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Our ethos of A Commitment to Excellence and a focus on Exceptional Values, Exceptional Learning & Teaching and Exceptional Achievement provide the foundations for our belief system. A disciplined, supportive and purposeful learning environment allows our students to excel across the whole curriculum and become the exemplary citizens that we want them to be. Our students are encouraged to take pride in their achievements and we have the highest expectations for our students' academic work and the attitude to learning that each should demonstrate. We expect our students to be positive role models, both in school, and in the wider community. our strong belief in The Growth Mindset provides our students with the necessary skills and confidence required to meet life's many challenges in the future.

I am very proud and honoured to be Principal of this exceptional school.

To be entrusted with the responsibility of guiding our students through their formative secondary school years is a privilege and one that we enjoy and take incredibly seriously.

My vision is to make Wade Deacon High School the very best school in the country. Not for the status, not for accolades; but for all of the students and families that we are here to nurture and support. My commitment is to ensure that our students have an experience here that is unmatched anywhere else; for them to look back at their time with us with fondness - taking with them incredible memories that will be with them for all of their lives. Memories of fantastic opportunities, inspirational teaching and an unmatched level of care that has enabled them to achieve their true potential.

If I had to sum up the essence of Wade Deacon High School, I would say that we are a caring and incredibly supportive school with the highest aspirations and expectations for our young people. In turn, our students have the highest expectations of themselves and show us day in – day out how focussed they are and how much they want to succeed in so many different ways.

Mr S Corner Executive Principal

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Highlights from latest inspection.

What is it like to attend this school? Pupils at Wade Deacon High School are completely committed to the 'Wade Deacon Way'. They talk about it with passion. Pupils fully live out the school's values to respect themselves, to be the best that they can be and to believe in themselves. These behaviours are consistently evident in pupils' respectful interactions with each other and with staff. Pupils' behaviour around the school and in classrooms is exemplary, reflecting leaders' high expectations of their conduct. Pupils are extremely happy at this school. They are confident that staff have their best interests at heart when making decisions about their education. The quality of pastoral sup ... port available to pupils is a key strength. For example, if bullying ever happens, staff deal with issues swiftly and effectively. Pupils undertake an impressive range of opportunities to enrich their wider personal development. They embrace leadership roles, for example as a prefect or a subject ambassador. Pupils thrive in the extra-curricular clubs on offer, such as dance, creative writing, and robotics and electronics. They relish the opportunities that staff provide for them to be involved in a variety of competitions locally and nationally. Leaders have very high expectations of what every pupil can and should achieve. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve exceptionally well. They benefit from a first-rate education, including an aspirational curriculum, that gives them a firm foundation for their future learning and employment. What does the school do well and what does it need to do better? Leaders and staff are fully committed to excellence for every pupil, regardless of their background or ability. They fully realise this vision. Leaders have also designed a rich and ambitious curriculum, which includes a suitably broad range of academic, vocational and creative subjects. Leaders have carefully considered the essential knowledge that pupils must learn. Pupils' achievement is exceptional. Teachers skilfully use their strong subject knowledge to deliver the curriculum expertly well. As a result, all pupils, including pupils with SEND, develop a deep and rich body of subject knowledge. Teachers take care to build pupils' confidence and resilience in learning. Increasingly, pupils embrace the English Baccalaureate suite of subjects. They recognise these subjects as a firm grounding for post-16 learning. Leaders ensure that staff make excellent use of assessment strategies across different curriculum subjects. Teachers identify and address pupils' misconceptions in learning quickly and accurately. Inspectors found that pupils have a deep grasp of the content of subject curriculums. Pupils make complex and sophisticated connections between topics and concepts. There is an air of scholarly excellence. Leaders have prioritised the teaching of reading across the school. They are quick to identify any deficits in pupils' reading knowledge. Staff provide timely and appropriate support to enable those pupils who fall behind in their reading to catch up quickly. Consequently, leaders ensure that these pupils access the full curriculum. Pupils spoke with enthusiasm about the books that they are reading and they are regularly found reading for pleasure in the library. Leaders and staff identify the needs of pupils with SEND accurately and swiftly. Teachers receive high-quality information about the needs and wishes of the pupils that they teach. As a result, teachers skilfully adapt the delivery of subject curriculums for pupils with SEND. Consequently, all pupils with SEND learn the same ambitious curriculum as their peers. They are fully included in school life and achieve very highly. Across the school, pupils are fully focused on their learning. Pupils learn without disruption. They behave impeccably well around the school site. Pupils' rates of attendance are high and continuously improving. Pupils recognise and celebrate the diversity of the school population and of the wider world. They respect the uniqueness of individual people. The personal development curriculum enables pupils to explore and debate issues with maturity, such as tolerance, the rule of law, and sexism. Leaders consistently promote consideration, respect, good manners and a positive work ethic. Pupils enjoy high-quality and impartial careers advice and guidance. This broadens their horizons beyond their local context. Pupils are incredibly positive and ambitious for their future careers. They are fully equipped for the next steps in their education and/or training. Leaders are tenacious in following up on former pupils to ensure that they settle fully into their next phase of education or employment. The school's local governing body and board of trustees support and challenge leaders to improve the quality of education for pupils continually. Staff are extremely proud to work at this school. They appreciate leaders' considerable efforts to care for their well-being. Staff describe the school as a 'community' where everyone cares for and supports each other. Safeguarding The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. Leaders provide effective, up-to-date safeguarding training for staff and governors. Staff act quickly to identify vulnerable pupils. The safeguarding team has fostered close links with external agencies to ensure that pupils and their families receive the timely support that they need. Staff are quick to support pupils in need. Pupils learn how to keep themselves safe through a thoughtful and age-appropriate sex and relationships curriculum. For example, pupils learn about respectful, safe relationships and healthy ways of dealing with conflict. They understand about sexual consent. Pupils know how to stay safe when online.

