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Vita et Pax School, London

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Vita et Pax School details

Address:
Vita et Pax School
6a Priory Close, Green Road, Southgate, London N14 4AT
Telephone:
020 8449 8336
Fax:
020 8440 0483
Email:
vitaetpax@lineone.net
Website:
www.vitaetpax.enfield.sch.uk/ Juniors/default.asp
Authority:
Enfield
Admissions:
Selective
Gender of entry:
Mixed
Age range:
3-11
Number of students:
188
Affiliation:
ISA
Last inspection:
May 2001. Read the full inspection report.

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General information

Headteacher: Margaret O'Connor, appointed in September 1997.

Staff: 13 (men 3, women 10).

Background: Vita et Pax school is located in an urban setting close to junction 24 on the M25. The building is 1960 built with a large playground and easy access to a local open space. The national curriculum is taught, as is verbal and non-verbal reasoning, and SATs tests are completed annually. Sports include football, netball, tennis, cricket, rugby, hockey, athletics, gymnastics and dance. The school participates in local sporting competitions and is also very active in charity fundraising. The school is open from 8.15am and extra-curricular clubs run until 4.30pm. The school is a small family school where most pupils are recruited via siblings or through word of mouth. Vita et Pax is selective with 10 per cent of admissions being made according to ability, while interviews with parents are also taken into account. A basic skills assessment is given to prospective pupils at four-years-old. The school aims for excellence, with God at the centre of all that it thinks, does and say.

Approach to discipline: 'Rules are few and far between and those adhered to have been agreed by the pupils and therefore should be complied with. Good behaviour is an expectation in the school therefore disciplinary issues are few.'

Uniform: 'Uniform is compulsory and is demanded in all cases.'

Special needs: Special educational needs provision (SEN) is referred to as 'progress studies' where the equivalent of one full time teacher and a part time assistant support the class teacher's in providing for pupils who are not progressing at the same rate as the main body of the class.

Inspection: May 2001: ?Vita et Pax School is a co-educational preparatory school for pupils from four to eleven years old. The school is successful in preparing pupils for entrance tests and examinations to independent senior schools and the results of the national tests at key stages one and two are above the national average. Pupils enjoy coming to school and are keen to learn. The quality of teaching was good or very good in nearly half of the lessons seen and was satisfactory in almost all the others observed. The staff are committed to high standards and hard working. The overall quality of education provided has many good features, but some aspects need attention to ensure that the school?s potential to improve is achieved.?.

Secondary schools: North London Collegiate School (1 pupils); Haberdashers Monmouth School for Girls (1 pupils); Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (2 pupils); Latymer Upper School (5 pupils).

Boys' age range: 3 to 11.

Girls' age range: 3 to 11.

Over-subscribed: 2:1.

Percentage admitted according to academic ability: 10%.

Factors taken into account other than academic ability: Sibling criteria and suitability to benefit form the education offered at the school.

Selection procedures: Test in English, mathematics and reasoning.

Day pupils: 188.

Average class size (Year 5): 24.

Subjects taught at seven: 8.

Subjects taught at 11: 10.

All teachers hold teaching qualifications?: Y.

Teachers with degrees: 10.

Specialist teachers used: English, mathematics, science, music, PE and French.

Subjects taught in addition to national curriculum: French.

Sports offered: Dance, gymnastics, tennis, hockey, rugby, football, cricket, rounders and athletics.

On-site sports facilities: Sports hall and school playground.

Off-site sports facilities: Dedicated use of a sports field within three minutes walk for one and a half days each week.

Daily act of collective worship?: Y.

Pupils sit SATs?: Y.

SATs results provided by QCA-approved body?: Y.

Common entrance?: N.

Percentage admitted to senior schools on reduced fees: 25%.

Major scholarships won: One 50 per cent scholarship for academic excellence.Three 30 per cent scholarship for academic excellence.

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