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HEADTEACHER:
Mark E. Garbett MA M.Ed NPQH
Tel: 020 8807 4037
Fax: 020 8887 8111
THE LATYMER
SCHOOL
Founded 1624
From the Head teacher - Mark E Garbett
Haselbury Road
Edmonton
London N9 9TN
[email protected]
www.latymer.co.uk
July 2014
Initial impressions are very powerful. Latymer Is known for its academic achievement but I trust that when you
visit the school you will feel the warmth of the relationships amongst all members of the school community. It is
a part of the Latymer ethos that school life should be enjoyed for itself and not just as a preparation for
adulthood.
Latymerians attain the very highest educational standards and enjoy a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
Pupils are encouraged to achieve their full potential and to take responsibility for themselves and for others.
Above all they are educated to rise to the challenges and to seize the opportunities offered by both work and
recreation.
Whilst the traditions of The Latymer School are firmly established, preparing for the future is foremost.
Successfully blending the old and the new prepares our young people for the years ahead.
Thank you for your interest in The Latymer School.
Mark E Garbett
AIMS OF THE SCHOOL
“To provide a first class, liberal education where pupils achieve their full potential and show
consideration for others.”
1. To help pupils develop lively enquiring minds,
apply themselves to tasks and acquire practical skills
and knowledge that are valued both for their own
sake and for the broader good of society.
2. To ensure that school life is valued for itself as
well as a preparation for adulthood and
employment.
6. To provide a wide range of opportunities for all
pupils.
7. To help pupils understand the world and the
interdependence of individuals, communities and
nations.
3. To help pupils develop the ambition and selfesteem to realise their full potential.
8. To help pupils understand the consequences for
the environment of their actions and those of
others.
4. To encourage pupils to be aware of and
understand their own and others’ feelings.
9. To encourage pupils to contribute to the common
good both now and in the future.
5. To assist pupils to develop an understanding of and
respect for the beliefs and values of others.
To be liberal is:
 To encourage freedom of thought and an enquiring mind
 To recognise that each pupil is a unique individual
 To extend tolerance and respect towards others
 To recognise that the limits of personal freedom are set by the impact of one’s actions on others
 To accept responsibility for one’s own actions
PROSPECTUS 2014-2015
Contents Guide
1. Introduction from the Headteacher – Mr Mark E Garbett
2. The Governing Body
3. Year 7 Admission procedure for September 2015
4. Postcode map
5. Access routes to the school
6. Local Area Map
7. Dates to Note
8. Frequently asked questions
9. The school and its buildings
10. Teaching staff 2014-15
11. The Curriculum
12. The pastoral system at Latymer
13. Extra-curricular activities
14. External qualifications available to pupils in 2014
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THE GOVERNING BODY
Foundation Governors
Mr I L Pilsworth LLB (Chairman of the Governing Body)
Mrs J Hardie BSc, M Ed, FIBiol (Co Vice Chair)
Mr M Sutters MA, LLB (Co Vice Chair)
Mr Costas Avraam BSc FCA
Mrs S Bell
Mr D M McQuistan
Mr H T Richardson FCA
Miss A Whitehorn
Parent Governors
Sponsor Governor
Headteacher
Professor G Cook
Professor L Dearden
Mrs K Patrick
Staff Governors
Mr N Tether BA
Mrs D Blackwell
Mr M E Garbett MA
Professor A Assiter BA, BPhil, DPhil
Local Authority Governor
Revd S Owen
Secretary to the Governing Body and the Latymer Foundation
Mrs S Lawn BA
Address: The Latymer School, Haselbury Road, Edmonton, London N9 9TN
Telephone No:
020 8807 4037
Fax No:
020 8887 8111
email address:
[email protected]
Website:
www.Latymer.co.uk
DEF Number:
308 5400
School Term Dates for the Academic Year 2014 - 2015
Autumn Term 2014
2 September – 19 December
Spring Term 2015
6 January – 27 March
Summer Term 2015
13 April – 22 July
School Sessions: 8.40 a m - 12.30 p m; 1.40 p m - 3.45 p m
The number of teaching hours each week, excluding registration and assemblies, is 24.00 hours for years 7
and 8, 24.4 for year 9 and 25.30 hours for other years.
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ADMISSION PROCEDURE FOR SEPTEMBER
2015
Admissions to Year 7 in the Normal Annual Admissions Round
The Latymer School Edmonton is a Voluntary Aided Grammar School (a selective school) for boys and girls aged 11-18.
The school offers 186 places each year (the standard number under the Education Act). There were 2106 applications
for Year 7 in September 2014. As Latymer is a selective grammar school the school admits only girls and boys who are
capable of following an education leading to the higher grades of GCSE in a full range of National Curriculum subjects.
Open evenings 2014 (no need to book)
On Monday 30 June and Tuesday 1 July there will be meetings in the Great Hall at 7.30pm at which the Headteacher
and senior staff will talk to parents and carers about the school and its admission arrangements. There will be no
opportunity to view the school on these evenings and parents are asked NOT to bring children to these talks.
Tours of the school for parents and children (no need to book)
Tours will be led by members of the sixth form, on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 July from 4.00 to 7.30pm (last
admissions 7.00pm). Limited car parking will be available at the rear of school. Please enter via the North Gate (the
one nearer Church street), the South Gate will be exit only.
Application process
In order to apply parents need to complete both the school online registration form and the local authority common
application form (CAF) by the due dates.
School Registration Form (available online at www.latymer.co.uk) – refer to ‘Admissions – Year 7’
These will be available online from 1 July. For families without online access, paper copies will be available from the
school office. Applicants applying for entry to year 7 in September 2015 must submit the form to the school by 4.00
pm on Monday 14 July 2014. Photographic ID will be required for all candidates taking the tests. Further instructions
regarding this will be included in the test invitation letters. Parents wishing to apply under the Music criterion (see
category 2 Over-subscription criteria below) will also need to complete a separate music form which will be available
on our open evenings or from the school office. Parents will be notified of the outcome of the tests before the Local
Authority closing date for the return of CAFs. If, on receiving this outcome, parents decide they wish to apply to the
school they must list it as one of their preferences on their home Local Authority CAF. Parents should be aware that
the result of the test does not guarantee a place at the School.
Common Application Form
Parents should also name The Latymer School on the CAF for secondary school places, for whichever Borough they live
in. This form must be returned to your own Local Authority by the designated date. If you do not name The
Latymer School on your CAF we will be unable to process your application.
Admission Criteria
The School will determine whether an applicant is capable of following the education offered by Latymer by reference
to the results of the tests to be taken at the school on the 13 September 2014.
