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8newbridge schoolgovernorsannual report2008 2009newbridge school: introduction by the chair of governorsdear parents / carers the governors of newbridge school are pleased to present the annual governors report to parents for the academic year 2008 -2009. the governing body is particularly proud in the academic year 2008-2009 of the schools outstanding inspection report following the schools inspection by estyn in october 2008. the school achieved six grades 1 and 1 grade 2, with the highest possible teaching grades awarded in any inspection across wales. these are outstanding achievements that illustrate the skills, hard work and professionalism of the staff at newbridge school. the governors take this opportunity to thank the headteacher for her leadership of the inspection and all staff for their hard work ensuring the schools success.i also thank all parents and carers who contributed to the inspection by giving your views about the school at the parents meeting with inspectors and in your questionnaire returns for the inspectors. the headteacher has followed the inspection with a detailed three year school development plan. this includes the recommendations made in the inspection report. progress in the development plan is given in this report. examination results continue to be excellent with results well above local and national averages. details are given at the end of the report. we are equally proud of the many other school achievements throughout the year. these were given to you in the headteachers special edition newsletter at the beginning of the school year. highlights are summarised in this report. the report forms the basis of the annual governors meeting for parents, to which you are all welcome. yours sincerelycllr. d. m. graychairman of governorsgovernors annual report meeting for parentsyour are invited to attend this meeting on tuesday march 23rd, 2010 at 6.15 p,m.agenda: 1. introductory remarks 2. to receive and consider the governors annual reportgoverning bodychairman: c. b. cllr. d. m. grayclerk to the miss s. bennettnewbridge schoolgovernors:governors support unitbridge street, newbridge,directorate of education andnewport. np11 5frleisurecaerphilly c.b.cpenallta house, tredomen parkvice chairman: mrs. m. deanystrad mynach. cf82 7pgtel: 01443 846811representativenameelected/appointed byoffice endsl.e.a.cb cllr. d. m. graycb cllr. ms. l. ackermanmr. r. daviesmr. b. matthewsmr. c. reesl.e.a.31.08.201231.08.201231.08.201209.05.201331.08.2012teachermr. c. turnermr. m. guillouteaching staff31.08.201231.12.2010staff governormr. c. normanancillary staff10.09.2011parentsmrs. t. allenmrs. m. deanmrs. m. ekemr. d. parrymrs. s. evansmrs. s. thomasparents25.04.201130.11.200926.11.201227.12.201230.11.200904.03.2013co-optedmr. j. goffmrs. j. jenkinsmr. j. wellingtonmrs. a. smith13.03.201017.01.201022.11.201131.03.2012headteachermrs. l. j. perry1. financea financial statement for the school for 2008 - 09 is set out below. financial statement 2008 - 2009. employees3,037,426energy60,694capitation162,907premises206,751supplies & services170,088examination fees59,949service level agreements26,020total expenditure3,723,835income386,337net expenditure3,337,497total funding3,320,792current deficit-16,705carried forward surplus2007 - 2008203,545surplus c/f186,8402. school developments 2008 - 2009 i) school development plan the three year school development plan covers 5 areas: standards teaching and learning curriculum raising aspirations leadership and management the schools intention is to continue to build on its achievements through these key areas of its work. the governing body is regularly updated on developments in all five areas through reports by the headteacher, invited staff members and pupils. in 2008 a wide number of aspects have been developed and achieved. in summary: the teaching staff has integrated the teaching of core skills into their schemes of work. these skills include literacy, numeracy, ict and thinking skills. new vocational courses have been introduced into the school for key stage four (14 to 16 year old) pupils to broaden their opportunities. the school has developed its use of the welsh language in the school, in line with welsh assembly government recommendations. it has worked on the governments programme for esdgc (education for sustainable development and global citizenship) by holding a special esdgc week in the spring term. a healthy school action plan is underway and the school has achieved health school status. links with universities have been forged to encourage pupils to consider university as an option for them. a number of activities have been held to enable pupils to learn more about business and the world of work. the headteacher has run special assemblies for years 9 and 11 to celebrate the work and successes of these year groups. the school achieved the becta quality mark for ict (information communication technology) in july 2009.ii) premises developmentsgrounds work on the calzaghe bridge continued towards the bridge opening in september 2009. a new perimeter fence was put around the school, improving security and safety for our pupils. pupils benefitted from investment in playground seating in the summer term 2009. 