Programme of Events Leaflet autumn 08.pdf - King's High

Programme of Events 

Autumn Term 2008

Governors 

September 2008 

Chairman of Governors of Warwick Independent 

Schools Foundation 

Professor M L Shattock OBE MA Oxon 

Chairman of King’s High School Committee 

Mrs J Marshall BA 

Ex-Officio 

The Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire 

The Mayor of Warwick 

Members of the King’s High School Committee 

Mr R V Cadbury MA Cantab 

Mr A J L Cockburn 

Mrs J Edwards BA MBA 

Professor D Grammatopoulos 

Mr D E Hanson 

Mrs S Lampitt BA 

Mrs E Moloney 

Mrs C Sawdon BSc JP 

Professor R H Trigg MA DPhil Oxon 

Foundation Secretary 

Mr R James 

3 Church Street, Warwick

August 

29 Fri Year 13 Oxbridge Applicant Preparation Day 

SMT Meeting (9.30 – 11.00am) 

New Staff Coffee Meeting followed by Induction 

(11.00 – 11.30am) 

September 

1 Mon Staff Inset Day 

2 Tues Staff Inset Day 

Year 13 Oxbridge Applicant Day Follow Up 

Year 7 Induction Morning (9.30 – 12.15pm) 

Year 12 Induction Morning (10.00 – 1.00pm) 

3 Wed Term begins 

Mother/Year 7 Daughter Event 

Years 10 & 12 individual photographs taken 

Dentist in school for mouthguard fittings 

4 Thur Year 10 Mathematics Celebration, University of 

Birmingham 

Year 10 Study Skills Course (9.05 – 10.15am) 

Year 12 Parents’ Introductory Meeting, Hall (7.30pm) 

5 Fri Years 12 & 13 Pre Season Hockey Tournament, 

Rugby School 

Drinks Party for Governors, New Staff & Prefects, Red 

House Lawn (6.00 – 7.00pm) 

8 Mon Heads of Department Meeting (4.00pm) 


9 Tues Year 13 Interview Skills Workshop (9.10 – 10.15am) 

Parents’ Association Committee Meeting, Landor 

Library (7.30pm) 

10 Wed Year 12 Alis Tests 

Year 7 & Year 8 MidYIS Tests 

Year 7 form staff available for consultation with parents, 

form rooms (3.45 – 4.15pm) 

Year 9 Parents' Introductory Meeting, Hall (7.30pm) 

11 Thur Sixth Form Joint Activities begin 

Staff Child Protection Training: all staff who have not 

had training at KHS (4.00 – 5.00pm) 


12 Fri Year 7 Bonding Weekend to Boreatton Park 

(returns 14/09/08) 

Prefects’ Tea, Sixth Form Common Room (4.00pm) 

13 Sat Canticum Concert, Fauré Requiem, Hall (7.30pm) 

15 Mon Year 13 Parents’ Introductory Meeting, Hall (7.30pm)

17 Wed Open Evening Preparation for Heads of Department 

and Teachers in Charge (optional) (4.00pm) 

Year 7 Parents’ Talk (7.30 – 8.30pm, Hall) followed 

by the New Parents’ Welcome Party for all new 

parents at approximately 8.30pm, Sixth Form Centre 

Common Room 

18 Thur Health & Safety Committee, Landor Library (4.00pm) 


20 Sat Years 10 – 12 Drama trip “War Horse”, 

National Theatre 

21 Sun King’s High School & Warwick School Joint Orchestral 

Day, Guy Nelson Hall (11.00am) 

22 Mon Academic Staff Inset (4.00pm) 

24 Wed Year 12 Geography Field Trip to Derbyshire 

25 Thur Year 11 Parents’ Evening (with daughters) 

26 Fri Harvest Festival 

MacMillan Coffee Morning (9.45am) all parents and 

friends invited 

Joint Warwick School & King's High School Prefects 

Tea, Sixth Form Common Room (4.30 - 5.30pm) 

27 Sat Taster Morning for Prospective Pupils in Year 6 

Old Girls' Association Reunion for Old Girls gaining 

their degree this year, Sixth Form Centre 

(10.30 – 12.00 noon) 

