Valentines High School
News at Valentines
- News at Valentines
Valentine High School Exam Result Dates
GCE A2 Results will be available to collect from school on Thursday 19 August 2010 at 9.00 am and AS Result... more
Valentines High School wins School Food Trust ‘School of the Month’ Award
On Tuesday 22 June Valentines High School was awarded a 5,000 pound cheque by the School Food Trust for mak... more
Teen Finalists in good company
Young business brains will represent their country in a Europe wide final after impressing judges with an i... more
Valentines Gallery
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Maths
Multiplying progress with added enjoyment
Students make excellent progress and examination results are continually improving. Our Intervention programme is of outstanding quality. Students know what they need to do to improve. Lessons involve a wide range of resources and ICT is used well to create interest and pace. Teachers and students work enthusiastically together. Lessons are characterised by well-judged praise, high expectations and good attention to the needs of individuals. Relationships are very good and students try to learn a lot. The teaching team has secure subject knowledge, deploys excellent skills and achieves very good value added scores.
Department characteristics:
- Involvement in Technology & Training specialisms
- Involvement in all UKMT Maths Challenges every year
- Involvement in online Schools Fantasy Football League every year
- Use of interactive whiteboards in every classroom
- Use of integrated learning software with Interventions groups
- Annual participation in Royal Institution Maths Masterclasses
- Annual participation in the Cipher Challenge
- A very strong team of imaginative and keen specialist teachers
- A dedicated SSA who is enthusiastic and able
- Offering GCSE Statistics to small groups
