Governors’ Report September 2012 to August 2013
Governing Body The Governing Body of Jersey College for Girls for 2012 - 2013 was constituted as follows: Parent Governors (Elected by parents): Mr A Cornish
(October 2011 to 2014)
Mrs Alison Brown
(October 2011 to 2014)
Mrs Sarah Robins
(Parent Governor JCG Preparatory School - October 2010 to 2013)
Mrs Emma Paul
(Parent Governor JCG Preparatory School - October 2010 to 2013)
Invited Governors: Mr Philip Taylor
(October 1996 to 2014 - Elected Chair)
Mrs Karen Rankine
(October 2004 to 2013)
Mr N Kershaw
(October 2011 to 2014
Dr R Parris
(October 2011 to 2014)
Mr D Pirouet
(October 2011 to 2014)
Staff Governors: Mr David Jones
(Teacher at JCG - October 2007 to 2013)
Mrs Lisa Paul
(Teacher JCG Preparatory School - October 2012 to 2015)
Ex-Officio: Mr Carl Howarth
(Principal JCG)
Mr Andrew Willis
(Headteacher JCG Preparatory School)
In Attendance: Mr Graham Jones
(Education, Sport & Culture Representative)
Mrs Gill Grieve
(Deputy Headteacher JCG Preparatory School)
Mrs Kathryn Slater
(Vice Principal JCG)
Representations to the Governing Body may be made at any time by writing to the Chairman, c/o the College Office
Meetings The Governing Body met on the following dates and discussed the following matters: Wednesday 17 October 2012
Wednesday 6 March 2013
• Appointment of Chair and Vice Chair • Safeguarding Report • E-Safety Policy Update • 6 Year Strategies • Finance Report • Service Level Agreement
• 6 Six Strategy • Governance and Sub Committees • Finance • Literacy Policy • Staff Survey
Wednesday 5 December 2012
• • • • • • •
Board Effectiveness Survey College Development Priorities JCGP Assessment Policy JCGP Marking and Feedback Policy Fairtrade Policy Curriculum Policy International Policy
Wednesday 8 May 2013
• Governors Sub Committees Review • Finance Report • Child Protection Report Wednesday 3 July 2013
• Annual School Report for JCG • Governance Sub Committee Review - Skills Audit • Finance Report • Foundation Update
Chairman’s Report This report provides a reflection on the core purpose which underpins the success and achievements of this College throughout the past year. That core purpose is the enrichment of a young person to flourish academically and, more importantly, blossom as someone with a zest for life. Out of this zest comes the energy and passion to climb higher mountains and view wider horizons. So let us look at JCG over this past year, this great engine of endeavour, fuelled by the vitality and inquisitiveness of those within it. The Governors are delighted with the growth and success of our series of lectures entitled Inquiring Minds. These lectures are designed to raise intellectual curiosity, our ability to inquire beyond our studies and hear from the most eminent minds of our generation. This year we have welcomed Professor Peter Squires from Brighton who spoke about American gun culture, Professor David Canter the internationally renown applied social researcher and world leading crime psychologist, Dr. Stephen Law who spoke on the concepts of evil and the divine, Dr. Matt Pope from UCL on investigating our deep human past in the Ice age, Rory McCann, who more of later, enthralled us with tales of his life and the use of art in conservation and zoology, Professor Jonathon Woolf, again from UCL who asked ‘Who has the right to tell me what I can’t do?’ and Professor Andy Field from Sussex on the development of fear in early childhood asking ‘Are parents or daleks more scary?’ These lectures propel our students to be creative, to
make links with what they know and to form new ideas, hypotheses, and inspire them to take their learning forward. Another facet of our inquiry has been the introduction of the JCG debate series in partnership with Hawksford. I am delighted we have formed this partnership and equally delighted that they have shown immense commitment to JCG, not only in sponsoring and mentoring the debaters but also in their provision of graduation pins for our leavers. Taye Le Monnier and Amelia Jones joined Mrs Cleave and Mr Howarth as guests of Hawksford at the Houses of Parliament for the launch of their thought leadership paper ‘Thinking beyond tomorrow’. The inspiration for these debates rose from this publication and shaped the motions for discussion. The skill of debating is crucial in our world; the ability to articulate one’s ideas and have them challenged. The confidence that comes from realising you can persuade and move people with words alone, is something I look forward to seeing grow further this year as we broaden the series to include students from other schools. It seems to me that our teachers spend every waking moment, and possibly in their sleep too, thinking about ways to excite and ignite the genius that lies within each of our students. No day seems to pass without a workshop, a trip, a production, an expedition, a rehearsal, a club, a concert, a talk, an event in addition to the preparation and delivery of lessons.
