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We've compiled lots of information here for new parents and current alike. We hope you'll find everything you need to know about day to day life and things you might need. If not, just get in touch or ask a teacher and if we don't know, we'll find out. PARENTS' INFORMATION We've compiled lots of information here for new parents and current alike. We hope you'll find everything you need to know about day to day life and things you might need. If not, just get in touch or ask a teacher and if we don't know, we'll find out. WHOLE SCHOOL JUNIOR SCHOOL MIDDLE & SENIOR SCHOOL SIXTH FORM BOARDING A TO Z INFO NURSERY & RECEPTION A TO Z YEARS 1 TO 3 - A TO Z YEARS 4 TO 6 - A TO Z YRS 7 & UP - A TO Z FAQS WHOLE SCHOOL WHOLE SCHOOL Follow these links for information relevant to all students from Nursery through Sixth Form. Contacting staff: you are welcome to call or email us at any time. You can send emails to staff using the format firstnamelastname@frensham.org ABSENCES POLICIES SCHOOL DAY TIMINGS ESSENTIAL KIT FORMS HEALTH CARE MUSIC LESSONS SCHOOL RULES TERM DATES TRANSPORT OUR STAFF SPRING TERM ECAs TERMS & CONDITIONS LIFE AFTER 4.30PM BIKE GUIDELINES PARENT PORTAL SPORTS FIXTURES ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. A message from the Director of Support for Learning If your child has had a previous or current specialist teacher, speech and language therapist or occupational therapist’s report, can you please ensure that we have this information in the Support for Learning Department. Equally, I would be grateful if you could please send in a copy of any Educational Psychologist’s report that you may have for your child. These reports are vital in informing class and subject teachers of relevant needs. - Beverley Wrigglesworth Director of Support for Learning A message from the Head of Boarding Full, weekly, 3 day flexi and occasional boarding are available to all our students from Year 7 upwards. Occasional boarding is adhoc on a first come, first serve basis - 2 days equivalent per week/per term for Years 7-9 and 1 day for Years 10 and up. The occasional boarding rate is £87.60 per night. We also offer a two week boarding experience to day students once in their time at the school. The cost for this is £600. -Sian Owens Head of Boarding A message from the Frensham Heights Library Find amazing people: come to the library. This busy environment has a full-time librarian and is found in a light and airy skylit, recently refurbished gable space of Flottage. The reading club meets here weekly and the rooms are frequently used for teaching. The walls are lined with nearly 14,000 books, magazines and DVD’s, with a strong bias towards Young Adult Fiction. There are also digital resources and ebooks available. Visitors can sink in to the leather armchairs or sofa or make use of the seating/workspace for 34, including networked workstations. Wifi is available throughout. Students and staff can also make use of the mini café and the enquiry station where anyone can search the web-based library management system. - Noel Rasmussen Librarian JUNIOR SCHOOL JUNIOR SCHOOL KEY CONTACTS Junior School: 01252 797408 | click to email Main School: 01252 792561 After School Club: 01252 797431 Head of Junior School: Nick Oram-Tooley Junior School Administrator: Olivia Hannon JUNIOR SCHOOL INDUCTION BOOKLETS NURSERY & RECEPTION YEARS 1 TO 3 YEARS 4 TO 6 MIDDLE SCHOOL SENIOR SCHOOL KEY CONTACTS Main School: 01252 792561 Year 7 & 8: Karen McBride Year 9: Kate Forster Year 10 & 11: Paul Hughes QUICK A TO Z (YRS 7 & UP) SENIOR SCHOOL INDUCTION BOOKLET SIXTH FORM KEY CONTACTS Main School: 01252 792561 Roberts House: 01252 797490 Head of Sixth Form: Charlie Bennett Head of Roberts House: Will Paskell Sixth Form Pastoral Lead: Pippa Gaut Sixth Form Progress Lead: Alison Bundy Deputy Head of Roberts House: David Lloyd Houseparent of Roberts House: Colette Hill SIXTH FORM SIXTH FORM SPECIFIC LINKS PREPARATION WORK VEHICLE CONTRACT BOARDING KEY CONTACTS Main School: 01252 792561 Hamilton House: 01252 797422 Roberts House: 01252 797490 Head of Boarding: Sian Owens Head of Hamilton House: Lynn Goodburne Head of Main House: Jack Scullion Head of Roberts House: Will Paskell EMAIL SIAN EMAIL LYNN EMAIL JACK EMAIL WILL BOARDING BOARDING SPECIFIC LINKS TAXI CONSENT FORM WEEKEND ARRANGEMENTS FORM BOARDING BOOKLETS HAMILTON HOUSE MAIN HOUSE ROBERTS HOUSE ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us.

