About The Westminster School

Find out all about The Westminster School's Statement of intent, their child protection procedure and their examination result statistics. Choose from the follwing:

Statement of Intent
Child Protection Procedure
Examination Results

Children's artwork from The Westminster School

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Statement of Intent

The Westminster School is committed to raising standards with MLD + pupils, working towards educational and social inclusion, in partnership with the community to develop as a Centre of Excellence promoting the highest expectations, whilst meeting individual needs.
To develop and maintain an inclusive, caring and supportive school community for pupils and staff which promotes high quality teaching and learning, positive relationships, high self-esteem and an understanding of, and respect for cultural and ethnic diversity and beliefs.
To provide a broad, balanced and carefully differentiated curriculum that ensures that all pupils achieve their full potential academically, morally, socially, physically and spiritually, irrespective of gender, culture, race or disability.
To provide a wide, varied and relevant range of high quality and well resourced curricular activities that stimulate interests and prepare pupils for lifelong learning in the modern, inclusive, technological and multi-cultural world.
To ensure that pupils develop confidence, self-esteem, independence, respect for themselves and others, preparing them to be active, responsible and tolerant members of the community.
To ensure that pupils' work and progress is monitored and evaluated, ensuring that recording procedures identify pupil needs and recognise a broad range of achievements.
To develop and maintain an effective continuing professional development programme for all staff that serves the needs of the whole school.
To provide a secure, welcoming, pleasant, clean, attractive and stimulating environment, in which meaningful teaching and learning can take place.
To build positive partnerships with parents/carers/Governors, the LA, external agencies, other schools and the wider community (industry, commerce and community groups).

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Child Protection Procedure

The L.A. requires Head Teachers to report any obvious or suspected cases of child abuse to Social Services including non-accidental injury, severe physical neglect, emotional abuse and sexual abuse. This procedure is intended to protect your children. The Head Teacher will always act in what is considered to be the pupil's best interest, and any concern will always be reported.

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Examination Results

Pupils at The Westminster School are involved in the national assessments at the end of Key Stages 3 - Please see enclosed sheets for 2006.

Pupils in years 10 and 11 have the opportunity to follow either G.C.S.E or other accredited courses in most subject areas. Our current year 10 pupils are studying for the ASDAN Award.

Post-16 pupils also follow nationally accredited courses, suited to their individual needs.

Pupils will be entered for public examinations where they have followed an accredited course and, in the teacher's professional judgement they have achieved a satisfactory baseline.

At the time of writing, the local and national GCSE and GNVQ Results have not yet been published for 2006. The latest information relates to 2005, which is as follows:

GCSE Local and National Figures