BEAUMONT SCHOOL NEWS

School Uniform

Please see this letter for details of uniform requirements. Please note that students should return to school in September in full Winter Uniform.

School start times Friday 3 September 2010

Year 12 enrolment process 2010/11

1. Complete Confirmation Form that was given out at Sixth Form Induction, once GCSE results are known.
2. Post form into marked box outside main school building by deadline of 10am Tuesday 31st August.
3. Attend Enrolment Day on Friday 3rd September at the times specified on the Confirmation Form (which depend on whether requests for changes have been made). Meet in the Sixth Form Common Room for processing.
4. Lessons start promptly on Tuesday 7th September. 

Year 13 enrolment process 2010/11   

1. A level students complete green enrolment form, given out in Tutor Time before end of term, once AS level results known.
2. Post form into marked box outside main school building by deadline of 10am Tuesday 31st August.
3. All students (A level & IB) attend Year 13 Enrolment Day on Monday 6th September in the Common Room at the following times:

 A - G surnames - 9.30 am

H - M surnames- 10.00am

N - Z  surnames - 10.30am 

Any students with problems with their future course choice, following AS results, to meet in the Common Room at 11.20am.

Lessons start promptly on Tuesday 7th September.

Tuesday 7 Sept 2010 - early finish to school day

On Tuesday 7th September staff will be completing Safeguarding Children Training, a statutory three yearly requirement.  As a result lunch time will be shortened to 35 minutes, lesson 6 will start at 1.25 and lesson 7 at 2.15.  Students will be dismissed early at 3.00.  Please note this in your diaries.  Thank you.

Summer Concert 15 July 2010 - programmes

If parents attended the concert but did not receive a programme and would still like one, they can email Beaumont.Music@beaumont.herts.sch.uk and we will send one home with their son or daughter.

Academy Status

Like many schools, Beaumont School has registered with the Department for Education for updates on academy status in order to be kept fully briefed about developments with this initiative.  As yet the information available is not sufficient for us to make an informed judgement about whether or not academy status would bring benefits to Beaumont and we therefore have no plans in the short term to apply to become an academy.  We will continue to keep abreast of developments and review information as it becomes available.  Any decision in the future to apply to become an academy would only be reached after consultation with parents, students, staff and governors.

UCAS Parents Information evening - presentation material

Copies of the material presented at the meeting on 11 March can be downloaded here

Powerpoint presentation

University finance information sheet

Useful websites

Beaumont School/Winches Farm - planning application for revised development proposals

A planning application has been submitted to St Albans District Council to develop land at and adjoining Beaumont School to provide much needed sports and teaching facilities, create a new vehicular access, car park and drop off facilities, and to enable new housing development which will fund this work to be undertaken. Click here to see the Beaumont Life Special Edition detailing the proposals.

The planning application can be viewed via the link below and searching for the application reference number: 5/2009/2471. 

http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/planning/planning-applications/planning-applications-search.aspx

Letters or emails supporting the application should be sent to St Albans District Council by Monday 25th January where possible and by Friday 12th February at the latest.

There will be a Residents' meeting in the School library at 6pm on Thursday 28th January in order to bring residents up to date with progress.

Privacy Notice - Data Protection Act 1998

All schools are required under the Data Protection Act 1998 to issue a Privacy Notice (previously referred to as the Fair Processing Notice) to pupils and parents summarising the information held about pupils, why it is held, and the third parties to whom it may be passed on.

The Privacy Notice has been added to the Policies page of this website and provides details of local authority and DCSF websites where more information is available. Click here to download a copy.

Outstanding A level and GCSE results

Many congratulations to all our students on achieving their outstanding A Level and GCSE results.  Some of the headlines, together with a more detailed breakdown of results, are given on the Exam Results page.  

Our photos show GCSE and AL students receiving their results.  Almost all our A Level and IB students have taken up places at their chosen universities and we wish them all well as they move on from Beaumont.

International Baccalaureate Success

Students in the first year group to have completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) in the BeauSandVer consortium have just received their results. For Beaumont students the overall results are extremely successful, with some outstanding individual performances amongst them.

• All the students have gained the Diploma
• Two students have gained a bilingual diploma
• Two students scored over 40 points:  Jack Clift achieved an outstanding 41 points which puts him in the top 4% worldwide and Heather Brown achieved a sensational 43 points, placing her in the top 2% worldwide.  Both  students have confirmed places at Oxford University.
• A 29.4% of our students scored 36 points or more – only 15% of students taking the IB worldwide do this well.
• The average result for Beaumont students is 33 points ; the  IB world average is between 29 and 30 points.

A huge well done to the students, and to all the IB staff who have worked very hard to make the programme a success.