29 Mon Year 11 & new Year 12 ISCO Profiling 

(9.00 – 1.05pm) 

30 Tues Old Girls’ Association Committee Meeting, Landor 

Library (7.30pm) 

October 

1 Wed Year 13 Geography Coursework Presentations 

(4.00 – 5.15pm) 

2 Thur Year 13 Geography Coursework Presentations 

(4.00 – 5.15pm) 

Celebrating Landor’s Poetry, Warwick Literature 

Festival, Landor Library (5.00 – 6.15pm) 

5 Sun Year 13 Geography Field Trip to Weston super Mare 

(returns 6/10/08) 

6 Mon Year 6, Theatre trip ‘Une Journée sur la Côte d’Azur’, 

Bridge House Theatre (1.45pm) 

Year 8 Visit to Paris Meeting for parents & pupils, 

Hall (7.30pm)

7 Tues Year 13 Parents’ Evening 

8 Wed Years 12 & 13 Art trip to Tate Modern 

Year 7 instrumentalists rehearsal, Hall 

(4.00 – 5.00pm) 

10 Fri Sixth Form Appeal Event 

11 Sat Second Hand Uniform Sale 

Cookery Club for Years 5 & 6 Children 

Horse of the Year Show trip, Birmingham (6.25pm) 

14 Tues Years 12 & 13 Debating Club Competition “Debating 

Matters” TBC 

15 Wed Sixth Form Open Evening (6.30 – 9.00pm) 

16 Thur Year 10 Geography Field Trip to Birmingham 

Year 7 Concert rehearsal, Hall (2.30 – 3.30pm) 

Year 7 Concert, Hall (7.30pm) 

17 Fri Year 11 ISCO Profiling Feedback Session 

(9.00 – 1.05pm) 

Year 8 Paris Trip (returns 21/10/08) 

20-31 Half-term 

24 Fri German Exchange (to Germany) departs lunchtime 

(returns 31/10/08) 

November 

4 Tues Year 11 ISCO Interviews begin (4 – 28 November) 

5 Wed Years 10 & 11 Theatre Trip “Wicked”, Globe Theatre 

(departs 8.00am) 

6 Thur Coten End School visit to cook 

Senior Mathematics Challenge 

7 Fri King’s High School Management Committee (2.00pm) 

Years 7 & 8 Preparation for Open Day 

(3.00 – 3.45pm) 

Years 9 –13 School ends at 3.00pm 

8 Sat Open Morning for prospective parents and girls 

(all Years 7 & 8 in school) (9.30am – 12.00pm) 

11 Tues Year 7 Tests 

12 Wed Year 7 Tests 

Year 12 Parents’ Evening 

13 Thur Year 7 Science Trip to the Space Centre 

Chamber Concert rehearsal, St Nicholas Church 

(2.00 – 3.30pm) 

Chamber Concert, St Nicholas Church (7.30pm) 

17 Mon Uniform Committee, Landor Library (4.00pm) 

18 Tues School Council Meeting, Octagon (1.20pm)

19 Wed Heads of Department Meeting (4.00pm) 

21 Fri Year 11 Options Interviews 

22 Sat Cookery Club for Years 5 & 6 Children 

24 Mon Year 8 Parents’ Evening 

26 Wed ‘Coram Boy’ Bridge House Theatre (7.30pm) 

27 Thur ‘Coram Boy’ Bridge House Theatre (7.30pm) 

28 Fri ‘Coram Boy’ Bridge House Theatre (7.30pm) 

29 Sat ‘Coram Boy’ Bridge House Theatre (7.30pm) 

December 

3 Wed Key Stage 4 Appeal Event 

Years 12 & 13 Debating Club Competition 

“Debating Matters” TBC 

4 Thur Sixth Form Conference (am) followed by Presentation 

of GCSE Certificates to Year 12 (2.30 – 3.40pm) 

All Year 12 parents invited pm 

“The House of Bernarda Alba”, King’s High School 

drama production, Hall (7.30pm) 

5 Fri “The House of Bernarda Alba”, King’s High School 

drama production, Hall (7.30pm) 

9 Tues Rehearsal for Christmas Concert, Guy Nelson Hall 

(1.30 – 3.30pm) 

Christmas Concert, Guy Nelson Hall (7.30pm) 

11 Thur Years 12 & 13 Theatre Trip “Hamlet", London 

(7.00pm) TBC 

13 Sat Cookery Club for Years 5 & 6 Children 

15 Mon Years 10-13 Theatre Trip “Don John”, RSC (7.00pm) 

Year 13 2008 Leavers’ Celebration Evening, Hall 

(7.30pm) 

17 Wed Carol Service Rehearsal (1.30 – 3.30pm) TBC 

18 Thur Reports posted home 

Carol Service, St Mary’s Church (11.45am) 

Term Ends (12.45pm) 

January 

6 Tues Term begins 

24 Sat Entrance Examination

Parents’ Evenings 

Thursday, 25th September Year 11 

Tuesday, 7th October Year 13 

Wednesday, 12th November Year 12 

Monday, 24th November Year 8 

Monday, 26th January Year 9 

Wednesday, 4th March Year 7 

Tuesday 24th March Year 10 

Thursday, 18th June Year 12 

Term Dates 2008 – 2009 

Please note later finish time 12.45pm for December, 2008 

Autumn Term 2008 (Staff Inset Days Monday 1st & 

Tuesday 2nd September & 

attendance for new Year 7 & 12 on 

Tuesday 2nd) 

Wednesday, 3rd September – Thursday 

18th December 2008 12.45pm 

Half-Term 

Monday 20th – Friday 31st October 

inclusive 

Spring Term 2009 (Staff Inset Day Monday 5th January) 

Tuesday 6th January – Thursday 26th 

March 2009 3.45 pm 

Half-Term 

Monday 16th – Friday 20th February 

inclusive 

Summer Term 2009 (Staff Inset Day Monday 20th April) 

Tuesday 21st April – Friday 10th July 

2009 12.15pm 

Bank Holiday 

Monday, 4th May 

Half-Term Monday 25th May (Bank Holiday) – 

Friday 29th May inclusive 

Autumn Term 2009 (Staff Inset Days Monday 31st August 

PROVISIONAL 

& Tuesday 1st September & 

attendance for new Year 7 & 12 on 

Tuesday 1st) 

Wednesday, 2nd September – 

Thursday 17th December 2009 

Half-Term 

Monday 19th – Friday 30th October 

PROVISIONAL 

inclusive

Physical Education 

Fixtures 

AUGUST 

30 Sat Pre Season Hockey Training at the field 

U15, U16, U18 (9.30 – 12pm) 

31 Sun Pre Season Hockey Training at the field 

U15, U16, U18 (9.20 – 12pm) 

SEPTEMBER 

5 Fri Pre Season Hockey Tournament Rugby School 

1st XI Hockey (all day) 

6 Sat Pre Season Netball Training at the field 

U17 County Hockey Trials a.m Coventry Schools 

7 Sun Pre Season Hockey Training at the field 

U13 – U14 (9.30 – 12pm) 

U15 – U18 (1 – 3pm) 

9 Tues County Hockey Trials 

U14 

11 Thur County Hockey Trials 

U15 

12 – 14 Yr 7 Bonding Weekend 

16 Tues Kenilworth School Home 

Netball 

U15, U16 

17 Wed Bilton Grange (4pm start) Home 

Netball 

U12 a & b, U13 a & b 

20 Sat Loughborough Festival Loughborough 

Netball 

U12, U13 

Kings High School, Worcester 

Hockey U13, U14, U15, U16, U18 

Home 

23 Tues Stratford Grammar Away 

Netball 

U16, U18 

24 Wed U19 County Netball Tournament King’s 

Bablake School 

Hockey 

U14 

Home 

25 Thur Stratford Grammar Home 

Hockey U14

27 Sat King Henry VIII School Home 

Hockey U13, U15 

Netball 

U12 a & b, U14 a & b, U16, U18 

U16 County Netball Tournament 

29 Mon Stratford Grammar 

Hockey U16 Home 

Netball U15 Away 

30 Tues Rugby School Home 

Hockey 2nd XI 

OCTOBER 

1 Wed Solihull School Home 

Hockey 1st & 2nd XI 


Netball 

U13 a & b 

Home 

2 Thur Solihull School Away 

Hockey U14 

4 Sat Bablake School Home 


Netball 

U12 a & b, U14 a & b, U18 

County Hockey Tournament 

U16 

Rugby School 

6 Mon Princethorpe College Home 

Netball 

U14 a & b, U15 a & b 

8 Wed Warwickshire Tournament (2.00pm start) Rugby 

Hockey U18 

Kenilworth School 

Netball 

U13 a & b 

Home 

10 Fri Solihull School Home 

Hockey U12 a & b 

11 Sat Warwickshire Tournament Coventry 

Hockey U14 

Wolverhampton Grammar School 


Netball 

U12 a & b, U14 

Home 

12 Sun Rugby Schools Super Sixes 

Hockey U14, U15, U16, U18 

14 Tues Solihull School Away 

Hockey U13 a & b

NOVEMBER 

4 Tues Rugby School Home 


County Trials 

Hockey 

8 Sat Open Morning 

Netball 

Gymnastics Club 

U13 

U12, U13 

Kenilworth School 

Hockey Tournament 

U12 

Solihull School 

U14 County Netball Tournament 

11 Tue Rugby School Away 



Hockey 

U12 a & b 

Home 

12 Wed U19 Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire King’s 

Netball Tournament 

13 Thur County Indoor Tournament King Henry VIII 

Hockey U16 

15 Sat King Edward VI, Edgbaston Away 


Netball 

U12 a & b, U14, U16, U18 

17 Mon Bablake School Away 

Netball 

U15, U16 

19 Wed U16 Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire 


20 Thur Solihull School Home 

Hockey U15 

22 Sat Loughborough High School Away 


Netball 

U12 a & b, U13 a & b, U15, U18 

U14 Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire 


24 Mon Princethorpe College Away 

Hockey U12 

Princethorpe College 

Hockey U13 

Home

25 Tues Rugby School Away 

Hockey U14 B team 

Stratford Grammar 

Hockey U12 a & b 

Home 

26 Wed Princethorpe College Home 

Hockey U18 

St. Martins, Solihull 

Netball 

U14 a & b 

Home in Sports Hall 

29 Sat No Fixtures 

DECEMBER 

1 Mon Bablake School Away 

Hockey U18 

3 Wed Bablake School Home 

Hockey U16 

6 Sat Edgbaston High School Home 

Hockey U12 a & b, U14, U16, U18 

Netball 

U13 a & b, U15 

13 Sat Warwickshire Tournament Home 

Hockey U12

September 2008 

Staff 

Senior Management Team 

Headmistress 

Deputy Head (Academic)/Director of Studies 

Deputy Head (Pastoral) 

Bursar 

Head of Sixth Form 

Head of Key Stage 4 (Years 10 -11) 

Head of Key Stage 3 (Years 7 – 9) 

Director of Timetabling & Staff Mentor 

Mrs E Surber BA MA Exeter 

Mr S Bethel BSc Birmingham 

Mrs C Renton BSc Leicester 

MSc London 

Mr J Musselwhite BSc Leeds 

Mrs H Cave BA York 

Mrs K Hewitt BA Bristol 

Dr R Cheetham PhD BSc University 

of London 

Miss R Court BSc London 

Members of the Teaching Staff (by department) * Part time 

Art, Design and Food Technology 

Miss S Lewis MA Wales 

Mrs S Didlick* BEd CNAA 

Mrs E Ashby BA Kent 

Miss A Beacon BA Manchester Metropolitan 

Miss L Sinden* BA MA Nottingham Trent 

Mr N C Walker BSc Brunel 

Business Studies 

Mrs E A Thornton* BA Nottingham 

Mrs A E Browning* BA London 

Careers 

Miss J A Dormer BA Durham 


Mr M Vale BA Cantab 

Mrs M E Forde BA Oxon MA Birmingham 

Dr R Lidgett BA PhD Birmingham 

Classics 

Mrs J A Nicolson BA Leeds 

Miss J A Dormer BA Durham 

Drama 

Mrs S Barker-Doherty BA Northumbria 

Ms J Whitehouse* MA Sussex 

English 

Miss R Bradbury BA York MA Leeds 

Mrs C A Andrews* MA Edinburgh 

Mrs H M Cave BA York 

Mrs K Greaves* BA East Anglia 

Head of Department 

Teacher in Charge of Food 

Technology 

Second in Department (Art) 

