GOVERNORS’ REPORT TO PARENTS

September 2004 to August 2005

Chairman of Governors:

Mr. D. Heap 108 Haslingden Old Road

Rawtenstall

Rossendale

Lancs. BB4 8SA

Headmaster: Mr. M. J. Morris

Clerk to the Governors:

Mrs. A. Hughes

c/o BRGS

November 2005

Dear Parent

Governors' Annual Report to Parents for the year September 2004 to August 2005

The Education Act of 1986 requires Governors to present an Annual Report to Parents. Parents may request a meeting with governors to discuss the report and if fifteen or more parents do so, then a meeting must be convened and governors would be happy to discuss any issues at that meeting.

If you would like to request a meeting, please complete the slip below and return it to Mrs. Hughes at school by Friday 2^nd December. Your school governors would appreciate notice of any item you intend to raise. This will provide time for adequate research to be carried out and ensure a full response is made. The date of any meeting would be notified to parents in due course.

Yours sincerely

D. Heap

Chairman of Governors

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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A MEETING, please complete and detach this slip and return it to Mrs. Hughes at school by Friday 2^nd December 2005. Please add below any point(s) you wish to raise.

Governors' Annual Report to Parents, 2004/05

I would like to request a meeting with governors in order to raise the following points:

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GOVERNORS' ANNUAL REPORT TO PARENTS, SEPTEMBER 2004 TO AUGUST 2005

CONTENTS

Section

1 Introduction

2 Resolutions from previous meeting

3 Date of parents’ meeting

4 The governing body

5 Parent governor elections

6 School security

7 School Development Plan

8 Pupils with disabilities

9 Special Education needs

10 OFSTED Inspection

11 Destinations of Students

12 Professional Development

13 Rates of absence

14 Financial statement

15 National curriculum tests (SATs): results 2004 and targets for 2005 16 A/AS results

17 GCSE results

18 A' level subject performance table

19 AS level subject performance table

20 GCSE subject performance table

21 A’ level and GCSE results graphs

22 Curriculum in 2004-05

23 Curriculum complaints procedure

1. INTRODUCTION

The Education Act of 1986, updated by DfEE Circular 11/96, requires the Governors of the school to prepare an annual report and present it to. This report covers the year from the start of the Autumn Term, 2004 to the end of the Summer Term, 2005. A meeting to discuss the Report will be held if 15 or more parents request one.

2. RESOLUTIONS FROM PREVIOUS PARENTS' MEETING

There were no resolutions from the 2004 meeting.

3. DATE OF PARENTS’ MEETING

A date will be set for a Parents’ Meeting to discuss the Report if 15 or more parents request such a meeting. The date will be notified to all parents.

4. THE GOVERNING BODY 2004/2005

The Governing Body consists of 23 Governors, made up from seven elected Parent Governors, two elected Teacher Governors, one elected Staff Governor, the Headmaster, two LEA Governors, five Partnership Governors and five Co-opted Governors. The dates shown in brackets indicate the end of each governor’s term of office.

PARENT GOVERNORS

Mrs. C. Bishop, 4 Acre Close, Edenfield, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0JY Tel: 825198 (28.9.2008)

Mr. S. Bradshaw, 23 Billington Avenue, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8UW Tel: 211808 (28.9.2008)

Mr. N. Lester, 19 Lower Cribden Avenue, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 6EW Tel: 227409 (31.8.2007)

Mrs. A. Lythgoe, 46 Alden Road, Helmshore, Rossendale, BB4 4AQ Tel: 212497 (28.9.2008)

Mrs. G. Seaton, 157 Cherry Crescent, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 7BJ Tel: 831308 (31.8.2007)

Mr. P. Terry, The Croft, Cowpe Road, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 7DQ Tel: 214106 (31.8.2007)

Mrs. S. Woods, 52 Royds Street, Accrington, BB5 2HU Tel: 01254 381548 (31.8.2007)

TEACHER GOVERNORS

Mrs. K. Boswell c/o BRGS. (31.08.2008)

Mr. K. M. Grehan, c/o BRGS (3.11.2008)

STAFF GOVERNOR

Miss E. Gauntlett, c/o BRGS (31.8.2007)

PARTNERSHIP GOVERNORS

Mrs. M. Abbott, 72 Booth Road, Waterfoot , Rossendale, BB4 9BQ (Parent) (31.8.2007)

Mr. D. Heap, 108 Haslingden Old Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8SA Tel: 229248 (Finance Director and former BRGS pupil) (31.8.2007)

Mrs. S. Henry, 3 Rhuddlan Close, Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 6TF Tel: 226945 (Solicitor) (31.8.2007)

