Cams Hill School was first recognised by government education chiefs as one of the shining lights in education in the country in 1998 when we were amongst first 75 schools across England selected to receive Beacon Status.

This status gave us financial support to collaborate and form partnerships with many other primary and secondary schools across the region so as to develop a series of innovative teaching and learning projects to enrich and enhance the curriculum.

In Autumn 2002, we were disappointed to learn that the DfES were intending to phase out Beacon funding for secondary schools. However Beacon Status was to be replaced with a new initiative called ‘Leading Edge’ and in May 2003 we were delighted when we became the lead school within the Cams Hill Leading Edge Partnership.

Working collaboratively with a wide variety of other schools, we have led a wide range of curriculum enhancing projects over a number of years. We have led innovative projects which have covered a wide range of curriculum areas including; Art, Drama, English, Electronics, Geography, ICT, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages, Performing Arts, Religious Education, and Science.

 
LEADING EDGE PROJECTS IN 2006/2007
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Our largest and longest running Leading Edge project continues to be our Cams Hill Science Consortium which currently involves over 30 primary and secondary schools across Hampshire, East and West Sussex. Working collaboratively with other schools, we have been able to raise standards of teaching and learning in science lessons covering all age groups KS1 to KS5.

The Consortium has developed a range of initiatives and teaching resources and we are very proud that our ‘Thinking Frame Approach’ was included within a core teacher training unit for the Key Stage 3 National Strategy for Science.

The ‘Thinking Frames’ along with our ‘Levels Mountain’ and ‘Placemats’ resources enable us to offer regular teacher training workshops and courses at the Science Learning Centre at Southampton University.

 

For further information on any of these projects please contact

Matthew Newberry
Curriculum Projects Manager
Tel: 01329 231641
E-mail: mnewberry@camshill.com

For information about Leading Edge Partnerships go to the DfES standards website. www.standards.dfes.gov.uk