St Paul's Catholic School, Milton Keynes
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| St Paul's Catholic School | |
| Motto | Ministerium Tuum Imple (Love, Serve and Do the best that is possible) |
| Type | Comprehensive Foundation school |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Headteacher | Mr Michael Manley |
| Specialisms | Science College & Language College (From Sept 2008) |
| Location | Phoenix Drive Milton Keynes MK6 5EN England |
| LEA | Milton Keynes |
| Ofsted number | 110517 |
| Students | 1480 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 19 |
| Website | www.st-pauls.org.uk |
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St Paul's Catholic School is a comprehensive co-educational secondary school in Leadenhall, Milton Keynes, England. The school is a specialist Science College in Milton Keynes. It is also a Teacher Training College.
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[edit] Ofsted report
Ofsted inspected the school in January 2000. In their report summary, they say[1]
St Paul's catholic School is an outstanding school which provides excellent care, support and guidance for its pupils and enables them to achieve very high academic standards. Through highly effective management and the outstanding leadership of the headteacher, well supported by the governing body, the school has continued to improve since its largely favourable previous inspection. The school has effectively addressed all areas identified for improvement in the last inspection and demonstrates very good capacity to improve further.
[edit] Curriculum
[edit] Key Stage 3
St Paul's Catholic School's KS3 curriculum has a format of 6 periods of 45 minute lessons, 1, 15 minute break and 1, 45 minute lunch (during KS4's period 4) on a Mondays and Fridays. 8 periods of 40 minute lessons are taught on Wednesdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays along with 2, 15 minute breaks and 1, 40 minute lunch (during KS4's period 6. KS3 subjects include English Language, Mathematics, Science, ICT, Religious Education, Physical Education, Games, History, Geography, Art, Design & Technology, Music, Drama, PSHE & Citizenship and a Modern Foreign Language; which is allocated in year 7 from either French, German, Italian or Spanish.
[edit] Key Stage 4
At KS4 pupils make GCSE options. The options are grouped into 3 programmes; A, B and C. All Programmes have the compulsory subjects of English Literature and Language, Mathematics (option of Additional mathematics in year 11), Religious Studies, Games(Non-GCSE) and PSHE(Non-GCSE). Programme A offers a choice of 1 humanity (History/Geography), 1 Expresive Art(Art/Drama/Music/PE), 1 technology(Food/Textiles/Product Design/Engineering/Graphics/Electronics) and 1 Vocational Subject (Business Studies/Business Communications/Health and Social Care/Horticulture/ICT). Science in programme A has to options of either Double Award or Triple Award). Programme B has the same compulsory Subjects but with no Humanities or Technology, 1 Expresive Art and 1 Btec Subject (Health and Social care/Business Studies in 1st diplomas). Programme C is the same as programme B but has the option of either Business Introduction Btec or Construction and the Built Environment Btec, instead of the 1st diploma courses.
[edit] Key Stage 5
6th Form students have the option of 4 selected subjects offered during the year and is compulsory to do a course in General Studies. Entry to St Paul's is 5 GCSEs A*-C grades.
[edit] Tutor Groups
[edit] Banding
St Paul's Structures it's timetables with to bands (X and Y). Each band consises to 4 forms each making 8 forms, in September 2007 a 9th form will be added to the year 7 X band, this form will be added here after to every year group. In 1996, the year 8 intake only had 7 forms, missing out on Neumann. Changing back to the 8 forms for the 1997 intake. The bands work form 2-4 periods of lessons. When X band has a single lesson of RE while Y Band is having a single lesson of Science, the bands will then switch lessons during the next period, then Xband will have science and Y band will have RE.
[edit] Form groups
The forms are named after patron saints of the universal church. X band: Angela Merici, Benedict of Nursia, Charles Borromeo, Maximilian Kolbe and Elizabeth of Hungary (recently added). Y Band: Thomas More, John Neumann, Teresa of Avila and John Vianney.
[edit] Faculties
The Form Tutors are given tutor group through what teaching faculty they are in. Each year group has a faculty. The faculties are: Humanities and RE, Mathematical Skills and LS, Communication and Design, Languages and Expressive Arts. When a year 11 leaves, their faculty will go to the new year 7's.
