st marylebone school prospectus 2015

The St Marylebone CE SchoolAn opportunity to excel

“This school is anexceptional place, wherestudents flourish bothacademically andpersonally within astrong spiritual ethos.”

Ofsted

St Marylebone SchoolAn opportunity to excel

Welcome to St Marylebone

The St Marylebone CE School is a thrivingexample of how great education can be. Ourculture of achievement is fuelled by a love oflearning, grounded in Christian values anddriven by a dynamic creativity and a joyful senseof community. Our pupils experience possibilityand opportunity every day. Our teachers areproud of their profession.

St Marylebone is a comprehensive school forgirls, with a mixed Sixth Form, serving studentsof Christian faith, all other faiths and no faith.We enjoy all the opportunities of an innerLondon setting, making the most of the city’s arts,culture, business and enterprise – yet the schoolsite itself is a haven of learning and reflection.Our traditional principles are solid foundationsfor our modern, forward-thinking outlook; thisgives our students the confidence, skills andexperiences to know that they can succeed inwhatever they choose to do – and to enjoy thejourney. This dynamic spirit and progressive,caring ethos have been recognised in oursuccessively “outstanding” Ofsted inspections.

We have high standards and expectationsbecause we believe in giving every student theopportunity to excel, to enjoy and achieve and to become highly-qualified and equipped for the exciting challenges of life. And we know thateveryone needs support in dealing with thesechallenges, which is why our pastoral care andenrichment are as important as our curriculum.Our students’ achievements make us very proud– but it is the young adults they become whichmake us proudest.

I hope you’ll enjoy and be inspired by your visit asmuch as we enjoy and are inspired by being here.

Kathryn PughHeadteacher

“Being so central isamazing: London’sculture, history andbusiness are ourneighbours.”

“It’s got such character– not a building out of a flat-pack!”


A great place to grow

St Marylebone has two sites just off MaryleboneHigh Street – a vibrant location granting us easyproximity to London’s opportunities from theatreto medicine to business to politics. The site at thetop of Marylebone High Street is behind thebeautiful St Marylebone Parish Church, wherewe hold weekly assemblies and a number ofconcerts and services every year. There has been a school here for over 200 years – hence this site’scharacterful mixture of traditional and newbuildings, housing a large library, fully-equippedscience laboratories, a modern theatre, a spacioussports hall and two beautiful dance studios, twomusic classrooms, a music technology suite and a recording studio, large and light art rooms andclassrooms for all the other specialist subjects. Atlunch and breaktimes, students can buy hot andcold food, drinks and snacks on site at The LunchBox and hot food bar.

Students move between this site and our newfour-storey, purpose-built site on BlandfordStreet, a five minute walk away. Here we havefully-equipped workshops for Design &Technology, Food Technology, Textiles, Art and a further suite of science laboratories – as well as a large hall, Sixth Form common room andcanteen. At both sites we are careful to makespace for mentoring rooms and break-out areas.

We are resourceful about outdoor space, withtwo play areas at the main site and easy access toRegent’s Park. We have an annual Olympic-styleSports Day at a large, off-site athletics track andwe regularly use local sports facilities.

“The Year 9 Awardtaught me to takeresponsibility for myown learning.”

“Our EmployabilityDay made me askquestions about jobsI didn’t even knowabout before.”


A love of learning

The curriculum at St Marylebone is rich, variedand progressive. In Key Stage 3 (KS3), all studentsstudy a range of subjects which cultivate skillsand knowledge and, most importantly, give themexciting opportunities to learn about themselvesand the world around them. Subjects includeEnglish, Maths, Information CommunicationTechnology, Science, Religious Studies, Art,Geography, History, French, Spanish, Music,Physical Education, Design & Technology, Dance,Drama, Philosophy and Latin. The Year 9 Award,which celebrates students’ completion of KS3,rewards students for their academic progress,community contribution, enrichment activityand provides them with an opportunity tocomplete an independent project.

At GCSE, in Years 10 and 11, all students studyEnglish, English Literature, Maths, Science(courses appropriate to pupils’ abilities andaspirations) and Religious Studies. Four furtherGCSE options are then offered, which mayinclude: Art, Music, French, Spanish, Latin,Design & Technology, Drama, Dance, History,Geography, Physical Education, Economics,Textiles and Computing. Students are givenindividual advice and guidance by tutors, schoolleaders and independent careers advisers inmaking these choices, according to their needs,interests and abilities. Where appropriate andfeasible, the School also works with local partnersto enable some pupils to work offsite on specialvocational programmes.

Religious Studies is compulsory for all pupilsthroughout the school, as too is attendance atassemblies and church services.

Personal, Social and Health and EconomicEducation (PSHEE) is delivered in discretesessions, full workshop days and within subjects.Students learn about healthy lifestyles, sex andrelationships, equality and diversity, community,environment, economic awareness, financialliteracy and careers. Experience of andpreparation for the world of work, along withIndependent Careers Advice and Guidance,begins at KS3; our aim is to make school liferelevant to the world beyond the classroom andbring professional learning into school in ameaningful way.

The School’s very effective Special EducationalNeeds (SEN) team ensures the inclusion andpersonalised support of students with SEN. OurAspiration and Challenge initiative identifieshigh-achieving students and ensures thatteaching and enrichment is adapted to stretchand challenge these students; a number take parteach year in the Scholars’ Programme. We alsoplace a significant emphasis on using the PupilPremium grant effectively to bring the progressand attainment of those at a disadvantage intoline with their peers.

