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Hextable Dance
Hextable Dance is an Arts Council funded Dance Development facility set in Hextable School Grounds. Our Partnership with Hextable Dance enables us to provide state of the art facilities for the Performing Arts as well as many outstanding opportunities to work with professionals from the creative and performing arts industries. The opportunity for workshops, performances and classes through Hextable Dance extends the contribution of the school into the wider Arts community in the South East.
Link to Hextable Dance website
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Wilmington Hextable Swanley (WHS) Partnership
A partnership of excellence, building on our individual strengths and specialist status, to maximise the achievement of all learners.
Our common purpose:
- to create a dynamic learning community within the Thames Gateway, maximising opportunities in a cost effective way
- to provide opportunities for every learner to realise high ambitions
- to ensure learners are engaged in and contribute to the learning community
- to prepare learners for working life.
Our partnership with Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, The Grammar School for Girls Wilmington, Wilmington Enterprise College, Swanley Technology College and North West Kent College enable us to offer a rich selection of curriculum options across the 14-19 age range. The Partnership is being widely recognised for its success in developing new Diploma Programmes in a range of subjects including Creative and Media, ICT, Business, Engineering and Construction. Students are able to follow courses on different sites for part of their timetable.
The partnership has also enabled a range of inter-school challenges reflecting our specialisms, Gifted and Talented partnerships and projects.
Staff benefit from shared training, recruitment and working together on common projects.
For more information about the work of the partnership contact Mr J. Plant (WHS Partnership Strategic Manager) on 01322 668621.
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TVOC
Our partnership with Swanley Technology College and Wilmington Enterprise College enables students from the three schools to attend vocational courses offered on different sites during years 10 and 11.
As a result, for one day a week students in years 10 and 11 can choose from subjects including Construction, Hair and Beauty, Motor Vehicle Maintenance, BTec Performing Arts, BTec Media, BTec Sport, BTec Theatre Production, NCFE Music Technology, Land based studies etc. Students are able to benefit from the specialist resources available at each school. This way of working has proved to be very popular with our students.
This innovative and successful way of working in partnership has enriched the curriculum offer and contributes to our students’ preparedness for working life.
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Swanley & District Children’s Partnership
Hextable School is a part of the Swanley & District Local Children’s Services Partnership. We work in partnership with other agencies across the area to improve delivery of Children’s Services for the benefit of all young people in the area. We work closely with our partner primary schools as part of this process to ensure that the transition from Primary School to Secondary School is as smooth and successful as possible. As an extended Community school we value the partnership and its contribution to improving the lives of local young people.
Vision
- To develop confident, happy children and young people who are able to effectively meet the challenges of the 21st Century.
- To raise aspirations and self esteem of young people to enable them to achieve their potential.
- To ensure that children and families, including the disabled, are involved in the commissioning and monitoring of services in our area, including both specialist and universal services.
Aims
Support the development of…
- a cohesive community – aspirational, self supporting and sustainable with respect and responsibility
- safeguarding for all
- an emotionally literate workforce and community
- a healthy community
- positive parenting
- all succeeding to fulfil their potential, including disabled people
- raising standards from 0 to 19 (25) – learning for all
- youth in provision/support
- equal opportunity – and the celebration of diversity
- the reduction of anti-social behaviour
- extended/extra curricular activities
- transition in all phases
- learning from and supporting each other (inc cross Cluster)
- to be cost effective in our provision
Link to website.
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