Admissions – Year 7

There are over 80 extra curricular clubs from Art to Zoo Keepers Clubs. There are numerous sports clubs from dance to table tennis. We also run teams for many sports which compete with other schools, and in county and national competitions including football, netball, athletics, equestrian, table tennis, badminton, rugby, dance, cricket, rounders, basketball, hockey etc.

Science have various clubs including STEM Club and our Music Department have bands, orchestras and ensembles from beginner level to students who are performing at Grade 6 and above. In addition we run sports trips to locations such as Dorset, History trips to Belgium, Language trips to France and Germany and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme to widen the experiences of our young people. We have an active house system and house competitions are a popular part of school life.

We work closely with all primary schools to ensure we can know your child’s strengths and personality well before they arrive. We visit as many students as we can transferring to us in the summer term in their own primary school, and invite those we don’t see for a visit. We invite the students to Lady Manners School in the summer term for taster days and on one of those days we encourage the students to take the bus and they also experience lunch!

We are proud at Lady Manners School to have held the Dyslexia Friendly Schools’ status from the British Dyslexia Association. All student worksheets are printed on off-white paper to reduce glare and we also provide reading rulers and overlays for textbooks, ensure that PowerPoint presentations are in dyslexia friendly fonts and give extremely dyslexic students copies of lesson notes. In some cases, a laptop/voice activated software and reader pens are provided for assessments.

Learning Support

We have an excellent Learning Support Department with a dedicated SENDCo and Teaching Assistants (TAs). TAs provide some in class support for students with an Education, Health and Care Plan and various interventions for others on the Special Educational Needs Register.

We also run a literacy programme in Year 7 to help with phonics and comprehension for any student who may need a little extra help. Specialist learning mentors in mathematics and English provide intervention for those students who may need this and we have a TA who specialises in supporting students with medical, physical impairment and with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

All teachers have taken part in training led by Autism Outreach. We run a successful ‘All About Me’ Club to support students who have ASD to form relationships with others.

All teachers are given regular training in scaffolding techniques and quality first teaching for all children especially for those with learning difficulties.

We have a dedicated medical room with several qualified first aiders on site. In addition to this, we have a TA who is a qualified nurse who supports some students with specific medical needs.

All students attend a 15 minute form time at 9am. They then have five one hour lessons with a 15 minute break in the morning and a one hour lunch break. All students finish school at 3.35pm.

In Key Stage 3, all students study maths, English, science, geography, history, RE, a modern foreign language, personal development, ICT, music, drama, art (including textiles), design and technology, food technology and PE.

We currently offer Post 16 courses in art, textiles, product design, French, German, maths, further maths, chemistry, biology, physics, RE, economics, business studies, psychology, English language, English literature, music, drama, geography, history, health and social care, sport studies, ICT and computer science.