w/c 08 Jun: is week 2 History Who we are A brief history In days gone by Academy Trust School Organisation The school day Lunchtime arrangements The house system Standards School uniform Visiting the school Transport Attendance School fund Financial assistance Paid employment outside school hours Exam Results 2014 2013 2012 2011 Extra curricular activities What are they? Sport BBC school report 2011 BBC school report 2010 Search Here! Learning platform Who we are Hitchin Boys’ School operates as an Academy Trust, providing a comprehensive and traditional single-sex school education which is both highly academic and rooted strongly in its community. Our motto is per ardua ad alta which means “Striving for Excellence”. Students consistently achieve at the very highest level and each year, and the percentage of boys gaining five or more A*- C grade passes at GCSE including English and Maths is significantly above the national average. Most students go on to higher education including some of the most prestigious universities in the country. Our belief is that all boys can achieve excellence with the right support and challenge. The School prides itself on helping young people to achieve whatever their ability, and we celebrate the successes of boys in a great variety of activities - sport, music, drama, community and charity work, as well as in the classroom. Hitchin Boys' School was inspected by OfSTED in May 2008 and again in March 2011 and was described in the latest report as "a good school with outstanding features". We are pleased with the report and especially that teaching and learning were judged good with many outstanding features. The inspector commented that: "Lessons almost always engage the interest of students because of the wide variety of approaches to learning used. Good learning was observed in all subjects". In addition 93% of parents surveyed by OfSTED agreed that they were happy with their child's experience of Hitchin Boys' School. We believe that it is effort and hard work which makes success and high achievement. We are committed to a broad-based academic curriculum ensuring that all will have the chance to study the core subjects including English, Maths, Science, Languages, Humanities and the wider subjects including Art, Music, Sport and Technology. We also provide vocational options to meet the needs of our boys. We are a school which believes that academic, sporting and artistic endeavour are equally valuable learning experiences. We believe that teachers should be highly trained professionals sharing a sense of community, a commitment to creative and challenging learning and a love of the job. We are committed to our system of pastoral care which ensures that every boy is taken care of as an individual. We believe that parents, governors and our wider community have a vital role to play in helping ensure that the boys grow and develop in a suitably supportive and challenging environment. Our aim is to ensure that boys leave the school equipped with the best possible academic outcomes and developed as resilient, resourceful and reflective individuals capable of realising their potential through lifelong learning and becoming an active member of society. © copyright thurlstone ltd 1998 - 2021 site created, managed & hosted by thurlstone ltd Cookie Privacy Policy