CGSG Additional Information

| Chatham Grammar School for Girls

Academy Ethos and Values At Chatham Grammar School for Girls (CGSG) we offer our students a wide variety of stimulating and motivating opportunities to achieve outstanding academic outcomes. Leadership, self-belief and confidence are key values for CGSG. We strive for academic excellence balanced with health and wellbeing ensuring that our young women aspire to achieve and be the best that they can be; future leaders equipped for a demanding fast paced modern world. We focus on developing high-quality thinking, learning and communication skills, to build firm and secure foundations for our young women to enjoy invigorating, positive and successful lives. CGSG is a supportive, friendly place, which fosters excellent and secure relationships between students and staff – our young people are happy,

Students from primary school enter Year 7 and are submerged into new areas of learning and exploration through the unique bespoke UoK Transitions experience – offered only to students at CGSG. Year 7 students follow the same curriculum through to Year 8 where they study a challenging and engaging programme including core subjects: English, Maths, Separate Sciences, English Baccalaureate (EBacc) subjects and an Arts Carousel. In Year 7, we begin the journey to success by discovering the individual talents of our students through our new, exciting Leadership Development programme, which embraces the 7 Habits of Learning. Mindfulness is woven into the Leadership Development programme and students follow the ten week nationally recognised Mindfulness in Schools .b course – bringing focus and attention to students’ learning. Year 9 students embark on their GCSE courses, by following a core curriculum consisting of English, Maths and Separate Sciences giving them the opportunity to achieve the English Baccalaureate. Key skills are developed through our bespoke Personal Tutoring pathways. These skills include: interdependency

and leadership skills, problem-solving, employability skills, personal effectiveness, self-discipline and collaborative (team) and independent skills and employability skills. We aim to engage students’ curiosity and imbue in them a love for learning, and a passion to be the best they can be. Learning In a world where technology has become faster and more intuitive we understand and recognise the importance of using technology to expand the learning experiences of our young woman. We know that we need to prepare our students for a future where technology is undoubtedly the fastest growing industry worldwide. Students at CGSG will be offered an iPad through the affordable scheme unique to the Academy. We believe that mobile devices are without a doubt tools for 21st century learning. iPads enable learning to becomes limitless, exploratory and creative – enriching learning so that students can seek answers, investigate and learn with energy and passion. The pace for our higher level learners is fast and our students know that they can push the boundaries of experiential learning with a swipe of a screen and the touch of a button when they have an iPad alongside the traditional tools of pens, paper and books.

confident and resilient. The Curriculum

The curriculum is delivered through different stages of learning with the added rigour of new University led curriculum programmes offered through the Lead Sponsor, the University of Kent.