Newstead Wood School A GSG School
- Newstead Wood School
Avebury Road
Orpington
Kent
BR6 9SA - Head: Mr Alan Blount
- T 01689 853626
- F 01689 853315
- E [email protected]
- W www.newsteadwood.co.uk
- A mainstream state school for girls aged from 11 to 18 with a co-ed sixth form.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Bromley
- Pupils: 1,082; sixth formers: 300
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: Last Saturday in September
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 9th May 2014
- Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 27th May 2010
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
There’s an ethos of really knuckling down but it’s not so much an academic hothouse as the sort of place where if you don't work reasonably hard you're the odd one out. ‘My daughter can cope well in a class with intelligent children who are keen to learn and she organises herself well – that’s the kind of child this school is best suited to,’ reckoned parent. The extracurricular not so much shines as dazzles and the fact that so much of it is student led is a reflection of the extent to which leadership and participation characterises this school. Music ‘used to be good’, according to ...
What the school says...
Newstead Wood School is a hardworking, fun and caring school with a passion for learning, personal development and an outstanding record of achievement. We are exceptionally proud of our students. They are bright and happy young people who enjoy being at school, each bringing unique talents to our community. Supporting their academic studies, we offer a great many extra-curricular activities including fieldwork, exchanges, conferences, lecture programmes, masterclasses and opportunities for leadership, locally, nationally and beyond. Newstead Wood students have freedom and security to be themselves, and many opportunities to follow their interests and aspirations. We know them as individuals and support them to grow as thinking young people and active citizens, ready to take positions of responsibility and leadership on leaving school. We have high expectations and encourage students to be self-motivated so that learning arises naturally through enquiry and research, across different subjects. We know that lively minds come to us well stocked and able to think divergently. Our staff understand very able and gifted students and encourage the appreciation and acceptance of different abilities. Entrance criteria as follows: Must live within 9 mile radius of school. Entrance Exam in September in VR and non VR. ...Read more
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School associations
State grammar school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since September 2018, Alan Blount, previously deputy head. A graduate of both Exeter (biology and education) and Canterbury Christ Church (masters in leadership and management in education) universities, he taught science at Oxted School and Carshalton Boys Sports College before joining Newstead Wood in 2014. Despite a girls’ grammar being such a different kettle of fish (‘friends said, “Seriously, are you sure Newstead is for you?”’ he laughs), he was appointed assistant head within a couple of months and headteacher four years later. ‘Headship was definitely on my radar, but I didn’t think the opportunity would come up here or so soon,’ he admits.
Wide-eyed, smiley, bounding with energy and bursting with ideas, he exudes excitement and passion about the school yet manages to avoid clichéd and predictable headteacher boasts and...
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Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
This is a highly selective school where students perform to high academic standards. Information from the girls' previous schools and our own screening in year 7 identifies any specific learning needs, which can then be addressed either through in-house provision or by the use of external support and guidance. The school has a nurse and a counsellor.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | Y |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | Y |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
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