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< Back Isobel Tranter Teacher of English - English KS3 Lead isobel.tranter@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk isobel.tranter@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

< Back Mitch Chadwick Assistant Head Teacher mitchell.chadwick@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk mitchell.chadwick@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

< Back John Harris Deputy Head Teacher john.harris@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk john.harris@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

< Back Sara Willis Director of Learning - Science sara.willis@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk sara.willis@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

Health & Social Care At a time where we need people to help others, to be caring and support others, we at RFSS are in a brilliant position to help inspire, educate and create students who are ready to make an amazing contribution to their local and wider community. Within health and social care students have opportunities to learn valuable skills to be successful within the health and social care sectors, to learn how to support themselves and others, and empower people to take care of themselves holistically. Anchor 1 Anchor 2 core_values2 kind2 endeav3 core_values2 1/18 Back to Subjects Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. Dr Seuss Health and Social Care Department - Overarching Curriculum Intent (2024-2025) RFSS Curriculum Vision Statement: To build an inclusive curriculum which is aspirational for all and empowers our students to make outstanding academic and personal progress. Health and Social Care Curriculum in Context: Over the past decade there has been a huge shift in the research behind how we should be approaching health and social care, this has come from many reviews into the current approach as well as serious case reviews over the past decade that have identified a need to change the approach to more person-centered care. In order to not just treat a symptom of a person's health but look at the root cause of it then support the person through a holistic and integrative approach. Combine this with the concerning staff shortages within Health and Social Care and a need for reforms to help support the widening increasing numbers of adults in social care you find the need to educate our young people on careers in this section as well as how to help prevent conditions from happening in the first place for themselves and others. Truly being preventative rather than reactive. Our Health and Social Care curriculum aims to empower and educate our students in deeper understanding of how we grow and develop as humans and therefore how different factors can impact this, then how these can be influential on our long-term health and happiness. Students learn in detail different supportive measures from interventions, to how to create and establish care plans for individuals, and how to involve multi-disciplinary approaches to a person's care. Underpinning all of this is their knowledge of the wide range of roles within the Health Care and Social Care sectors will grow over the 3 or 5 years they are studying the subject, learning how the 2 co-exist together and are supported by different agencies. Our curriculum ensures student’s are shown and taught how to make changes within a person's life by using real case studies of a diverse range of people to help them develop empathy, compassion, effective communication skills and a reality of the challenges of life people face. Which in return helps them to reflect on their own attributes, building resilience and a deeper understanding of the changes that can be made. Students studying Health and Social Care can aspire to move into careers that support dementia patients, work as nurses and midwives, they can become support workers and carers, amongst learning about the background staff who help the settings to function, meaning that they can aspire to be anyone, whilst developing the knowledge of how to work with a wide range of people and know how to support themselves and those around them throughout their life. Curriculum Aims: Our curriculum aims to: Empower our student’s knowledge about the influential factors that impact development across the life stages Supports students to challenge their own ethics through developing empathy and the ability to look at issues from differing perspectives to help them solve problems. Develop student’s curiosity through the vast range of real-life case studies we refer to. Inspire students to learn about and pursue different careers within the Health and Social Care sectors Empower students to know what support is out there for themselves and others and how this support can help overcome barriers to care. Our broad and balanced curriculum concentrates on developing our students’ key knowledge and skills, and enhances their understanding of the world around them. We do this by: Stimulating intellectual curiosity by introducing them to a vast range of psychological theories that help to understand human development, which encourages them to independently reflect on the world around them. Facilitating collaboration through learning about the importance of multi-disciplinary approaches to support people. Promoting challenge for all, irrespective of starting point, as this is a new subject at KS4 or KS5 students are challenged from the first lesson with learning new content and themes that they haven't faced before. Enabling creativity, by supporting a person holistically within their work and practically they develop the skills to think outside the box and how this creative thinking and abstract thought can help support people who need it the most. Sequencing learning to ensure logical progression, both horizontally and vertically, units are taught in an order to ensure that themes and knowledge that underpins all units is taught first, with all students starting with pre-requisite content first to ensure there is a base starting point. Revisiting previous learning to support the transfer to long-term memory, students are taught how to make connections between content, which is explicitly taught throughout the course meaning that as their knowledge grows, they can see how it all connects, helping to put theory into context, across the units. Our curriculum is focused on the development of communication, character and cultural capital of each individual student, so they become: Compassionate individuals who ask the question ‘What happened?’ rather than ‘What's wrong?’ More resilient due to understanding what creates resilience and how this can be practiced. Moral practitioners who logically think about the approaches they take when confronted with ethical problems Caring individuals who want to help and support those around them. Curriculum Outcome: As a result of our curriculum students will leave with the skills and knowledge to be compassionate, caring, courageous, competent, committed and effective communicators. They will have the knowledge of how they can make a difference to another person's life no matter what they choose to do. KS4 Health and Social Care Specification KS5 Extended BTEC in Health and Social Care KS5 BTEC in Health and Social Care Please view or download our 'Sequence Overview' document for Health & Social Care Kindness We regularly give ‘shout outs’ for staff who have gone above and beyond and demonstrated an exceptional display of one of our values We encourage and try to support flexible working requests and promote ‘family values’ as something that makes the workforce distinctive. We try to ensure staff have the opportunity to attend personal events or celebrations when requested and within agreed time frame. Collaboration We have an active Staff Wellbeing committee who meet regularly to discuss staff wellbeing and workload. We provide all new staff with a ‘buddy’ to provide support and advice. We plan a variety of staff social events across the year. We provide staff with a free lunch on the day of their duty. We have regular staff breakfasts, provide food on all CPD days and occasional treats such as Pizza! Curiosity We invest heavily in staff CPD and both promote and support opportunities to develop staff. We provide opportunities for all staff to network and visit other schools to improve their practice and share great ideas. Respect We have a Staff Room, where staff can meet, work and even socialise Each faculty has its own staff work room We have regular appraisal conversations to discuss career progression Resilience We promote resilience through our reflective CPD pathways. We have an area in the staff room dedicated to wellbeing which is used to promote health and wellbeing. We share weekly health and wellbeing information. Endeavour Promote a work life balance by being considerate when sending emails and holding meetings. We will endeavor to celebrate our staff and their achievements on a regular basis, for example; a black tie celebration evening.

