GRAMMAR STREAM Mr David Collins

Vice Principal

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QUALITY OF TEACHING

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Ofsted

• Ofsted found that 85% of our teaching and learning is good or outstanding, based on observation of over 50 lessons.

• Internal and externally commissioned lesson observations viewed over a thousand lessons in 2014/15 academic year.

• We do not tolerate teaching that is not at least good.

GRAMMAR CURRICULUM

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Objective

• To provide an accelerated, stimulating curriculum which allows students to access a broad range of facilitating subjects.

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KS3

• Years 7 and 8 only.• An abbreviated KS3, students currently in our grammar stream are reaching level 7 and 8 by the end of year 7. If we followed a three year Key stage 3 they would plateau in Year 9.

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KS4• Options process at the end of Year 8.• Students choose 3 option subjects out of a list that includes; Psychology, Sociology, Law, Economics, Computing, Engineering, Food, Physical Education, Art, Business, Religious Studies, Music, Drama.

• Students also follow a core curriculum of GCSE subjects; English Language and Literature, Mathematics, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History/Geography and French.

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KS4

• Students follow this range of subjects for three years with exams at the end of Year 11.

• For most subjects early entry is unlikely as we want to give all students the maximum amount of time to achieve A* equivalent (8/9) grades.

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KS5

• Those facilitating subjects will provide an ideal basis for A-level study.

• Our Sixth Form is rapidly expanding and we offer pathways in all subject areas.

ENTRY

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Entry to the Grammar stream

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Academic Year 2015/16

• Current Year 7:• We intended to have three grammar classes with capacity

for 90 students.• We allocated 123 places based on Kent School Test

results and therefore created an additional grammar form of entry.

• 85 of these students took a place at Knole Academy• There are currently 120 students in the grammar stream

in Year 7and 8, there are 90 students in the grammar stream in Year 9 and 10.

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Offers

• We cannot promise a place in the Grammar Stream as part of an offer, admissions is controlled by Kent

• We can, however, provide a letter stating that if you were to be successful in an application to Knole Academy we would offer a place in the grammar stream

• If you would like this assurance you need to send a copy of the Kent Test results to Mrs Justine Mountford c/o Knole Academy before the release of the Kent Test results