Teddington School

When students join Teddington School, they are welcomed into a high achieving, forward thinking and caring community. We have a tradition of academic rigour combined with creative curiosity that is supported by a wide range of extra-curricular provision. Students are encouraged to be ambitious, resilient and inquisitive; which has led to the excellent examination results. Teddington School prides itself on being a fully inclusive, happy and vibrant place to learn. We firmly believe that students achieve best when they feel the genuine security of a community that supports learning and promotes social responsibility. We believe that educating your child is a joint effort between home and school. We work closely with parents, fully involving you in your child’s performance.

The Trust brings together neighbouring schools in order to ensure high standards of teaching, learning and leadership for the local community. Staff at Teddington School share their expertise with the other schools in the trust in order to help all students in our local community achieve highly.

Applications for Year 7 places at Teddingon School are managed by the Richmond Borough Admissions Team. The application process will be open online between 1 September and 31 October. Our recent Open Mornings have been a great success, with prospective parents praising the school and the excellent conduct of students, especially the guides and the high quality of lessons they were free to observe. The success of these events has meant that, due to high demand, we will be hosting another Open Morning at 9am on Tuesday, October 17.

At Teddington School we believe the curriculum should provide the right opportunities for high achievement for each child. This means that we will always seek to be flexible and creative within the confines of any curriculum model that we provide. Our aim is that all our students achieve highly and make greater progress with us than they would in any other school. To do that we have to ensure our teaching and learning practices, grouping policies, assessment routines and course offers always enable the highest levels of success. We group our eight forms of entry into eight different teaching groups for foundation subjects, and ten teaching groups for the core subjects English, Maths and Science.

The majority of groups are of mixed ability throughout the school, with Maths, and Science from Year 9, grouping by ability. All of our teaching groups are reviewed regularly throughout the year to ensure learning is maximised for all students and that the best possible experience for our young people is provided. We enjoy ensuring our students work in different groups with different people where possible to benefit from the increased social and academic benefits such groupings can bring.

At Key Stage 3 in Years 7 – 9 we offer a broad and balanced range of subjects in line with the National Curriculum. We track progress and achievement and keep families informed of developments. At Key Stage 4 students opt to study four subjects in addition to the core curriculum. We work with families and students to help students make choices that will enable them to be successful and lead to future progression which is appropriate for them. The regular curriculum is supplemented with Curriculum Enhancement Days throughout the year, which offer our students a very different and memorable learning experience.

Our core purpose of our Sixth Form at Teddington is to focus on the individual student from the moment you join us and to ensure you realise your unique potential academically, physically and socially through dedicated, innovative and enthusiastic teaching and learning. We expect you to learn to take responsibility for your own learning and to demonstrate a committed and conscientious approach to your studies to enable you to carve and secure your future pathway.

We believe that both excellence and progress should be equally celebrated. We believe we can achieve and aspire to greater things. We will accomplish this through the sharpening of our academic skills and social awareness which will allow us to adapt to an ever-changing society and become responsible citizens of tomorrow.

The House System is designed to embody the values and ethos of the school and aims to be an integral part of our school community. In time it is our ambition that the House Captains and the School Council will work together creating a stronger pupil voice to motivate students and further the community spirit of the school. Pupils are assigned to one of the four houses on entrance to the school in Year 7 where they remain until the end of 6th form; where possible younger siblings will become a member of the same house.Each member of staff is also attached to a house.

Each House is in competition with each other to achieve the highest number of house points at the end of each term and most importantly by the end of the year when there will be prizes.Regular house point totals will be advertised on student briefing.Pupils can contribute to their house point totals in a number of ways both in and out of the classroom. All pupils are expected to participate in at least one of the many house events/activities.

The governors and staff of Teddington School fully recognise the contribution they make to safeguarding children. We recognise that all staff, including volunteers, have a full and active part to play in protecting our students from harm.

All staff and governors recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children through a culture of vigilance from all staff. Our staff code of conduct makes it clear that we expect the highest standards of care and support for all students. We endeavour to provide a safe and welcoming environment where students feel secure, are listened to and are safe, as well as feeling respected and valued. We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice.