29th January 2014 Dear Parents/ Guardians On December 12th Nick ...
29th January 2014 Dear Parents/ Guardians On December 12th Nick Williams, previously the Principal of the Brit School, spent a day at Elstree UTC as part of the Department for Educations monitoring of all new schools. His report is confidential however I wanted to share with you his evaluation of where we are at against the Ofsted criteria: Progress and Attainment: Rapid, 4 levels of progress being the standard expectation. Teaching and learning: At least good; SLT assessment of the standards is accurate. Behaviour and SMSC: Outstanding; Student behaviour in lessons and around the building throughout the day was impressive, with excellent relationships evident between students and with staff. This positive ethos is driven by the very visible senior leadership. Students’ needs are well-‐known to staff. Leadership & Management: Strong, visible and accurate. As you know significant issues with the building seriously hampered the start of term, in spite of this we have managed to create a special and unique learning environment which the whole UTC community can be proud of. As we move towards the summer term there is a relentless focus on post 16 achievement. Mr Mitchell will be writing separately to inform you of the detail. On Friday instead of an industry professional talk we presented year 12 work, which was to a piece of A* standard. This has inspired and motivated all students to continue to peruse professionalism in their work. We are beginning to put this work on the website for you to see. On Wednesday 22nd of January the Israeli Minister for Education visited us at the request of Michel Gove. He was so impressed by what he experienced at the UTC that he now would like to create something like this in Israel!
Updates 1. Students have now received 2 tracking reports on their progress and the next one is due in the final week of this half term (February 14th). 2. Little Shop of Horrors is to be held on the 12th and 13th of February at Elstree UTC. 3. The Amy Winehouse project is starting with students on Thursday 30th January. 4. Gas was installed on Monday 23rd of December and full commissioning of the systems will take place this weekend. 5. 40% of year 12 students have been on industry work placements and 20% of year 10 have received industry training. 6. Four students went to Wembley on Monday 20th of January to complete work experience in Light and Sound. 7. Big Brother auditions will take place at the UTC on 8th and 9th of March. Twenty five students will rig on the 7th of March and then act as runners for the actual auditions gaining experience in all aspects of that work. 8. Meetings have taken place to develop the design project with Big brother and later this term students will begin work as a design team on this. 9. By the end of this academic year all year 12 and 50% of year 10 will have experienced industry placements. 10. Following the success of the Jordu Schell visit, Tim Gore will visit to complete a live painting demonstration for students on 10th February. 11. Our next training day will be Monday 24th February. This will be in training in real Smart and subsequent to this we will disseminate to students and parents. If you have any questions or would like to visit the UTC to observe learning in progress please contact my PA [email protected] and she will make an appointment for you to visit. I am confident that like Nick Williams you will be inspired by the quality of work produced by students. Yours faithfully Moira Green Principal
Updates 1. Students have now received 2 tracking reports on their progress and the next one is due in the final week of this half term (February 14th). 2. Little Shop of Horrors is to be held on the 12th and 13th of February at Elstree UTC. 3. The Amy Winehouse project is starting with students on Thursday 30th January. 4. Gas was installed on Monday 23rd of December and full commissioning of the systems will take place this weekend. 5. 40% of year 12 students have been on industry work placements and 20% of year 10 have received industry training. 6. Four students went to Wembley on Monday 20th of January to complete work experience in Light and Sound. 7. Big Brother auditions will take place at the UTC on 8th and 9th of March. Twenty five students will rig on the 7th of March and then act as runners for the actual auditions gaining experience in all aspects of that work. 8. Meetings have taken place to develop the design project with Big brother and later this term students will begin work as a design team on this. 9. By the end of this academic year all year 12 and 50% of year 10 will have experienced industry placements. 10. Following the success of the Jordu Schell visit, Tim Gore will visit to complete a live painting demonstration for students on 10th February. 11. Our next training day will be Monday 24th February. This will be in training in real Smart and subsequent to this we will disseminate to students and parents. If you have any questions or would like to visit the UTC to observe learning in progress please contact my PA [email protected] and she will make an appointment for you to visit. I am confident that like Nick Williams you will be inspired by the quality of work produced by students. Yours faithfully Moira Green Principal