Over-subscription
The School will be over-subscribed if by the deadline for submission of the School Registration Form (Monday 14 July
2014) it receives more than 186 applications from applicants who reside in the Inner Area (see Note 2 overleaf). At this
point applicants who do not reside in the Inner Area will be advised that the school is oversubscribed and that they will
not be invited to take the tests.
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Over-subscription criteria
If the school is oversubscribed, after the admission of pupils with a Statement of Special Educational Needs where the
school is named in the Statement, priority for admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out
below, in the following order:
1. A looked after child, or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after
became subject to an adoption, residence, or special guardianship order, provided that the child is capable of
following the Latymer education. In this category, a child will be considered to have the necessary capability if
s/he is ranked in the top 350 applicants in the tests. Please provide written evidence if you are responsible for
a looked after child.
2. A maximum of 20 applicants from the Inner Area (see Notes 2 and 3 below) who show exceptional musical
talent, provided that any such applicant is capable of following the Latymer education. Exceptional musical
talent can be shown on any instrument/s (including voice). As a guideline an applicant should usually have
achieved at least Grade 5 distinction level, but this will depend on the instrument as well as previous
opportunity and experience. Confirmation of this level may be tested by an audition. Consideration will be
given to applicants without Grade 5 distinction, but who otherwise show evidence of exceptional musical
talent and achievement. Applicants in this category may be tested by audition. In this category, an applicant
will be considered to have the necessary capability to follow the Latymer education if s/he is ranked in the top
350 applicants in the tests.
3. The remaining places (namely our Published Admission Number of 186 less any SEN admissions or admissions
under Categories 1 and 2 above) are offered to applicants from the Inner Area with the highest aggregate agestandardised scores in the tests.
Notes
1. A “looked after child” is a child who is (a) in the care of a local authority, or (b) being provided with
accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (see the definition in
Section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989).
2. The “Inner Area” means applicants whose main address is in the following postcode areas;
E2, E4, E5, E8, E9, E17, EN1, EN2, EN3, EN4, EN5 (Sectors 1, 2, 4, 5 only), EN8 (Sectors 7, 8, 9 only),
N1 (not N1C), N2, N3, N4, N5, N6, N7, N8, N9, N10, N11, N12, N13, N14, N15, N16, N17, N18, N19, N20, N21,
N22. There is no preference within this list.
3.
“Main address” means the place at which the applicant spends the week day nights in the ordinary course of
events.
4. In the unlikely event that applicants are tied after applying the above system the tie break is distance with the
applicant whose main address is nearer the school (as measured in a straight line to the front gate) being
offered a place.
5. The school reserves the right to withdraw offers and, where appropriate, places if it transpires that any untrue
statement has been made in support of an application which has a material impact on the outcome of the
application.
Tests
The entrance tests will consist of two 45 minute papers, each of which contains verbal reasoning and numerical
reasoning/ non-verbal reasoning components. Applicants are expected to show competence in skills appropriate to
Key Stage 2 English and Mathematics, and to be able to apply these skills creatively. These tests can only be taken
once.
There are no practice papers for sale in respect of these tests. A familiarisation sheet of questions will be available on
our website.
All eligible applicants for admission to Year 7 in September 2015 will be tested at Latymer on Saturday 13 September
2014. Applicants will be sent letters of invitation to the tests early in September 2014, and will be called in order of
surname.
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The raw scores will be age standardised. The ranking is determined by the aggregate of the age standardised scores of
both tests.
We will write in October to inform parents of one of the following:
i) The applicant has achieved a score which meets the standard required by the Governors to be eligible for
consideration for admission to the School,
or:
ii) The applicant has achieved a score which does not meet the standard required by the Governors, and is therefore
not eligible to be considered for admission to the School.
Additionally, we will write to parents of those who submitted a music form to advise whether we consider that a child
has shown exceptional musical talent.
We must emphasise that meeting the standard required by the Governors is not a guarantee that a place at the School
will be offered. It is intended that 186 students will be admitted into year seven, but likely that more than this number
will meet the standard required to be eligible to be considered should they choose to apply.
Following the above, the Governors will select the 186 applicants to whom they wish to offer places, in accordance
with the over-subscription criteria above, and will notify the London Borough of Enfield who will be co-ordinating the
process with all other Boroughs. 40 applicants will be held on a waiting list. The final results of the Secondary Transfer
Procedure will be communicated to parents by their own Local Authority on the National Offer day early in March.
Adjustments and Special Educational Needs
If your child requires any adaptations for the tests, you must advise us of this at the start of the application process,
on our registration form. It may not be possible to consider reports and documentation received after Monday 14 July
2014 due to administrative constraints. It is for the school to decide what adjustments are appropriate.
If your child has a statement of special educational needs you should apply through the local authority. Please note
that the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice confirms that selective schools should only be named in a
statement of SEN where the child meets the criteria for selection (Para. 8:83).
In Year Admissions
Parents wishing their child to be considered for a vacancy in Year 7 should write directly to the school. For those
applicants who took the entrance tests in year 6, the ranking list is maintained until the end of the first half term.
Therefore, if a vacancy arises between the start of the academic year in September and the October half term, the
next child on our initial waiting list of 40 will be offered the place. If further vacancies arise after this, the remaining
applicants on our initial waiting list will be tested in June or July, along with all new applicants on the list. The
Governors will base their decisions on the results of tests in English, Maths, French or German. Any successful
applicant will begin at Latymer in September.
For vacancies in Years 8 or 9 parents should again write directly to the school. If a vacancy arises, tests will be held
once during the academic year in June or July. The Governors base their decisions on the results of tests in English,
Mathematics, French or German (or Russian or Latin for year 9). All lists will close on the 1 June and any successful
applicant will begin at Latymer in September.
In respect of the above Years, if there are more applicants than vacancies, only Inner Area applicants will be invited to
take the tests. The governors will admit applicants up to the number of vacancies, but will only admit applicants who
demonstrate through the tests that s/he is capable of following the Latymer education. If there are more qualified
candidates than vacancies, the governors will apply the order of priority listed in Over subscription Criteria above. If
any waiting list is longer than 50 applicants, the place will not be filled so tests will not be held.
For Year 10 we would only seek to fill a vacancy if we were able to offer subject compatibility. We would then follow
the same procedures as for other in year vacancies, with additional testing in the Sciences. Parents interested in Year
11 vacancies should call the school for further information. Year 11 students are welcome to apply for Year 12.