< Back Jamie-Lee Goodenough Teacher of Social Science jjgoodenough@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk jjgoodenough@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

< Back Kully Bal Teacher of ICT kully.bal@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk kully.bal@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

< Back Catherine Cusick Teacher of Art and Design catherine.cusick@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk catherine.cusick@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

< Back Tom Waugh Director of Learning - Digital Communications / Vocational Lead tom.waugh@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk tom.waugh@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

Meet Sami Bryant Anchor 1 Back to Our School Anchor 2 core_values2 kind2 endeav3 core_values2 1/18 Learn a little more about Sami Bryant Sami has worked in education, primarily as a teacher of English for 12 years. She has worked in 3 schools across Coventry and Warwickshire and has previously been a Head of Faculty and Assistant Headteacher as well as teaching English language and literature to a range of students from years 7 to 13. Starting as a literacy lead, alongside of being a classroom teacher, Sami has worked through the different stages of leadership in a range of different schools, gaining invaluable experience and expertise in a range of areas from curriculum, literacy, interventions, pastoral support and behaviour. She successfully led a large faculty in English and Media, creating record results in her second year as faculty lead, before embarking on her SLT journey as an Assistant Headteacher, developing reading, literacy and EAL across a whole school and trust. Sami is passionate about education and sees the impact we can have on our young people by building positive relationships and being a supportive and engaging practitioner. Her previous experience of working in a large trust to develop whole trust reading and literacy practise means she is well equipped to take up the baton at RFS and she is looking forward to being a driving force in her new role as … Out of school Sami is dedicated to looking after her fitness, knowing full well the link between a healthy body and healthy mind. More often than not you can find her in the gym, out for a run or walking in the countryside. Sami is excited to return to Rugby where she has previously worked for 4 years. She is keen to become part of the fantastic team that has made RFSS such a huge success and is looking forward to being part of an ambitious, strong and positive team.

