Ashoka
Stanley Park High School
Stanley Park High School implements a project-based curriculum that focuses on learning outcomes and impact. Learning is experiential, enquiry based, practical and related to real life. It takes place outside the classroom in custom-made spaces. In addition to exams results, students are encouraged to develop their ambition, commitment, resilience and perseverance, imagination and creativity, initiative and self-motivation, and optimism.
We are keen to engage with other Changemaker schools, as well as schools in our locality, researchers, parents and businesses. We are looking for opportunities such as language exchanges, international projects, teacher training or any other real world learning projects.
Changemaking initiatives:
- ‘Small Schools’ - school split into four “Small Schools” in order to foster relationships between students and teachers
- Excellent Futures Curriculum (EFC) - exposes Year 7 and 8 students to REAL (Rigorous, Engaging, Authentic, Learning) world learning
- Ballot Street Spice - direct mentoring programme between classmates through small vertical tutor groups.
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David Taylor
David has worked as a teacher since he was 21. On becoming a Headteacher, he was given the opportunity to develop a ‘One School Pathfinder’in hisvision. Passionate about ensuring that all students are given the opportunity to follow their passion, hehasdeveloped 4 schools within a school, which introduced new structures and opportunities including the EFC, the emphasis on REAL learning and a wide offer of option subjects.
Developing these changes has required an evolving leadership style with the 6| P a g eability to empathise with students and community. Hisstyle has evolved from leading from the front, to the development of teams of teachers and students collaborating in order to develop thelearning programmes and overcome barriers.