Thomas Estley Community College is dedicated to providing an enriching, excellent quality comprehensive community education service for all learners and the wider community.
We ensure that learning is engaging and effective through establishing consistently high quality teaching and learning, and aim to develop our students into positive citizens through our enriched curriculum. Thomas Estley will ensure that every student fulfils their potential, enjoys their learning experience and develops a positive set of values, personal learning and thinking skills to set them up for a successful future.
Thomas Estley has an excellent reputation, locally and nationally, for its innovative and high quality curriculum, chosen by the national curriculum authority as a case study and a source of excellent practice for other schools. We at Thomas Estley are extremely proud of our innovative curriculum, delivering skills for life and work through a range of subject specialisms and cross-curricular modules. We work closely with feeder primary schools and local secondary schools to ensure smooth transition from primary to secondary through to sixth form for our students, with collaborative planning and provision particularly focused in Years 6-7 and throughout Key Stage Four.
Extra Curricular Activities
All students have access to extra-curricular activities including foreign and British residentials, ski and sports trips, visits to enhance the curriculum, fieldwork, sports fixtures, clubs in every curriculum area, music and drama clubs and performances, links abroad and other special interest clubs and activities. These take place after school and during school lunchtimes.
Targeted provision
Students who would benefit from extra support generally or in particular curriculum areas can access ASDAN modules, lifeskills provision, long or short term projects, study and learning support within the curriculum and through targeted visits and clubs.
Students who would benefit from extension and stretching generally or in particular curriculum areas can access more able provision within and outside of lessons, including visits, challenges, competitions, clubs, chances to lead and to teach, and to showcase their talent.
In order to support high attainment and progress in GCSEs, we have a daily targeted Year 11 session (T7) which runs from 3.10pm – 4.10pm. Students are invited to attend these progress workshops if they are in need of additional support in curriculum areas or need additional time to complete practical elements of their GCSE course. Parents and students can also request to attend these additional sessions. Parents are notified of these sessions via ParentMail and students are informed the week prior in tutor time.
Careers
We are very proud of our careers programme, which spans all 5 years that students are with us. For more detail, please visit our Careers and Post 16 page.
