2.2 Características de las estaciones
2.2.1 Sistema automatizado de embarque y desembarque en estaciones
Daisy. St Michael’s has a strict uniform policy including
skirts (knee-length or lower), the school black coat
and the summer uniform to be worn on specific term
times noted on the school calendar.
Attendance, discipline and pastoral arrangements
‘Outstanding care, guidance and support contribute
to students’ excellent personal development.
Transition, both into school and higher education,
is well planned and students settle quickly
and confidently’ OFSTED 2008.
Oversubscription criteria
(summary) contact school for full criteria1
If there are more applications than the number of places available, places will be offered according to the following order of priority:
1
Note: within living memory, St Michael’s has always been oversubscribed with candidates who fulfill criterion 1. 1. Catholic girls:
• who are baptized and have made their First Holy Communion in the Catholic Church and
• whose parents provide a written reference from the applicant’s parish priest stating that one or both parents are practising Catholics who attend Mass on Sundays with the child.
All applicants selected in accordance with Criterion 1 will be required to take written tests in Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning, English and Mathematics. Following the tests all applicants will be ranked in order starting with the highest score. Applicants must reach a minimum standard in each written paper. Places will be allocated strictly in accordance with score but in allocating places between two or more girls who have an equal ranking, the Governing Body will give preference for those remaining places, in priority order, to Catholic girls who are looked after under the provisions of the Children Act 1989 and Catholic girls who have been adopted (or made subject to residence orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having looked after.
2. In the unlikely event that the number of such applicants falls below 150 in any one year, the governing body will invite other applicants to the test giving priority as follows:
a. Catholic girls who are looked after under the provisions of the Children Act 1989 and Catholic girls who have been adopted (or made subject to residence orders or special guardianship
orders) immediately following having been looked after b. other catholic girls c. non-Catholic girls who are
looked after under the provisions of the Children Act 1989 and non-Catholic girls who have been adopted (or made subject to residence orders or special guardianship orders) immediately following having been looked after
d. girls from families
practising in other Christian denominations (supported by a minister’s reference)
Distance from the applicant’s address point, supplied by the Royal Mail, to the school’s front door as measured by the London Borough of Barnet’s measuring tool, is the distance tie-break to be applied when there is oversubscription within a category.
Waiting list
A Year 7 waiting list is maintained until 31 December 2015. Candidates are ranked according to score. The school holds a wating list for Years 8 – 11 of Catholic girls who fulfil Criterion 1.
Facilities/Extra-curricular activities
The school is very well equipped with an up-to-date Maths/I.C.T. suite, six science laboratories, three technology laboratories, a computer suite, a language laboratory, a library, a music suite, a Sports Hall and a large hall well equipped for Drama, Art and Craft rooms and other practical rooms. There is a fully equipped Sixth Form Centre resourced with full Information Technology access. Extra-curricular activities include netball, tennis, badminton, athletics, football, street dance and Outward Bound Activities. Exchange visits are also arranged. There are choirs, orchestras and other ensembles as well as drama and other group activities. Societies of various kinds flourish each year according to the varied interests of the girls. The
Sports Leadership and the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme are available.
Curriculum and homework
There is fast academic pace. Opportunities for students’ spiritual moral, social and cultural development are extensive. As a Christian school, the development of spirituality is a high priority and a strength of the school. A well-organised religious education programme is very effective in helping young people to understand the role of faith in a diverse world. As a result, students learn to work with and value others, develop tolerance and understand the needs of others. Students undertake numerous responsibilities around the school and are excellent role models for each other. Through their fundraising efforts, significant sums of money are raised for charities.
Parents are very positive about the work of the school. Many wrote about the strengths of the school summed up by one parent’s comment, ‘My daughter has blossomed at this school in academic ability, character and confidence.’
Education after 16/
Sixth form curriculum
Boys are admitted to the Sixth Form and our successful Sixth Form collaboration with Finchley Catholic High School for boys enables us to offer an exceptionally high number of AS and A-level courses, many within mixed gender groups.