Working Together With...
It is important to be outward facing as a school and to seek to extend the number of people we work with, to bring new ideas to Winston. You may not be aware of all the partnerships and therefore, opportunities, that are available to our students and staff at Winston. The following gives you a flavour of the developments that have taken place in the last two years.
Wellington College: Independent State Schools Partnership
Key Areas:
- Master Classes for our most able mathematicians, scientists and linguists
- Summer schools for our most able students
- Research opportunities for staff to enable the school to develop initiatives that make a difference to learning
- Building Resilience Project: Mr Drake is currently working with Birmingham University
- Working with partner schools on key areas of the curriculum
- Supporting the training of new teachers
- Leadership training at all levels
2015 Partnership: with Collingwood College, The Bishop David Brown School and The Magna Carta School
Key Areas:
- School support and development
- Sharing good practice across the partnership
- Leadership development
- Shared training opportunities
- Shared procurement, aimed at reducing costs
- Teacher Recruitment
The Goethe-Insitut: working with the German Embassy
Key Areas:
- To encourage the teaching of German in our primary schools
- To support primary schools with training, resources and teachers
- Provides Winston students with additional resources and opportunities when learning German
- Opportunities in terms of careers
Reading University:
Key Areas:
- The recruitment and training of Maths Teachers
- Working together on research into enquiry based learning in maths
Surrey Chambers of Commerce:
A new partnership opening up opportunities to engage with the world of business, for the benefit of our students.