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Wade Deacon High School

We are a high performing, Secondary School in Widnes, with over 1,500 pupils, recognised by Ofsted as being Outstanding in all areas.

We offer a full range of subjects, and are very proud of our GCSE results. We have a great focus on 'High Standards', and 'Getting the basics right', resulting in the very best opportunities for our pupils.

We are highly experienced in running School Direct PGCE programmes, and each year have a large number of Associate Teachers train with us.

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You will have a full tour of our school, where we will explain the context of our setting and our current focus/ drives. After the tour, you will be given the opportunity to ask questions and learn about the different options for Training to Teach. The remainder of your day (approximately 2 hours) will be spent observing lessons in the subject of your choice.

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Wade Deacon High School celebrates second ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating

It is one of the few state schools in England that has kept this grade in successive inspections

• 16:23, 10 FEB 2023
• Updated 11:28, 21 FEB 2023

Staff and students at Wade Deacon High School in Widnes are celebrating after it was rated as 'Outstanding' in its latest full Ofsted inspection.

It’s not the first time the school has been awarded this rating - the last inspection, back in 2011, also rated the school as 'Outstanding'. With the framework and process becoming much more rigorous over the last 10 years, this new result for 2023 is even more impressive.

The whole school is extremely proud of the latest report . It is overwhelmingly positive and celebrates Wade Deacon’s wonderful staff, the school itself and of course the pupils. The brilliant achievement is down to the hard work and dedication of both the teaching staff and the students themselves, who Ofsted said were "extremely happy at this school.” They added: "they are confident that staff have their best interests at heart when making decisions about their education".

The result is a truly notable achievement. Under the new inspection framework, it is extremely rare for a school to be graded ‘Outstanding’ in all areas and Wade Deacon High School is one of the few state schools in England that has kept its ‘Outstanding’ grade. According to statistics from Ofsted only 17% of 370 ‘Outstanding’ schools have kept their ranking to date.

What makes Wade Deacon outstanding? Here are four key reasons, outlined by Ofsted, why the school has achieved this recognition:

1. An ambitious curriculum and quality teaching

Wade Deacon High School sets the bar high with an aspirational curriculum designed to stretch each pupil to reach their full potential. Ofsted said: “The teachers at the school have high expectations of what each pupil can and should achieve. Leaders and staff are fully committed to excellence for every pupil, regardless of their background or ability.

“Leaders have designed a rich and ambitious curriculum, which includes a suitably broad range of academic, vocational and creative subjects.

“Teachers skilfully use their strong subject knowledge to deliver the curriculum expertly well. As a result, all pupils, including pupils with SEND, develop a deep and rich body of subject knowledge. Teachers take care to build pupils’ confidence and resilience in learning.”

2. Exemplary behaviour and attitude of students

Students at the school are impeccably behaved and show a true passion for learning. Ofsted said: “Pupils at Wade Deacon High School are completely committed to the ‘Wade Deacon Way’. They talk about it with passion.

"Pupils fully live out the school’s values to respect themselves, to be the best that they can be and to believe in themselves. These behaviours are consistently evident in pupils’ respectful interactions with each other and with staff. Pupils’ behaviour around the school and in classrooms is exemplary.”

Hear more about the school and from the students themselves on the Wade Deacon YouTube channel .

3. Wide range of extra-curricular activities and personal development opportunities

The school offers an extensive extra-curricular programme aiming to appeal to all students' interests and talents.

Wade Deacon believes that an educational journey isn't just about qualifications, it's about developing interests outside the classroom to enter the world as a well-rounded, qualified, happy and healthy individual.

Activities on offer range vastly, from basketball and boxing to Eco-club, creative writing and animation and robotics.

4. Students leave prepared for the world equipped with top results

Students at Wade Deacon High School achieve brilliant results too. In 2022, GCSE students achieved the school's strongest results yet. Some 66% of students achieved the ‘gold standard’ Grade 5 pass in both English and maths, 81% achieving Grade 4 or above and 21% students achieved a Grade 7 or higher in both of these subjects. It set them firmly on track to access their Post-16 education places of choice.

The average grade achieved by students across all of their exams was a Grade 5, with a number of students demonstrating exceptional achievement with 149 top-level Grade 9s achieved in all. A total of 22 students achieved a full set of results at Grade 7 to 9.

Students at Wade Deacon experience an all-round education. Ofsted noted that diversity within the school and in the wider community is celebrated at Wade Deacon, saying: ”[The students] respect the uniqueness of individual people. The personal development curriculum enables pupils to explore and debate issues with maturity.”

When considering their next steps after education, the Ofsted report mentioned that: “Pupils enjoy high-quality and impartial careers advice and guidance. This broadens their horizons beyond their local context.

“Pupils are incredibly positive and ambitious for their future careers. They benefit from a first-rate education, including an aspirational curriculum, that gives them a firm foundation for their future learning and employment.”

An exceptional achievement

Principal, Simon Corner, said of the result: "We are extremely proud to announce that the overall judgement under the new Ofsted framework is that Wade Deacon High School is an ‘Outstanding’ school.

"We are proud of the journey that the school has been on and we have worked incredibly hard to maintain our high standards and ‘A Commitment to Excellence’.

"We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all members of our school community on this significant achievement. Undoubtedly, all of this has been achieved with a significant amount of hard work from pupils, staff and governors and the support of the families and community we serve."

To discover more about Wade Deacon High School, visit wadedeacon.co.uk or follow on facebook, @WadeDeaconHighSchool , twitter, @wadedeacon , or instagram, @wade_deacon .

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Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

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Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

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At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case). 

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