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NB: This time table is only for students in Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. Sixth Formers keep different hours, with free periods.
NB: This time table is only for students in Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. Sixth Formers keep different hours, with free periods.


== College Council and various other roles ==

The school has a college council system, which allows students to pass on their ideas to the college, is made up of students in the following hierachy system: Every form (10 per year) elects 2 Form Representatives who meet with the other reps in their year on a specifed day every other week. The year group elect two college councillors at the begining of the year and one chairman for the year group. They sit in at the 'year group meetings' with the Form Reps. The College Councillors then have a meeting to discuss the matters raised in these meetings with the other three councillors from each year group on every other Tuesday. There is Chairman of the entire council as well.

There are also other roles in the school:<br />- Form Captains: a ceremonial role. Two from each form are elected and they collect or hand out awards on behalf of their form.<br />- Environmental Councillors: a new role, similar to college councillors.<br />- Anti-bullying committee: set up in January 2008 by the college council at lunch times, run by sixth formers.<br />- Subject councillors: sometimes a specific subject might ask for three councillors per year group to discuss what improvemnts might be made to the teaching of those subjects etc.<br />- Games Captain: a house will nominate a number of Games Captains who will help arrange sporting fixtures between houses.<br />- Girls in Sport: a committee to try and organise more sporting clubs for girls.


==Admissions==
==Admissions==

Revision as of 21:26, 27 January 2009

The St. Georges College of Technology is an English secondary school in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire.

Information

  • Principal: Mr P. F. Watson (BA (Hons) MA NPQH
  • Vice Principals(s): Mrs J Crow, Mrs H Anderson, Mr M Bamford, Mr T Crawshaw, Mr C Milnes, Mrs K Squire, Mr S Stinchcombe.
  • Location: Lincolnshire (County of England)

History

The original school, known as Sleaford New Council Schools was built on Church Lane and opened on May 4 1908. Male and female lessons were conducted separately. Soon after it became Sleaford County Secondary School. In 1957, the school opened new buildings at Westholme Park as Sleaford Secondary Modern School. Being a rural area, there were many lessons on agriculture with livestock being kept on site. In 1984, the Church Lane site was demolished and turned into housing. It took its school symbol straight from the folklore of Saint George and the Dragon and the school changed its name to become the St George's Technology College. In 1994, the agricultural lessons were dropped and the school became one of only twelve Technology Colleges (a specialist school) in England in February 1994. Being a technology college also meant more money from the government. The Stable Blocks from keeping horse still exist, and the school has a relatively large playing field on-site with eight tennis courts. A new science block opened in 2005, the sports hall opened in January 2001 by the Bishop of Grantham, the library and resource centre opened in 1999, and the Brealey Languages Centre opened in 1985.

The school is now situated just south of Tesco and on the other side of the road from Carre's Grammar School.


School Time Table

A St George's school day is defined in hour long blocks long blocks called periods, and there are five per day. Most lessons only cover one period, but some (in particular Drama, Art, or Health and Social Care) can last up to two hours or two periods.

A School Time Table will generically look like:

-*-8:40am - 9:05am -- Registration (and on select days Year Assemblies)

-*-9:05am - 10:05am -- Period One (First Lesson)

-*-10:05am - 10:10am -- Movement to Period Two

-*-10:10am - 11:10am -- Period Two (Second Lesson)

-*-11:10am - 11:30am -- Breaktime

-*-11:30am - 12:30pm -- Period Three (Third Lesson)

-*-12:30pm - 1:20pm -- Lunch

-*-1:20pm - 2:20pm -- Period Four (Fourth Lesson)

-*-2:20pm - 2:25pm -- Movement to Period Five

-*-2:25pm - 3:25pm -- Period Five (Fifth Lesson)

[Period Five is the last lesson of the day]

NB: This time table is only for students in Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. Sixth Formers keep different hours, with free periods.


College Council and various other roles

The school has a college council system, which allows students to pass on their ideas to the college, is made up of students in the following hierachy system: Every form (10 per year) elects 2 Form Representatives who meet with the other reps in their year on a specifed day every other week. The year group elect two college councillors at the begining of the year and one chairman for the year group. They sit in at the 'year group meetings' with the Form Reps. The College Councillors then have a meeting to discuss the matters raised in these meetings with the other three councillors from each year group on every other Tuesday. There is Chairman of the entire council as well.

There are also other roles in the school:
- Form Captains: a ceremonial role. Two from each form are elected and they collect or hand out awards on behalf of their form.
- Environmental Councillors: a new role, similar to college councillors.
- Anti-bullying committee: set up in January 2008 by the college council at lunch times, run by sixth formers.
- Subject councillors: sometimes a specific subject might ask for three councillors per year group to discuss what improvemnts might be made to the teaching of those subjects etc.
- Games Captain: a house will nominate a number of Games Captains who will help arrange sporting fixtures between houses.
- Girls in Sport: a committee to try and organise more sporting clubs for girls.

Admissions

St. George's is a secondary modern school in Lincolnshire, England, which was first opened in 1908. It is located on Westholme off Westgate in the town of Sleaford. St. Georges contrasts with the other secondary (grammar) schools in the town, being the only one accepting both male and female students from the age of 11 until 18. It is one of the largest schools in Lincolnshire, with about 1600 pupils.

At A level, some pupils may be allowed to transfer to either grammar school, but many A levels are taught in a joint fashion via the Sleaford Joint Sixth Form. Not all Lincolnshire grammar schools co-operate with local secondary modern schools as much as in Sleaford. The school also has links with the William Alvey CE primary school.

Academic performance

The school gets excellent GCSE results, being better than most comprehensive schools in Lincolnshire, with 54% of pupils gaining five grades A-C including English and Maths in 2007. Only three 'traditional' comprehensive schools in Lincolnshire (Branston, Deeping St. James and Welton) get better GCSE results, and none in Lincoln are better. It gets the second best GCSE results in North Kesteven, after Branston Community College, and double the results of the nearby Cotelands School in Ruskington. Few secondary modern schools in Lincolnshire have sixth forms, but St George's does.

Trivia

  • As of May 8 2007, year 9 students shall be starting their SATs.
  • The school day for students begins at 8:40 and ends at 3:25.
  • All students are required to take one Technology sub-subject through year 10 and beyond.
  • Westholme House, for what the lane is named after, is the sixth form main base.
  • In the 2007/2008 academic year, the school made national news when there was a minor leak of Sulfur Dioxide.
  • The address of the school is St. George's College of Technology, Westholme, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7PS
  • The School has over one thousand, six hundred pupils attending in the secondary school part (Years, 7 to 11), and over three hundred students in the St George's part of the Joint Sixth Form, spanning two years (Lower and Upper Sixth)

See also

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