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Equipment

These are items that a pupil will need across the curriculum. Having the right equipment is essential for your child's success in school. By bringing their own supplies each day, they'll be able to participate fully in lessons, avoid distractions, and stay on track with their classmates. This will ensure they have the best possible chance to learn and achieve.

If you are in receipt of Pupil Premium we will be able to offer support with the purchase of equipment and we will contact you separately.

Essential items

These must be brought into College each day

Recommended items

These should be brought into College each day

  • Black pen
  • Pencil
  • 30 cm ruler
  • Exercise books
  • Calculator
  • Spare black pen
  • 1 purple pen
  • Spare pencil
  • Pritt stick
  • Rubber
  • Pencil sharpener
  • 2 different coloured highlighter pens
  • Protractor
  • Compass
  • Small number of coloured pencils
  • Hairband to tie long hair back
  • Hand sanitiser
  • Headphones for ICT lessons - with a 3.5 mm jack

A Calculator

We have Casio FX-85GTCW scientific calculators available to purchase on Scopay.

A calculator must have the same buttons as the one in image below as pupils find that a calculator that display fractions as fractions is easier to use.


Aprons for Food Technology

Our Food curriculum has been designed to maximise the number of opportunities that pupils have to undertake practical tasks, in order to develop key life skills.  This does mean that there are regularly days when there is a high number of practical lessons taking place.  Due to the number of items that need to be washed and dried following these lessons (oven gloves, tea towels, dishcloths etc.), it is not possible to also wash and dry an apron for every pupil.  Therefore, we are asking parents to provide their child with an apron.  These not only prevent possible cross-contamination of food but also help to protect school uniform from damage and are therefore highly recommended.

Requirements:

  • Year 7, 8 and 9 – These pupils will need an apron that is suitable to be used in a Food Room.  We recommend a simple tie up apron, preferably without a pocket as this tends to catch dirt etc.
  • Year 10 and 11 GCSE Classes – These pupils will also need an apron of their own if they are undertaking GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition.

Aprons will need to be taken home and washed after they have been used.

 

 


Knowledge Organiser for French and Spanish

All pupils will be provided with a Knowledge Organiser for the language they are learning. This must be brought to all their French or Spanish lessons.


Recommended books to purchase - (Key Stage 4 – Year 10 & 11)

 

Subject
Title
Example Order Link
History

My Revision Notes: OCR GCSE (9-1) History B: Schools History Project, Paperback – 26 Jan 2018

https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Revision-Notes-History-Schools/dp/1510404066/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=My+Revision+Notes%3A+OCR+GCSE+%289-1%29+History+B%3A+Schools+History+Project+Paperback&qid=1594296037&sr=8-1
English

Novella: Animal Farm

ISBN - 978-1789089486

 

Revision Guide: Animal Farm

ISBN - 978-1847626677

Animal Farm 

 

 

 

GCSE English Text Guide - Animal Farm

Novella: A Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

 

ISBN - 978-1789089479

 

Revision Guide: A Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

 

ISBN - 978-1782943082

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - The Complete Novel with Annotations & Knowledge Organisers.

 

 

 

 

GCSE English Text Guide - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde includes Online Edition & Quizzes: for the 2026 and 2027 exams.

 

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

ISBN - 978-1841461205

 

 

Macbeth by William Shakespeare - Revision Guide

ISBN - 978-1841461168

 

Macbeth - The Complete Play with Annotations, Audio and Knowledge Organisers: for the 2025 and 2026 exams.

 

 

 


GCSE English Shakespeare Text Guide - Macbeth includes Online Edition & Quizzes: for the 2026 and 2027 exams.

 

PE

AQA GCSE (9-1) PE Second Edition Paperback – 28 May 2021

by Ross Howitt (Author), Mike Murray (Author)

ISBN: 978-1398326521

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AQA-GCSE-9-1-PE-Second/dp/1398326526

Level 1/Level 2 Cambridge National in Sport Studies (J829): Second Edition Paperback – 11 Mar. 2022

by Ross Howitt (Author), Mike Murray (Author)

ISBN: 978-1398350304

https://amzn.eu/d/gowVcFh