At Frensham Heights we offer a really good robust academic environment alongside a much richer experience for students from the age of 3 to 18. Our wider school is split into Early Years, Junior, Middle, Senior and Sixth Form - all on one site. OUR SCHOOL For our students from Nursery through Sixth Form, our aim is to provide a really good robust academic environment alongside a much richer experience as well. Our students go on to be doctors, dancers and engineers. They go on to follow a whole range of careers with a personal self-belief that helps them succeed. But more importantly they learn the skills, the future skills, to build a life not just a living. Our School QUICK LINKS EYFS JUNIOR MIDDLE SENIOR SIXTH FORM EYFS EYFS Nursery and Reception Our Nursery and Reception children spend most of their day learning through a method called Planning in the Moment. Our quick-thinking Early Years teachers mould the day’s learning around whatever interests the children may bring in with them. There are woods to explore, trees to climb - far too much to explore to sit down inside all day. Plus our youngest children also have specialist teaching in art, performing arts, music, PE and modern foreign languages. As they move up to Reception, the children won't waste any time sitting at desks. Their curiosity is too eager and their imaginations too strong. Instead the teachers will filter Mathematics, Phonics and English through short games and activities. It’s the kind of education that keeps the children’s spirits alive and keen to learn more while giving them crucial skills for learning. It teaches them that their opinions and interests are important, that their voices, no matter how little, will be heard and most importantly, that school is a lot of fun. FIND OUT MORE FIREFLIES NURSERY JUNIOR JUNIOR SCHOOL Years 1 to 6 At Frensham, we are not prepping for anything. From the day each child joins they are each starting off on their own educational journey – it’s the real thing, not a run up. We welcome them with the full understanding and expectation that they each have different interests, personalities and strengths and different paths to follow. This is a wonderful release for the children and the teachers. They can fully embrace the unique combination of characters within a class and dive together into their learning adventure without limiting themselves to ticking boxes or ranking and rating each achievement. We know genuine learning happens when you’re happy, unhindered by external pressures, and that is our true focus here, for every child. Our Junior School children have active, varied days. We tend to stick to a timetable, but we also have the freedom and flexibility to break from the norm if it boosts curiosity, creativity and a passion for learning. FIND OUT MORE SENIOR SENIOR SCHOOL Years 9 to 11 Years 9 to 11 are formative years for all students not only academically, but emotionally and socially. Like most mainstream schools, we follow the GCSE curriculum and assessment processes. Our teaching and learning during these years is closely curriculum-led, but we do our best to continuously support our students’ personal passions and interests. Rather than focusing only on the exam results, our aim is to give our students the knowledge and the thinking skills - creativity, problem solving, flexibility, resilience - to take on whatever may turn up on the exams, but also in life beyond. Emotionally and socially, these can be tricky years for all teenagers to navigate and this is where the strong relationships and outstanding pastoral care at Frensham can really give them the chance to enjoy what can be very stressful years. In Year 9, all students take part in a trip to the Peak District. It is unique and beneficial in so many ways. It is technology-free. It is far enough from home for a true independence and self-confidence to grow within each child. They step outside their comfort zone, leave teenage stresses behind and are able to really appreciate the beauty of their environment and the relationships they have with friends and teachers. FIND OUT MORE SIXTH FORM Years 12 to 13 SIXTH FIND OUT MORE Frensham Sixth Form is a really unique place. It offers the freedom and responsibility of a Sixth Form setting with the vibrancy and opportunities of a whole school community. These are the years when students are on the brink of adulthood, readying for their first big step into independence, whatever that might be. A-Levels mean that during these years our teaching and learning is more curriculum-led, but our classes are very small and teachers are able to offer bespoke teaching to the class in front of them, continuously engaging with their students’ personal passions and interests. Rather than focusing purely on exam results, our aim is to give our students the knowledge and the thinking skills - creativity, problem solving, flexibility, resilience - to take on whatever may turn up on the exams, but also in life beyond. The strong relationships and outstanding pastoral care at Frensham can really give students the confidence to be themselves, take things in stride and go beyond their own expectations.

