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AIMS
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To unlock the
potential of every student who enters the school.
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To give all young
pupils the experience of school as a caring supportive community and
establish a feeling of belonging in which members display trust,
concern and support for one another.
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To develop a
curriculum which ensures contact with those skills, areas of
knowledge and experience which will help young people to know more
about themselves and the society in which they live. To enable them
to respond effectively to social, economic and political changes and
to changing patterns of work.
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To lay the foundation
for personal growth in skills of social inter-action and develop
those necessary for working as a member of a group and for the
development of positive self-esteem.
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To work in ways which
will add to the self-respect and confidence of young people and
encourage them to take responsibility for themselves and their
activities.
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To help young people
to acquire the skills for making considered, informed decisions and
then take the responsibilities for the consequences of these
decisions.
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To lay the foundation
for study skills and the setting of short and long-term goals.
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To develop interests
for leisure which will give personal satisfaction.
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To encourage
appreciation and concern for the environment.
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To equip young people
for their adult roles in society and to help them understand the
responsibilities of being parents, citizens and consumers.
THE
SCHOOL AND ITS AREA
The Mary Webb School first opened in
1957 as a co-educational Secondary School and in 1977 the school became
comprehensive. The name “The Mary Webb School” is an acknowledgment
that the famous authoress of “Gone to Earth” was associated with the
local environment of the school. In July 2003 the school was designated
Specialist Science College status. In June 2004 a Dual Use Sports’
facility was opened. There is also a very successful community
education centre based at the school.
Our standard number of
admission for each year is 120 pupils and the age group is 11-16. At
the age of 16 years, pupils who wish to pursue further full-time
education, transfer either to Shrewsbury Sixth Form College, Shrewsbury
College of Arts and Technology or to North Shropshire College (Walford).
The school is situated in the village of
Pontesbury, approximately 8 miles southwest of Shrewsbury. It has an
extensive catchment area which extends to the Welsh border. Some pupils
do come to us from Powys.
CHALLENGE,
OPPORTUNITY AND PARTNERSHIP
The school places
great value upon partnership in education and there are strong links
with the local schools and community, local industry and county support
services. Relationships between staff and students are excellent.
Staff, students and parents are asked to think of education as a
partnership between the home and the school.
Mary Webb School & Science College
provides a quality education through the provision of challenge and
opportunity for all. On leaving us, students value learning, are
capable of using initiative and have acquired the skills for independent
study. They will be able to relate and communicate with others and be
mature, caring, responsible, self-disciplined individuals.
For students the challenge is to be
adventurous, to take full advantage of the wide range of opportunities
available and to strive for the highest possible standards in everything
they attempt.
CURRICULUM
The school curriculum provides equal
opportunities and access. In practice this means ~
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All students have
access to the same broad range of challenging and motivating
learning experiences;
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There are high
expectations of all students and all students receive the same
levels of attention;
The school
pursues a philosophy of integration for students with learning
difficulties. Additional support is provided for those students who
have special educational needs of any kind; it is recognised that the
most able students will also have special needs.
The Lower School (Years 7, 8
and 9) - KS3
The
Seventh Year is considered as a bridge between the primary and secondary
situation. On entering the school, pupils are carefully placed in mixed
ability tutor groups to ensure that each group is balanced and that each
child is with a friend as far as possible. Normally pupils remain in
the same tutor groups as they move through the school. In Years 8 and 9
the curriculum is developed further with the addition of a second
foreign language for those who have shown linguistic ability.
The basic principle for the first three
years is that all pupils should follow a common course, in which all
areas of the National Curriculum are covered. In Year 7 most subjects
are taught in mixed ability groups, but the timetable is so organised to
allow for setting in the core subjects. In Years 8 and 9, most subjects
are setted.
Subjects ~
English
Geography Personal & Social Development
Mathematics German
RE
Science
History Spanish
Art &
Design ICT
Technology
Drama Music
French PE & Games
The Upper School (Years 10 and 11) - KS4
All pupils follow
courses in ~
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English Language and
Literature
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Mathematics
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Science (leading to dual
GCSE certification)
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Personal and Social
Development, Religious Education and Physical Education
Option Choices are
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Art &
Design
French Music
Business
Studies
Geography PE
Curriculum &
Vocational Studies German
Resistant Materials
Drama
History Spanish
Electronic
Products
IT Textiles
Food
Technology
Manufacturing Triple Science
Further GCSE
courses are offered from a choice of: Art, Business Studies, Drama,
French, Geography, German, History, ICT, Music, PE, Spanish, Technology
and Manufacturing.
A Communications Vocational Studies course is
offered to those pupils for whom a traditional nine GCSE course is
inappropriate. The CVS course leads to recognised non-GCSE
qualifications in place of two option choices. A small group of pupils
studies a vocational course at SCAT which leads to a national
qualification.
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