Walderslade Girls' School

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Walderslade Girls' School
Address
Walderslade Girls' School
Bradfields Avenue

Walderslade
,
Kent
,
ME5 0LE

England
Coordinates 51°21′10″N0°31′30″E / 51.3529°N 0.5251°E / 51.3529; 0.5251
Information
TypeSecondary comprehensive (non-selective) [1] Academy
Trust Skills for life trust UID: 3243
Department for Education URN 137630 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherLouise Campbell
GenderGirls
Age11to 18
Enrolment909 as of January 2015
Website sflt.org.uk/waldersladegirls
Walderslade Girls' School
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Walderslade Girls School

Walderslade Girls' School is a secondary school and sixth form for girls located in Walderslade in the English county of Kent. [2]

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Governance

The school was designed by Richard Sheppard, Robson & Partners and opened in the late 1950s. [3] It was a community school administered by Medway Council, however the school was converted to academy status on 1 April 2012. Walderslade Girls' School continues to coordinate with Medway Council for admissions. [4]

From the summer of 2018 Walderslade Girls school joined the Skills for life trust (Greenacre Academic trust). [1] Schools within the academy consist of: Greenacre Academy, Walderslade Girls School, Warren Wood Primary Academy, Chantry Community Academy (primary), Hilltop Primary Academy, Kloisters Kindergarten and Pre-School, PGW Sixth Form and Greenacre Sports Partnership. [5]

Academics

The school sees itself as a traditional girls school with a sense of togetherness pervading the school. Diversity, aspiration, honesty and personal integrity are encouraged leading to motivation, self-discipline, self-resilience and individual responsibility. Students are expected to show kindness to others. [6]

Though pastorally the school divides into Lower School (Year 7-Year 8), Middle School (Year 9 Year 10) and Upper School (Year 11 & Sixth Form) it runs a three-year Key Stage 3, and a two-year Key Stage 4, and shared sixth-form provision. [6]

Key Stage 3

Based on the Key Stage 2 SATs, incoming students are divided in to mixed-ability or Alpha sets. [6]

Key Stage 4

Walderslade Girls' School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. All pupils study English, English Literature, Maths, and Science. As a first option: they select either History, Geography or a language. As a second option: from a Creative Art, a Performing Arts, or an additional humanities, sports or Food, and Ethics. [7]

Shared Sixth form

The school also operates a sixth form provision in partnership with Greenacre Academy, with students having the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ofsted Report 2019". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Walderslade Girls' School". waldersladegirls.org.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Pevsner West Kent & Weald, page 591.
  4. ↑ "Walderslade Girls' School". Medway Council. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "SKILLS FOR LIFE TRUST - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "Prospectus 2019-2020" (PDF). www.sflt.org.uk/. SFLT. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Curriculum". Walderslade Girls' School. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "PGW Sixth Form". PGW Sixth Form. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
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