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External Admissions to year 12
The Governors offer places each September to approximately 50 pupils from other schools. There were 430
applications for the places available in Year 12 in September 2014. On-line forms are available on the school website,
www.latymer.co.uk normally from October. They are completed on-line then printed at home, posted or brought to
Latymer. Open Evening for sixth form entry will be in November 2014, with the closing date for receipt of registration
forms December 2014 and the compulsory admission test on a Saturday in January 2015. These tests will be held at
Latymer. For precise dates see the website. External applicants also provide a 400 word statement but it is not used
for selection.
Admission Criteria for year 12
Latymer is a selective grammar school. Applicants for Year 12 are tested and the school admits those with the highest
scores who meet the minimum GCSE requirements. The minimum GCSE requirements are: (1) at least A grades in the
subjects they wish to study at AS-level; and (2) at least 6 grade A's overall at GCSE.
Tests are administered in Spring Term and provisional offers are made to about 90 applicants with the highest score in
the test (except that subject choices may mean that some subjects become full and further places cannot be offered to
applicants seeking to study those subjects). The offer is provisional and becomes a full offer only if the applicant’s
GCSE grades meet the minimum GCSE requirements. Applicants who are new to the school must have their main
address in the Inner Area (see Notes section above).
Tests for Year 12
The Tests are to check on potential, rather than to test knowledge. No practice papers are available for the Year 12
tests. All applicants will be required to come to Latymer to sit these tests. Photographic evidence of identity is
required for those who come to sit the test.
Appeals Procedure
Where a child has been refused admission to the School the parent has the right to appeal against that decision.
In the case of applications at the secondary transfer stage (year 6 to year 7) parents should appeal within 20 days of
notification by their Local Authority on National Offer Day, usually early March. Appeal hearings will take place in April
or May. At other times parents should appeal within 30 days of receipt of the letter refusing a place at the school.
For years 7 to 11, appeals are held as needed. For year 12, appeals are held in September.
Appeals will be heard by an independent Appeals Committee. The proceedings of the Appeals Committee are informal
and are held at the school.
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POSTCODE MAP
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ACCESS ROUTES TO THE SCHOOL
We do not consider that it is in a child’s interest to spend excessive periods of the day travelling; it may affect their
work, their ability to fully participate in extra-curricular activities and their social interaction with their school
friends. Consequently one of our entrance criteria is that pupils live in one of the published postcode areas as
published in the school’s admissions policy. The following are the principal routes available:
Bus
Barnet, via Arnos Grove
Chingford
Enfield Town
Muswell Hill
North Enfield
Southgate
Dalston/Stoke Newington
Tottenham
Walthamstow
Winchmore Hill to Edmonton Green
34 to Silver Street
444 to back of the North Middlesex Hospital
W8 to Church Street N9
231 to Church Street Junction (Great Cambridge Road)
102 and the 144 to Silver Street N18
149 and 279 to Edmonton Green Shopping Centre
217 to Church Street Junction (Great Cambridge Road)
W6 to Haselbury Road
149 to Edmonton Green train station
149, 259, 279 to Edmonton Green train station
34 to Silver Street N18
616 school service operated by First London Buses
Network Rail
Greater Anglia Service from London Liverpool Street to Edmonton Green Station. Students can use either the
Enfield Town or Cheshunt Service, alighting at Edmonton Green Station.
London Underground
Use the Victoria Line link at Seven Sisters then use the train service to Enfield Town or Cheshunt alighting at
Edmonton Green Station.
For all of the above it is advisable to check routes and timetables online.
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LOCAL AREA MAP
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DATES TO NOTE
Dates to Note:
Monday 14 July 2014
Closing date for receipt of registration forms
(4.00pm)
Friday 18 July 2014
Closing date for receipt of completed music
forms
Week beginning 1 September 2014
Letters will be sent inviting candidates to the
test
TEST DAY
Saturday 13 September 2014
Tuesday 14 October 2014
Week beginning Monday 20 October
2014
31st October 2014
Music Auditions
Letters will be sent to parents regarding the
outcome of tests.
Last date for return of local authority
Common Application Forms (CAF).
National Offers Day - beginning of
March 2015
Allocation of places will be advised to
parents directly by their own Local
Authority. If, however, your child has been
offered a place at Latymer, you will also
receive an Acceptance Form and Home
School Agreement directly from the school,
which parents will need to sign and return to
the school by the date stated on the form.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who sets and marks the Assessment Tests?
The assessment tests are set by CEM (Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring); the answer sheets will be marked
using Optical Mark Recognition (OMR).
Are there a fixed number of places allocated to each Borough?
No, all applicants are considered on an equal basis by the Latymer Governors whatever their present Borough,
provided the child lives in one of the postcodes noted in the school admissions policy. Parents will need to submit
the common application form to their own local authority listing Latymer and all of their other chosen schools in
their order of preference irrespective of the Borough/County in which the school is located. Parents must also
complete The Latymer Registration Form and submit it to the school by the published closing date.
Are there opportunities to join Latymer at a later date?
Yes – for further information please refer to our procedures for 2015 (page 5 of this prospectus) and see In Year
Admissions.
Do both genders follow the same curriculum?
Yes. Boys and girls are taught in mixed classes for all subjects except some aspects of PE.
When can successful applicants see the School?
Successful applicants and their parents will be invited to the School on an evening in June or July. There is also an
induction half day in the summer term which gives the children an opportunity to see the school in operation and
to meet their form tutor and other children who will be in their form group.
What about foreign language tuition?
In the first year, pupils study either French or German. In the second year all pupils begin a second language chosen
from French, German, Russian and Latin.
Is special consideration given to a child with musical talent?
A small number of very musical children may be admitted provided it is felt that they are also capable of following
an education leading to the higher grades of GCSE in a full range of National Curriculum subjects.
What about a child with a Special Educational Need?
A child with a special educational need is welcome to apply. Their application will be treated in the same way as all
other applicants. We will be guided by current provision at their primary school in deciding if extra time will be
allocated or if special facilities need to be provided. There is a place on the application form to let us know about
special educational needs. We will then inform you of any decision about special arrangements for the entrance
exam in writing. If your child is finally offered a place at Latymer then the Head of Learning Support will liaise with
you and the primary school in order to put in place any relevant support.
Do you have to take equal numbers of boys and girls?
The numbers of each gender in each year group are intended to be equal.
How do I appeal against a decision not to accept my child?
Details of the steps you need to take will be sent to you if your child is not successful. The procedures are quite
straightforward. Firstly you will need to inform the Governors of your wish to appeal; you will then be sent a form
on which you state the reason(s) for your appeal.
All appeals are heard in April or May by an independent committee of three in an informal atmosphere.
What should I bear in mind when I fill in the Common Application Form which goes to the Borough?
You express preferences for schools on the form. This goes to the Local Authority, NOT the secondary schools.
They never know the position that you put their school on this preference form.
It is illegal for schools to use the position that you put that school on the form as part of their over-subscription
criteria.1
Schools know the names of students who applied to them, but they don’t know the preference order. The school
puts the list of children in rank order, according to their own published over-subscription criteria. We strongly
advise that you read these carefully.
The officer in the Local Authority looks at the school you have put first. The officer is hoping to find the name of
your child on the list of children who qualify for a place at your first preference school. If they find it, they will get
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an offer from that school, your first preference. NO CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO ANY OF YOUR OTHER
CHOICES. This is very important. If you put Latymer second and qualify for your first choice school, your child may
go through the Latymer testing procedure and be in the top 186, even have the very highest score and be top of
the Latymer list, but will not get an offer at Latymer and will never know that they would have done, because they
qualified for a school that you said you preferred. Every year there are many parents who do not appreciate this,
thinking they can decline their first choice school, if their son or daughter qualifies, and take their second choice
instead if they qualify there too. This is NOT how it works. Please understand this to avoid disappointment.
If you put Latymer first and don’t qualify in the top 186, the officer in the Local Authority looks to see if your child’s
name is in the list for your second preference school. This, in effect, becomes your first preference and is treated in
the same way by this school as all of their other applicants, including the ones who put that school first. The school
applies their over-subscription criteria to the names of all their applicants, irrespective of families’ preference
order. This is because the school doesn’t know the preference order. If your child’s name is not on the list of your
second preference school, the officer goes to your third choice, etc.
What about the waiting list?
If your child is not in the Latymer top 186, they will not get an offer. But they will get an offer at another school.
Forty children are put on our waiting list, but only if you put Latymer above the school where your child has been
offered a place. If you put Latymer below the school where you have been offered a place, your child cannot go on
our waiting list because they have a place at a school you said you preferred to Latymer. We write to tell you if your
child is on the waiting list and what position on the waiting list.
If one of the 186 offers made of places at Latymer are declined, we now have a place. We write to you and say a
place is now available at Latymer after all. You are then entitled to decline the place your child has been offered at
another school and take up the waiting list place instead. If you choose not to accept the place from the waiting
list, we offer the place to the next person down the waiting list.
Shall I apply for a Music place?
These are places for those of exceptional musical standard, which we deem to be at or above Grade 5 Distinction or
equivalent. Those seeking these places have to sit the entrance tests in any case and governors must be convinced
that the student can access the Latymer curriculum at the same pace as all other students. In practice, the majority
of these students are in the top 186 on the entrance test in any case.
Does being eligible for the Pupil Premium help with admission?
No, this is not in the admission criteria for September 2015 entry. For the school’s policy please see:
http://web.latymer.co.uk/Mainfolder/our_school/Policies/PupilPremiumPolicy-2013.pdf
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Prohibition of unfair oversubscription criteria
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In setting oversubscription criteria the admission authorities for all maintained schools must not: give priority to children according to the order of
other schools named as preferences by their parents, including ‘first preference first’ arrangements. (National Schools Admissions Code 2007)
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THE SCHOOL AND ITS BUILDINGS
Our School was established on Church Street, Edmonton soon after 1624, and has occupied its present site on
Haselbury Road since 1910, the same year that the current school motto QUI PATITUR VINCIT (Who endures wins)
was introduced by Richard Ashworth, the Head teacher of that era.
Much of the North end of the school dates from 1910 with substantial additions including The Great Hall, in 1928
and further development particularly the Gymnasia and Technical Labs in 1966. A new Performing Arts Centre was
built in 2000 and the Sports/Dining Hall complex was completed in 2006.
Apart from general teaching rooms there are a large number of rooms dedicated to specialist teaching. There is a
suite of 12 Science laboratories, all of which have been fully re-equipped and modernised. Our 6 Technology
rooms have similarly been upgraded.
There is a suite of specialist ICT rooms which are used extensively in the teaching of a large number of curriculum
subjects. The suite contains over 200 modern PCs, all networked and widely accessible to pupils and teaching staff.
Pupils have controlled access to the Internet and there is a comprehensive Intranet service. Increasing use is being
made of interactive whiteboard and wireless technology and we have developed home to school links to provide
students and staff with remote access to learning resources.
The School has the benefit of a large Library with some 20,000 volumes in stock and library staff who offer help and
advice. In addition a separate Learning Resources Centre contains a further 2,000 reference volumes, a wide
selection of periodicals and ICT facilities. All our pupils are trained in ways of retrieving information for their school
work and for their interest and are encouraged to use the facilities for study at lunchtime and after school. There is
a Careers Library with extensive on- and off-line facilities for accessing the latest data on university courses and
avenues for future career development.
For the Sixth Form, there is a large Common Room and a quiet Study area with computer access.
The Music, Drama and Media Studies departments have specialist facilities in their dedicated building, offering a
range of studios, larger spaces for music and drama and air conditioned individual music practice rooms. The
Seward Studio, named after a former Chair of the Governing Body, is a high-tech multi-purpose performance space,
(auditorium/theatre/art gallery/Media Studio) which was opened in February 2010.
For PE, there are approximately 12 acres of playing fields laid out, according to season, for football, hockey, rugby,
cricket, rounders and athletics. Tennis is played on the tarmac area at the rear of the School. A 4 Badminton court
Sports Hall was commissioned in 2006. The building also houses a Sports Science and two further classrooms, a
Fitness Room, and a new Dining hall and kitchen. Girls’ and Boys’ Changing Rooms & Showers have been
refurbished as have all toilet facilities over a four year development programme.
Our Great Hall, with a fully equipped stage and seating for over 1000 people, is used for whole school assemblies,
concerts, drama productions and other major school events.
The Latymer Foundation
In 1624, a City merchant Edward Latymer bequeathed certain property to trustees on condition that they were to
clothe and educate “eight poore boies of Edmonton”. With this endowment the School was first established close
to Edmonton Parish Church. The original endowment and those of subsequent benefactors now comprise The
Latymer Foundation at Edmonton. This supports the School in many ways - ownership of the Field Centre in
Snowdonia being one. The debt we all owe to the memory of Edward Latymer is recognised each year at our
Foundation Day services. The School and its Governors greatly value the degree of independence bestowed by its
founder's generosity and its Voluntary Aided status which have allowed it to develop traditions of excellence in
many spheres while staying firmly anchored in the maintained sector of education.