Mr. D. S. King, 22 Pendleton Avenue, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 8UX Tel: 218703 (31.8.2007)

Mrs. P. H. Skilling, 7 Melia Close, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, BB4 6RQ Tel: 217622 (Retired Teacher and former BRGS pupil) (31.8.2007)

CO-OPTED GOVERNORS

Mr. D. Cain, 6 Edge Lane, Higher Cloughfold, Rossendale, BB4 7SS Tel: 225054 (N.H.S. Chief Executive Officer) (31.8.2007)

Mr. N. Cormack, O.B.E., Chairman, Greenwood & Coope Ltd., Brookhouse Mill, Greenmount, Bury, Lancs, BL8 4HR Tel: 01204 882241 (Former BRGS pupil) (31.8.2007)

Mr. K. Harwood, Springhill Cottage, Higher Cloughfold, Rossendale, BB4 7SR Tel: 217045 (Company Director and former BRGS pupil) (31.8.2007)

Mr. G. Moylan, 4 Shepherds Green, Water, Rossendale, BB4 9PB Tel: 224127 (Project Manager) (31.8.2007)

Mr. B. Lynch Rough Lee Farm, Lench Fold Clough, Waterfoot, Rossendale, BB4 7AF1 (Group Chairman and former BRGS pupil)

HEADMASTER

Mr. M. J. Morris, c/o BRGS.

LEA GOVERNORS

One vacancy (as at 01.09.05)

Mr. D. W. Easton, 1 Ager Street, Bacup, Lancs, OL13 0QY (27.1.2006)

5. PARENT GOVERNORS ELECTIONS

The next election of parent governors is scheduled for September 2007. All parents of pupils on roll at that time will receive details via ‘pupil post’.

6. SCHOOL SECURITY

It is our policy that visitors to the school are checked in and wear a "visitor" badge. This is important, not only for the safety of children, staff and visitors but also to ensure that we can account for whom might be on the premises, in case of an emergency, e.g. fire alarm, etc. The system has now been upgraded with visitors signing in with a special very visible badge attached to a string around their necks.

A CCTV system monitors the 4 main school entrances and videos of activities are kept. Again we are assessing whether or not to upgrade the monitoring and recording equipment as well as having additional cameras around the site because of its expansion over the last few years. It is hoped to start the modernisation of the system in 2005/06. Out of normal school hours, the 4 main entrances are magnetically locked and entry to the building is only allowed by request via an intercom system.

There is a long term rolling programme in the School Development Plan and in partnership with Lancashire County Council, to extend the security fencing around the school, particularly to the top of Glen Road, near Wolfenden Green, the all-weather pitch and the top sports field. Planning permission has recently been granted to fence off an area between the top of Wolfenden Green and the corner of the all-weather pitch, to try and deter potential intruders and prospective trespassers from accessing the school's grounds from that area. This programme is currently on hold pending the recent opposition from the school's neighbours about the temporary accommodation and also the fact that we have recently acquired more land at the top of Mount Avenue which will also require fencing. It is also envisaged to install safety handrails at the bottom of the embankment behind the corner of the Newchurch block, the old gym and the new Sports Hall. The intruder alarm system was upgraded in October 2003 to meet the new Police requirements on prevention of falsely activated calls.

7. SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REPORT 2004/05

The following is a summary of the main points of the development plan report, more details of which can be seen in the full report held at the school.

A wide range of curriculum and human resource developments were carried out in 2004/2005. At Key Stage 3 the first year 9 pupils sat the full GCSE examination in ICT. They had been studying for the course during years 8 and 9 and results were pleasing as they were above the value added success criteria. This was a pilot run and a review of the two years was held at the end of the summer term leading to the conclusion that most of the pupils were not yet ready to take the full GCSE by the end of year 9. The teachers had had to drill them intensively as most were not mature enough to write in a mature style in the questions requiring longer answers. Furthermore the concentration on exam work during year 8 had led to some ICT skills not being developed as fully as we would like. Examples of this included the skills of website design and construction. It was therefore concluded that from September 2005 pupils would be entered for the half-GCSE and this exam work would be concentrated in year 9 freeing year 8 to concentrate on developing basic ICT skills.

School policy for the provision of Key Stage 3 Foreign Languages was reviewed. The conclusion was that the current model is the best one. It is that German is taught in year 7 and pupils are then introduced to a second language, either French or Spanish, in year 8. Two or three classes study each language, the number of classes depending on the number of teachers available. This whole model then provides sufficient numbers for viable classes at both GCSE and then A level. The