Caludon Update Summer 2013 Dear Parents/Carers As ever I am extremely proud of our students and the commitment shown by our staff. This term students have been involved in a wide range of both curricular and extracurricular activities to challenge their thinking and broaden their learning experiences. Feedback from your children has shown that they have both enjoyed and valued these opportunities. Many students have demonstrated increased confidence. In particular, the Student Leadership showcase to our Governors was particularly impressive and showed that your children can be confident, enthusiastic and independent leaders. There is a whole school focus on ensuring English and Maths standards continue to improve, but we also want to continue to champion the ‘Arts’ and Sport. Last week we were privileged to have a number of visiting artists entertain our students during the ‘Arts Festival’. In September, we will be launching a new target system and online reward facility so that all students making good and outstanding progress can be recognised. As you will be aware, we achieved an outstanding Ofsted judgement for every category in November 2011. This made us eligible to apply to become a national Teaching School, much like a teaching hospital, to provide high-quality training and development for trainee teachers, established school professionals and support for other schools. This provision will be available to schools across Coventry and wider. We were successful in our application and have been designated a Teaching School by the National College for Leadership and Teaching, from September 2013. A condition of becoming a Teaching School is that we form an alliance with a number of partners to offer a range of development opportunities and support for other schools. A number of Coventry primary, secondary and special schools have become partners within our alliance, as well as Coventry Local Authority and the University of Warwick. Our alliance will be known at The Castle Phoenix Teaching School Alliance.
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