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TEACHING STAFF 2014 - 2015
Senior Leadership Team
Headteacher
Mr M Garbett
(GAR)
M.A., University of Cambridge
M.Ed., Open University; NPQH
Mathematics
Deputy Headteacher (Sixth Form)
Mr C Wakefield
(WKE)
B.Sc., Loughborough University
Economics & Business Studies
Deputy Headteacher (Curriculum)
Miss L Beskeen
(BES)
B.Sc., University of London
M.Sc, Middlesex University
Geography
Deputy Headteacher (Pastoral)
Mr P Hampson
(HSN)
B.A., University of Sheffield
French
Music - Head of Wind Orchestra
Head of English
Physics; Science
German Assistant
English
Head of Science & Physics
Head of Media Studies
Religious Education: Head of Learning – Year 7
Art: Second to Head of Learning – Year 12
History
Cover Supervisor
Head of Biology; Science
Head of Design & Technology
Assistant to the Deputy Head Curriculum
Mathematics
Head of ICT
Design & Technology
Head of Economics and Business Studies
Teaching Staff
Mr S Aitken*
Mr P Alexander
Mr M Ashfield
Mrs I Baumann*
Miss C Bennett
Mr B Berndes
Ms N Blackborow
Mr C Boden
Mr S Bowman
Mr N Brice
Mr E Brooksmith
Ms N Cameron*
Mr I Chapman
(RANJ)
(ALX)
(ASH)
(BAUI)
(BNT)
(BER)
(BLK)
(BDN)
(BOW)
(BRI)
(BRK)
(CAM)
(CHA)
GRSM LRAM ARCM FTCL Royal Academy of Music
B.A., University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
B.Sc., University of London; FRAS
M.Sc., London South Bank University
M.A., Loughborough University
B.Sc., University of Nottingham
B.A., University of Wales
M.Theol., University of St Andrews
B.A., University of the West of England
B.A., University of Nottingham
M.A., University of Manchester
M.A., University of Oxford
B.A., University of London
Miss J Cooke
Mr S Curtis
Ms J Dadswell
Mr P Davis
Mr M DeMott
(CKE)
(CTS)
(DAD)
(DAV)
(DMT)
Miss S Donnington
Miss E Doyle
Ms K Duggan
Mrs L Dymioti*
(DNG)
(DOY)
(DUG)
(DYM)
Miss L Elia
Dr G Elliott
(ELI)
(ELT)
Mr D Fells
Miss H Fritzsch**
Ms S Garrett
(FEL)
(FRI)
(GRT)
Miss F Garsed
Mrs B Gilliver*
(GSD)
(GIL)
Mr A Granath
(GRA)
Ms E Hall
Mrs J Hammer
(HAL)
(HMM)
Mr D Harbord
Miss C Hardy
Dr J Harrison
(HAR)
(HDY)
(HRS)
Mr G Heald
Mrs T Heath
(HLD)
(HEA)
B.Sc., University of East Anglia
B.Sc., University of Leicester
B.A., Lancaster University
B.A., University of Oxford
D.M.A A.B.D., Eastman School of Music
M.A., University of York
M.A., University of Leeds
B.Des., Glasgow School of Art
M.A., University of Edinburgh
B.A., University of Oxford
M.A., University of Kent
B.A., University of Cambridge
B.Sc. University of Sussex
Ph.D. Birkbeck College, University of London
M.A., University of Warwick
Leipzig University, Germany
B.A., Lancaster University;
M.A., Middlesex University
B.A., University of Bristol
B.A., University of London
M.A., University of London
B.A., University of Warwick; CLT
M.A., Lancaster University
B.A., University of Leeds
B.A., University of London-Central School of Speech
& Drama
B.A., University of Sheffield
B.A., University of Bath
B.Mus., M.Mus. University of Birmingham;
Ph.D., Royal Holloway, University of London; ARCM
B.A., University of Hertfordshire
B.A., University of Wolverhampton
Music
English: Second to Head of Learning – Year 8
Design and Technology
Art
Media
English
Biology; Science: Head of Lower School Science
History
German: Second to Head of Learning – Year 7
RE and Sociology: Head of Sociology
Russian
English
Head of History and Politics
French
Drama: Head of Learning – Year 10
History
PE (Girls)
Head of Music
PE (Boys): Second to Head of Learning – Year 9
Head of Russian
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Mrs J Heddle
Ms J Hughes-Rees*
Dr S Hussain
Miss S Innocenti*
Mr J Jacobs
(HED)
(RANJ)
(HUS)
(INN)
(JJA)
Ms L Jessel
Miss N Kelsall
(JES)
(KEL)
Miss K Kenny*
Mr A King
Ms C Lary**
Mr M Lloyd
Mr S Magnus
Mrs E Man
(KEN)
(KNG)
(LAR)
(LLD)
(MAG)
(MAN)
Miss M McGovern
Mr C McGuire*
Mr G McIsaac-Hall
Mrs H McIsaac-Hall
Ms S McKillop
Mrs C Meehan
Miss A Meesaq
Mr P Michael
Mr P Ninkovic*
Miss S O’Neill
Ms S Olivelli
Mr M Pannell
Mr S Pashley
Mrs K Peake
Miss T Pierro
Mr D Phillips
Dr S Pih
(MGV)
(MCGC)
(MHG)
(MHH)
(MKI)
(MHN)
(MEE)
(MIC)
(NIN)
(ONE)
(OLV)
(PNN)
(PAS)
(PKE)
(PIE)
(PHI)
(PIH)
Mr R Porter
(POR)
Ms H Potter
Miss B Reinecke
(PTR)
(REN)
Mr S Rentall
Ms C Sanger
Miss R Sayed
Mrs C Silcock
Mrs J Smith
Miss M Smith
Mrs C Sparey*
Miss M Sturley
Mr C Tanner
(RTL)
(SAN)
(SAY)
(SIL)
(SMJ)
(SMI)
(SPA)
(STU)
(TAN)
Mr N Tether
Miss L Tibballs
Mr C Tilbury*
Miss J Tumilty
Mrs R Tyrrell*
Mr M Ughetti*
Mr N Vause
Mr I Vovrosh
Ms S Woodruff
Mr J Young*
Mrs R Young*
Mr N Zafar
(TET)
(TIB)
(RANJ)
(TUM)
(TYR)
(RANJ)
(VAU)
(VOV)
(WDR)
(YOUJ)
(YOU)
(ZAF)
B.A., CHE Ealing
B.Mus., Royal College of Music
Ph.D., University of London, London
B.A., University of London
B.A., Open University
M.Sc., University of London
B.A., Trinity College, Dublin
B.A., Manchester Metropolitan University
M.A., University of the West of England
B.A., M.A., University of Cambridge
B.Ed., College of St Paul and St Mary
M.Litt., Trinity College, Dublin
B.Sc., Bristol University
B.A., University of Cambridge
B.MUS Royal Northern College of Music
M.Ed., University of Cambridge
B.Sc., University of Ireland, Galway
J.P., LRAM, ARCM
B.Sc., University of Bristol
B.Sc., University of Manchester
B.A., University of East London
B.A., University of Nottingham
B.Sc., University of Dundee
B.Sc., University of Southampton
B.A., University of Cambridge
B.Sc., University of Hertfordshire
B.Sc., University of Warwick
B.Sc., University of London
B.Sc., University of Exeter
B.A., University of Cambridge
B.A., University of Heidelberg, Germany
B.A., University of Sheffield
M.Chem., University of Sheffield
PhD., University of Nottingham
B.A., University of Cambridge
B.Ed., De Montfort University
