Bonus Pastor Catholic College

Infobox UK school
name = Bonus Pastor Catholic College
latitude = 51.42653
longitude = -0.00171
dms = dms
motto = Through Faith To Success
motto_pl = Auxiliare Non Nocere
established = 1958
religion = Roman Catholic
head_label = Principal
head = Mrs Ruth Holden, BA (Hons), MA, NPQH
chair_label = Governors
chair = Mrs P. Barber
specialist = Maths and Computing College
street = Winlaton Road
city = Bromley
county = Kent
country = England
postcode = BR1 5PZ
LEA = Lewisham
ofsted = 100752
NOR = 850
gender = Mixed
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
colours = Black, Gold and White
website = Bonus Pastor Website
website_name = [http://www.bp.lewisham.sch.uk]

Bonus Pastor Catholic College was founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for children of Catholic families. The College succeeded in becoming the first school in Lewisham to specialise in Maths and Computing in 2006.

Bonus Pastor Catholic College, has a newly appointed Principal, Mrs R Holden, who served as the Interim Principal until her substantive appointment in 2008.

Ofsted 2008:Grade 2 School; Good with outstanding featuresBonus Pastor is a good school with many outstanding features. [ [http://www.http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=307472&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\school\100\s5_100752_20080227.pdf Bonus Pastor Catholic College Ofsted Report 2008] ]

The College intends to admit 150 students in September 2009, and intends to maintain 150, unless there are sufficient circumstances. [ [http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/Schools/SchoolAdmissions/SecondarySchoolAdmission/AdmissionsCriteria/BonusPastorCriteria.htm Bonus Pastor Catholic College admissions criteria] ]

College History

Bonus Pastor Catholic College, (previously known as Bonus Pastor RC School) opened in September 1958. The college is therefore now in its 50th year.

The College Mission Statement

Through Faith to Success

Bonus Pastor is a Catholic College which, together with the home and church community, endeavours to provide a Christian environment in which Students and Staff are challenged to achieve their potential, intellectually, socially and spiritually. The College also strives to inculcate in all its members a respect for the dignity of others as well as sense of their own personal worth.

The highest standards of achievement, behaviour and personal response to gospel values are therefore expected and the steps by which these standards are achieved - study, prayer and self discipline - are all highly valued.

College environment

Bonus Pastor is based on two sites. Years 7, 8 and 9 are taught on the Churchdown site; Years 10 and 11 on the Winlaton site. The two sites are 400m apart, a comfortable four-minute walk. There are plans under the Building Schools for the Future programme for Bonus Pastor to be rebuilt (currently during 2009-2010).

Until then, our investment programme ensures the college has up-todate facilities, particularly in ICT and Maths, Design Technology, Science, and Drama. A new state-of-the-art Learning Discovery Centre opened in 2006 and we have a super library resource/ICT centre on the Churchdown site, in addition to 6 other state-of-the-art ICT suites. Interactive whiteboards are available in almost all classrooms, especially in English, Maths and Science rooms. The playing fields in Whitefoot Lane, adjacent to the school, are used for games and athletics.

The College today

Bonus Pastor College is a voluntary aided, Roman Catholic comprehensive school of around 750 boys and girls in the age range 11-16. In recent years, official KS2-KS4 value-added indicators have consistently put the school in the top 10%-15% of maintained schools.

The College works very closely with Northbrook School, Christ the King Sixth Form College and Lewisham College. More recently (Sept 2008) we have begun working with students from Addey & Stanhope and Prendergast schools, who attend the College 1 day per week to take part in our new IT Diploma course - the first school in Lewisham to offer one of the Government's new Diploma courses (though many others will follow over the next two years).

Student events

Students participate in a wide variety of extra curricular activities including the BBC's Student News Day, Drama, Dance and Music clubs and a wide range of after school sports activities. [ [http://www.lewisham-clc.org.uk/schoolreport/news.html BBC School Report at Lewisham CLC] ]

Dress code controversy

The College has a dress code that prohibits most forms of jewellery, except for small studs and a watch for girls. Studs are prohibited for boys, therefore only a wristwatch may be worn. It has been mis-reported that a student created a controversy by wearing a crucifix. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/school_report/6275463.stm Students dig deeper into row over crucifix] ] . Careful reading of the article referred to shows that this was in fact a story reported on by one of our students in the BBC News Day project, about an incident that took place in another school.

Hoodies, gloves, trousers and black socks for girls remain unacceptable.

College management

Previously Before July 2003 Headteacher: Mr M.A. Cullinane, M.A., Dip. Ed.

September 2003 - December 2007 Principal: Patricia Slonecki B.Ed.(Hons), NPQH

January 2008 Principal: Ruth Holden, BA (Hons), MA, NPQH Vice Principals: Mrs M. O'Donohue, Mrs L. Bridgland

Assistant Principals: Mr P. Kissoon, Mr G. Heatley, Mr J. Basi, Ms M De Jonge

GCSE results

Bonus Pastor Catholic College intends to build upon success, year after year.

2003- 55%,

2004- 59%,

2005- 59%,

2006- 59%

2007- 68%

2008- 71%

[http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/NewsAndEvents/News/TopMarksForLewishamsGCSEStudents.htm]

Table: Lewisham’s 2008 GCSE results – percentage of students achieving five or more good GCSEs at grades A*-C. All 2008 figures are provisional.

[http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/group_07.pl?Mode=Z&Type=LA&No=209&Base=c&Phase=1&F=1&L=50&Year=07]

Table: Lewisham's 2007 Year on Year Comparison

References

External links

* [http://www.bp.lewisham.sch.uk Bonus Pastor Catholic College]
* [http://www.ctksfc.ac.uk Christ the King Sixth Form College]