Message from the Principal

Welcome to the Hinde House 3-16 School website. I hope this provides a flavour of our school although I know this can never provide a full picture. For that you need to visit our school, talk to our children and meet our staff. I believe that these will provide a compelling picture of the school, its current strengths and its ambition for the future.

The school was the first public sector 3-16 through school in the country (2002). Today it is part of a small but growing number of schools who see the very real benefits of cross-phase education. This approach provides many opportunities to develop practice in an innovative way and gives staff and children a unique experience.

As a school, Hinde House has made immense progress in recent years securing tangible improvements to student achievement, the creation of two state of the art school buildings (Secondary 2005 and Primary 2006) and being awarded Engineering specialist status. As a consequence the school enjoys confidence and support within the local community and a growing reputation locally and nationally.

During December 2007 our primary phase received national recognition for its progress over the last five years, and was identified as one of the most improved schools in the country. During the last 3 years improvement at our secondary phase has been well in excess of other local schools and national averages.

For example between 2006 and 2009:

GCSE 5+ A*-C (Inc English and Mathematics) increased by 20% compared to 9% (Sheffield) and 6% (Nationally)
GCSE 5+ A*-C increased by 27% compared to 18% (Sheffield) and 8% (Nationally)
GCSE 5+ A*-G increased by 4% compared to 2% (Sheffield) and 1% (Nationally)
GCSE English Language increased by 23%
GCSE Mathematics increased by 13%
GCSE Science increased by 20%

Indeed, by any measure (achievement, quality of teaching and learning, behaviour, attendance etc) the school has secured substantial and consistent improvement. Perhaps more importantly it is a safe, happy, vibrant and positive place to work and learn. Pupils’ attitudes to school and behaviour are good.

Nevertheless, these broad statistics and headline achievements express little of what our school is really like. The school is an unusually vibrant, energetic and positive place in which we strive to ensure all students learn, achieve and are successful. We have a very talented and committed teaching and support staff and a very effective school leadership team. We are committed to the progress of every child and will only accept the very best of everyone in our school learning community

Notwithstanding this, we are not complacent and remain committed to further and substantial school improvement for our pupils and the community we serve

Chris French
Principal