Important forms that will need to be filled out before your child can start at Frensham Heights. Please get in touch if you have any problems. FORMS MEDICAL INFORMATION LANGUAGES QUESTIONNAIRE CATERING ALLERGY & INTOLERANCE FORM INDIVIDUAL MUSIC LESSON REQUEST FORM TRIPS & OFFSITE VISITS FORM TAXI CONSENT FORM (BOARDERS) WEEKEND ARRANGEMENTS (BOARDERS)

This page contains all the links to the course specifications for our A Level choices. A-LEVEL AND GCSE SUBJECT SPECIFICATIONS 3D DESIGN BIOLOGY BUSINESS CHEMISTRY COMPUTER SCIENCE DANCE DRAMA & THEATRE STUDIES ECONOMICS ENGLISH LITERATURE EPQ FILM STUDIES FINE ART GEOGRAPHY GRAPHIC COMMUNICATON HISTORY MATHEMATICS FURTHER MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICAL STUDIES MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES FRENCH SPANISH MUSIC CREATIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY (RSL) PHILOSOPHY PHOTOGRAPHY PHYSICAL EDUCATION PHYSICS POLITICS PSYCHOLOGY SOCIOLOGY TECHNICAL THEATRE SIXTH FORM OPTION SPECS ALEVEL GCSE Specs YEAR 10 OPTION SPECS 3D DESIGN BUSINESS STUDIES (BTEC) COMBINED SCIENCE: TRILOGY COMPUTER SCIENCE DANCE DRAMA ENGLISH LANGUAGE 2024-26 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 2026-28 ENGLISH LITERATURE ESPORTS (BTEC) FINE ART GEOGRAPHY GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES GRAPHIC COMMUNICATON HISTORY MATHEMATICS MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES FRENCH GERMAN 2024-26 SPANISH MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY PHYSICAL EDUCATION RELIGIOUS STUDIES SEPARATE SCIENCES BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY PHYSICS

We are very proud to have a strong, involved Board of Governors who are dedicated to upholding the ethos of the school and work selflessly with the leadership teams to ensure that the school remains distinct and true to its founding principles. OUR GOVERNORS We are very proud to have a strong, involved Board of Governors who are dedicated to upholding the ethos of the school and work selflessly with the leadership teams to ensure that the school remains distinct and true to its founding principles. Many have children who have studied at Frensham Heights and some are Old Frenshamians themselves. They all bring with them their own expertise, experience and passion for our unique school ethos. OUR SCHOOL GOVERNORS – CURRENT GOVERNING BODY 2024/2025 Simon Wilcox Chair of the Governing Board FInstL M, MSc, CMgr. Appointed March 2023. Senior Executive in Aviation, former Chair of Governors at a London FE College. Richard Fry Vice Chair, Treasurer MA (Cambs), MEng, Engineering. Appointed December 2018. Co-founder and now consultant to Titian Software Ltd producing software products for scientific research in the pharma-ceutical industry. Former Chair of Frensham Heights Parents’ Committee. Th ree children - two OFs and one at Frensham Heights. Gregory West Vice Chair BA. Appointed in Mar ch 2023. H eadteacher at Highfield South Farnham. David Armitage MBE, MSc, BSc. Appointed October 2023. Consultant. Former Director of Finance and Strategy at Charterhouse and Bursar at King’s College School, Wimbledon. Former Bursar at Frensham Heights. Catherine Bloodworth (OF) Governing Board Member BA, MA. Appointed July 2025. Founding partner of Bright Culture Consultancy with twenty years' experience in cultural and community engagement. Formerly at English Heritage. Experienced school governor, coach and facilitator. Neil Clutterbuck Governing Board Member BA, Cll. Appointed September 2024. Senior Advisor at Sicsic Advisory. Former Chief Underwriting Officer at Allianz Insurance Plc and former NED at the Fire Protection Association. Two children at Frensham. Emma-Jane Hendry Governing Board Member BSc, MNSPsy, FRSA Appointed July 2025. Director of Business Development at BBC Studios, leading global news distribution and streaming partnerships. Chair of Women@theBBC. Board Member for Partnerships & Philanthropy at UN Women UK and Strategic Advisor for Make-A-Wish Foundation. Former senior roles at Microsoft, 20th Century Fox, and Rakuten TV. Kate Love (OF) Governing Board Member MA (Oxon). Joined in December 2020 and former OF (1983-1990). Career in academic institution development including Brasenose College, Oxford; University