School Description
Responses taken from Ofsted Parent View
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1. Student-centred ethos
- Highly personalised approach to learning and pastoral development
- Friendly and empowering college community — on a human scale
2. Exceptionally small classes and personalised attention
- Just 4 – 10 in a class at GCSE and A-level
- Maximum contact time with subject specialists
3. Outstanding exam results
- Outstanding ‘value-added’
- 39% exceeding predictions by 2 or more grades
- 2019 45% A*A at A-level
- A* 75% above national average
- 2019 GCSEs 82% Grades 9 – 4 (A* – C)
4. Personalised study plans
- Two-year and one-year intensive programmes
- Flexibility to combine courses e.g. A-levels with GCSE resits
- Resit and Retakes
- EPQ and Trinity Arts Award
5. Support and personal development
- Extensive personal tutor and pastoral care team
- Wide range of extra-curricular activities
- Engagement in work experience projects and research
6. Leading university destinations
- 86% A-level students with offers from Top 20 universities
- Extensive and individually tailored support for university degree selection and application
- Full UCAS guidance
- Specialist preparation for additional university assessments including: UCAT, BMAT, TSA, LNAT, Personal Statements and Interviews
- Work experience and research opportunities
- Make the most of your talents and achievements whatever your ambitions including: Oxbridge, Medicine, Law, Art and Design; the choice is entirely yours and we will support and guide you every step of the way.
7. Global reach and opportunities
- Develop a global outlook for your future
- Assess opportunities for further study in the UK or overseas
- Share ideas and concepts with students from across the globe
Kings has an extensive enrichment programme through which students can learn new skills, develop existing hobbies and interests and add to their UCAS applications.
We know that getting into a good univeristy is more than about just good grades.
Activities vary throughout the year, making the most of relevant opportunities, and are detailed in a monthly enrichment calendar. These include:
· Sport and fitness clubs
· Creative clubs
· Academic Clubs
· Duke of Edinburgh's Award
· Student Council
· Model UN
· Kings Business Enterprise
· The Kings Community Award
· National Citizen Service
· Work Experience and Volunteering
· Trinity Arts Award
· Academic visits and weekend excursions
· Lecture programme and guest speakers
Click the link below to view our termly events.
UNIVERSITY PLACES
All students benefit from a structured and personally tailored University Application Programme. They are supported throughout the whole process by our team of experienced expert academics and counsellors. Students’ choice of university may be influenced by a range of factors and are encouraged to explore their opportunities in detail.
2022 places confirmed at:
Arts University Bournemouth, Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Brunel, Bournemouth, City, Dundee, Durham, East Anglia (UEA), Goldsmiths, Imperial College London, Kent, Kings College London (KCL), Kingston, Lancaster, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Loughborough, Manchester, Newcastle, Queen Mary, Reading, Roehampton, Royal Holloway, Sheffield, SOAS, Southampton, Surrey, Sussex, University of the Arts London (UAL), University for the Creative Arts (UCA), University College London (UCL), Warwick and more.
SPECIALIST ART & DESIGN COURSES AT KINGS
Our Flagship School of Art and Design, Oxford
• An Approved Centre to deliver the UAL Level 3 and 4 Diplomas in Art and Design.
• Art and Design Foundation
• Fast-track Art and Design pathway
• A-level Art and Design
Discover King School of Art and Design, Brighton
• UAL Approved Centre for UAL Diploma in Art and Design
• Excellent facilities for painting, illustration, photography, fashion graphic design, and fine art
Discover Kings School of Art and Design, London
• Well-equipped art school within Kings main college
• Safe, friendly neigbourhood with easy access to central London
Andrew has worked in international education for over 30 years, as a teacher, marketing director, head of partnerships and now Principal at Kings Bournemouth.
Who/what inspired you to become a teacher?
I had a love of languages from a very early age. I remember vividly my first trip to France
which inspired me to want to learn the language and immerse myself in the culture. I took a degree in Linguistics which included a component in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. As soon as I graduated, I couldn’t wait to head overseas to teach and inspire others with the same passion for languages.
What achievement are you most proud of as Head?
I am super proud of the inclusive culture we have at Kings. We are an international school with students coming from 35 different countries. I am proud of how we mould this international student body into one harmonious, inclusive school where everyone supports each other to be the best they can be. We have an increasing number of local students joining us, too, attracted by the inclusive culture and the small class sizes. A number of our UK students have been home-schooled and we are often their first experience of formal education. I am proud that they feel safe and at home with us. They thrive in this inclusive environment.
What does a successful school look like to you?
Everyone working together to achieve the same goal. As already mentioned, everyone is different at Kings but what is great is how everyone supports each other. Our students work hard. They want to succeed, to go on to top universities and to do their parents and guardians proud. We are small enough to be able to adapt our curriculum to the individual needs of each student. Not every student learns at the same pace or in the same way. At Kings we are able to differentiate and to adapt our teaching.
What is the most important quality you want every child to have when they leave your school? And why?
I think this has to be tolerance. When you are in a class with students from 5, 6, 7 different countries, this can only be a positive thing. Our students learn from each other. They are genunely interested in each other.
Please give 5 words to describe the ethos of your school.
Ambitious. Inclusive. Generous. Tolerant. Hard-working.
This school is independently managed and its admission criteria may be selective. There is no set catchment area as pupils are admitted from a wide variety of postcodes and, in the case of boarding schools, from outside the UK. Contact the school directly or visit their website for more information on Admissions Policy and Procedures.
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