< Back Seyed Abbas Teacher of Maths syed.abbas@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk syed.abbas@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

< Back Helen Townsend SEND Specialist Teacher helen.townsend@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk helen.townsend@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

< Back Vicky Love Sixth Form Mentor vicky.love@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk vicky.love@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

< Back Jane Sergeant Office Administrator jane.sergeant@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk jane.sergeant@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

< Back Samantha Malt samantha.malt@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk samantha.malt@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

RFSS TEAM MEMBERS Iain Green Head Teacher ​ iain.green@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Mandy Milsom Assistant Headteacher Safeguarding Mandy.milsom@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Simon Tibke Assistant Head Teacher Quality Assurance, Home Learning, Parental Voice simon.tibke@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Phil Edwards Associate Assistant Headteacher Assistant Head of Sixth Form, Careers, School Website philip.edwards@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Xian Wright Associate Assistant Headteacher Personal Development xian.wright@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Brandon Hallmark Key Stage 3 Pastoral Lead ​ brandon.hallmark@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Bethany Woodward Head of Year 10 ​ ​ Stuart Brambell Assistant Head of Year 8 ​ stuart.brambell@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Pete Moss Director of Learning - English ​ peter.moss@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Sara Willis Director of Learning - Science ​ sara.willis@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Laura Caldas Director of Learning - MFL ​ Laura.Caldas@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Lucy Clancy Director of Learning - PSHE and Health and Social Care ​ lucy.clancy@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Hannah Cowperthwaite Head of House - Pankhurst ​ hannah.cowperthwaite@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Simon Goodwin Head of House - Attenborough ​ simon.goodwin@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Catherine Cusick Teacher of Art and Design ​ catherine.cusick@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Michael Mayes Teacher of Humanities ​ michael.mayes@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Jack Wells Teacher of Humanities ​ jack.wells@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Larrissa Huggard Teacher of English - English KS4 Lead ​ larrissa.huggard@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Chris Doherty Teacher of English - Assistant Head of English ​ christopher.doherty@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Simmar Barr Teacher of Social Science ​ simmar.kaur@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Simmar Bar Teacher of Social Science ​ ​ Gabriela Maxim Teacher of MFL ​ gabriela.cles@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Seyed Abbas Teacher of Maths ​ syed.abbas@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Haseeb Khan Teacher of Maths ​ haseeb.khan@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Siobhan Powell Teacher of Science ​ siobhan.powell@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Neil Taylor Teacher of Science ​ neil.taylor@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Robyne Owen Teacher of Science ​ robyne.owen@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Bethany Fortune Student Support Lead ​ beth.fortune@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Donna Whitley HLTA Specialist in Communication and Interaction ​ donna.whitley@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Hazel Kelly Office Administrator ​ hazel.kelly@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Vicky Love Sixth Form Mentor ​ vicky.love@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Gayle Markham Inclusion Coordinater ​ gayle.markham@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Jackie Machon Exams Officer + Access Arrangement Assessor ​ jackie.machon@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Connor Pittam Site Services ​ connor.pittam@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Samantha Malt ​ ​ samantha.malt@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk John Harris Deputy Head Teacher Quality of Education john.harris@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Laura Edmonds Assistant Head Teacher KS4 Outcomes, HPA students laura.edmonds@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Elizabeth Towle Assistant Head Teacher SEND etowle@rugbyfreesecondary.co .u Seb Cooper Associate Assistant Headteacher Data, Systems and Assessment sebastain.cooper@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Mark Laity Director of Learning - Humanities Whole School Pupil Premium mark.laity@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Susie Bagnall Assistant Head of Sixth Form ​ susannah.bagnall@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Claire Groocock Assistant Head of Year Key Stage 4 ​ claire.groocock@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Steve Beasley Head of Year 7 ​ steven.beasley@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk David Isles SENDCO ​ david.iles@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Tom Waugh Director of Learning - Digital Communications / Vocational Lead ​ tom.waugh@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Philip Hopkins Director of Learning - Art, Design and Technology ​ phillip.hopkins@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Nick D'Arcy Director of Learning - Sport ​ n.darcy@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Ellie