin (Science)
Miss N Burke (RE)
Fr T Byron SJ (Chaplaincy)
Mr D Corr (DT)
Mr M Herbert (English)
Mr L McIntyre (English)
Miss A Torto (English)

17. New Positions Ms R Bagenal Science BTEC Coordinator
Miss C Bischoff Senior Teacher
Mr T Causton House Coordinator
Mrs P Cray Admissions & Marketing Officer
Mr N Hulatt Head of Hurtado House
Miss C McCarthy Head of Fisher House
Mr C O’Connor D of E Coordinator
Miss D Perfetti Senior Teacher
Mr S Veerapen Maths KS3 Coordinator

18. Developments
New air handling unit [energy recovery system] in Swimming Pool
New LED lighting – Sports Hall and Swimming Pool
Decoration of Reception area & Blue, Green and Red staircases
Renewed carpet/flooring in:
Higher Line &Lower Line, Brackenbury ground floor, X1, Business Studies stairs, ground floor of Maths/Science, Red stairs down to Crypt
Maths store cupboard replastered and decorated
New furniture in X1
Various curtains and blinds replaced

19. Developments New fire exit door at the rear of Science
Lower Line Toilets – sensor taps installed
Exterior painting of Green doors & black railings
Decking area in Figures playground renewed
Completion of new fencing to the front of school
Drive repairs
Coombe Lane – Replacement of roof & skylights. Redecoration of changing rooms &toilets
Next term
Recladding [Wood] of Sports Hall and Sixth Form

21. GCSEs Core Options Science Mathematics English Language
English Literature RE
History OR Geography +
2 other Option subjects
Double Science OR
Triple Science

22. Reformed GCSEs Content New and more challenging content
Structure All exams at the end of the course
Assessment Mainly by examination
Non-exam only where necessary
Tiering Foundation and Higher tier only in maths, science and MFL
Grading New numbered scale (9 to 1 plus U) New ‘good pass’ set at grade 5
Content – GCSEs are being reformed to make them more rigorous. They will still be suitable for young people of all abilities, but syllabuses will include more challenging and knowledge- based content and exams will be changed so that we can identify and reward the highest performers. Changes to the content will vary by subjects. For those subjects being taught from September 2015 and 2016 (see slide 5 for a full list) detailed specifications are available on awarding organisations websites.
For subjects being taught from September 2017 content is available here:
Structure – GCSEs will be linear with exams only at the end of the course to ensure more time for high quality teaching. Previously GCSEs were modular which meant that students could retake individual modules throughout the course.
Assessment – The amount of 'coursework' in each subject varies. Coursework or non-exam assessment is only included where it is impossible to assess those skills in an exam. More information about how non-exam assessments have changed can be found here: to-gcses-from-2015
Tiering – in the future only maths, science and modern foreign language GCSEs will be tiered (where pupils either sit foundation or higher exams). Tiering has been removed from most GCSEs to ensure that where possible students are not limited from achieving higher grades. In the foundation tier of the new maths GCSE students will be able to achieve a maximum of grade 5. A student must enter for higher OR foundation tier in any individual subject for the whole qualification.
Grading – see slide 9
How this affects students – To ensure that students taking the new GCSEs are not disadvantaged Ofqual will use a statistical method called comparable outcomes to ensure that roughly the same proportion of students achieve comparable grades if the ability profile is the same. This ensures that students who sit reformed qualifications will not be disadvantaged as a result of the changes.