of Aberdeen and Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. Currently the Development Director at Felsted School. Sally Marriott (OF) Governing Board Member Appointed March 2020. Paintings Conservator and Art Lecturer and Researcher. Three children, two at Frensham Heights. Will Marriott (OF) Governing Board Member Appointed March 2020. Solicitor and Partner with Charles Russell Speechlys LLP. Three children, two at Frensham Heights. Sean Pereira Governing Board Member BSc (Econ), ACA, CFA, ACSI. Appointed July 2025. CFO in Financial Services sector with a background in corporate governance, audit and risk management. Former investment banker within Equities Sales & Trading. Danuta Staunton Governing Board Member MA, PGCE. Appointed in March 2023. Headmistress of St Mary’s School, Ascot. Catriona Sutherland-Hawes Governing Board Member MA. Appointed September 2024. Former Director of Admissions at Latymer Upper School and Wycombe Abbey. Consultant working with RS Academics and Oppidan Education. Joris Wonders (OF) Governing Board Member BA MSc. PCC. Appointed June 2023 Leadership coach and career strategy advisor. Former HR Consultant and Business Leader. Two children, one an old Frenshamian. Proprietorial Body The School’s Proprietorial Body is the Governing Body of Frensham Heights Educational Trust Limited Registered Office: Rowledge, Farnham, Surrey GU10 4EA Registered Charity No.: 312052. Company Registration No.: 207173 The Chair of Governors, who can be written to at the above address, is currently Simon Wilcox.

Frensham Heights is a unique, progressive school. Our mission and values are modern and forward thinking, but we are firmly rooted in our heritage. At Frensham, we leave as we come – as individuals – but in our time here, we become more. We become stronger. Kinder. As the school approaches its centenary, it is clear that Frensham is bigger than any one of us, from our founders to our newest family; it is all of us. We are Frensham. WHO WE ARE OUR VISION: we are empowering tomorrow’s changemakers to find their inspiration today through a transformative education. Vision OUR MISSION. We continue to pioneer a better education, one which: celebrates the individual as part of a nurturing and supportive community; amplifies the voices of our community, encouraging self-expression and sharing of ideas; brims with inspiration from strong relationships with outstanding educators in a stimulating environment. OUR AIMS. We will: provide a nurturing and supportive community that allows all individuals to flourish, with equity, mutual respect and generosity of spirit at its heart; inspire our students’ creativity, intellectual curiosity and passion for learning with a rich progressive curriculum that develops resilient and self-reliant learners, prepared for the modern world; promote education in its widest sense, with stimulating and unique enrichment opportunities; instil and support collaboration, ethical responsibility and community engagement, encouraging our community to make a positive and lasting contribution to the world around them; thrive by securing the future of our school and its communities. OUR VALUES ORIGINALITY OF THOUGHT FRENSHAM EMBRACES CREATIVITY We encourage everyone to foster their boldness and innovation, seeking opportunities locally and globally to discover and bring fresh thinking to our community. SPIRIT OF TOGETHERNESS FRENSHAM NURTURES COMMUNITY SPIRIT Relationships are the foundation of our school and our success, built on genuine mutual respect, compassion and kindness. We embrace freedom with a firm understanding of our responsibility towards our community. RESPECT OF INDIVIDUALITY FRENSHAM CELEBRATES AUTHENTICITY This is a place where you can be the ‘true you’; we pride ourselves on that. We support all to have the confidence to stand for something and be the person you truly want to be. COURAGE TO TRY FRENSHAM FUELS PERSONAL DEDICATION We aspire to be the very best we can be, fully committing to our learning, proactively seeking improvement and working collaboratively for the benefit of the whole community. OUR HERITAGE Frensham Heights was founded in 1925 by educationalists Beatrice Ensor and Isabel King with the aid of a generous benefactor, Edith