Teacher of Technology

Callington Community College, a member of  Westcountry Schools Trust (WeST),  is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form in Cornwall serving students from the age of 11-18. The secondary school, situated in Callington has approximately 997 students on record.

Callington Community College was established in the 1910’s. In 1971, the secondary school merged with Callington Grammar School and Delaware Secondary Modern School to form Callington Comprehensive School, changing name to Callington Community College in 2000. In 2001, it converted to academy status.

Values and Ethos

Our vision for Callington Community College is to be the most exciting and dynamic school in Cornwall, where both students and staff thrive.

We are dedicated to ensuring we make a difference in any way that we can. We are a school in the heart of its community and we have a genuine commitment to developing successful and lifelong learners and confident individuals committed to making positive contributions to society

We believe in delivering personalised learning in which every child is supported according to individual need. We do not put any ceilings on children's ability and set challenging aspirational targets and goals. We provide a broad and balanced curriculum which allows students to discover their hidden talents and develop their leadership potential.

We are committed to improving continuously in every aspect of what we do. Investment in continuous professional development is a priority with significant focus on developing world class teaching strategies and leadership potential so that it impacts credibly on staff and students.

We believe in looking outside our environment for new and better methods of supporting students to make progress, to other schools, universities, to academic research and to the commercial environment for new ideas and inspiration.

Importantly we provide a safe and happy learning environment, where our students, staff and parents are valued equally. High quality relationships are at the heart of everything we do. Our greatest desire is to develop our young people into happy, confident, curious and resilient learners. Our commitment to dynamic interaction between staff and students is central to all aspects of our work. We are excited about what the future holds for the young people and the community we serve.

Wendy Ainsworth

Principal

Ofsted

Ofsted rates the College on 5 categories and then gives one overall judgement.

They are:

The quality of education – Good
Behaviour and Attitudes – Good
Personal development – Good
Leadership and Management – Good
Sixth Form Provision – Good
Overall effectiveness – Good

We truly are delighted to be formally recognised as a ‘good’ school. I really do credit the entire school community with this – the work of teachers in creating and delivering curriculums of excellent quality, the support staff who work tirelessly to ensure children stay the main priority and can excel in a clean, safe, supportive environment, the children whose commitment to learning and each other was so well evidenced over the two days and to parents and carers, who support us relentlessly and ensure that we work together to promote success and opportunity for all.

There are many elements of the report that we are thrilled with, in particular the recognition of us being ambitious, the strength of relationships between staff and students, teachers’ strong subject knowledge and the very strong culture of safeguarding. We are delighted they recognised our commitment to ensuring we are more than just academic successes and that our student leadership opportunities and promotion of extra-curricular events also contribute greatly to what we do.

I genuinely am so very proud of every member of this school community and what it stands for.

There are of course, things to still work on – assessment that is accurate and acute in identifying need and adjustment and ensuring appropriate adaptation occurs for all learners with SEND. Our College development plan highlights four key improvement strands; Curriculum, Assessment, Reading and SEND and we won’t be resting on our laurels. We will still be deeply committed to providing a quality experience that promotes success, affords opportunity, nurtures and provides emotional, academic and social support for every day.

I will finish with one statement that a student made to the inspectors and struck them so greatly that they acknowledged it in their report; “The College is like a shell – It’s the same on the outside but has changed for the better on the inside.” I hope you enjoy reading our report and also feel the same level of pride that we do.

Wendy Ainsworth

Principal

The full report can be found on the Ofsted website, and can also be read by downloading a copy below or by clicking here