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Year 11 Mock Exam Timetable - March 2024

Posted 2nd February 2024

Year 11 Mock Exam Timetable - March 2024

The timetable for the Year 11 Mock Exams in March is now available to download.

You can download the timetables from the Exams > Exams Information.

Job Vacancy: Teacher of Art

Posted 30th January 2024

Job Vacancy: Teacher of Art

LCS has a vacancy for the position of: Teacher of Art.

For more information please see the Job Vacancies Page.

Job Vacancy: Midday Supervisor

Posted 29th January 2024

Job Vacancy: Midday Supervisor

LCS has a vacancy for the position of: Midday Supervisor.

For more information please see the Job Vacancies Page.

Job Vacancy: Cleaner (Morning)

Posted 26th January 2024

Job Vacancy: Cleaner (Morning)

LCS has a vacancy for the position of: Cleaner (Morning).

For more information please see the Job Vacancies Page.

Job Vacancy: Teacher of French

Posted 26th January 2024

Job Vacancy: Teacher of French

LCS has a vacancy for the position of: Teacher of French.

For more information please see the Job Vacancies Page.

Job Vacancy: Teacher of German

Posted 26th January 2024

Job Vacancy: Teacher of German

LCS has a vacancy for the position of: Teacher of German.

For more information please see the Job Vacancies Page.

Job Vacancy: Teacher of Spanish

Posted 26th January 2024

Job Vacancy: Teacher of Spanish

LCS has a vacancy for the position of: Teacher of Spanish.

For more information please see the Job Vacancies Page.

Job Vacancy: Teacher of Business

Posted 23rd January 2024

Job Vacancy: Teacher of Business

LCS has a vacancy for the position of: Teacher of Business.

For more information please see the Job Vacancies Page.

Job Vacancy: Teacher of Maths

Posted 17th January 2024

Job Vacancy: Teacher of Maths

LCS has a vacancy for the position of: Teacher of Maths.

For more information please see the Job Vacancies Page.

Job Vacancy: Teacher of Physics

Posted 17th January 2024

Job Vacancy: Teacher of Physics

LCS has a vacancy for the position of: Teacher of Physics.

For more information please see the Job Vacancies Page.

LCS Services Marketplace - Tuesday 23rd January 3-5pm

Posted 16th January 2024

On Tuesday 23rd January 2024, LCS is hosting its first ever Services Marketplace between 3-5pm in the School's Main Hall.

A wide range of external agencies will be attending to showcase the services they offer students and families in the Community on a free or paid for basis. This will be Wellbeing/Social opportunities, family support and more.

We invite any parents who would be interested in accessing external support to come along.

The LCS Safeguarding Team

LCS Services Marketplace Poster

Update from Mr Wilding - Thursday 21st December 2023

Posted 21st December 2023

Mr Wilding has sent an update to parents and carers regarding the results of the recent parent/carer survey, parent governor elections and end of term arrangements.

To all parents/carers

Good afternoon, from a windy LCS!

Thank you for your cooperation with the delayed start to school today. This was caused by a large tree falling across the main student entrance to school at Pastures Hill, at around 7-20am. With the short notice involved, we did what we could to alert parents and carers as soon as possible.

School will finish today at the normal time of 3pm, and we currently plan to be open tomorrow, for the last day of term, at the usual time of 8-40am.

As promised, my final email update of the term includes a summary of the recent Parent/Carer Survey, results of which are now available of the school website.


Parent/Carer Survey

Thank you to all parents and carers who completed and returned the recent Parent/Carer Survey.
Results of the most recent Survey, as well as results from Autumn 2022, can be found on our school website at the following link:

https://www.littleover.derby.sch.uk/information.php#parents_survey

Overall, I am pleased that results of the most recent survey are largely very positive and show similar trends to Autumn 2022.

Thank you to all parents and carers who made specific comments in the last two sections of the survey, all of which are welcomed and will be taken on board. I have summarised, below, the main areas of feedback, where similar comments were made by several parents/carers on the same issue.

Staffing

I fully accept and understand the frustration expressed by some parents and carers, around recent staff absence and regular use of supply teachers for some classes.
Teaching staff absence in some departments has been difficult to cover over the past year, and particularly since September. Mrs Spalding has spoken to several parents and carers directly about this, but it is clearly not possible for us to provide parents and carers with the full reasons and context behind the current situation. As well as staff absence, several experienced staff have left LCS recently to take up promoted posts elsewhere, or have left the Derby area due to family relocation.

To help address the issue of staff absence, senior staff have been teaching extra groups, we have increased our own Cover Supervisor provision and we have asked all teaching staff this year to provide more cover for absent colleagues, within Union guidance.