Teacher in Charge of Design 

Technology & Duke of Edinburgh 

Award Coordinator 

Teacher in Charge 


Work Experience Coordinator 

Oxbridge Coordinator 

Careers Advisor 

Careers Advisor 



Head of Department

Mrs F Hill BA Surrey 

Mrs C Richards BA Exeter 

Economics 

Mrs J Roberts* BA Leeds 

Geography 

Mr A Duncombe MA Cantab 

Miss K Briggs MRes BSc Glasgow 


Mrs C Renton BSc Leicester MSc London 

Mrs E A Thornton* BA Nottingham 

History 

Mr M J Vale MA Cantab 


Mrs C Wellman BA Warwick 

Information Technology 

Mrs P D Prance BSc Warwick 

Mrs L Thomas BSc Exeter 

Mrs E Powell BSc Anglia Ruskin 

Mrs N Russell* BSc Loughborough 

Mathematics 

Mr A Wild BSc Wales 

Miss U Birbeck BA Warwick 

Miss R Court BSc London 

Mrs P Davies BSc Warwick 

Mr R Sharpe BEd Bristol Polytechnic 

Dip DA New College of Speech & Drama 

Mrs L Y Sherren BSc Sheffield 

Modern Languages 

Mr E W MacFetridge BA Coventry 

Mrs M E Forde BA Oxon MA Birmingham 

Mrs M Hedley (German) Diploma, 

Institute of Linguistics, MBA Leicester 

Miss L Hooper BA Warwick 

Ms N Lambert BA Oxon 

Mrs A C Lochner* 

Mrs C Murphy BA Royal Holloway 

Mrs J A Nicolson BA Leeds 

Mrs M H Quinney* DEUG Nantes & Chartres 

Mrs M Esteban-Stephenson* 

Music 

Mr M Smallwood BA (Mus) 

