What Makes Us Special?

We are an All-Through School

The Gatwick School has been set up to establish an All-through school for children aged 4 to 16.

All-through state schools are rare but we feel that it is precisely what gives The Gatwick School a unique place in the local provision for schools.

Here are some of the reasons why we think an all-through education is so valuable and why we think it provides an exciting opportunity for our children:

• It removes the well-researched performance ‘dip’ at age 11

• It removes the learning barriers and age-old fears that many children face as they leave primary school and make the transition to a secondary school

• It enables primary aged children to benefit from having some specialist teaching at an early age, which means that gifted and talented children will be challenged and stretched

• It enables some children to benefit by having more time to develop their skills

• It enables older children to have the opportunity to develop leadership skills by mentoring younger children (which in turn promotes a healthy and positive school climate)

Older and younger children working together

Since we have been open, it has been special to see so many and varied interactions which have led to very positive relationships being forged between our Primary and Secondary pupils.

• House competitions provide opportunities for older pupils to support our younger pupils. Our primary phase sports days are run by teachers and our pupil leaders

• Secondary pupils regularly visit Primary classes during special school events and drop down activities. This has inspired our Primary children to demonstrate greater confidence in reading and oral expression

Enrichment 6

We have a 6 point plan for ensuring that each of our pupils are given every opportunity to have new and diverse experiences.

1. Russell Group University Visits
Regardless of whether you plan to attend a university or not, we believe it is important that you are aware of what opportunities are available.  We will use a variety of local further education providers for this purpose together with Russell group and Cambridge University for gifted and talented pupils.

2. Links with External Organisations
The Gatwick School is ideally situated to give students an insight into the word beyond school.  All pupils will be provided with the opportunity to visit local businesses and explore what they do and what working for them would be like.

3. Residential Trips
All KS3 pupils will have the option of attending a residential visit while at The Gatwick School.  We believe that educational experiences like these are essential for the development of subject passion as well as providing experiences you will remember forever.

4. Cultural Capital
The Gatwick School holds high value in diverse range of cultural experiences, and as such will be looking to offer pupils the opportunity to attend events.

5. Extra Curricular Activities
The Gatwick School is committed to providing pupils with a diverse range of educational, interesting and fun extracurricular activities.

6. Sporting Activities
All pupils will have the opportunity to participate and compete in a wide range of sporting activities.

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