Grammar Stream : Our Vision
Our vision is to develop the leaders of tomorrow. Our Grammar Stream students will be encouraged and challenged to become Independent, Compassionate, Articulate and Nurtured.
The aim of our Grammar Streams is to provide our students with an outstanding ‘Grammar-style’ education within Chislehurst School for Girls. We believe in high expectations, challenge, students’ independence and resilience as the pillars of outstanding learning.
Each key stage, students receive specific provision to allow their skills, experiences and academic achievement to progress. This is expected to include super curricula activities to fully stretch and challenge our students so they are fully prepared for the next stage of their education or career.
Our Grammar Stream Programme
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Contents:
KS4 and KS5 - Exceptional Scholars
The iCAN Diploma Booklet
Chislehurst School for Girls has put together a KS3 Grammar Stream programme to ensure that our students may flourish and reach their high potential. We call this our ‘I CAN Diploma.’ It is based on the school’s core values of a student being Independent, Compassionate, Articulate and Nurtured.
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Exceptional Scholars KS4 and KS5
As students begin their GCSE courses, their aim will be to work hard and achieve the best grades possible, many of which we hope will be grades 7-9. Students should continue to take every opportunity given to them, both in lessons, extra-curricular clubs and developing leadership skills, such as through mentoring and public speaking or assembly participation. Some will have the opportunity of joining ‘The Brilliant Club’ in Year 10. This is a programme run by Russell Group Universities with the aim to make entry to these universities more inclusive. In 2023/24, 14 year 10 students and 14 year 12 students followed this programme, where they were taught how to learn as a university student, research and write an academic essay with footnotes. Students graduated at S.O.A.S, ( the School of Oriental and African Studies) University of London in April.
Exceptional Scholars’ Programme (Begins in Year 10, with a focus in the Sixth Form)
All sixth form students who have achieved grade 7-9s in most GCSEs will join this programme. It is delivered within PSHE with the aim to help our most able students follow a pathway to Russell Group Universities, should they so wish. The overarching thread for 2023/24 has been ‘Leadership for All’. Current activities include:
• Webinars from leading Russell group Universities (we are directly linked with Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge).
• Inspirational Speakers (both live and on Teams). These tend to be on topics which will inspire students at university, widening experience of courses not taught at GCSE/A Level, such as Law, Classics and Medicine.
•Entering National Competitions, such as Intermediate Biology Olympiad and the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge.
• As part of the Super-curricular, students are sent links to TED Talks. These are short Technology, Education and Design talks to inspire for enquiring minds.
• Guidance with UNIQ application. These are residential/virtual courses for approximately 7 months in Year 12. This gives students experience of life at Oxford University.
• Directing students to university summer schools & visits to top universities- especially through The Sutton Trust
• Rehearsing speeches and oracy practice to develop interview techniques.
• Super-curricular reading lists for specific subjects.
•Dedicated taught sessions and advice for applying to Russell Group universities.
• Guidance on extended reading and access to subject journals.
• Supported preparation for the aptitude tests for the most competitive courses and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. e.g. UCAT
