Independant Schools' Inspectorate – Inspections of Claires Court Schools

The Independent Schools' Inspectorate (ISI) is the independent inspection arm of the Independent Schools' Council, recognised by the Department of Education and Skills and monitored by Ofsted. We were inspected at both secondary (Sixth Form, Claires Court and the Senior Department of the College) and primary (Ridgeway and the Nursery, Lower School [Infants] & Junior Departments of the College) levels during the week beginning Monday 11 March 2002. The full reports are available on the ISI website, www.isinspect.org.uk, and separately on our own website, www.clairescourt.com

Main Findings of the Primary ("Senior Schools") Report

Overall Summary

This is a good school, which serves its pupils well

What the School Does Well

The school's main strengths are:

  • Pupils attain good standards and make good progress in their learning. They achieve good results in public examinations.
  • Pupils are well motivated to learn.
  • Pupils with special educational needs (SEN) are well supported.
  • The quality of teaching is good and often very good.
  • The comprehensive assessment and marking policies contribute well to pupils' progress.
  • Communication with parents is very good and parents give the school strong support.
  • The principals and staff are committed to the school's success and treat one another with respect.
  • The provision for pupils' personal development is good.
  • The school offers a rich and extensive choice of extra–curricular activities.

We had four areas of school life that required further development; these recommendations, and our response to them, can be found on our website, alongside the original report.

Full results sheets showing our public examination performance (at A2, AS, GCSE and KS3, KS2, KS1) are available from the Registrar or School Secretary during visits. These – and much more besides – are also published in the full chronicle of our achievements, the Court Circular, our school magazine. This is published in a number of editions each year, and includes a separate results issue (usually published at Christmas).

Please see below for a list of our Sixth Form results and onward destinations for 2003–2004.

Sixth Form Results at A2 & AS Levels and Onward Destinations, 2003–2004

Candidates Subjects passed Destination/University Course studying
Emma Ansell Media Studies, Theatre Studies, Photography, AS Psychology Employment  
Yoko Asano Japanese, Mathematics, Music, Photography University, Japan  
Nicholas Bastian Art, Business Studies, Law, AS Biology, AS General Studies Amersham & Wycombe Art Foundation
Samantha Beck PE, Psychology, AS Business Studies, AS Photography Bucks University College Psychology
Ritwik Bhattacharya Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, AS General Studies Bristol Medicine
Kran Bhatti Business Studies, Law, Psychology West of England Music Technology
Ashley Davies English, Geography, Media Studies, AS Music West of England Business Information Systems
Aneshka Drahota PE, Psychology, AS Photography Plymouth Psychology
Belinda Dye English, Law, Psychology Brunel University Psychology
Jamie Elston History, Media Studies, PE, AS General Studies UWIC Leisure & Sports Management
Michael Etherington Biology, Media Studies, PE UWIC Leisure & Sports Management
Christopher Green Art, Geography, Photography Amersham & Wycombe Art Foundation
Thalia Haynes Psychology, AS Biology, AS General Studies Employment  
Marvin Kessel Chemistry, German, ICT, Spanish, AS General Studies, AS Law Exeter Chemistry & Law
Ben Langley English, History, Law, AS General Studies Bucks University College Law
Kevin Lee Business Studies, Law, Psychology, AS ICT West of England Law
Jack Low Chemistry, Psychology, AS General Studies, AS Law Keele Neuro Science & Psychology
Jay Marshall English, Media Studies, Sociology, AS PE West of England Business Information Systems
Stephen Mileham Art, P.E., AS Sociology Employment  
Mehrdad Miresmaili Business Studies, ICT, Persian, AS General Studies East London Business with Marketing
Mark O'Haire English, Media Studies, PE Leeds Trinity & All Saints Sports Journalism
Amit Patel Business Studies, ICT, AS General Studies, AS Law Plymouth Law & Criminal Justice Studies
Scott Phillips PE, Psychology, Sociology Nottingham Trent Estate Management
Ryan Potgieter Business Studies, Chemistry, Physics, AS General Studies, AS Mathematics Queensland University Science/Commerce
David Powell Photography, PE Employment  
Simon Roberts Business Studies, History, ICT, Photography, AS General Studies Queen Mary College History
Michael Sannwald PE, Psychology, AS Media Studies, AS Mathematics Leeds Trinity & All Saints Psychology
Sunny Sidhu Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, AS Biology, AS Business Studies UCL Medicinal Chemistry
David Spencer Biology, Chemistry, PE, AS Art, AS General Studies UWIC Science in Health, Exercise & Sport
Jessica Wilding Geography, Law, Psychology, AS General Studies, AS History, AS Photography Birmingham Psychology
Jack Willcocks Art, Photography Bournemouth Art Foundation
Christopher Wright Geography, PE, AS General Studies Employment  
 
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