Chairman’s Report These are those things that bring dynamism and creativity to JCG. While we are a place of calmness, or at least do a good job of giving that impression, we are a hive of active learning. Our students have written winning essays for the Commonwealth, won engineering competitions, heard from those that lived through the Liberation of our island, attended workshops on costume design, participated en mass in the Eisteddfod, prepared dishes for Prince Charles and were chefs in Michelin restaurants. They assisted in cleaning the great hoard of Celtic coins, got up at 5.30 am to watch the equinox sunrise at Hougue Bie, and were stimulated with ideas from photojournalists, cognitive hypnotherapists, explored the culture of binge drinking with theatre companies and even danced with the National Dance company of Wales. The College came together to have a day to remember of cross curricula cross year group learning. This was a most wonderful day where the students learnt from each other irrespective of age and combined in their love of learning. Their learning was not confined to the campus of JCG. Last year, they were our global ambassadors in London, the Lake District, Stratford, Oxford, Guernsey, Bristol, Rouen, Bath, Cornwall, Italy, and Paris, the Highlands of Scotland, Sark and South Africa. And in each of these places, they were challenged to realise the limitless opportunities of their learning and of their life. It is no surprise that students returning from a two week biodiversity expedition in South Africa say that their lives have
changed, or that climbing to the top of Ben Nevis seemed impossible but made possible by grit, determination and awareness that if you only do what you are capable of doing you will astound yourself. An emerging strength of JCG, and crucial to the ongoing prosperity of our island, is our ability to be enterprising. Our sixth formers, Ellie Bennett, Jenny Russ, Lindsay Young, Emily Bain, Naomi Dodds and Shamalie Elkin, demonstrated this by winning the regional BASE business competition and went through to the national finals in Birmingham. This year we launched a new initiative, working with Ogier, JT, Barclays, Ernst and Young and Grainville School to design an entrepreneurship challenge. What became clear was the myriad of businesses already in existence within College. Given £100 what could be done with it? Enterprise flourished and flowered with over 20 teams coming forward with ideas. One team made bags and pencil cases from old drinks containers. Another team made jewellery, another sold personalised umbrellas. Another team, Team Tempest, who eventually won the challenge, set up a sweet stall, sought suppliers and sold to an eager audience around the island. From this team, £100 became £1,572 with all profits going to Teenage Cancer Trust. This is just an example of the strength of enterprise, the desire to do business, to trade, to provide what someone wants without that person even realising that they want it.
Chairman’s Report A highlight of the year was the Twenty First Century women workshops to promote awareness of the challenges that face women today. Its success was not only because of the quality of the workshops themselves on subjects as wide ranging as sexual harassment, social media, body image and women and work, but because the idea was home grown. Inspired by conversations with her students, Mrs Duncan devised, shaped and nurtured this day. We have immense resourcefulness and as a girls’ school, the Governors passionately believe that we should be leading, discussing and promoting these ideas in our society and I am grateful for all those who participated. It will happen again this year. Resourcefulness was a word mentioned frequently amongst our Year 7. Their Challenge curriculum was designed by Mr Milner based on the work of Guy Claxton to build learning power. Building
Learning Power is about:
• Helping young people become better learners. • Developing their portable learning power. • Preparing young people for a lifetime of
Ask any Year 8 what Resilience, Resourcefulness, Reflectiveness and Reciprocity means and they will tell you. They will also tell you how these dispositions are helping them be highly effective learners. In asking students what they have found useful, a reply came ‘It has made me more adventurous.’ When asked what more their teachers could do, a very wise response came back ‘I think that they are doing enough and even too much for us.’ It is when our students take the responsibility, lead their learning that they excel. We also realise and are grateful for the support our parents give in assisting them. It is not always easy being a student and it is not always easy being a parent. There is no training and many parents ask us how they can be better at helping you with your learning. In addition to the workshops and information evenings throughout the year we decided to summarise this advice in a parents guide, written by Miss Rhemeur. Parents tell us this is an excellent piece of work and another demonstration of how we strive to have around you everything you need to excel.
learning.
And excel they do.
This is important to us at JCG because we are aiming to cultivate you as learners who:
• Are confident when facing challenge. • Are willing to take calculated risks. • Understand that ‘spoon-feeding’ does not and
cannot constitute meaningful learning.
learners and understand that you can learn to learn more effectively.
• Are tolerant of making mistakes. • And are self-conscious about yourselves as
This year our students again triumphed in their examinations. At A2, A* - A grade = 40.0%, A* – B grade = 73.10%, A* - C grade = 93.9%. This is a huge achievement and reflects the hard work, commitment and diligence of our students and the dedication and talents of our teachers. Especial mention should go to Ally Corbridge, Lizzie Ellison, Hannah Jauncey, Taye Le Monnier and Amelia Jones who each achieved 3 x A*.
Chairman’s Report At GCSE, we bucked the trend and increased our percentage of A* grades, and 55.6% of grades were at either A* or A. 28 students (27%) gained all A* / A grades, an increase of 7% in the previous year and 56 students (55.4%) gained 5 or more A* / A grades with 97.7% of all grades being A* - C. Special mention should go to Jemima Hill, Kathryn Kean, Lucy Kershaw, Katie Le Feuvre, Hannah Paton and Jenna Volpert who achieved straight A*s. What lies beneath these fantastic headlines though is the students who worked so hard to achieve grades above and beyond any external data was predicting for them. This is a wonderful testimony to the strength of culture and ethos which exists at JCG. We all believe we can achieve and we do. In Sport, Elana St. George and Phoebe Le Marquand excelled in their sailing winning Jersey Clipper bursaries. Our sailing team in fact is now growing in real class beating strength and success under the leadership of Mr Jones and they look fantastic in their JCG Sailing gear too. In Netball, our students dominate the island and largely make up the island teams. Y11, 10 and 9 each won their tournaments and Guernsey fixtures. The island is not enough for many of these players and Anya Le Monnier, Rachel Hayden, Shauna Danvill, Rebecca Forrest, Hannah Trigg, Chloe Besant and Ebony Troy were all selected to attend the South West Academy. In Table Tennis, Victoria Barnes represented Jersey in the senior six nations
championship. In Tennis, Natasha Forrest represented the Channel Islands, the youngest ever to do so since Heather Watson – she is definitely one to watch. In Athletics, our senior relay team broke the island record, Holly Widdowson, Ellie Heyes, Olivia Allbut, Tallula Norman, Florence Gothard, Emily Cassidy, Gemma Gothard and Alice Bain all won medals at the Hampshire Championships and attained national ranking. Ellie Heyes is now ranked fifth in the UK for the 70m hurdles. Someone for Tokyo 2020 perhaps? Many of our students including the Pollard girls participated in the Island Games and the Jeux des Ille. Flora Keites and Hannah Scriven are excelling in golf at island and national level. Kira Beardshall is the U16 Channel island champion in motorcross. In Hockey, Year 7 and Year 10/11 won their leagues. We once again won against Guernsey and Reigate schools and island championships. Rachel Hayden and Jenna Volpert have been selected for the regional performance squad, the route for England selection, with Jenna captaining the U16 Irish hockey team before switching her allegiance to England and is now playing regularly for Wessex Leopards. The strength of hockey in the College can be seen every Tuesday on Claremont Road with over 50 students attending training. This is in addition to the swimming, climbing and badminton. In sport, we learn to win and lose, each with grace and courtesy to the other side.
In Drama, House Drama continued to be a delight with Austen Bartlett taking the honours. As a College, we built on the success of the Shakespeare competition and entered the national Shakespeare festival. Our production of ‘Midsummer Nights dream’ was simply stunning, delightfully entertaining and reflecting the depth of creativity and talent that lies within this College. What was also very moving was watching our students perform alongside students from Mont a L’Abbe School. In Music, the strength and depth of musicality was again demonstrated in House Music with Garrett Anderson coming out top. Our Christmas concert had as its centre piece One Sun One World celebrating our astonishing planet. With a choir of over 200 with full orchestra the evening was memorable for its sheer ambition, majesty and quality. This was seen again in the summer concert where Isobel Osborne amazed us with her stunning composition, our percussion ensemble, brass ensemble, saxophone quartet and String Jamboree orchestra entertained, complete with horse race, and the choir treated us to some hauntingly beautiful Hebrew love songs. Polyphony, our in-house music school, continues to flourish and is constrained only by our facilities, with over 180 students receiving music lessons alongside those provided by the Jersey Music Service. And our own Musician in residence, Mr Gerard Le Feuvre, stimulates and extends our string players, challenging them to go above and beyond any limitations they think they have, but we know they haven’t. All of these events and moments capture and extend the sense of belonging at the school.
The deep attachment to one’s College is often referred to by our alumni who still show deep interest in the success of their House. Indeed, House is where the coming together of students from across all years is most clearly seen. Not only are your remarkable efforts through your House a huge boost to the charities on this island raising over £21,000 last year, a remarkable and record achievement in itself. The competitive nature of house through sport, art, drama, music, dance and debate reveals the talents running through the College. This year, after much inspiring and powerful orations by your House Captains, and the eating of lots of cake, the winner of Cock House was Austen Bartlett. Our responsibility to serve our community is at the very heart of JCG and expressed through JCG Serves. Our students made Hearts for Hospice, Miss Lovell and Mrs O’Connor skydived for Cancer research; our students delivered music therapy for those with Alzheimer’s and 13 Nightingale raised sufficient funds to refurbish a quiet room for patients at the hospital. Over 50 students attended Spell training so that they may befriend and support those with Autism. These are just a few examples of thousands of hours they gave to help make better the lives of others. In total, over 17,000 hours was given by our students to others. Not only is that transformational it shows their heart. Our heart as a College was also acknowledged in the recognition of our Eco work where we gained international Eco school status. We are also the first College in the Channel Islands to be afforded the title of Fairtrade School. Another first was the formation of the JCG Army Cadet Force, an aspect of College life which looks set to grow.
Over the past year, our Prep has worked hard to develop and embed the College core values. A sense of belonging underpins the life of the whole school and the shared values and sense of community that brings everyone together. Belonging lies at the very heart of the school’s ethos and is seen and heard in the every day life of the school; through the work of the School Council; Playground friends and Prep Prefects; the amazing work of the PTA; the leadership of Eco teams; the many charity projects; the growth of links across the College and the effective partnership with VCP. It can be seen in the family forest school sessions and the wonderful outdoor collaborative learning opportunities that the recent OWL house - Outdoor Working and Learning classroom has created. Prep has continued their focus on curriculum innovation throughout the year. The curriculum innovation projects aim to create engaging, purposeful, ‘real life’ learning experiences, facilitate extended learning, incorporate the College values in shaping the project design and involve students in the planning and development of projects. They have established more fulfilling learning and teaching and significantly there is clear evidence of raised standards of achievement. The result is that curriculum projects are evolving in which enterprising and stimulating topics are generated with a core progression of literacy and numeracy skills running throughout. Teachers are continuing to create new projects which are engaging and exciting and ‘hook’ the children into learning. The very successful writing project which culminated in the ‘Writing Exhibition’ in November, highlighted the significantly high standards achieved in writing across the school and how the children’s
experiences captured their imaginations and stimulated their writing to the very highest of levels. This curriculum innovation was further developed through the House Charity Jamboree in February, which created a wonderful Whole School Project Design with a Maths focus. Throughout the school there was significant evidence of children developing their skills in using and applying Maths particularly in number, calculation and data handling, through a ‘real life context’. The House Charity Jamboree itself also proved to be a tremendous whole school event. There was a real buzz of excitement around school and the Hall was a hive of industry! What was particularly noticeable was the sense of ownership the children had as the stalls were the result of several weeks of work and learning by every single member of the school. The core value of belonging was everywhere to see; the teamwork of those running stalls, the backstage support from the office staff, the support of families with home learning projects and of course the shared sense of purpose that all this hard work was in support of five very worthwhile charity causes. The school is dedicated to helping every student excel to becoming the very best that they can be. The achievements of students have been truly inspiring throughout the year not only in academic excellence but also in personal growth and fulfilment. Thursday afternoons continue to be a highlight of the week with numbers of students delighted to share their achievements and proud and confident to discuss the learning processes they have experienced in order to have reached a personal milestone. Many students have demonstrated such dedication and resilience and
Chairman’s Report teacher assessment levels based on the evidence of children’s day to day learning. In particular, this means that assessment plays an integral part of personalised learning and with clear learning targets, staff work alongside students to develop and review their individual progress.
this provides both aspiration and inspiration for all and Prep celebrates both with enthusiasm. In meeting the learning needs of all students, the additional adult support this year has significantly impacted on the progress of individuals and groups of children. Support programmes that have run throughout the year have been closely targeted to the individual needs of the child and importantly created a flexible structure to address short term learning needs. The team of wonderfully skilled teaching assistants has supported learning throughout the school and as we reflect on this academic year, there are a number of children who have benefited hugely from their skills and expertise and importantly gained greater self confidence in their own abilities.
The excellent attainment and progress of students across the school is to be congratulated with significant numbers of students achieving national curriculum levels above and well above national expectation. The outcomes at the end of Key Stage 2 were very impressive with several students achieving exemplary Level 6 teacher assessment levels. This achievement is a reflection of the consistent, positive learning attitudes displayed by the students and their dedication and enthusiasm for learning. It is also a reflection on the high quality of teaching and commitment from staff, inspiring and nurturing individual development.
Of course, such targeted support is only possible if staff know their students really well. To this end, the school has developed very rigorous systems and structures to monitor pupil progress. This includes a whole school tracking programme in which staff review pupil progress against key criteria and award
The school is benchmarked against national expectations in the core national curriculum areas of Reading, Writing, Maths and Science.
Whole School Attainment 2012/13 - Years 1 - 6 Key Well below national expectation
Below national expectation
At national expectation
Above national expectation
Well above national expectation
Writing 6%
1%
94%
5%
30%
39%
25%
Reading 2%
0%
98%
2%
24% 25%
38% 43%
30% 36%
Maths 5%
1%
95%
4%
33%
41%
21%
Science 96%
4%
1%
3%
43%
39%
14%
Chairman’s Report In Sport, students continue to excel, with several notable individual achievements and significant numbers of football players, swimmers, rugby players, gymnasts and cyclists all of whom represented the Prep in Jersey and the UK. Natasha Baluchi and Holly Hazzard represented Jersey in Netball. Isabella Valeur-Adu, Clara Baines, Nicole Hamilton, Izzy Heelis, Lily Jones, Milly Le Chevalier, Amelia Shenton were selected for the girls U10 Jersey Cricket team and Natasha Baluchi, Holly Hazzard and Zara Packman, were selected for the girls U12 Jersey Cricket team. Nicole Hamilton; Lena Holden; Lucy Woodward and Holly Hazzard competed in the South-East regional finals of the Aviva Sports Hall Athletics championships. The girls did extremely well competing against some of the best athletes in the UK. In the summer term, JCG Prep were extremely successful in the Primary School Athletics Championships. Holly Hazzard became the Jersey U12 champion in Hurdles, High Jump and Long Jump, whilst Kirsty Ludlam and Lucy Woodward became Jersey U11 champions in the 600m and Long Jump respectively. These girls, along with Nicole Hamilton, went on to represent Jersey in the Primary School Athletics inter-insular, with the team being captained by Holly Hazzard. In Island Cross-Country, JCG Prep retained the
Year 5 team trophy, with 5 girls finishing in the top 10 places. Kirsty Ludlam won overall, with Elissa Polak finishing 3rd, Lili King 5th and Amelia Shenton 6th. All 4 girls were selected to represent Jersey in the Inter-Insular in Guernsey. 65 Key Stage 2 girls participated in the Swimarathon on Friday 15 March 2013. They certainly livened up the swimming pool with their colour, singing, dancing, cheering and swimming. They also managed to raise an incredible £2,400 for the various charities. In Music and Drama, The Year 6 Production, “Matilda’s Giant Adventure” was inspired by a staff team in which three Roald Dahl stories were brought to life in a very creative and wonderfully entertaining script. Working alongside Faculty staff and experienced choreographer, Miss Gabrielle Robbé, the students achieved three exciting and high quality performances of the adapted Roald Dahl stories. Every student had a significant role to play and feedback from the many staff, families and friends that watched the performances heralded it a great success! The school orchestra continues to flourish and Prep has been incredibly fortunate to welcome Gerard Le Feuvre, College Musician in Residence, to join students once a week.
Chairman’s Report The ensemble of string players ranging from Year 1 to Year 6, alongside staff and parents are totally inspired by the sessions hosted by Gerard and notably progress students have made has been exceptional. During the summer term, JCG Prep hosted an orchestral workshop for students from D’Auvergne, Springfield and Helvetia. The workshop had a watery theme and 125 musicians scraped, blew, tapped and shook their way through “The Drunken Sailor” (with dynamics!), “Under the Sea” and “The Blue Danube.”. The collaboration between the four schools proved very successful and provided an excellent opportunity for students to perform together as one large orchestra. ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens at St Helier Methodist Centre proved a wonderful family occasion with many students, staff, parents and governors dressed in Victorian costume, to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. As was the dynamic summer concert in which musicians of all types – choristers, soloists, members of the orchestra and composers joined together to provide a spectacular evening of music. And so to the future. The plan is to build on those things that have worked well so far; the curriculum innovation will continue, the focus will remain on individual learning needs and aspirations; faculty teams will continue to strive for excellence in
learning and teaching and raising standards; they will continue to build relationships and recognise the achievements that each and every student makes. Working as a team has been fundamental to the success of the school, staff, students, families and the wider school community have all worked together to make the school the very best that it can be. The JCG Foundation under the direction of Leanda Guy is really beginning to show its power in making a difference to the lives of students here at College as well as connecting us to our long and illustrious alumni. The Foundation has been instrumental in saving the old school library from the developers; it secured funding from Rathbones for the superb mural by Rory McCann in Barton, liaised with the Old Victorians to mount a clock to the front of College House in recognition of those that boarded here. My thanks to Clive Barton for his help in achieving this. In partnership with Jacksons, we managed to persuade Victoria College to allow us to park the most magnificent display of classic cars on College field. Through sponsorship by Hawksford we have our debates, through the Jersey International Business School we have our Inquiring Minds Lecture series; Global Fund Media are sponsoring Jemma Williams through her marketing qualifications enabling her to continue to work as a Foundation girl. With the £10,000 given by Ogiers, Mrs Cleave here at JCG manages the island’s gifted
Chairman’s Report and talented programme for over 1,000 students, and through the most generous support by Mr and Mrs Tuckwell in donating £37,000 we are able to continue our Extended Music Programme enabling our most talented musicians and musicians from other schools to benefit from world class tuition. To all our sponsors and supporters, we say thank you. I am also indebted to the leadership provided to me by our Governing Body throughout this year. Without the work, commitment and skill these individuals selflessly give the College would not function to the level of ease and success it achieves. Thank you. Today, the one College of JCG, incorporating JCGP, is a rich, ambitious, happy and prospering place. We would not have been able to do what we have done without the vision and commitment of the Principal, Head Teacher and the Senior Leadership Teams. I hope this report conveys the Governors admiration for the tremendous and inspiring efforts of all our staff and students. Each year, we are inspected by ESC and an annual school report is written. Once again we were viewed as ‘Outstanding’ though that is not as important as the comments contained within the report: ‘Relationships are outstanding and the College staff work tirelessly to ensure there is effective care, support and challenge at all levels
within the College. The quality of relationships is a feature of the College.’ Relationships, that is the key to our success. We tend to not see it within College; we simply accept the culture, the ethos, the climate, but it is remarkable and is always noticed by visitors and felt by those who leave us. During the year we said goodbye to Mrs Yousaf and Mrs Le Fevre and at the end of the year we said thank you to a number of staff who each said how they would miss this special place. Mr Taylor retired to France, Mrs Arnett gained promotion to the Jersey Music Service and Mr Moss became Head of Psychology at Hautlieu. These are special people touched by your influence upon their lives and careers. And Mr Mao joined us from China. His time with us was a treat for College. The College learnt how different our two nations and culture are but how we are the same in our souls and in our care for others. The end of the year saw some fond ‘farewells’. Andrew Willis was appointed as the new Headteacher at Samares School. He will be greatly missed by all children, staff and parents for both his school leadership and friendship and we all wish him well in his new venture. Sue de Gruchy, Liz Mulholland and Jan Aygun all retired at the end of the summer term after many years of dedicated teaching in which significant numbers of students benefited from their talents and expertise. Heather Milburn was appointed to a Literacy co-ordinator’s post at
Chairman’s Report St John’s School and Vicky Pallot gained a senior leadership role at Samares. So what will the forthcoming year bring. Year 7 all have their Ipads, Rory McCann returns for a seven week residency, JCG will be organising a whole island Service fair, our production of Thoroughly Modern Millie will dazzle and our expeditions will take us to Nepal, China, Morocco and Mexico to mention a few. And the Governors will publish our six year plan setting out our hopes and ambitions for the next stage in the evolution of this great College. I have been enormously privileged to be associated with the College for 17 years as a member of the Board of Governors and as its Chairman. This report demonstrates the results of the efforts of students and staff in promoting and living the values that the College promotes. The future is uncertain and holds many challenges that our island and its young people must confront. JCG is one of the finest schools and its achievements match any
of the finest schools on the UK mainland. I am convinced that students from JCG and JCGP will continue to make a wonderful contribution to the future of Jersey and will all be people of whom we can all be proud. The College that is JCG, this powerful engine of endeavour, is in fine form. It is propelling each of its members forward, shaping their lives. There is no limit to our aspirations as individuals or as a College. So let our spirits soar, let’s climb those mountains, view those horizons and feel that zest for life for there is so much more yet to discover. Thank you. Thank you for your support.
Philip Taylor Chair of Governors
Miscellaneous There were no suspensions during the academic year. JCG’s overall level of student attendance this year was 94.36% JCG Preparatory’s overall level of student attendance this year was 96.51%
Financial Report The Finance Subcommittee of the Governing Body met on five occasions during the academic year 2012 - 2013. The accounts for the financial year 2012 for JCG and JCG Prep follow.
Jersey College for Girls Preparatory School
Year Ending 31 December 2012
Students on school roll
Spring Summer Autumn
Fees charged (per term)
Spring Summer Autumn % increase 2.43%
£1,276 £1,276 £1,307
Funding from States of Jersey Prior year carry forward Total Net Budget
390,364
Income: School Fees
Spring Summer Autumn plus 4 forteited deposits
Other Income Hire of Facilities / Registration Fees Year end adjustment and additional funding Total Income
375 374 374
133,500 523,864
£ 478,500 477,224 492,1256 1,447,850 13,500 7,015 1,468,415
Expenditure:
Teaching Staff Non-Teaching Staff Premises (inc. Langford) Supplies & Services (inc. Music) Transport Establishment
1,323,792 268,123 183,077 133,684 6,503 20,116
Total Expenditure
1,915,295
Carry forward: Net Expenditure (i.e. total expenditure - total income) Net Budget from States of Jersey Figure to carry forward to 2012
446,880 523,864
76,984
Financial Report Jersey College for Girls
Year Ending 31 December 2012
Students on school roll
Spring Summer Autumn
Fees charged (per term) Budget from ESC
Spring Summer Autumn % increase
720 717 721 £1,286 £1,286 £1,340 4.20%
per pupil
Funding from States of Jersey:
£2,933
£
Net budget provision Vith Form Bursary 8 full fees for 3 terms Prior year carry forward including ringfenced amounts
2,111,864 32,428 2,144,292
2,418,804
Total Net Budget
Income: School Fees Spring Other Income Hire of Facilities Recharges to other schools + misc income Total Income
274,512
£ 2,971,109 6,343 25,931 3,003,383
Expenditure: Teaching Staff Non-Teaching Staff Premises Supplies & Services Transport Establishment Financial Assistance Recharges to other schools Vith Form Bursary Instrumental Music Service Premises Charge Langford
3,467,637 622,158 363,052 297,551 9,888 84,794 71,723 1,250 4,918,052 40,983 22,000 70,000 46,000
5,097,036
Total Expenditure
Summary:
Expenditure Income Net Expenditure Net Budget from States of Jersey
5,097,036 3,003,383 2,093,653 2,144,292
Surplus Amount brought forward from previous year Capital Expenditure
50,639 274,512 25,462
General surplus c/fwd to 2012
299,689
A Level (Year 13) 2013 A Level Results by Department This table shows the A Level results broken down by subject: as you can see success is not limited to a single department or area of the curriculum. Different subjects attract students with different educational needs and of different levels of ability, so one should be cautious about making comparisons between departments. 40.9% of all entries at A level were awarded an A*-A grade and the A-B pass rate was 73.5%. In the UK as a whole 26.7% of girls were awarded an A*-A grade.
Subjects
A* A
B C
D E U Entries %A*
%A
%B
Art
0
3
2
0
0 0 0
5
0.0
60.0
40.0
0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Biology
6
6
7
5
2 0 0
26
23.1
23.1
26.9
19.2 73.1
Business Studies (VCJ)
0
1
0
0
0 0 0
1
0.0
100.0
0.0
0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Chemistry
3
12
4
5
2 1 1
28
10.7
42.9
14.3
17.9 67.9
Design + Technology
1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 33.3 0.0 66.7 0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Economics (VCJ)
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
English Lit
6
8
12 14
1 0 0
41
14.6
19.5
29.3
34.1 63.4
97.6
100.0
French
0
7
3
1 0 0
13
0.0
53.8
23.1
15.4 76.9
92.3
100.0
Further Maths
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 100.0
Geography
0
2
3
2
0 0 0
7
0.0
28.6
42.9
28.6 71.4 100.0 100.0
History
6
2
4
0
1 0 0
13
46.2
15.4
30.8
0.0 92.3
Italian
0
1
4
0
0 0 0
5
0.0
20.0
80.0
0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Mathematics
2
7
3
3
0 0 0
15
13.3
46.7
20.0
20.0 80.0 100.0 100.0
Media Studies
0
1
5
5
1 0 0
12
0.0
8.3
41.7
41.7 50.0
Music
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Philosophy
2 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Photography
2
0
7
1
0 0 0
10
20.0
0.0
70.0
10.0 90.0 100.0 100.0
Physics
0
0
4
1
0 0 0
5
0.0
0.0
80.0
20.0 80.0 100.0 100.0
Psychology
2
3
7
6
2 1 0
21
9.5
14.3
33.3
28.6 57.1
RE (from Yr12 results)
2
4
3
3
0 0 0
12
16.7
33.3
25.0
25.0 75.0 100.0 100.0
Sociology (BEAU)
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 100.0
Spanish (VCJ)
0
Sports Studies
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0
Textiles
0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Theatre Studies
0 1 7 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 12.5 87.5 0.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Totals
32 68 80 50 12 2 1 245 13.1 27.8 32.7 20.4 73.5 93.9 99.6
2
1
2
2
0 0 0
5
0.0
40.0
20.0
%C %A*-B %A*-C %A*-E
92.3
85.7
92.3
91.7
85.7
100.0
96.4
100.0
100.0
100.0
40.0 60.0 100.0 100.0
GCSE (Year 11) 2013 GCSE Results by Department This table shows the GCSE results for Year 11 broken down by subject: as you can see success is not limited to a single department or areas of the curriculum. 96.2% of all entries at GCSE were awarded A*-C. This compares with a figure for girls in the UK as a whole of 72.3%. Every student gained 5 or more GCSE’s at A* - C grade.