Vella Head of House - Turing ​ ellie.vella@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Sarah Coad Teacher of Art and Design ​ sarah.coad@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Emma Devine Teacher of Art and Design ​ emma.devine@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Lucy Mercer Teacher of Humanities ​ lucy.mercer@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Rachael Hopkins Teacher of Music ​ rachel.hopkins@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Lee Rice Teacher of English ​ lee.rice@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Josh O'Brien Teacher of English ​ josh.obrien@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Howard Stokes Teacher of Drama ​ howard.stokes@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Kully Bal Teacher of ICT ​ kully.bal@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Severine Harrison Teacher of MFL & Cultural Lead ​ severine.harrison@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Ben Davidson Teacher of Maths ​ ben.davison@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Gerald Telfer Teacher of Maths ​ gerald.telfer@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Robert Fairbrother Teacher of Science ​ robert.fairbrother@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Lorna Topp Teacher of Social Science ​ lorna.topp@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Kelly Davies Attendance Officer ​ kelly.davies@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Elsa Elliott SRP Manager ​ elsa.elliott@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Natalie Flitter HLTA ​ natalie.flitter@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Jodi Allard Marketing and Events Co-ordinator ​ jodi.allard@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Amy James Sixth Form Administrator ​ amy.james@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Nicole Carmichael Inclusion Coordinater ​ nicole.carmichael@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Gillian Carter Exams Officer ​ gillian.carter@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Sara Neal Librarian ​ sara.neal@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Bethan Austen Deputy Head Teacher Behaviour and Attitudes bethan.austen@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Mitch Chadwick Assistant Head Teacher Director of Learning for Sixth Form mitchell.chadwick@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Sami Bryant Assistant Head Teacher Curriculum, Literacy sami.bryant@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Marc Skelton Associate Assistant Headteacher Teaching and Learning Lead & Mathematics Teacher marc.skelton@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Gurjit Rupal Key Stage 4 Pastoral Lead ​ gurjit.rupal@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Rachael Probert Head of Year 11 ​ rachael.probert@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Megan Angell Head of Year 8 ​ megan.angell@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Fae Bantleman Assistant Head of Year 7 ​ fae.bantleman@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Freya Davies Assistant SENDCO ​ freya.shoobridge@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Helen Ward Director of Learning - Humanities ​ helen.ward@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Sophie Hartwell Director of Learning - Social Sciences ​ sophie.hartwell@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Rodger Eadon House Coordinator, Boys Achievement ​ roger.eadon@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk.co.uk Lynsey Cassidy Head of House - Ali ​ lynsey.cassidy@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Louise Maclachan Teacher of Art and Design ​ louise.maclachlan@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Gareth Campion Teacher of Food Technology ​ gareth.champion@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Stuart Marr Teacher of Humanities ​ stuart.marr@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Isobel Tranter Teacher of English - English KS3 Lead ​ isobel.tranter@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Jason Cobley Teacher of English - Literacy Coordinator ​ jason.cobley@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Toni Stokes Teacher of Drama ​ toni.stokes@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Tim Ash Teacher of Computer Science ​ tim.ash@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Helena Southworth Teacher of Social Science ​ helena.southworth@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Ana Oliver Teacher of MFL ​ ana.oliver@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Abby Hawkins Teacher of Maths ​ Abby.Hawkins@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Joanne Griffiths Teacher of Science ​ joanne.griffiths@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Jamie-Lee Goodenough Teacher of Social Science ​ jjgoodenough@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Taya Dwelly Cover Supervisor ​ taya.dwelly@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Joedie Bradgate Deputy Safeguarding Lead ​ joedie.bradgate@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Helen Townsend SEND Specialist Teacher ​ helen.townsend@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Sharon Large Learning Support Assistant ​ sharon.large@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Lisa Fincher Receptionist ​ lisa.fincher@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Jane Sergeant Office Administrator ​ jane.sergeant@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Peter Allington ​ ​ peter.allington@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Karen Lewis Student Support & Welfare Officer ​ karen.lewis@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Sally Mcguigan Lead First Aider ​ sally.mcguigan@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

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