kinver high school and sixth form
West Midlands
Welcome to the Kinver High School website my name is Nikki Clifton, proud
headteacher of Kinver High School. I joined Kinver High in December 2019 as head
and was pleased to find a team and community that had ambitions that match mine,
to create a world class environment for our students to learn. During my
headship I aim to lean on not only the experience gained from my 25 years in
education, first as a teacher of Modern Foreign Languages and secondly as a
School Leader for the past decade; but also, being a parent of three teenagers
allows me to perfectly understand the challenges that face our students, parents
and carers. I know that the relationship between home and school is crucial to
the development of our students. At Kinver, we believe that every child really
matters and that every child is an individual with an array of talents, perhaps
yet to be discovered. It is our belief that every child can be successful and we
are committed to ensuring that all students are prepared for their future and
are able to go on to lead successful lives. Our goal is simple, we want all
students to develop into well-rounded confident, independent, resilient and high
achieving outward thinking individuals, who are proud of their school, its
values and reputation. We will equip all students with the knowledge, skills,
characteristics and learning behaviours to enable them to set aspirational and
challenging goals. We always seek to work with pupils, parents and our wider
school community to provide a happy, supportive and stimulating environment
where all students thrive, feel safe, respected and are recognised. We want our
students to be happy, successful young adults who contribute to their
communities, seek out opportunities and continue to always aim, to be the best
that they can be. Kinver High School and Sixth Form is widely recognised as a
friendly and welcoming school community where all are valued. We aim to support
and challenge all our students to work hard and have high aspirations for
academic success and personal development. The attainment of students at Kinver
is consistently above the national average and their ‘behaviour in lessons and
at social times is good’ (Ofsted 2018). Our curriculum is broad and balanced and
designed to ensure that all students develop the wide range of skills and
attributes required to be a successful member of society as well as gaining the
best possible recognised qualifications. ‘16 to 19 study programmes are
effective. Teaching is strong, and students make good progress.’ Ofsted, 2018
Kinver is a small 11 – 18 secondary school providing for about 600 students.
Being relatively small for a secondary school is seen by parents and students as
highly beneficial because we know all of our students well, so that we can help
them to learn and develop in a close knit environment. Our positive learning
environment, promotes, recognises and rewards all student’s achievements and
positive contributions to wider school life. Together with our comprehensive
student support structure we ensure that all students can access help, guidance
and the support to succeed. As a result, our students are the best advertisement
the school could have. We are located in the beautiful, rural village setting of
Kinver and serve a wide area also comprising the South Staffordshire villages of
Stourton, Swindon, Bobbington and Trysull. Over recent years a substantial
number of children have travelled in from Dudley and the southern and western
parts of Stourbridge including Norton, Wollaston, Wordsley, Cookley in
Worcestershire. Our coaches pick up from all of these locations. Kinver is also
conveniently located for travel to and from Bridgnorth and Kidderminster.
Academic work at all stages at Kinver High is important, but our idea of
education goes beyond the classroom. We have an exceptional range of
extra-curricular activities, through involvement in sports teams, musical
performances and a variety of lunchtime and after-school clubs designed to
engage and inspire students to pursue their own interests and develop their
talents. There is also a house system to add a positive, competitive edge to
many of the team activities that take place. ‘The curriculum is well balanced,
and extra-curricular activities make a strong contribution to pupils’ learning’
Ofsted 2018 Our simple message to students is that ‘hard work and high
aspirations make you successful’. I hope that you will want to discover more of
what Kinver High can offer you or your child and would encourage you to further
explore our website to get to know us better. Through the website you will also
be able to access a wide range of important and useful information about the
school and stay up to date with school life here at Kinver.
