What is the pastoral system like?
We have a traditional head of year system with each year group having their own dedicated head of year who leads a team of tutors. Each student has their own tutor and head of year who they, and their parents/carers, can talk …
What facilities does Chilmington Green School have?
Chilmington Green School will benefit from a new school building which will be fully equipped with an excellent range of teaching facilities. This will provide a fantastic learning environment for our pupils and will create a number of opportunities to enhance and …
Are you a school that uses devices for everything?
No. Devices have their place in supporting learning and we have an IT room, interactive whiteboards and set homework that can be done on a device. But traditional literacy and numeracy underpin a good education and the big majority of our work …
Do you set/have a grammar stream?
We set in English, Maths and Science. We do not use the name grammar stream as we treat each student as an individual, some are stronger in say Maths than English and so might be in different sets for each. All our …
Are you an SEN specialist school?
No. We have a SENCO and Teaching Assistants and we will deliver the support required by an EHCP. But we are a small secondary school and do not have the scale to run a specialist SEN unit or have our own dyslexia …
How do students get to school?
We have safe walking routes into our temporary home and bike storage facilities for students and staff who live locally to Jemmett Road. We are working closely with KCC to ensure that there are safe travel routes from Ashford to Chilmington Green …
What do you do as well as academic learning?
We offer the full range of sport and extra-curricular clubs that you would expect at a secondary school, including taking part in local sports fixtures. We offer peripatetic music lessons and have music, art, photography, and drama departments for creative pursuits. …
Is the school strict?
Yes. We make no apology for expecting students to behave well and for expecting parents/carers to support us in that expectation. If you are of the mindset that you want a school where you can back up your child if they want …
Are you full?
There has been high demand for the first year 7 at Chilmington Green School and, as such, we have received a large number of applications. Places have therefore been offered based on our oversubscription criteria, which can be found on page 2 …
What is United Learning?
An educational trust with charitable status that runs more than 60 state schools across England, as well as independent schools. Locally it also runs Wye School and Ashford School. The benefit of being part of United Learning is that we get to …
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