B.A., University of North London
M.A., University of London
B.A., University of Sheffield
B.A., Cumbria College of Art & Design
M.Sc., University of Natal
B.A., University of Cambridge
B.Sc., Queen Mary, University of London
B.Sc., University of Nottingham
B.Sc., University of Warwick
B.A., University of Warwick
B.A., Kings College, London
M.A., Université Paris III, Sorbonne
B.A., Coll. of St Mark & St John, Plymouth
B.A., University of Birmingham
ARCM LRAM Royal Academy of Music
B.Sc., University of Warwick
B.Sc., University of York
ALCM LLCM (TD) London College of Music
B.A., University of York
B.Sc., Durham University
B.Sc., University of Leeds
AGSM Hon ARAM
B.Sc., University of London
M.A., University of Warwick
French Assistant
Music – Head of Strings
Chemistry; Science
English
Mathematics
French
English: Head of Learning – Year 9
English: Head of KS3 English
Head of Physical Education
Russian
Mathematics
Head of Latin
Assistant to the Head of Music:
Acting Second to Head of Learning – Year 7
Chemistry; Science: Second to Head of Learning – Year 11
Music - Head of Woodwind
Chemistry; Science: Head of Chemistry
Head of Learning Support
Textiles: Second to Head of Design & Technology
English
Biology; Science
Mathematics: Head of Learning – Year 11
Latin; French: Head of Learning – Year 12
Biology; Science: Head of PSHE and Citizenship
Chemistry; Science: Head of Careers
Head of Mathematics
Physical Education: Head of Learning – Year 13
Mathematics and Physics
German
Head of Religious Education
Chemistry; Science: Second to Head of Learning – Year 10
Geography: Head of Learning – Year 8
Head of Outdoor Education
Second to Head of Physical Education
Head of German
Geography
Head of Art
Physics; Science
Religious Education
Mathematics
Biology; Science
Chemistry; Science
History
Head of French
Head of Geography
French
Music
Second to Head of Mathematics
Mathematics
Music
Drama; English: Head of Drama
Physics; Science: Second to Head of Learning Support
Mathematics
Music - Head of Brass
Chemistry; Science
Economics and Business Studies
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THE CURRICULUM
Our aim is for each pupil to develop talents and interests to the full while experiencing a broad and balanced
curriculum throughout Years 7 to 11. In Years 12 and 13 the curriculum is narrower and academic and prepares
pupils for further studies and many different careers. The courses offered at all levels challenge pupils to develop
insight and independence of thought and value both sound learning and intellectual rigour. Our courses in Years 7
to 11 comply with the requirements of the National Curriculum. The curriculum is reviewed each year.
Key Stage 3
The curriculum is organised into a two week timetable. Lessons are taught in 40 minute periods which may be
single or double periods. In Years 7 and 8 there are 74 teaching periods. For Years 7 and 8 all pupils follow the
same courses subject to language variations. Pupils study either French or German in Year 7. In Year 8 pupils begin
to study a second language which may be German, French, Latin or Russian. Science is taught as an integrated
subject in Years 7 and 8 with the separate disciplines being taught in Year 9. In Year 9 there are 76 teaching periods.
Personal, Social and Economic Education (PSHEE), and Citizenship, is taught by a combination of form tutors and a
specialist team in Years 7 and 8. In Year 9 this part of the curriculum is taught by a specialist team and is organised
in a carousel arrangement with Drama and Design Technology. The number of lessons allocated to each subject is
shown in the table below.
Number of lessons per
fortnight:
English
Mathematics
Science
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Art
Technology
History
Geography
Religious Education
ICT
Drama
Ist Foreign Language #
2nd Foreign Language <
Music
Personal, Social & Economic
Ed & Citizenship
PE
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
8
8
10
8
8
10
4
8
4
4
4
2
3
7
4
2
2
5+
4
4
4
1+
3
7
9
2
1
9
8
4
4
4
3*
4 & PECT
4
4
4
PECT
PECT
7
8
3*
PECT
6
6
6
Notes:
PECT A carousel arrangement exists for 4 periods in each cycle for PSHEE, Drama and Design Technology in Year 9
# Half of each year group take French, the other half German.
< Chosen from French, German, Russian and Latin.
+ For 1 double period in the cycle, there is a carousel arrangement for Technology and ICT
* For 1 double period in the cycle, there is a carousel arrangement for Music and Art
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Key Stage 4
The curriculum at Key Stage 4 has a small optional component. There are 76 periods in the teaching cycle and all
pupils will follow a curriculum as given below:




English Language and Literature (=2 GCSE subjects)
Mathematics
Triple Science (= 3 separate GCSE subjects - Biology, Chemistry, Physics)
A Modern Foreign Language (chosen from those modern languages already being studied in school, i.e. French,
German, Russian)
 A Humanity subject (chosen from Geography, History, Religious Education)
 Non-examination Physical Education and Religious Education
ICT is incorporated in all subjects.
Pupils choose 2 additional subjects to complete a 10 subject curriculum. The subjects on offer at present are: Art
& Design, Drama, French, Geography, German, History, Business Studies, Latin, Media Studies, Music, Physical
Education, Product Design, Religious Studies, Russian and Textiles Technology.
There is a Citizenship Week in summer term of Year 10 when pupils have sessions on PSHEE and Citizenship, and
Careers Education. Pupils also have the opportunity to work shadow an adult relative or friend as a preliminary to
the Work Experience offered in Year 11.
