CLASS OF 2027

Main Components of our GCSE Strategy:

Our Year 11 GCSE Strategy aims to equip all pupils with the support and tools they need to flourish in their final year and includes:

1. Access to timely revision classes, subject specific revision websites, current revision guides, intervention groups small group intervention sessions in Maths, English and Science as well as daily access to our Year 11 Study Hub (A10 and A9) This recently refreshed learning space will be staffed by our own teaching staff including Learning Support Assistants and members of our Senior Leadership Team. Pupils will have access to online revision sessions, bespoke or small group revision sessions and a quiet place to study after school. Year 9 will be for silent study only.
2. Weekly assemblies led by members of the Year 11 team that aim to motivate and encourage all pupils during what can be a very stressful year
3. Strategically timetabled assemblies that support pupils to prepare for class-based assessments, mock exams and their final GCSEs. These assemblies will focus on revision techniques, mental well-being and our high expectations of behaviour for learning as well as the statutory JCQ exam regulations
4. As part of our CEIG programme, our Careers Lead Mrs Froggatt and her team have put together a programme of visits from (and to) local colleges, apprenticeship and training providers and will be leading on relevant assemblies as part of our Year 11 Team
5. Attainment Review Meetings to identify gaps in or barriers to learning, and implement appropriate intervention (Key pupils)
6. To ensure that each pupil receives bespoke Careers and Guidance advice, all Year 11 pupils will be invited to a 1:1 meeting with Mrs Froggatt who will advise on next steps and support with college applications.
7. Termly updates in the form of progress data, an annual report and a face to face Parents’ Consultation.

Year 11 Welcome Back Letter September 2026

Post 16 Evening Letter – September 2026

Please find apprenticeship information on our Careers, Education and Guidance page.

Personal, Social, Health Education becomes statutory for all schools from September 2020 under the Children and Social Work Act 2017.

At Dormston, PSHE is a planned, developmental programme of learning through which children and young people acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to manage their lives now and in the future. As part of a whole-school approach, PSHE develops the qualities and attributes pupils need to thrive as individuals, family members and members of society.

PSHE equips pupils to live healthy, safe, productive, capable, responsible and balanced lives. It encourages them to be enterprising and supports them in making effective transitions, positive learning and career choices and in achieving economic wellbeing. A critical component of PSHE is providing opportunities for children and young people to reflect on and clarify their own values and attitudes and explore the complex and sometimes conflicting range of values and attitudes they encounter now and in the future.

PSHE contributes to personal development by helping pupils to build their confidence, resilience and self-esteem, and to identify and manage risk, make informed choices and understand what influences their decisions. It enables them to recognise, accept and shape their identities, to understand and accommodate difference and change, to manage emotions and to communicate constructively in a variety of settings. Developing an understanding of themselves, empathy and the ability to work with others will help pupils to form and maintain good relationships, develop the essential skills for future employability and better enjoy and manage their lives.

Please see Learning Journey for specifics of what will be taught this year