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What exam grades would my child expect?
We have the highest expectations of all our students that go way beyond the National Curriculum and qualifications, to include skills, competencies and knowledge crucial to life, university and career readiness. However, in terms of qualifications, we aim for 100% of our students gaining the equivalent of 5 A*-C GCSEs including English and Maths, and 100% of…
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How do you know that this approach works?
At XP we follow the same methods as a number of schools in the USA have been doing for over twenty years. High Tech High and Expeditionary Learning schools have been incredibly successful, with the evidence showing that they outperform their district equivalent schools across many measures. http://elschools.org/our-results/academic-achievement http://www.hightechhigh.org/about/results.php As teachers, we have experienced this…
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What is your Ofsted rating?
XP underwent its first Section 5 Ofsted inspection on 12-13th July, and was found to be outstanding in all areas. It states that: Our students are making outstanding academic progress, including the most able. Our students’ behaviour is impeccable and they love coming to school. All our staff have consistently high expectations. Staff morale is very high…
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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…
