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Meet Seb Cooper Anchor 1 Back to Our School Anchor 2 core_values2 kind2 endeav3 core_values2 1/18 Learn a little more about Seb Cooper Seb joined Rugby Free Secondary School as a qualified Physics Teacher in September 2019, experienced with teaching students age 11 - 18. Born and raised in London, Seb has also spent his formative teaching years in the Lake District before settling back with family in the Midlands. Coming into his teaching career with a degree in 'Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology', he has found great success as a teacher of Physics, Head of Subject, Head of Year and Whole School Assessment Lead. Naturally, he will be progressing up to his new role as Associate Assistant Headteacher in September 2023, with a specific focus on our MIS system, Timetabling, Assessment and Cover. As a result, Seb will be at the core of the work we perform daily. Utilising his great working relationships with the rest of the staff body and his knowledge of both pastoral and subject pedagogy, he is building on the achievements of his predecessors to carry us forward to 'Outstanding' in the future. Transitioning Seb into the senior leadership team has been a natural and easy step to take, having spent the past year in close collaboration with all our current members. He passed his NPQSL qualification in 2022, writing about his pastoral achievements and further highlighted his attention to detail with data and how to use data to boost school improvement from a behaviour perspective. Throughout his career at RFSS, he has been able to not only support our teachers, but also form effective relationships with our parents and students. Outside of RFSS, Seb spends his time being the greatest dad in the world to his daughter Ada, born in January 2023, and husband to his wife Abi. He is a self-certified 'geek' who builds computers and loves using technology to be creative with Art, Music and more. Looking ahead, he simply can not wait to teach his daughter how to play the guitar.

Student Support: Year 10 As the students enter Year 10, they will notice a real step up in the academic expectations on them as they begin their GCSEs in earnest. Strong routines and a desire to improve independently will be essential for the pupils and concepts we will focus on collectively. The foundations set at the start of this year will prepare them for the upcoming challenges their exams may offer. Developing the pupils as more than just academic students is fundamental to life at RFSS. Students in Year 10 will be provided with opportunities to further develop self-confidence, excellent communication skills and the determination to reach their potential. We expect students to engage in a variety of enrichment activities, including the opportunity to further develop their leadership skills by applying to become a school prefect. We ask our Year 10 pupils to act as positive role models to the younger students and becoming a prefect is one way to do this. Wider enrichment also enables students to develop a broad variety of skills outside the classroom, and encourages a well-balanced school life. As always, the year group will be supported by a dedicated team of Form Tutors who will deliver a Personal Development Programme, not only supporting the careers and academic side of education but also the wellbeing of the individual. We understand that there may be difficult times throughout the year and our Pastoral Staff will be there to guide all students through stormy seas until calmer waters are found. Year 10 will be a challenging, exciting and ultimately rewarding year for all of our students and those who fully immerse themselves in the school’s principles and core values will achieve wonderful things. Cognitive Load Theory Flipped Learning Interleaving Chunking Using Flashcards BETHANY WOODWARD HEAD OF YEAR 10 bwoodward@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk CLAIRE GROOCOCK ASSISTANT HEAD OF YEAR 10 Claire.groocock@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk Meet the Head of Y10 - Ms Woodward Beth, the Head of Year 10 at Rugby Free, has only recently become a part of the RFSS community, joining in September 2024. She has high expectations of our students which sets them up to be prepared and form good habits ready for Year 11 & their GCSEs. Beth has previously worked in a similar role in a school in Coventry where she has supported pupils across all 5 main school year groups but also as Head of PE so has a good understanding of all aspects of school performance and progress. Beth is passionate about making a difference to our students lives by preparing them for adult life and her pastoral role enables her to support our students both academically and emotionally which allow them to work towards their future aspirations. Beth is a PE specialist, studying Sport & Exercise science at the University of Chester, so is highly involved in the wider school experience by running a number of sport enrichment clubs including Girls Rugby & Netball. Beth herself plays rugby for Kenilworth RFC who play in the National Championship 1 North League and also enjoys being outdoors hiking & paddleboarding. Beth says these activities help with her own mental health for which she is a huge advocate for physical activity contributing positively to the health & wellbeing of our students.

< 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

< Back Siobhan Powell Teacher of Science siobhan.powell@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk siobhan.powell@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

< Back Sarah Coad Teacher of Art and Design sarah.coad@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk sarah.coad@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk

< Back Claire Groocock Assistant Head of Year Key Stage 4 claire.groocock@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk claire.groocock@rugbyfreesecondary.co.uk