23. What does the GCSE ‘good pass’ mean?
In the future, for the reformed GCSEs, the Government’s definition of ‘good pass’ will be set at grade 5.
Grade 5 will be awarded to around the top third of pupils gaining the equivalent of a grade C and bottom third of a grade B. This means that there will be fewer pupils achieving a ‘good pass’ than in previous years.
Grade 4 will continue to be a level 2 achievement (equivalent to a low grade C now). We would not expect employers, colleges and universities to raise the bar to a grade 5 if, for example, a grade 4 would meet their requirements.
Grade 7 – the bottom of grade 7 will be aligned to the bottom of grade A
Grade 9 – the top 20% of those at grade 7 or above
The Government’s definition of a GCSE ‘good pass’ for school accountability purposes (currently a C) is changing to bring it into line with standards in other high-performing countries and to keep pace with employers’ and universities’ demands. It will be set at grade 5. Grade 5 will be awarded to around the top third of pupils gaining the equivalent of a grade C and bottom third of a grade B.
The new ‘good pass’ will be harder to achieve than the current grade C and we therefore expect the number of pupils achieving a ‘good pass’ to be initially lower than currently.
Employers, colleges and universities will continue to set their own entry requirements. We are working with employers, colleges and universities to make sure they understand that it is their responsibility to define their own expectations; therefore, they need not necessarily raise the bar to a grade 5 if, for example, a grade 4 would meet their requirements. We are also working to ensure that they recognise that the numbers achieving what the Government defines as a ‘good pass’ will be lower when the reformed qualifications are introduced.

25. The challenges of reformed GCSEs
Challenge 1: “They’re harder!”
Increased synoptic approach
More challenging concepts and questions
Increased mathematical content for many subjects
Challenge 2: “There’s more stuff to remember”
Increased content
Exams at the end of two years

27. The challenges of reformed GCSEs
Challenge 1: “They’re harder!”
Inform boys
Higher expectations – just enough is NOT enough
Consistent effort
Challenge 2: “There’s more stuff to remember”
improve students’ memory and recall skills; emphasis on regular practice and testing
Extra mocks in English and Maths

28. Strategies Regular visiting of past work Quick tests
Understanding the assessments in each subject
Homework
Calculator
Showing working
Explaining
Understanding command words in questions

29. Sixth Form It is not too early to start thinking about the next step
The expectation for most of our pupils is to progress into the Sixth Form at the College
We offer a range of courses at A Level, BTEC3 and GCSE
Necessary grades.
University decisions

31. The GrammarTeam Form Tutors Mr Phil Murphy Mr Christopher Cole
Deputy Head Master
Mr Christopher Cole
Grammar Head of Line
Mrs Lesley O’Grady
Pastoral Support Assistant
Form Tutors
GC Ms Walker
GF Miss McCarthy GH Mr McMichael
GL Mr Adams
GM Mr Simon
GO Mr Kuczewski
GS Mr Simpson
GX Mr Slemp

32. Attendance & Punctuality
Attendance is key to success
Attendance for this year group in recent years has been in excess of 95%
Being organised
Taking studies seriously
Importance of the beginning of lessons
Good training for employment and adult life

33. Supported Study
Supporting those who do not have the resources to study at home
Tuesday to Thursday
3.30pm to 4.30pm
Fully staffed
Pupils are nominated by teachers or parents or by themselves

34. Successful Study
Grammar pupils have never finished all the work they could do!
Routine for working – place, time, etc (Homework Plan)
Use of specifications, past papers, mark schemes, etc
Wider reading eg Googlescholar
Additional resources from subject teachers
Check class notes – colour /presentation

35. Successful Study

36. Tutor Timetable
MONDAY Diary check TUESDAY Examen WEDNESDAY Achievement Points Behaviour Points Equipment Check THURSDAY Assembly FRIDAY Independent revision

37. Pupil Handbook

38. Pupil Handbook

39. Participation Activities Catholic community Sport Music and drama
Other extra-curricular
Leadership

40. Work Experience 8th – 12th July 2019
Parents play a key part in work experience
It is not too early to start looking for a placement
Meeting early in the Lent term to launch the programme

41. Key Dates Wednesday 19th September 2018 Prize Giving Evening
Thursday 27th September 2018 Open Evening
Tuesday 29th January 2019
Work Experience Briefing for Parents
Thursday 21st March 2019
Grammar Parents Evening
17th – 21st June 2019
Summer Exams
8th – 12th July 2019
Work Experience

42. Keeping in Touch Phone calls Email Letters home Homework diary
School website
Parents’ evening
Half-termly report card