Key Stage 5 or The Sixth Form
Most pupils progress to our large Sixth Form, entry to which is subject to satisfactory conduct and academic
achievement. A wide range of courses is available. Most pupils take 4 AS-levels in Year 12 and progress to A2 or
Advanced Level in 3 or 4 subjects in Year 13. The subjects currently taught are listed later in the ‘External
qualifications’ section.
Sixth Form students play a major role in the organisation of School and House activities.
Physical Education
This is an important part of every pupil’s curriculum. There are many opportunities to develop a variety of skills
and enjoy sport and games. Our pupils are helped to an understanding of the importance of physical activity for
their life-long fitness and encouraged to develop an active lifestyle.
During their first three years our pupils follow a range of different sports, including athletics, gymnastics and tennis,
as well as cricket, football, hockey, netball and rugby. From Year 10 onwards there is a wider range of activities and
the opportunity to specialise. Sixth Formers have the chance to be involved in squash, golf, outdoor pursuits,
swimming, orienteering and dry-slope skiing.
Sex Education
Sex education is featured in the PSHEE programme at KS3. In accordance with the Sex Education Act of 1994
parents have the right to withdraw their child from non-statutory aspects of Sex Education. A copy of the School’s
Sex Education Policy is available on request.
Special Educational Needs
The school has two teachers with responsibility for the special needs of our pupils. One helps to identify those
pupils whose needs require support in the learning process and is responsible to the Deputy Head (Pastoral).
Another teacher helps to support children with particular gifts or talents and is responsible to the Deputy Head
(Curriculum).
Religious Education
Religious Education is taught in accordance with the Enfield Education Authority Agreed Specification. All our
pupils are encouraged to participate in lessons, although individuals may be withdrawn on written request from
parents to the Head teacher.
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Specialist School Status
Latymer has a specialism, teaching bright young people, but a category for specialist school status was chosen, to
begin in September 2007. Schools usually choose a subject area which is one of the strongest so this was difficult in
Latymer’s case with examination success and enrichment already at a high level in all curriculum areas. After
considerable debate, the specialism chosen was Arts.
Extra funding is spent on enrichment for Latymer students and the wider community. We partner with 4 local
primary schools and 1 all-age Special school, all within a walk. Latymer students have benefited from extra physical
resources and activities, for instance a workshop and theatre visit for year 9. The whole curriculum has gained since
techniques used in Arts teaching have been shared across the whole staff. After the initial 3 year designation the
review in the summer term 2010 was very complimentary so funding and activities continue.
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THE PASTORAL SYSTEM AT LATYMER
Class and Year Groups
Each year group of approximately 186 pupils is split into 6 classes, one for each of the School houses. These class
groups remain together through years 7 to 11, meeting for registration and form periods daily, and are taught as a
class group in the younger years. A strong sense of coherence and team working is developed over these years,
reinforced when each class goes together to our Field Centre in year 7 and again in year 9. Each form has a form
tutor who has day to day responsibility for our pupils’ welfare whilst they are in the school. In the lower school this
teacher takes lessons with the form on personal and social education. Each year group has a teacher as Head of
Learning ( and an Assistant Head of Learning) for the Year group who stays with the year group from Year 7 to Year
11 and so gets to know everyone very well. Heads of Learning are generally the primary point of contact for parents
wishing to discuss progress or problems with the school. Assistant Heads of Learning also act as mentors to pupils
experiencing barriers to learning.
Discipline
High standards of conduct and discipline are expected of pupils. Whilst a body of formal school rules exists, the
School regards the development and application of self-discipline, resulting from wanting to learn and from an
awareness of the needs of others, as rather more important. Students are expected at all times to consider the
good of the school as a community, and to respect all members of that community.
The School’s expectations are embodied in a ‘Home/School Agreement’ which parents are asked to sign to indicate
their acceptance. For Years 7 to 11, the Agreement includes the requirement to wear school uniform.
Homework
The support of family at home plays an important part in our pupils’ learning. Homework is given on a daily basis
and is designed to encourage the development of self-discipline and self-reliance. Homework tasks are varied in
their range and demands. Each year group (7 - 11) has a balanced homework time-table: it means our pupils are
expected to do 1 hour per night in Year 7, rising to about 2¼ hours in Year 10 and Year 11. There is a homework
timetable. Parents are able to review the amount of homework being set by checking their child’s School Planner.
Houses
Our House system is embedded in the traditions of the School and is a great strength. There are 6 of them Ashworth, Dolbé, Keats, Lamb, Latymer, Wyatt - and every pupil is linked to one of these through his or her class
group. Most House activities are run by our senior pupils, elected by pupils in their House. Senior House Staff are
involved
too.
The Houses operate competitively, in many sporting activities (netball, football and hockey tournaments in winter
and in summer, athletics, tennis and cricket) and non-sporting also, the House Music and Drama competitions for
example.
Equally importantly they operate non-competitively, in organising community service activities and in charity fund
raising. Each House chooses a charity each year and decides how to fund raise. There are some regular events, like
the Dolbé/Keats Christmas Bazaar and others that are specially organised, like cake sales, Valentine’s Day greetings
letters, non-uniform days and sponsored silences.
Uniform
Pupils in years 7 - 11 are required to wear school uniform. The uniform for boys is a navy blazer, navy jumper,
white shirt, grey trousers and school tie and for girls navy skirt or trousers, white blouse, blazer or navy jumper and
school tie. Full details of all uniform requirements are provided to new parents in July prior to commencement.
There is no uniform for Years 12 & 13 although they are expected to dress to appropriate standards. A fund for the
provision of uniform and equipment for needy pupils has been established by a former pupil. The fund is
administered by the Headteacher to whom applications for assistance should be addressed. All requests are dealt
with confidentially.
A school uniform grant may be available for some children who are transferring from primary to secondary school
in September 2015. Funds for the clothing grant scheme are limited and there is no guarantee that every applicant
will be assisted – these grants apply to Enfield residents only. Please contact the Pupil Benefits Service at the Civic
Centre for further assistance.
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Charging Policy
The school conforms to the requirements of the Education Reform Act 1988 in respect of charges for school
activities. Charges will be made for all out of school activities where necessary to cover the cost of providing the
activity. Parents will be asked to contribute voluntarily to most visits or journeys which take place in school time
and these activities will not normally take place unless parents generally are willing to make these voluntary
contributions. For parents whose children are in receipt of the Free School Meal (FSM) award, all such costs will be
met by the school. Parents whose circumstances may qualify their children for this award are encouraged to apply
to their Local Authority as successful applications will in turn positively impact other aspects of school funding.
