Ofsted Inspection 14-15 May 2013

I am pleased to inform you that we have now received our report following the recent Ofsted inspection and I am delighted to announce that we have been judged to be a 'good' school in all areas.

Please can I urge you to take the time to read through the report which I hope you would agree reflects very positively the hard work of everyone associated with the college. The full report can be found by clicking on this link:

I am particularly pleased that the inspectors have recognised our 'shared belief that the school will achieve excellence' and that we have an 'unremitting drive to improve the quality of teaching so that it is consistently outstanding.'

Naturally there will always be areas for further improvement and these will now provide the focus for the college to move towards the judgement of 'outstanding' in the very near future.

We will therefore continue to strive to raise standards of achievement and to further raise aspirations for all our students so that they can endeavour to 'be the very best they can be'.

Some highlights from the report are listed below:

• 'Students enjoy school and are proud of it.'

• 'Students feel extremely safe in the school and say that bullying is rare and, if it does occur, it is dealt with very effectively.'

• 'Almost all teaching is good and some is outstanding'

• 'Students say that teachers are 'passionate about getting you what you deserve'.'

• 'The good relationships between teachers and students are at the heart of the school's strong climate for learning.'

• 'Staff and students get on particularly well in an atmosphere of mutual courtesy and respect.'

• 'Students appreciate the quality of guidance and support that they receive.'

• 'The social, cultural and moral development of students is a strength of the school.'

• 'The school is a harmonious community.'

Phil Matthews
Principal

An Olympic Legacy

When Hailsham Community College’s House system was first introduced in 2001, the names reflected our sporting focus as a newly designated Specialist Sports College. Recently, we have been exploring ways of supporting the Olympic legacy in order to provide a lasting reminder of the phenomenal success and achievement of last summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. We have therefore decided that it is time to change our House names to reflect upon and celebrate that success.

The changes are as follows:

	Ennis (was Bannister)
	Wiggins (was Grey-Thompson)
	Farah (was Jackson)
	Murray (was Redgrave)
	Simmonds (was Torvill)

Read more in the College Communicator: