Welcome to Seaton Valley Federation of Schools.

Astley Community High School and Whytrig Middle School, which are co-located in Elsdon Avenue in Seaton Delaval, form the Seaton Valley Federation of Schools together with Seaton Sluice Middle School. The three schools share a single governing body.  We strive for excellence in the education we provide our students and  are proud of being at the heart of the local community.

We strongly believe that the relatively small size of all three schools provides a great environment in which to know our young people well, so that we are able to respond to each individual's needs and enable them to suceed. 

All three schools in Seaton Valley Federation  share the same vision and ethos and use this as a reference point for all that we do.
 

Our Vision

• To be exceptional in everything we do.
• To ensure that everyone attends a school where they are safe, happy, successful and have lots of opportunities.
• To provide a positive learning environment which allows everyone to achieve their potential.

Our Ethos

• To know every child academically and pastorally as a complete young person.
• To treat everyone and everything with respect.
• To strive for everyone to be as good as they can be and to be proud of doing well.

Over the past few years, across the federation, a significant amount of time and effort has gone into ensuring that the curriculum each school offers is as effective as it can be.

Our Curriculum Vision
Each school’s broad and balanced curriculum will provide opportunities (both inside and outside the classroom) that ensure our young people:

• Have the skills and attributes to be successful members of society regardless of their starting point.
• Experience teaching and learning which is interesting, challenging and engaging (ICE curriculum).

Our Curriculum Intent
LINC
Through the ICE curriculum that our pupils experience we aim for them to be:
Literate
Independent
Numerate
Culturally Aware

BEAM
To ensure that all pupils experience a positive learning environment which allows everyone to achieve their potential, we will support our pupils with their:
Behaviour
Emotions
Achievement
Mental Health

Across last academic year the federation worked collaboratively to introduce a new behaviour model. The bedrock of this is a focus on positive relationships between all members of the school community. We aim to help develop our students’ understanding of what positive relationships and behaviour look like and we strive to support those students who struggle with this.  We are committed to consistently recognising, rewarding and celebrating positive behaviour - letting the students know when they are getting this right and sharing this with parents.  We also see the importance and effectiveness in offering opportunities for restorative justice - so students can seethe error of their ways. In a nutshell from a pastoral perspective we are firm but fair. We understand that students are children and that many aspects of behaviour need to be viewed through the lens of context. We therefore try to understand why students are behaving or presenting in the way they are and work with them and their parents to move forward and make progress.

As part of the federation’s behaviour model we have introduced 3 simple expectations for all members of the school community - to be ready, respectful and safe. As a school we help todevelop students understanding of what these 3 simple expectations mean:

• Ready - being ready and on time for school and each lesson and prepared for learning.
• Respectful - showing respect to all member of the school community, to yourself and to the environment
• Safe - being safe in the community, online, during lessons and around the school.

We strive to support all students to achieve their full potential. This starts first through quality first teaching in each classroom – teachers knowing the students in front of them and adapting their teaching to suit the individual needs. Wraparound support is also put in place for those students who need it, especially from a pastoral and SEN perspective.

We are rightly proud of our school – from the results that students achieve to the way they act and behave in school and the community. We look forward to welcoming you to our school.