Careers Education, Work Experience and Links with Industry and Employers
Careers education enables pupils to make wise and informed choices about their future in Higher Education and at
work. It can also be a powerful motivator of students. Responsibility for information and advice about Higher and
Further Education and Careers is shared by a team of teachers who maintain close liaison with local Careers
Officers (Connexions) and with industry. The School is a member of the North London Chamber of Commerce.
The school's careers provision includes a very well stocked careers room which is open to all pupils from the 3rd
year onwards. There is an extensive programme which seeks to ensure that every pupil receives appropriate
information, advice, support and encouragement in choosing their own academic and career path.
All students are expected to undergo a period of work experience at the end of Y11. Placements are found by the
school or by the students themselves and many parents help by offering work opportunities.
Progression Beyond School
The overwhelming majority of pupils age 16+ (approximately 95%) remain at School and take A/AS-level courses.
Of those who leave at age 16, almost all transfer to other educational institutions of further education. Of those
who leave aged 18, approximately 95% proceed to degree courses at Universities or to other forms of Higher
Education in Music, Art and other specialisms. In recent years the number of Latymerians gaining places at Oxford
and Cambridge Colleges has grown strongly to more than 20 each year.
The Latymer Old Students' Association
After leaving School, Latymerians have the opportunity to keep in touch with the School and with each other
through the LOSA and its various activities. The Old Boys' Football Club and the Old Students' Badminton Club are
affiliated societies.
Communication with Parents
The School regards effective and two-way communication with parents as vitally important. Our pupils and their
parents receive formal school reports, and these are supplemented by evenings set aside for each year group,
when parents discuss pupils’ progress with their teachers. Parents are encouraged to contact the school at other
times when they are concerned about any aspect of their child’s progress or welfare. A copy of the school
complaints procedure is issued to all new parents. Similarly the school will contact parents on any matter of
concern. At the wider level the Governors prepare an annual School Profile report for parents. The School
produces an annual diary, contained in the child’s School Planner, covering principal events through the year and
there are many opportunities for parents to visit for concerts, matches, Speech day, and many others. A twice
yearly newspaper, Latymer Link, aims to keep the whole Latymer community - pupils, parents and old students - in
touch with developments. The annual School Magazine includes many insights into the wide spectrum of school
life.
The Association of Parents and Friends (APFLS)
All parents are members. The Association has two main aims. Firstly, it engages in activities which support the
School and advances the education of the pupils. Secondly, it fosters good relationships between staff, parents and
others associated with the School. The Association is run by a committee of elected parents together with staff
representation.
It makes major contributions to the School environment and facilities.
The Head teacher is President of the Association and encourages parents to take part in its many fund-raising and
social activities. A major event is the school fete held annually on a Sunday afternoon near the end of the summer
term.
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EXTRA- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Ysgol Latymer Outdoor Pursuits Centre
Cwm Penmachno is within the Snowdonia National Park about 5 miles from Betws y Coed. The Latymer Foundation
bought a former primary school there in 1966 and has since developed it into a well-equipped residential centre,
accommodating up to forty pupils and staff. All pupils in Year 7 and Year 9 have the opportunity to spend a week at
the centre, taking part in a variety of outdoor activities. These include hill walking, orienteering, mountain biking,
climbing, abseiling, canoeing, swimming, raft building and skiing. Other activities include the annual ‘Fourteen
Peaks’ challenge when more senior students and staff test their stamina on an extensive programme of hill walks.
School Journeys and Exchanges
Latymer has links with schools in France, Germany and Russia and exchange visits take place regularly with the
Institution St. Martin in Tours, the Heisenberg Gymnasium in Gladbeck, (Rhineland, Germany) and schools in St
Petersburg and in Belarus. In recent years collaborative exchanges with the Mwambisi School in Tanzania have
taken place. Our Drama students have been on tour with production tours to France, Germany and the Lake
District. Many other trips take place; in the last few years our geographers have been to Iceland, classicists to Italy,
artists to New York, skiers to the French Alps, canoeists to the Ardeche, and junior boy and girl footballers to
Holland and Italy. In the summer of 1999 an expedition travelled to Nepal and India; another went to Malawi in
summer 2001, and since 2003, a sports tour has gone to Barbados every other year. Every summer our senior
musicians tour in Europe and in recent years have played to audiences in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Germany, Tuscany and, in 2010, visited Holland. In addition there are many day visits associated with the
curriculum for pupils from Year 7 to the Sixth Form, including theatres, museums, places of worship and in previous
years, Vimy Ridge on the WW1 Western Front.
Music, Drama and Sport
All of these play a prominent part in the life of the School. Many of our pupils take part in musical activities and
there are numerous opportunities for performance. There are five orchestras, ranging from Grade 3 to post-Grade
8 standard, a Concert Band, choirs and many other vocal and instrumental ensembles. Many concerts are held in
school, and there is usually a large-scale junior or senior musical production - most recently, South Pacific, Les
Misérables, Grease, and Blitz. Groups are frequently invited to perform elsewhere; in 2008 Chamber Orchestra
won their category at the National Festival for Music and Youth. Senior Choir have sung carols in Trafalgar Square,
as part of our fundraising for charity programme.
Drama is very popular with pupils of all ages, with a variety of large scale and studio productions staged throughout
each year. Our main school production in November is either a large cast play, for example, Great Expectations or a
lavish musical – e.g. "The Boyfriend". We also have House Drama Competition in the Spring and a junior production
for the younger pupils at the end of the summer term – in recent years’ “Blitz”, “Adrian Mole” and “The Match
Girls” have featured.
There is an extensive sports programme for those interested in recreational sport and for those who are more
competitive. Inter-school fixtures are played in many team games at all ages in the School. Individual pupils and
teams have consistently achieved success and representative honours in Borough, County and National
competitions. The new indoor facilities provide scope for a wider range of activities for all ages.
Other Activities
Many other activities take place, covering a wide variety of pupils’ interests. Examples are the Literary Society, the
Amnesty International group, Sociology Society and the Chess Club. There are many debating opportunities from
lunchtime debates in school to representing Latymer at external competitions where we have met with
considerable success at both local and national levels. The school also supports both Duke of Edinburgh and Basic
Expedition Leadership Award schemes. Many 6th Form students take part in Young Enterprise (YE) Schemes. Teams
regularly reach the North London Final and a Latymer team has represented London at National level.
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EXTERNAL QUALIFICATIONS AVAILABLE TO
PUPILS IN 2014
This page will updated in August 2014
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