Pickering High School, Hull
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Pickering High School is a secondary school in Hull, England. The headteacher is Mrs Elaine Wadsworth.
| Pickering High School Sports College | |
|---|---|
| Mission Statement | A school in a community partnership, working together to achieve excellence for all |
| Headmisstress | Mrs Elaine Wadsworth |
| Type | Comprehensive school |
| Year of Foundation | 2001 |
| Enrollment | 995 |
| Address | Pickering Road, Hull, Yorkshire |
| LEA | Hull |
| Surroundings | Urban |
| Website | http://pickeringhigh.hull.sch.uk/ |
| Specialist Status | Sports College |
| Fax Number | (01482) 569982 |
| Telephone number | (01482) 352939 |
The school's GCSE results are improving every year and the school hopes to improve this year with the current year 11's. The school's canteen has taken on a new healthy eating campaign and there are numerous sport activities to do in and out of school.
The school has had a revamp over the last few years introducing a new building to replace the older dilapidated building and bring the school on to one site. A sports hall was built to back up the sports college status.
There are proposals to make the school a privately funded school in the near future as part of the government's Building Schools for the Future plans.
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[edit] School departments
- Art & Design — Art and design is a popular subject at the school and since the new block has been built which provides art and design with much more and improved equipment, the results have been improving. The current art and design teachers are Miss Krohn-Johannsen, Mr Robinson and Mr Taylor
- ASDAN — ASDAN is an fairly new subject to the school and is taught by Mr. Wood and Mr. Allen. The subject shows hints of the now retired Social Education.
- Business And Communication Systems (BACS) — A new subject at the school, which was started only this year. The current teachers of BACS are Mrs Hopkins, Mr Jordan and Mr Sinclair.
- Design Technology — Design Technology is a Vocational subject in which you learn a variety of smaller subjects. Product design is taught by Mr Duffill and Mr Ostler, Food by Mrs Maund and Resistant Materials by Mrs Woolway.
- Drama — This subject is headed by Mr Rust and is one af the school most successful subject with its generally small but successful student group.
- English — The English department is one of the most well staffed subjects at the school and, imparticularly this year, has seen the benefits of this as last year many saw this department as lacking. The current English teachers are Mrs Elliot, Mrs Trafford, Mrs Walmsey, Miss Jackson, Miss Thomas, Mrs Longley, Miss Moulds, Mr Everitt and Mr Brogan.
- Geography — Geography has consistently been the subject with the highest pass mark at the school apart from last year when it came second overall. The current Geography teachers are Mr Sherwood, Mr Dulson, Mr Ravenscroft and Miss Beaver.
- Health and Social Care
- History — A traditional subject that, at GCSE level, has quite a low number of pupils in comparison with other traditional subjects (Geography, etc..)The current History teachers are Mr Brooks, Miss Mouldings and Mr Clarke.
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) - This subject is the computers course where it is a choice for students, unlike BACS. I was introduced this year and replaces the unsuccessful DIDA. The current ICT staff are Mrs Hopkins and Mr Jordan.
- Leisure & Tourism - A relatively modern but successful course at the school. The course is similar in context to geography but with more empathise on commercial industries. The current Leisure & Tourism teachers are Mr Ravenscroft and Mrs Hopkins
- Mathematics — The mathematics department at the school is one which has seen a large improvement in the past few years. The current mathematic teachers are Mrs Salva, Mr Steel and Mr McKewon.
- Media Studies — Media is taught by English Teachers Mrs Trafford and Mrs Elliot and teaches students to make video's and review films. Again this is a relatively new subject at the school.
- Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) — This subject has seen quite a demise in the number of pupils selecting it as a GCSE since it was made not compulsory. The MFL teachers are Mr Baker, Mrs Cogan, Mrs Hepworth and Mr Ganfornina.
- Music
- Physical Education (PE) — Last years highest acheivers in the school departments and is usually always high up in the overall pass marks as a result of its excellent, modern facilities and large, high quality teaching staff. The current PE teachers are Mr Wilkinson, Mr Basile, Mr Rust, Mr Savage, Miss Spencer, Miss Stephenson. There are also a number of junior PE teachers who are working as assistants at the school.
- Religious, Ethical, Moral,and Social Studies (REMS) - This subject is not taught at the school as a GCSE unlike its predecessor, Religious studies. Instead it is a lesson where students and teachers debate and talk about important issues in life, such as divorce and abortion. The current specialist REMS teacher is Mrs Jones. Mr Baker and Mrs Hopkins also work in this department as well as their own.
- Science — Science at the school celebrated its highest results last year and had the 3rd highest pass rate in the school. The current science teachers are Mr Kingsbury, Mrs Walton, Mr Parker, Mr Longley, Miss Welch, Mr Cook and Mr Rhodes and Mr Maund. The science technicians are Mr Phillips and Miss Smith.
[edit] Latest Ofsted report
The last Ofsted inspection the school received was in 2003. It rated the school as "good" in its ranking system, the 3rd highest available.
The report outlined both strengths the school and improvements the school should make to progress up the ranking system.
Strengths:
- Very good leadership and management by the headteacher and managerial teaching staff
- Good teaching in lessons resulting in good learning and positive relationships
- Provisions made for Special education needs (SEN) pupils
- Systems for monitoring pupil progression
Improvements suggested:
- Improvement of some teaching staff, imparticular in mathematics
- Greater use of ICT to assist learning in lessons
- Attendance needs a significant improvement, as does punctuality to continue schools progression
- Improve and modernise teaching and recreational areas to improve learning and safety
[edit] Mentors
The school introduced mentors many years ago.The purpose of the mentor is to help children by interacting with them and giving them one-on-one treatment. The mentors are: Lynn Rhodes, Rhonda Clarke, Cheryl Smith and Tina Gibson.
[edit] Reward scheme
A reward scheme has been set up by the school to encourage students to behave. It has used a points system and has been set up by the school's librarian Nicola Withenwick.
[edit] GCSE results
| Year | School | LEA Average | National Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 20% | 25.8% | 45.3% |
| 2005 | 14% | 26.6% | 44.3% |
| 2004 | 20% | 23.1% | 42.6% |
| 2003 | 11% | 21.4% | 41.9% |
