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The Curriculum
How the School Works
St Bart's teaches the National Curriculum, but staff and governors have aspirations and expectations about students' education that far exceed the specifications of the National Curriculum. We seek to offer diversity and choice at appropriate stages, but throughout a student's career here we expect courses to be interesting, stimulating and intellectually challenging and to lead to appropriate qualifications at the highest level the individual can achieve.
Faculty Organisation
In order to manage curriculum development and training and to achieve the best possible results, we organise our teaching staff into faculties - groups of teachers delivering a range of subjects. The Head of Faculty is the leading professional in that team of teachers.
Beyond the National Curriculum
Staff at St Bart's make an exceptional commitment to enriching the curriculum, both within and beyond the classroom. Out-of-classroom activities, visits and exchanges all  contribute to the fully rounded education parents want for their children.
This is reflected in consistently high achievements in the national Key Stage 3 tests, GCSE, ‘A' Level and other qualifications. Every year a high proportion of Sixth Formers progress to university - a significant number of those to Oxford and Cambridge. Our staff are immensely experienced and can offer professional guidance to students and their families.
Accessing Information
To help them develop a positive attitude to life-long learning, students need to acquire independent study skills. The school has an excellent Library managed by qualified staff which is accessible to students at breaks, lunch-times and after school.
The Library is one of the many points of access to the school's large and sophisticated computer network. All students and staff have e-mail addresses.
The Faculties
For more detailed information about each subject and the individual year group, please select from one of the Faculties below:
The House System
Every child entering the school becomes a member of one of the four Houses. The Houses, Curnock, Davis, Evers and Patterson, are named after four old boys of St. Bartholomew's Grammar School who were killed in the First World War. Each House has a House Head and a Deputy House Head and they lead a team of form tutors. Students quickly form loyalties to their House and achieve a true sense of belonging.
 The tutors, through their daily and regular contacts with their group, build up an understanding of each of its members and help to ensure that the experience of being at school is as beneficial as possible. Whilst this may include dealing with
problems of behaviour or progress, this is only a part of a relationship which seeks to give children a better understanding of themselves and those around them.
The House system also acts as a link between the different age groups in the school, providing them with opportunities for working and playing together. Typical of this is the attachment of Sixth Form students to junior forms where they encourage and support House activities; and the House Drama and Music
competitions, where the Sixth Formers are responsible for all the organisation and direction, with only minimal staff help.
Members of a family are placed in the same House and this enables parents to build up a relationship with one particular group of staff who will be able to discuss any problems or offer advice based on their knowledge of the overall situation.
If you would like to apply for a place at St.Bart's, please contact the school.
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