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Tormead School A GSG School

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In the senior school the atmosphere is purposeful and studious. We enter one of 12 fully equipped science labs. ‘Keep calm and love physics’ the sign on the door declares. Inside a lively practical on thermal decomposition is underway. Outside there is a relaxation area overlooking the biology pond full of coy carp. At GCSE girls can take either double or triple science and biology is one of the most popular subjects at the school with over half...

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What the school says...

Tormead is a leading UK independent school for girls.
We are very proud of our school and its ethos of encouraging each individual pupil to develop her talents to the full in a happy, caring and supportive environment. Our academic expectations are high and we value our students’ impressive record of examination successes and university places. We are equally proud of their many other cultural and sporting achievements and their varied contributions to the life of the wider community.

Tormead values individuality, celebrates diversity and encourages girls to be themselves, whilst emphasising equally the

value of tolerance, teamwork and collective responsibility. The academic pace offers stimulus and challenge, but is combined with an excellent range of extra-curricular activities enabling Tormead to offer a broad but balanced, progressive education.

Underpinning this is our wholeheartedly committed pastoral care of the pupils, allowing us to monitor carefully the progress and welfare of every girl. We work closely with parents to enable each girl to leave Tormead at ease with herself and ready to face with confidence the challenges of higher education and beyond.

We believe an important part of preparing our girls for the future is to ensure they are adept with the use of new technologies. To this end, we have embraced tablets into our curriculum with the deployment of a 1:1 iPad scheme for girls in Years 5 to 13. With the opening of our new premises in Autumn 2015, the girls benefit from innovative spaces to think, collaborate and reflect. This, coupled with an enhanced digital infrastructure, delivers an innovative, creative blend of modern technology with high standards of teaching. ...Read more

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Head

Since September 2020, David Boyd. Grew up in Belfast, read theology at Oxford, did a PGCE at Cambridge and a masters in education and technology at UCL. Rose through the teaching ranks pastorally including 11 years at Abingdon School (eight as housemaster) and two establishing a new British International School in Hong Kong. Most recently deputy head pastoral at Latymer Upper School under David Goodhew who he cites as a mentor. Relaxed yet professional and very much at home in his spacious study furnished with leather chesterfields - the sun was beaming through the wall of bay windows during our visit.

Well-liked by pupils who say he is tuned into their needs and opinions. Parents concur he is ‘lovely’. One said, ‘You can’t fault his dedication, he’s been at every event...

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Special Education Needs

Tormead is academically selective and its students do very well in public examinations, but the school is particularly proud of the achievements of its dyslexic students, many of whom achieve high examination honours. Two such former students recently obtained Oxbridge firsts. Dyslexic students in both Junior and Senior school are taught in mainstream timetabled lessons, but are also supported by a team of specialist SEN teachers who meet them for weekly sessions. There is some flexibility in offering tailored programmes for students with other special needs such as moderate auditory or visual impairment, diabetes, epilepsy and cystic fibrosis.

Condition Provision for in school
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Aspergers Y
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders Y
CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia
Dyscalculia
Dysgraphia
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia
English as an additional language (EAL)
Genetic
Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory
Has SEN unit or class
HI - Hearing Impairment
Hospital School
Mental health
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Natspec Specialist Colleges
OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
PD - Physical Disability
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Special facilities for Visually Impaired
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
VI - Visual Impairment

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