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DARTON COLLEGE

24th June 2016

Issue 35

Unlocking potential .Changing lives

Principals News

Company and internationally

un de r ta k i n g

It was wonderful to meet our

recogn ised educat or . I nt o

Professional

new cohort of Year 7 learners

school on Tuesday. He visited

Headteachers, ending finally with

on Thursday evening. There

with

Gary and Angus who set

a day with my Senior Leadership

was a fantastic turn out and

up and run the charity LincS2nE-

Team reflecting on our progress

we received really positive

PAL. After a brief tour around the

over the course of this year and

feedback from both parents

school they gave a presentation

beginning to plan for next year.

and carers. Huge thanks to

to members of Darton Voice

All in all a great week!

learners who supported , staff

about their work in Nepal build-

who attended and supported ,

ing and running a school. Staff

Miss Banks who made her first

and learners who attended

public speech as the new

were incredibly moved by the

Progress Leader for Year 7 and

presentation and hope to make

Kate Davies

to Miss Twigg whos ruthless

links with them over the course

Principal

efficiency made the event run

of next year to support this work

so seamlessly.

We were

with other schools across the

privileged to welcome Ian

borough. My week was topped

Gilbert, the CEO of the

off by delivering a days CPD to

Independent Thinking

aspiring head teachers

th e

N a ti o na l

Qualification

for

I hope you all have a lovely

weekend and that we finally see
some sunshine!

In this issue
Page 1: Principals News
Page 2: Up-coming events / Attendance

Check out our website: www.dartoncollege.co.uk

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Important Dates
25/06/16 Kexborough Litter Pck
27/06/16 Barnsley Schools Athletics Championship
27/06/16 Music Project Sheffield University
29/06/16 Y8 Trip to see Lion King at Horizon C College
29/06/16 Last Exam
30/06/16 Y10 Barnsley college Taster Day
4/07/16 Darton Afternoon Club
6/07/16 Music Project Birmingham
7/07/16 Y 10 Pontefract College Taster Day
8/9/07/16 Wimbledon Trip
9/07/16 Mayors Parade (Barnsley)

Exam Dates W/C 27/06/2016

Mon 27 Jun 9:30

0:45

Greek Listening

Mon 27 Jun 9:30

0:55

Greek Reading

Wed 29 Jun 9:30

1:00

Greek Writing

We are pleased to announce that Darton College has been the

first main stream school in Barnsley to successfully achieve the Silver
Charter Mark for Anti-Bullying.
Staff and learners at the college have worked hard to produce
evidence that was put together in a portfolio to show how well the
school is combating bullying. There are several levels to the award
and it is expected for a school to start at the Bronze level and use
these awards as a way to improve. We were very pleased to
receive the Silver award on our first review and will continue to
work hard towards Gold.
The Charter Mark shows that the school is working well to support
and educate learners around issues related to bullying. It also
reflects that we have fantastic practice that continues to improve
all the time. This includes how we record and track bullying, how it
is dealt with, how we support victims and also perpetrators of
bullying. Is shows that the college are recognising and educating
learners about the different types of bullying as well as taking into
account the views of learners.
We are extremely proud of this achievement and look forward to
informing you of when the College is awarded the Gold Charter
Mark in the very near future.

Attendance for the week ending 26/06/2016

Whole School Target

Attendance 95.50%

Yearly

Weekly

94.40%

90.50%

Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10

96.50%
96.00%
95.50%
95.00%

96.40%

95.00%

95.60%

93.40%

93.20%

91.40%

93.70%

93.20%

Year 11

94.50%

91.70%

75.80%

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