The Big SingThe Dorking Schools' Partnership is a collaboration between secondary, primary and infant schools in the Dorking area committed to supporting and developing the opportunities for the children in the schools located in South Mole Valley. Headteachers meet regularly to plan strategically and as a small school we benefit in many ways:
• We have access to partnership staff training activities which offer excellent value for money and ensure consistency of approach between different schools in the area
• We work together to ensure that we are meeting the Extended Schools agenda and so although we are a small school we can access opportunities provided by the larger community of schools
Visitors from a Chinese school• We are members of the Dorking Schools Language Development Group which promotes and provides funding for teaching of modern foreign languages across the partnership. Our children take part in the annual ” Big Sing” where primary age children come together to perform in other languages and we can benefit from strong partnership links with other countries, for example China
• We co-ordinate our special needs provisions, sharing expertise and funding wherever possible and enabling access to a wide range of multidisciplinary pupil support professionals
• We are part of the Sports partnership which provides opportunities for staff training and sports events for pupils.
• Governors from partnership schools are invited to a Governors Forum regularly with opportunities for training and to keep up to date
The Dorking Schools Partnership - Click to View the Partnership Website