6,000 of funding was put into providing new seating in several parts of the school playgrounds. this strong, safe metal seating will last for many years. buildings the school invested in a plasma tv screen in the reception area to give information updates to parents and the community many areas of the school have been re-painted and refreshed, including all english classrooms, the mathematics, music and art corridors the school has invested 12,000 into refurbishing the male and female toilets next to the school hall for the benefit of pupils and the community who access them when visiting the school. new, fire retardant display boards have been put in around the school. new fire doors were purchased for the english school corridor and new fire safety classroom doors have been purchased for a number of classrooms. the pe changing rooms have been refurbished and the department benefitted from having a new pe theory teaching room. new entrance doors have been placed on the dining hall. bilingual signs have been placed around the school, in line with the welsh assembly policy on bilingualism in schools. 3. school achievementsi) fundraising the school has an excellent record in raising funds for charities. in 2008-09 groups receiving donations included:oxfam425 royal british legion poppy appeal100comic relief1400the smiles foundation50marie curie foundation127british heart foundation445cancer research uk445tyr capel animal sanctuary 155in addition 144 large tins of chocolates were distributed to local senior citizens. we can be justifiably proud of this record which reflects the generous and caring nature of the school and local community and the hard work of staff and pupils.ii) school departmentsgovernors have been informed of the work of the school departments over the year. outstanding activities have been reported. many of these are incorporated into the special edition newsletter published by the headteacher in september 2009. iii) physical education successes the school has a long tradition of sporting excellence. listed below are some of our sporting achievements during 2008 09year 7 boysgwent schools cricket championsyear 7 boysyear 7 boys caerphilly school basketball championsyear 8 girls caerphilly schools and s.e. wales u:13 league netball championsyear 9 girlscaerphilly schools tag rugby championsyear 9 girls u:14 s. e. wales netball championsyear 9 boysyear 9 boys caerphilly school basketball championsyear 9 boyss.e. wales basketball championsyear 10 girlscaerphilly schools netball champions10 players in welsh rounders squads3 s.e. wales hockey players10 s.e. wales indoor athletics squad members14 s.e. wales netball players4 players in the welsh netball s.e. wales regional talent centre2 s.e. wales cross country representatives1 east wales cross country representatives1 u:16 player selected for the newport gwent dragons1 u:16 welsh athlete2 athletes selected to represent s.e. wales at the welsh schools championships2 swimmers who represented wales in the british disability swimming championships in sheffield.1 u:12 welsh cricket 1 british junior sequence dance championwe hold a sports awards evening each year to recognise excellence in sport. the awards include player of the year, team of the year, gcse pupil of the year, endeavour award, sportsman and sportswoman of the year. jason tovey and adam hughes of newport gwent dragons presented the awards in summer 2009.4. school targets and performance 2008 2009key stage three targets english71 73%l5 +maths80 82%l5 +science79 83%l5 +key stage four targets level 2 threshold53 67%level 1 threshold88 - 91%pupil informationpupil numbers in september 2009 there were 848 pupils on roll, as follows:year 7year 8year 9year 10year 11174168150179179pupil attendance attendance-91%authorised absence-8.3%unauthorised absence-0.6%attendance target-92%destination of school leavers - 2008continuing in full time education - college73.3%)continuing in full time education - another school 4.3%)77.6%entering work based training without employment 2.4%)status)entering employment outside work based training 1.4%)10.5%entering work based training with employed )status 6.7%)unemployed9.5%9.5%moved from area1.0%1.0%destination unknown1.4%1.4%school terms and holidays 2009-10.termbeginshalf termendsautumn02.09.0926.10.09 30.10.0922.12.09spring04.01.1015.02.10 19.02.1026.03.10summer12.04.1031.05.10 04.06.1019.07.10*may day 03.05.10 *training days are identified through out the year. (these may influence the start and end of terms).examinationsour examination results continue to be excellent, above local and national averages. our core subject indicator is also well above local and national averages. this tells parents/carers that newbridge school pupils achieve extremely well in mathematics, english and science (the core subjects). details for these subjects are enclosed in the subject tables.g.c.s.e. results - june 2009number of pupils obtaining gradessubjecta*abca - cdefguart & design95362311000biology103411800000catering0132600000chemistry85411800000d & t product design049122568110d & t systems & control0026860000drama378133147110english172031451133015300english literature1317263995225100french6714734155000geography16972658107410german46201200000history481353078951home economics01191152010information technology2728153510594110italian0512800000mathematics 141833481132413841music0360910000physical education861083257000physics85321800000religious studies67522001000religious studies31252725108138430science single award101953291111014322science: additional6945228230100welsh second language1222731000welsh second lang (short)102332471114340total211222330379114218512039234entry level. results 2009subject321fsubject321fenglish11001mathematics6300food studies4300science10100religious education21100history1901totalskey stage 3 sats 2009englishmathssciencenumber%number%number%absent1-0-0-level 110.60-0-level 242.310.6