Ferryhill School
Online Prospectus 2022-23
Welcome
Ferryhill School has gone from strength to strength and I am incredibly proud of how our school community pulls together to provide exemplary support, raise aspirations and build students' integrity, creativity and excellence.
Young people and their parents can expect to receive a high quality education that aims to stretch all students and foster ambition.
We look to blend the traditional standards of outstanding behaviour, regular and punctual attendance, a positive attitude to learning with the most modern resources, innovative practice and teaching towards challenging targets.
We work closely with students and their parents listening to all, addressing needs, raising expectations, confidence and self esteem.
I look forward to welcoming future students to our school community.
Kevin Brennan, Executive Headteacher
Integrity
We believe in being yourself, honest, truthful and acting with honour. Every day, our students all have opportunities to demonstrate integrity and be true to themselves.
Mission Statement
Here at Ferryhill School we pride ourselves on ensuring all students in our care can raise their aspirations and grow their ambitions. We believe in ‘Achievement for all’.
Our students are at the heart of everything we do. We have experienced, enthusiastic and well qualified teachers, committed to promoting a learning environment in which each and every student is able to achieve their potential.
Our Aims
To ensure all of our students make sustained progress and achieve well over time.
To provide students with quality first teaching so they develop knowledge and skills across the curriculum.
To impart knowledge and assist our students in developing a ‘thirst for knowledge’
To provide well targeted support and intervention so that pupils can learn well in lessons.
Creativity
A creative education has the power to catapult children into a lifetime of curiosity.
At Ferryhill School we see students as individual learners and promoting a fully-rounded creative education is at the heart of what we aim to achieve.
Core Values
What do we stand for?
Our aim at Ferryhill School is to ensure every single student receives the best possible standard of education. We provide first hand learning experiences, which allow our students to develop interpersonal skills, build resilience and become creative, critical thinkers.
We feel it is our obligation to ensure that our students leave us fully prepared for their journey ahead. We believe deeply in our core values of integrity, creativity and excellence.
Our values are promoted and embedded into our curriculum and across our school community. We believe that Ferryhill students:
Demonstrate integrity, channel their creativity and strive for excellence.
Integrity
We encourage students to:
Do the right thing even when no one is watching
Respect others so they feel valued
Speak honestly and openly about their goals
Conduct themselves with honesty and responsibility
Creativity
We encourage students to:
Think outside of the box
Embrace new challenges when learning
Use their imagination be adventurous
Try something new when opportunities arise
Collaborate with others to share and learn
Excellence
We encourage students to:
Be proud of personal achievements
Produce work of the highest quality
Set high standards and personal goals for improvement
Make best use of talents, time and resources
Great Results Year on Year
The students who have completed their education at Ferryhill School have left a fantastic legacy with record results in recent years. Our history is such that, has in its time, also been recognised as one of the Top 100 schools in England for improving student’s GCSE results.
Recognised in the top 3% of similar schools for progress.
English and Maths results are in the top 7% of similar schools.
Our BTEC results are amongst the very highest in England with national rankings in the Top 1%.
Never Ending Support
Our recent change to Ferryhill School has been an opportunity to showcase what matters to us.
The infinity symbol on our new logo was chosen to represent the life time of learning that we prepare our students for; as well as the never ending support we aim to provide.
“Every teacher has always been there for me when I needed guidance and support.”
Excellence
At Ferryhill School we give all students opportunities to perform, accomplish and excel in scholastic activities inside and outside of the classroom. We strive for excellence in all that we do.
Beyond Ferryhill School
Our commitment to widening the world of our students led to 46,000 extra-curricular hours and a further 3,500 of afterschool clubs last year.
Highlights of our "Ferryhill Adventures" include:
Trips to Seychelles, Toronto and France last year, with finance secured for Kenya, Dubai, California, Vietnam and San Diego in 2022-23.
Visits across the UK London, Lake District, Thorpe Park and Alton Towers, as well as lots of local visits to museums and cultural sites.
Our Student Leadership programme builds essential skills and confidence as well as making decisions for Ferryhill School.
Raising aspiration visits and speakers from colleges, universities, and inspiring entrepreneurs.
Our Curriculum
Our aim at Ferryhill School is to ensure every single student receives the best possible standard of education.
The broad and rich curriculum has been designed to recognise children’s prior learning and provide first hand learning experiences, which allow our students to develop interpersonal skills, build resilience and become creative, critical thinkers.
Our carefully sequenced curriculum helps students to achieve our mission of ‘Achievement for all’.
We deliver all the courses on the national curriculum including English Language, English Literature, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Combined Science, French, History, Geography, Religious Studies, Art, ICT, Technology, Sports Studies and Personal Development.
We also offer the following carefully chosen courses that link to vocational future of our students: Enterprise, Health and Social Care, Engineering, Technology, Digital Information Technology, Performing Arts, Music, Fine Art and Photography.
Why Us?
We develop skills, knowledge and understanding to equip students for active work and the adventures of life.
We adopt a personalised approach to learning where students can learn effectively whatever their ability.
We pride ourselves on our warmth, our approachability and work with families and children.
Ferryhill adventures ensure all students gain new and exciting experiences to take their learning out of the classroom.
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