St Stephen's School Consultation

St Stephen's School on the Uxbridge road, widely admired by local parents, is having a consultation on the feasibility of expanding into secondary school education, and founding a new partner school.

To this end they are having a consultation, open to parents of children at the school and the wider community.

You can find the survey here - note that it must be completed by close of business today, 23 January.

What's this all about?

St Stephen's Church

St Stephen's School preliminary consultation. The Department for Education announced in November 2018 that it will be taking applications to expand voluntary aided schools. In order to canvas interest by parents and the wider community, St Stephen’s CE Primary School are carrying out a preliminary survey to measure the level of support for creating a new voluntary aided secondary school in our local area.

Key Features

• Provide a Church of England co-educational secondary education for children 11-16 years in the local area (sixth form provision will be considered at a later date)
• Provide an all through school for those who attend St Stephen’s CE Primary School – all those children at the primary will have priority admission to continue their education at the secondary school.
• Be an inclusive school – we would seek to continue to have strong parent and community involvement, including giving preference to children at Miles Coverdale Primary School (thereby guaranteeing places for children from both St Stephen’s CE Primary School and Miles Coverdale Primary School)
• Be a four form entry secondary school, resulting in a total of 600 secondary school pupils
• 50% of places will be allocated to Church based applicants and 50% of places will be allocated to community based applicants.

Vision

• To build a community school with a strong Christian ethos at its centre
• To build on and extend the outstanding academic standards from both primary schools into secondary level
• To continue to provide a range of different opportunities for achievement, to ensure that our children are happy, inspired, and prepared for the challenges and responsibilities ahead
• Provide a safe, nurturing, inclusive and aspirational environment for our children
• Specialise in the creative arts and languages

Deadline
The survey must be completed by 23 January 2019.

Where to find the survey
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TLD6VM3

Questions
Any questions relating to this proposal should be directed to the head teacher, Mr Schumm. Email: head@ststephensce.lbhf.sch.uk

Donations to St Stephen's School
Any parent or well-wisher who would like to make a donation to this excellent local school can do so here.  

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