Anglia Polytechnic University 

Mrs G Jones BA Leeds ARCM 

Teacher in Charge 




Assistant KS3 Coordinator, Head 

of Year 7 & KS3 ICT Coordinator 


Examinations Officer 


Teacher in Charge of Spanish 

Teacher in Charge of German 

German Assistante 

French Assistante 

Spanish Assistante 


Physical Education 

Miss C E A Gilbert BA Liverpool John Moores 

Miss L McFarlane BSc Sheffield Hallam 

Miss E J Waite Cert Ed Bedford Cert PDE Open 

Mrs C Walker* BEd Chelsea School of Movement 

Head of Department & 

Educational Visits Coordinator 

Second in Department 

Psychology 

Mr N Orrock* BA Leicester 

Teacher in Charge

Religious Studies 

Mrs K Hewitt BA Bristol 

Ms N Lambert BA Oxon 


Science 

Mrs R Chapman MA Oxon 

Biology 

Mrs J M Grant BSc Durham 

Dr P Boulton PhD Birmingham BSc London 

Mrs S Burgham BSc Kings College, London 

Dr C M Pickup* DPhil Oxon BSc Manchester 

Mrs K Pitchford* BSc Southampton 

Chemistry 

Dr A Grist BSc PhD Leicester 

Mrs S Burgham BSc Kings College, London 

Mrs R Chapman MA Oxon 

Dr R Cheetham PhD BSc University of London 

Mrs A Mather* BSc Dundee 

Physics 

Dr A Chamberlain PhD BSc Warwick 

Mrs E Mottram* BA Oxon 

Mrs B Stewart BSc Manchester 


Second in Department 


Head of Biology 

Assistant Examinations Officer 

Voluntary Service Coordinator 

Teacher in Charge of Chemistry 

Teacher in Charge of Physics 

Special Educational Needs Coordinator 

Mrs P Cronin* BA Cardiff OCR Dip SpLD AMBDA 

Gifted & Talented Coordinator 

Mr A Duncombe MA Cantab 

Visiting Staff for Music 

Mr M Adlington BMus 

Mr C Druce FRCO GBSM ARCM 

Miss A L Hill LTCL FTCL GBSM ABSM 

Mrs S M Irving BEd Cantab MMus 

Mrs S M Lucas BA LRAM ARCM LGSM 

Mr P Luckhurst ATCL (Teachers) 

Mrs J J Matthews LRAM 

Mr R B Meteyard AGSM 

Mrs S Meteyard GBSM ABSM 

Miss B Morley BA (Coll) 

Mr R A Payne 

Mrs M Stringer BA MA BMus 

Mrs M Todd Diploma Lucerne Conservatoire 

Visiting Coaches/Teachers for Activities 

Mrs E Barkans 

Dr P Cormack 

Ms C Cornwallis 

Mrs L England 

Mrs C Esposito Faraone 

Mr P Helps 

Mrs H M Jeffery BA Teaching Dip RAD 

Ballet Fellow NATD Russian Classic Ballet 

Mrs D Monnington 

Mr T Perkins 

Members of the Non-teaching Staff 

Bursar 

Administration 

Administrative Assistant 

Administrative Assistant, Music Dept 

Assistant Bursar 

Assistant Network Manager 

Yoga 

Fencing 

Real Tennis 

Dance 

Italian 

Clay Pigeon Shooting 

Ballet & Contemporary 

Badminton & Gym 

Dance 

Mr J Musselwhite BSc Leeds 

Mrs L Prescott* 

Mrs A Williams* 

Mrs S J Jasinska* 

Mr J Wiltshire

Data Administrator 

Headmistress’s Secretary 

Network Manager 

Office Manager 

Receptionist 

Registrar 

School Secretary 

Studies Secretary 

Health 

Matron 

Library 

Librarian 

Marketing 

Marketing/Communications Manager 

Development 

Development Manager 

Database and Administration Assistant 

Technicians 

Art 

Art/DT 

Audio Visual 

Biology 

Chemistry 

ICT 

Science 

Science 

Caretaking 

Caretaker 

Caretaker’s Assistant 

Maintenance 

Foreman 

Maintenance Assistant 

Grounds 

Groundsman 

Catering 

Catering Manager 

Head Chef 

Second Chef 

Catering Assistant 





Mr A Sherren BSc Birmingham 

Mrs D E Ralphs 

Mr T Rushton 

Mrs A Lall 

Mrs R Short* 

Mrs G Worrall* 

Mrs G Brown 

Mrs T Garratt* 

Mrs S Ward* SRN 

Mrs E Alkhalaf* ALA 

Mrs M K Bray* BA Strathclyde 

Mrs C Musselwhite* BSc Leeds 

Mrs A Lima* 

Mrs T K Haynes* 

Mr P Pardoe* 

Mr J Richards 

Mrs S McManus 

Mrs S M Edkins 

Mrs C H Rogers* 

Mr R Wythe 

Mrs D Manion 

Mr T Aitken 

Mr B Kamanga 

Mr B Smith 

Mr P Aitken 

Mr B Ashby 

Mrs L Dudley 

Mrs M Pettipher* 

Mrs K Whiteman* 

Mrs J Coleman* 

Mrs H Jennings* 

Mrs M Phillips* 

Mrs J Smith* 

Mrs L Smith* 

Supervisors 

Mrs C Brennan (lunchtime) 

Mrs J Davies (lunchtime) 

Mrs S Hayes (lunchtime and after school) 

Mrs S MacLellan (lunchtime)

Headmistress: Mrs E Surber, BA MA 

King’s High School 

Smith Street, Warwick, CV34 4HJ 

T 01926 494485 

F 01926 403089 

E enquiries@kingshighwarwick.co.uk 

W www.kingshighwarwick.co.uk

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