We are hoping the situation we have been dealing with since September will improve significantly in the Spring Term, with new staff joining us and existing staff returning, and I would respectfully ask for the support of parents/carers while we continue to do what we can to address the issue. Your support and understanding so far has been greatly appreciated.

Staffing shortages and absence at LCS are a reflection of the much publicised situation nationally in the education sector, with rising numbers of teachers and school leaders leaving teaching, alongside shortages of new teachers joining the profession across the country. I feel LCS remains in a strong position compared to many schools, as we have still been able to recruit high quality new teachers this year. Short to medium-term staff cover has, however, been a significant challenge.

Mr Cartwright will leave us at the end of this week for a well deserved and, hopefully, long period of retirement. We wish Mr Cartwright well and thank him for all he has done for Music at LCS, over the last 10 years.

School policy on Mobile Phones

Some comments in the recent survey mentioned a perceived change in the school's stance towards students bringing mobile phones into school.

School policy has not changed on mobile phones, and students should not have mobile phones in school, unless in Sixth Form. The enforcement of this rule is as it always has been and we have seen no increase in numbers of students using phones during the school day, or in disruption to lessons caused by students' mobile phone use.
The biggest single cause of conflict between students in school remains linked to on-line behaviours and use of social media. This is particularly an issue amongst younger students, many of whom are below the age where they should be accessing these social media sites. I would continue to ask for the support of all parents and carers in monitoring student use of social media, as the vast majority of issues we deal with originate from comments made or images posted by students outside of school hours.

Personal Development and School trips

In response to comments made in the survey around school trips and extra-curricular activities, it is fair to say that the number of school trips at LCS has been affected by the impact of Covid-19 and rising travel costs. Trips have started to run more regularly in the last academic year and we have plans for the number of trips and extra-curricular activities to continue to increase in the year ahead. Mr Pestell, our new Head of Key Stage 3, has plans to further increase number and availability of school trips, as we agree that they are a valuable part of students' school experience.

We are also currently looking to raise the profile and range of extra-curricular opportunities and other ways students can enjoy new experiences in school. Mr Buchanan is developing plans for this, which we hope will be announced later this year.

Overall, I would like to thank all parents and carers for your support in completing the survey. All comments, positive or otherwise, are welcome and will help us to make LCS an even better school than it already is. Your continued support and faith you have put in LCS to do the best for your children is valuable to us and is much appreciated.

I believe that LCS remains in a strong position, despite ongoing challenges being faced by all schools locally and nationally, particularly in the last few years.
The exam results achieved by LCS students at GCSE level this year resulted in our overall Progress 8 figure being +0.54, the highest of any school in Derby and Derbyshire. Progress 8 is a way of measuring the progress students make from the end of Key Stage 2 (the last year of Primary School) to the end of Key Stage 4 (when students take GCSE exams). The higher a student's Progress 8 score, the more progress they have made in comparison with students who started at a similar level.

A score of +0.54 means that, on average, students at LCS have achieved over half a GCSE grade higher, than students with similar ability in similar schools nationally. Results such as this are a reflection of the excellent work I believe we do at LCS, to help our students succeed and prepare for later life.

I have been at LCS in varying different roles for some years now, and I will never claim that this is a perfect school, or that we do not face challenges or sometimes make mistakes. No Headteacher can honestly say this of their own school.

I can promise, however, that LCS will continue to do our very best to support each and every student, to the very best of our resources and ability.

If individual parents/carers would like to raise any issues or ask any questions related to the above, I would be more than happy to answer questions or points emailed to me via our admin@littleover.derby.sch.uk email address.

Parent Governor Election

I am pleased to announce that Dr James Law was elected to our Board of Governors Elected on 16/11/2023, after the closing of the recent Parent Governor Election, at the end of the day on 15/11/2023. Dr Law's term as a Governor will run from 22/11/2023 to 21/11/2027.

Welcome, Dr Law, to our Governing Board.

All that remains is for me to wish you all a very Happy Christmas, Happy Holidays and a very safe and prosperous new year.

Term ends at 1-40pm on Friday 22nd December and students will return for start of Spring Term on 8th January 2024.

Best wishes.
Keep safe.

J. Wilding
Headteacher

White Ribbon Campaign Nominated for Film Award

Posted 14th December 2023

White Ribbon Campaign Nominated for Film Award

The recent White Ribbon campaign to raise awareness of violence perpetrated against young women and girls has proved very successful and the video produced by Derby young people and the Voices in Action group has been nominated for a Charity Film Award.

For more details and to vote for the Community Action Derby film in the Charity Film Awards, please visit the Smiley Charity Film Awards Website.

Many congratulations to Community Action Derby and all our young people involved in this campaign.

 

Year 9 Options Information

Posted 12th December 2023

Information regarding the Year 9 options process is now available.

You can find the information under Parents & Carers > Year 9 Options.

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