The De Montfort School

The De Montfort School

Motto	Unlocking Your Child's Potential[1]
Established	September 1, 2014 (2014-09-01)
Type	Community school[2]
Headteacher	Guy Nichols[3]
Deputy Headteacher	Stuart Weston[4]
Chair of Governors	Christine Grove[2]
Location	Four Pools Road Evesham Worcestershire WR11 1DQ England Coordinates: 52°05′06″N 1°56′20″W / 52.0851°N 1.9388°W / 52.0851; -1.9388
Local authority	Worcestershire
DfE URN	116932 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	> 130[4]
Students	c. 1450
Gender	Co-educational[2]
Ages	10–18[5]
Houses	Dahl      Curie      Shackleton      Mandela
Colours	Red and black
Publication	f. The EHS Enquirer[6]
Website	TDMS

The De Montfort School (formerly known as The Federation of Evesham High School & Simon de Montfort Middle School^[7][8] and Evesham County Secondary School) is a Specialist Maths & Computing Secondary School^[2] located in Evesham, Worcestershire, England. It is a Mixed Comprehensive community school^[2] serving 10-18 year olds^[5] primarily from Evesham and its surrounding villages. The new school was created after a consultation was undertaken on the proposal to merge two Evesham schools, Simon de Montfort Middle School and Evesham High School, which had previously been run in a "hard federation",^[9][10] already sharing a set of staff and board of governors. After operating the federated school for several years, the then headteacher Caroline Browne and board of governors sought to consolidate the federation and form a new school on the federation's combined grounds and buildings.^[7] These proposals were approved by Worcestershire County Council after a consultation with staff, parents, students, feeder schools and the Cabinet Member with Responsibility for Children and Families on July 7, 2014 (2014-07-07).^[5] The lower school received a "Good" rating from Ofsted in its March 2014 (2014-03) inspection report^[9] and the upper school also received a "Good" rating in its inspection report in September 2011 (2011-09).^[2] The Sixth Form received a "Satisfactory" rating in its September 2011 (2011-09) Ofsted inspection report^[2] with the report specifying a "good capacity to improve".^[2]

Academic

Lessons are taught in dedicated subject departments. Students in Year 9 take a common curriculum consisting of English, Mathematics, Science, French, Spanish, Art, Design, History, Geography, Philosophy and Ethics, Music, Drama, Physical Education and Personal, Social and Health Education.^[1] Each subject area groups students in the way it deems most appropriate and children who require additional help are withdrawn from some lessons. In Years 10 and 11, students follow two year courses in English, Mathematics, Science and Physical Education, in addition to half courses in Information Technology and Philosophy and Ethics. Students can choose three optional subjects from a range on offer, including pre-vocational and GNVQ Part 1 Courses. The school offers 23 A-Level courses plus GNVQ and AVCE Business, Leisure & Tourism, Intermediate and Advanced Level.

Admissions

The school has 3 entry points at year 6, year 9 and year 12.^[1] Entries at year 6 are predominantly from its feeder schools St. Richard's C of E First School and Bengeworth Academy, but entries from other local schools are sometimes made. Entries at year 9 are predominantly made by students who studied at the school during year 8, but a significant number are also made by students from Blackminster Middle School. Entries at year 12 normally come from a more varied set of institutions including those who studied at the school at GCSE continuing studies at A level and some students moving to the school from other local secondary schools.

Notable alumni

Evesham High School

• Alistair McGowan, Comedian

References

External links

• The De Montfort School website