Walbottle Campus
Motto | School of First Choice EST. 2013 |
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Type | Comprehensive School / Technology College |
Head of School | Paul Sampson |
Deputy Head of School |
Darren Glover (Curriculum) Kerry Lord (Pastoral) |
Site Manager | Mr Martin Cruse RFM |
Founder | Newcastle City Council LEA |
Location |
Hexham Road Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne and Wear NE15 9TP England, United Kingdom Coordinates: 54°59′48″N 1°44′27″W / 54.996566°N 1.740903°W |
Local authority | Newcastle City Council |
DfE number | 391/4430 |
DfE URN | 108524 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Staff | 200 |
Students | 1,712 (DfE) |
Gender | Co-educational |
Ages | 11–19 |
School Owner | Robertson Facilities Management |
Sixth Form | Walbottle Campus Has a Sixth Form Provision |
Telephone number | +44 191 267 8221 (Switchboard) |
Website | Walbottle Campus |
Walbottle Campus was formed in 1973 (though officially opened in 1960) by the Tyne and Wear County Council (defunct) following its creation in the same year. The school was formed by the merger of Walbottle East High School, Walbottle West High School and Walbottle Grammar. These schools were formed by the Northumberland Education Committee on the Walbottle Campus site as part of an attempt to save money. They only shared outdoor facilities but occasionally students would receive lessons at another of the schools. In 2005, all of the middle schools in Newcastle upon Tyne were closed (excluding Gosforth Junior Academy). Students of Chapel House Middle School, Lemington Middle School, Chapel Park Middle School and Throckley Middle School were placed in either Walbottle Campus or their original primary school. Walbottle Campus is currently a maintained comprehensive school of Newcastle LEA with no plans to become an academy
In 2008, a new building opened, replacing the former three buildings. It operates under the Newcastle LEA Two Tier system and most pupils come from several local feeder primary schools.
Walbottle Campus is overseen by Newcastle City Council and the Board of Governors which is chaired by Dr. David Cook.
The New Building
The new Walbottle building was opened in 2008 and was built by Aura North East.
A Block (light blue) - Business Studies, Hairdressing, Sixth Form & the inclusion Department.
B Block (red) - Humanities
C Block (green) - English & Modern languages (French & Spanish)
D Block (dark blue) - Mathematics, Art, Health & Social Care & Child Development and Care
E Block (orange) - Construction, Engineering, Product Design, Systems & Controls, Materials, Textiles & Food Technology
F Block (purple) - Science
H Block (crimson) - Physical Education, Performing Arts, Head of School and Main Administration
K Main Street (yellow) - Entrance to all blocks, I.C.T Classrooms, Staff Learning Lounge, Library and Staff Hub
In September 2015 Walbottle scrapped its house system. Students were taught in 'houses' until the end of the 2011 academic year. Changes to the way form classes are organised mean that as of September 2015, the houses, Cragside, Warkworth and Hadrian, are no longer in use.
IT classrooms are located throughout the school.[1]
Pastoral Care
Pastoral Care consists of a Progress Manager, Senior Year Leader and a Year Leader. Directors of Key Stages exist above the year teams and are members of the schools Senior Leadership Team. In October 2012 Ofsted Inspection, the Pastoral Care System was rated as 'Outstanding'[2]
Expenditure
In 2012, the total expenditure per Pupil was £5 803 in total, expenditure was & 15 371 845. 49% of the schools annual budget is spent on Teachers totalling £8 633 435. The remainder, £4 738 410 was spent on Learning resources, Admin staff, Premises and All other costs.[3]
IT and E-Learning
Computers were introduced mainstream following a government announcement in the early 2000s. The Dell Laptops and Workstations running Windows XP have been replaced in the new building and in 2012 were mainly replaced with New machines with or upgraded to Windows 7. All teacher's and School Employed Cover Supervisors have a Personal Laptop however Supply Staff hired in on the day, do not have access to one. Registers, are carried out on the machines through SIMS.net. All classrooms have a SMART Board with a projector. The Lecture Theatre and Main Hall have large screens. In 2011, the Frog VLE system which had been used for some time, was replaced with a new VLE developed and created by Mark Osbourne (E-Learning Manager) and his E-Learning Team. All lessons can be uploaded to the VLE for students to use in school or at home. From 2014, the schools has been using Google Apps for Education, which could potentially replace Microsoft Office in the school.
Behaviour Management
In 2010, Walbottle Campus released the POLITE SYSTEM but in September 2014 the POLITE SYSTEM was declined and the Detention System was put in place. The C detention system was active until September 2015 and they brought out the Lost System. The LOST (Loss Of Social Time) system meant you have to make up for the time you have wasted during a lesson.
LOST 10 - Lost 10 Minutes of break time
LOST 30 - Lost 30 Minutes of social time after school
LOST 90 - Lost 90 Minutes of social time after school
Robertson Facilities Management
Walbottle Campus is owned by Robertson Facilities Management. Robertson own and manage the school and the land the school is built on. Walbottle has its own Site Manager and caretakers to make sure the school runs smoothly.
Martin Cruse: Site Manager, Michael Lowdon: Caretaker, Paul Davies: Caretaker, Joe Vickers: Caretaker, Scott Bird: Caretaker
They have their own office within the school building which as a room full of DIY tools and also houses the CCTV System for the whole school. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Notable former pupils
- Sue Rolph, gold medal swimmer in 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Paul Brannen, MEP
- Ian Peacock, BBC radio reporter and presenter
Walbottle Grammar School
- Prof David Harper, Professor of Palaeontology at Durham University, and Principal since 2011 of Van Mildert College, Durham
- Ray Massey, motoring newspaper journalist for the Daily Mail
- Mick Skinner, rugby union player
Notable former teachers
- Peter Westgarth, Chief Executive since 2005 of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award, and from 1990-2005 of Young Enterprise (taught at Walbottle High School from 1974–75)
References
- ↑ Walbottle Campus (Heads of Departments) (September 2012). Walbottle Campus Learning Journal (Year Nine). Walbottle Campus Learning Journal 2: Depends on Version. Missing or empty
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(help); - ↑ Fitzpatrick, Moira. "School inspection report" (PDF). Walbottle Campus (October 2012). Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills. Retrieved 10–11 October 2012. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "DfE School Data". School Details. HM Government (Department for Education). Retrieved 14 March 2013.
External links
- Walbottle Campus Website
- Walbottle Campus VLE (Requires Login)
- Walbottle Campus Online Reporting (Requires Login)
- Walbottle Campus Post 16 - Sixth Form