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Happy New Year Welcome back to the new term. I hope that the festive break was a happy one and that you were able to enjoy time together with your family.
Brilliant Club In February, 12 Year 8 Grange students will be selected to take part in The Brilliant
We have three new staff joining us this term and it is my pleasure to introduce them to you.
Club. The Brilliant Club is an award winning non-profit organisation that exists to
Ms Evans is taking up the role of Assistant Head responsible for KS3 and provision for the More Able and talented students. Ms Evans came to us from Wallasey School where she was responsible for Teaching & Learning, More Able and Talented as well as Head of Geography.
schools. This club is for students who have displayed academic excellence. The
Mr Vine is also an Assistant Head and his responsibilities include the development of Transition mainly between KS2 and KS3. Mr Vine joins us from The Kingsway School in Cheshire where he was Head of PE and Lead Teacher for Transition. I am delighted to welcome them both to my Senior Leadership Team. Miss Thompson takes up the role of Lead Practitioner for Mathematics. Miss Thompson joins us from Abraham Moss School in Rochdale where she was a successful Head of Mathematics. Working alongside the current Mathematics Faculty leadership of Mr Liptrot and Mrs Mogg, Miss Thompson’s experience and expertise will, no doubt, be of great benefit to our students and the faculty. I look forward to working alongside our new staff.
widen access to top universities for outstanding students from non-selective state
programme involves an induction at the University of Durham, followed by 6 weeks of tutoring, at The Grange, led by a PhD student from a leading university. They will then complete an assignment at GCSE level which will be assessed and graded. Upon completing the course successfully they will then ‘graduate’ from the programme at the University of Oxford in May.
The Brilliant Club facilitates sustained contact between outstanding Students and doctoral and postdoctoral researchers from top universities. The programme was created through the Teach First innovation projects and as such it will be well organised and seek to give our students a tremendous insight into university life at top institutions. We are delighted to engage with The Brilliant Club as it is aligned with our school’s ASPIRE values through the support our students will
receive to help them achieve.
The Monthly Newsletter for Parents and Carers from the Head of School, Mr B. Carney.