Welcome to The Chauncy School Website.

Our central task, mission, aim and purpose is to promote student achievement.

 

I have had a wonderful eleven years at Chauncy, nine as Head Teacher, and have seen everyone connected with the school grow in confidence as we have worked hard to secure our successes. Nineteen of our staff currently send their own children to the school.

 

Our aim is to be the natural school of choice for Ware and its surrounding villages and we are proud to be oversubscribed and full in Years 7 to 11. We have 888 students in buildings which housed 421 eleven years ago and we are financing our own new buildings to meet parental preferences.

 

As a community school we are committed to high quality community education. We teach students in ability groups and support learning with additional staff in all subjects. We have an excellent pastoral system that ensures all students are known, cared for, supported and encouraged.

 

Parental support for Chauncy School places the highest expectations on teachers to provide a challenging curriculum for all students. We have a highly skilled teaching staff responsible for superb exam results and a talented school staff building excellent relationships and learning opportunities for our students.

 

Our magnificent GCSE results for 2007 – a 10th consecutive record year - show that we “added value” to the achievements of all groups of students. The students who joined us in Year 7 as Gifted and Talented exceeded already high expectations In Year 11.

 

We have very good resources, particularly in ICT, but it is the quality of relationships in the school which most distinguishes Chauncy as a successful school. Our students know that they have excellent teachers and opportunities at Chauncy and their confidence in us, and themselves, increases expectations and performance. Around 100 school visits and trips each year, dance, drama and music performances and a wide range of sporting clubs and teams ensures this is an exciting place to be.

 

Our Open Evening is very informative but a tour of the school on a normal working day is fascinating. Should this be the school for you I look forward to welcoming you and working with you to achieve the highest standards in all areas of school life.