Subject
Entry A**
A*
A
B
C
D
E
A*-C A*-G % A* % A* -A %A*-C %A*-G
Art
30
8
5
11
3
2
1
27
30
26.7
43.3
90.0
100.0
Biology
90
23
29
29
7
1
1
88
90
25.6
57.8
97.8
100.0
Chemistry
89
26
23
27
13
0
0
89
89
29.2
55.1
100.0 100.0
Design and Technology
26
3
13
6
3
1
0
25
26
11.5
61.5
96.2
English
101
28
44
25
4
0
0
101
101
27.7
71.3
100.0 100.0
English Literature
101
19
42
34
5
1
0
100
101
18.8
60.4
99.0
100.0
French
90
23
21
21
21
4
0
86
90
25.6
48.9
95.6
100.0
100.0
Further Maths
24
1
10
7
6
0
0
0
24
24
45.8
75.0
100.0 100.0
Geography
36
9
7
10
5
5
0
31
36
25.0
44.4
86.1
100.0
History
43
13
13
11
5
1
0
42
43
30.2
60.5
97.7
100.0
Home Economics
7
2
3
2
0
0
0
7
7
28.6
71.4
100.0 100.0
Information Technology
12
0
7
1
4
0
0
12
12
0.0
58.3
100.0 100.0
Italian
20 10 5 5 0 0 0 20 20 50.0 75.0 100.0 100.0
Mathematics
101
19
29
25
22
5
1
95
101
18.8
47.5
94.1
Music
12
5
5
2
0
0
0
12
12
41.7
83.3
100.0 100.0
Physics
90
21
28
32
9
0
0
90
90
23.3
54.4
100.0 100.0
Psychology
7
0
1
2
1
3
0
4
7
0.0
14.3
57.1
100.0
Science (Add & Core)
19
0
0
2
12
5
0
14
19
0.0
0.0
73.7
100.0
Spanish
21
6
6
6
1
2
0
19
21
28.6
57.1
90.5
100.0
Sports Studies
15
2
4
5
1
3
0
12
15
13.3
40.0
80.0
100.0
100.0
Textiles
18 3 6 6 3 0 0 18 18 16.7 50.0 100.0 100.0
Theatre Studies
16
Total
968
% of Total for JCG
1
3 233
8
4
306 272
0
1
0
15
16
18.8
68.8
93.8 100.0%
119
34
3
931
968
24.2
55.8
96.2 100.0%
0.1 24.1 31.6 28.1 12.3 3.5 0.3 96.2 100.0
Staff Listings
Jersey College for Girls Staff as at End of Summer Term 2013 PRINCIPAL Mr C Howarth M.A., B.Ed.(Cantab),
NPQH
VICE PRINCIPAL Mrs K Slater M.A., B.A., NPQH. ASSISTANT HEADTEACHERS Mr C Timothy M.Ed, B.Sc, H.Dip.Ed, NPQH
Mr P Marett B.A. Miss T Rollo B.Sc.
HEADS OF YEAR Sixth Form, Miss T Rollo B.Sc Assistant, Mrs D Curtis Years 10 & 11, Mrs J Vernaglione B.A. Assistant, Mr A Moss B.Sc,
PG.Dip.Psych
Years 7, 8 & 9, Mrs S Smith B.Ed Assistant, Miss N Hopkins M.A., B.A.,
ENCO Mrs R Cleave B.Ed. Assistant, Miss H Douglas B.A. EXAMINATION OFFICER Miss L Rheumer B.Sc HEAD OF HOUSES Mrs J Wright B.Sc DRAMA - Chesshire Miss C Davies B.A. Miss D Harley B.Phil. HUMANITIES FACULTY - Roberts Miss F Hutchings M.Sc., M.Ed., B.Sc. Mrs C Carter M.Ed, Cert.Ed. Mr S Dettman M.A., B.A. Mr T Fallon B.A. Miss N Hopkins M.A., B.A. Miss C Hotton B.A. Miss S Le Miere B.A. Mrs N Mansell B.A. Mrs J McGovern B.A. TECHNOLOGY FACULTY - Design Centre Mr D Jones B.Tech Mr T Barnett B.A. Mr R Bonney B.A. Mrs R Cleave B.Ed. Mrs R Concannon B.Ed. Mrs A Crowcroft B.A. Mrs A De Louche B.Sc., Cert.Ed. Mr R Haine B.A., B.Ed. FOUNDATION DIRECTOR Mrs L Guy
LANGUAGE FACULTY Chesshire Mrs E Silvestri-Fox B.A. Mrs C Ambler B.A. Ms L Batty M.A., M.Phil,
M.Teach
Miss H Douglas B.A. Mrs H Duncan B.A. Mrs K Forbes M.A. Mrs S Hotton B.A. Mr S Milner M.St., B.A. Miss J Morris B.A. Miss A Renaud Licence LEA Miss L Stuart M.A., Dip.Ed. Mrs M Taylor B.A. Mrs J Vernaglione B.A. Mrs Y Winspear M.A.
MATHEMATICS FACULTY - Roberts Mr T Owens M.A.,
M.Sc., B.A.
Mr K Coxshall B.Eng. Mr R Haine B.Ed Miss J Luce B.Sc. Mr G Mao M.Sc. Mr G Powell B.A. Miss T Rollo B.Sc Mr S Taylor M.Phil., B.Sc Mrs K Watkins B.Sc
MUSIC - Chesshire Mrs P Le Feuvre B.A. Mrs J Arnett B.Mus. Mrs E Hanson M.A. (Mu) PHYSICAL EDUCATION - Langford Centre Ms Z Waters B.Ed. Miss S Loose B.Ed. Miss S Lovell B.Ed. Mrs S Smith B.A. SCIENCE FACULTY - Barton Miss R Lea B.Sc Mrs M Bolton B.Sc. Mr S Braithwaite M.Eng Miss J Greenwood B.Sc Mr A Moss B.Sc, PG.Dip.
Psych
Miss J Moss B.Sc Miss L Rheumer B.Sc Mr A Sykes M.Sc Miss H Thomas B.Sc Mrs J Wright B.Sc
SCHOOLS SPORTS & FACILITIES MANAGER Mr N Jewell ADMINISTRATION MANAGER Mrs M Moore PRINCIPAL’S PA Mrs S Parsons FINANCE MANAGER Mrs F Bell Mrs T Oldham OFFICE Mrs L Gillett Mrs J De Oliveira Mrs A Le Poidevin Miss R Winston-Jones GENERAL ASSISTANT RESOURCES Mrs N O’Connor SITE MANAGER Mrs J Vincent CARETAKERS Mr J Baptista (Groundsman) Mr D Philpott LIBRARY Miss L Stuart M.A., Dip.Ed.
KITCHEN STAFF Mrs F Le Quelenec Mrs S Brady Mrs I Cullen Mrs P Leach Mrs N Liron Mrs V Parkinson TECHNICIANS Miss B Amy Miss C Billington Mrs D King Mrs G Lanyon Mrs J Poole Mr C Rowe LUNCHTIME SUPERVISORS Mrs S Beardshall Mrs G Bennetts Mrs J Cheshire Mrs E Jones Mrs B Meikle Mrs J Wood
Staff Listings
Jersey College for Girls Preparatory School Staff as at End of Summer Term 2013 HEADTEACHER Mr A Willis B.A., NPQH DEPUTY HEADTEACHER Mrs G Grieve B.Ed. NPQH SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM Mrs S Harries B.Ed. Mrs J Moorhouse B.Ed., NPQH Mr J Paul B.A. Mrs L Paul B.A. Mrs S Entwistle FORM STAFF FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2012 – 2013 FOUNDATION Mrs C Scott B.Ed. Mrs E Mulholland Cert.Ed. Miss S Dodson B.A. TEACHER ASSISTANTS Mrs J Hair Mrs T Vallois Mrs C Vautier YEAR 1 Mrs S Harries B.Ed. Mrs A Christopher B.A. Miss K Smyth B.Sc. TEACHER ASSISTANTS Mrs R Lock Mrs S Le Blancq YEAR 2 Mrs K Hargreaves B.A. (p/t) Mrs S Chappell-Jenkins B.A. (p/t) Mrs S Wiseman B.A. Mrs K Cr9onin B.Ed. TEACHER ASSISTANTS Mrs K McCreesh Mrs R Jeacock-Fewtrell YEAR 3 Mrs J Moorhouse B.Ed., NPQH Miss H Milburn B.Ed.
YEAR 4 Mr J Paul B.A. Miss D Algate B.Sc. YEAR 5 Mrs J Aygun B.Ed. Mrs A Pateman B.A. YEAR 6 Mrs L Paul B.A. Mrs V Pallot B.Sc. SPECIALIST TEACHERS
MUSIC Mrs S de Gruchy Cert.Ed. OFF ISLAND VISITS, HISTORY, FRENCH, ICT Mr J Paul B.A. ART, GEOGRAPHY AND VLE Miss D Algate B.Sc. LIBRARY AND PSHE Mrs J Moorhouse B.Ed., NPQH
MUSIC Mrs S de Gruchy Cert.Ed. PE/GAMES Miss M Bichard B.Ed.
LEARNING AND TEACHING DEVELOPMENT Mrs G Grieve B.Ed. NPQH
SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS SUPPORT (KS1) Mrs R Hayhurst Cert.Ed. STAFF WHO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SPECIFIC CURRICULUM AREAS ARE AS FOLLOWS: LITERACY Mrs C Scott B.Ed Miss H Milburn B.Ed SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS Mrs S Harries B.Ed. DESIGN TECHNOLOGY Miss H Milburn B.Ed. MATHEMATICS Mrs L Paul B.A. SCIENCE Mrs V Pallot B.Sc.
OFFICE MANAGER Mrs S Entwistle SECRETARY Mrs A Farley ADMISSIONS SECRETARY Mrs S Neil CARETAKER Mr J Evans LUNCHTIME SUPERVISORS Mrs S Beardshall Mrs G Bennetts Mrs J Cheshire Mrs A Clark Mrs C Halford Mrs E Jones Mrs B Meikle Mrs J Wood
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