There is no glass ceiling at St Marylebone.

“Aspiration Day helpedme feel brave talkingabout my goals andknow how to stretchmyself to reach them.”

“Performing Arts here is about so much morethan plays and shows;it’s about learning whoyou are – a way of lifeand living!”

“I know people herecare. There is alwayssomeone to talk to.”


A leading light

St Marylebone became a Specialist Arts Collegein 1998 and we still place the Performing andVisual Arts at the heart of our learning and growth.Our students benefit not just from an exceptionallyhigh standard of Performing Arts opportunitiesin which to participate, but from the value of thearts to learning across the curriculum. Creativityin the classroom is de rigueur here and has asignificant impact on students’ self-esteem, socialskills, personal development, aspirations andacademic achievement.

We work with a number of leading professionalsand arts organisations to ensure the quality of our provision is way beyond what one mightexpect of a state school. A number of high-profileevents celebrate our excellence in the arts yearly,including the outdoor Jazz Concert, whole-schoolproduction, the Edinburgh Festival, the SpringConcert, the Woodard Young Musician of theYear, the Shakespeare Schools Festival and theDance Company Showcase.

St Marylebone is also a National TeachingSchool. This means that we lead an alliance ofschools across London and the South East intraining and developing best practice for teachersand school leaders. As such, a large number ofour staff are Specialist Leaders of Education andour own teachers receive and often deliver thevery best in education training. We are one of thefirst Maths Hubs in the country and we lead thearea’s Science Learning Partnership.

St Marylebone also has an affiliated Special FreeSchool, The St Marylebone CE Bridge School,for students with Special Educational Needs inSpeech, Language and Communication. This is aseparate school, born out of our inclusive visionof excellence for all, regardless of background orability. The St Marylebone Bridge has its ownadmissions criteria, teachers and Governors, and works with the mainstream St MaryleboneSchool to enrich its curriculum and teaching.

A caring and compassionate place St Marylebone teachers are committed to the personal, academic, social and spiritualdevelopment of young people. There are fiveHouses in the school and five forms in eachHouse in each year. Each student has two formtutors, a Head of Year and an Assistant Head ofYear, who have the pastoral and academicoverview of students in their care. Students seetheir tutors twice a day in form groups and theHouse System unites students through high-spirited competitions and charity events. Thepastoral team also includes the School Chaplain,trained mentors, therapists, family support andcounselling. We help students to meet our highexpectations of behaviour in an inclusive andemotionally attuned way.

Learning for life

Enrichment and aspirationThe extra-curricular life of St Marylebone is vastand vibrant; all students are expected to take partin a way which nurtures talent, develops ability orignites new passions. The Performing Arts Facultyoffers a range of different choirs, bands andorchestras, theatre groups and dance companiesleading to concerts, plays and productions severaltimes a term. Sports clubs take place everylunchtime and after school, including netball,football, running, trampolining, rowing,swimming, athletics, supported by our StudentSports Ambassadors. Further enrichment isprovided by our successful Debating Societies,the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,Maths) programme, Creative Writing Club,Young Entrepreneurs, Science Club, Film-Makers, Photography… the list is ever-evolving.There are also regular charity events to whichstudents volunteer time and creativity as part oftheir positive contribution to the community.

External speaker seminars take place severaltimes a term in addition to targeted careers talksand an active Careers Programme, ranging fromSTEM to the Arts, which offers opportunities towork with professionals, in the workplace or indesignated workshops in school. Careers andEmployability Skills Days take place for allstudents to support them in decision-making,along with personalised advice and guidancefrom our dedicated independent careers advisers.

The Sixth FormThe Sixth Form at St Marylebone is an inspiringchapter in our students’ lives. Their adventurebegins with a focused, supportive inductionprogramme at the start of Year 12. From here, itevolves through challenging A-Level study, variedenrichment, community contribution, steep andsurprising personal development, to preparingfor the next exciting steps into university and theprofessional world. Our Sixth Formers developindependence while being part of a caring andactive community and role models and mentorsto our younger students.

We offer a wide range of A-Level courses, taughtby subject specialists, and students of all abilitiesachieve impressive results. Our dedicated UCASand Careers team deliver a thorough preparatoryprogramme; the majority secure their first choiceuniversity. The list of our students’ higher educationdestinations is long and varied – indicative of thepersonalised approach to advice and guidancethe School gives.

Opportunities for community contribution andleadership are many: in addition to the StudentLeadership Team, there is a Sixth Form Committeeand a number of student-led initiatives, events,charity and community projects, as well as the widearray of enrichment clubs, speaker seminars andcareers talks and visits. When students leave St Marylebone, they do so as confident, articulate,courteous and successful young people.


“This school has givenme so much – so I wantto give back by being onthe Student LeadershipTeam.”

“It’s exciting to learnhow many differentpathways I could takein life.”

The St Marylebone CE School64 Marylebone High Street, London w1u 5baT: 020 7935 4704 F: 020 7935 4005

The St Marylebone Sixth Form14 Blandford Street, London w1u 4azT: 020 7563 9335 F: 020 7486 7139

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