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XP. School News
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iPad Parental Contribution Scheme
All secondary students at XP are expected to bring in a school-managed iPad every day, giving them access to Google Docs, iMovie, GarageBand and Adobe Creative Cloud apps alongside many other school purchased apps. To enable this, we run a great value Parental Contribution Scheme which offers all our parents affordable options to provide the…
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What is your policy on employing qualified teachers?
Free schools, like academies do not have to employ qualified teachers. All secondary schools in Doncaster are academies, and we have the same statutory requirements. However, we have as high expectations of our staff as we do our students, and our expectation is that all our teachers engage in masters level professional development. We have not employed…
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What are learning expeditions?
Learning expeditions are academically rigorous, standards-based, cross-subject projects that involve research, problem-solving, community engagement and result in students creating a product as close to a professional quality as possible. The best way to understand this is to look at our expeditions here.
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What is a Free School?
XP was established as a ‘Free School’, which is a normal school, funded directly by the Department for Education. Once established, all Free Schools become Academies. All Secondary Schools in Doncaster are Academies, and XP has the same statutory requirements as every other school. The same funding, admissions, Ofsted, examinations etc. The only difference is that we…
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What extra-curricular activities do you offer?
We offer a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities to learn. From football, rugby and hockey with Doncaster Rovers staff, to music, computing and many other after school clubs, a number of which have been facilitated from the suggestion of our students. As well as Outward Bound, we start the Duke of Edinburgh Award in Year 9, allowing…