Douglas-Hamilton. They were passionate about offering an alternative style of education with the child at its heart. A school and a community based on mutual respect, tolerance and generosity of spirit which would educate the whole child – mind, body and spirit. And so it has been ever since. Our founders were not alone in this aspiration. Many other schools were founded around the world during this period as part of the Progressive Education Movement which sought to offer something truly different to the formal, instructional-style of teaching found in most traditional state and private schools. Schools were founded as compassionate communities not only under the strong belief that educating the whole child was essential, but also as democracies with children taking an active part in their education – championing independent thought, exploration and student voice. Even through a war and more recently through a pandemic, Frensham has sought to lead with compassion and with a belief in each child and the good of humanity at its heart. PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION TODAY Although relatively rare in this country, Progressive Schools are thriving around the globe. We are very proud to be a member of the international Progressive Education Network. This is important to us not only because we truly believe this style of education offers children a better chance of happiness and success, but also because it holds us to account as a school, as educators. By promising to uphold not only our school’s founding ethos, but also the PEN principles, we have a better chance of continuing to offer the best possible opportunities for our students. As many more conventional schools catch on to the importance of the ‘soft skills’ and creativity, that have been intrinsic to schools like Frensham from the beginning, we must continue to set an example and pioneer education. We must keep moving forward to provide the most dynamic, inspirational Progressive curriculum that we can. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PEN

Thank you for coming to see us at the Independent Schools Show in Battersea. THANK YOU FOR VISITING OUR STAND! Thank you so much for visiting our stand at the Independent School Show. We've gathered a few quick links to point you towards key information, but if you have a specific question, please just fill out the form below and our Admissions team will get back to you as soon as possible. ADMISSIONS BOARDING FIREFLIES NURSERY JUNIOR SCHOOL SENIOR SCHOOL SIXTH FORM COME AND VISIT! The best way to really find out about Frensham and what makes us different is to come and see for yourself. We are really happy to show families around our beautiful school. We offer mini open mornings during the school day where you can get a real glimpse into day to day life. Or come for a bigger Friday evening or Saturday open morning event where you can meet all our teachers, sit in on student panels and hear from our Head. Whatever works better for you and your family, we're here to help. OPEN EVENTS & DISCOVERY SESSIONS Get in Touch I would like to sign up to the newsletter to find out about school events Submit Thank you for getting in touch

TEDxFrensham 2022 celebrated the diversity of humanity. TEDxFRENSHAM A Celebration of Ideas. 2022: HUMAN TOGETHER 2018: THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT TEDxFrensham 2022 Human Together: Celebrating the Kaleidoscope On Saturday 30th April 2022, we held our second TEDxFrensham event. Speakers were chosen to represent areas of society, culture, education and science that could benefit from diversity of thought and humanity. The event presented multiple issues and a diversity of voices sharing stories to challenge and shape our thinking as a strong community that can make a difference in the world, through our collective humanity. 2022 2022 Speakers Alexia Quin OBE Alexia Quin is the director and founder of Music as Therapy International, a charity aiming to make music an integral part of care for vulnerable people worldwide. Click below to watch Alexia's talk - The Musical Connection. WATCH ALEXIA'S TALK Ben Lindsay Ben is founder of Power The Fight, a charity which launched in Jan 2019 to train and empower communities to end youth violence. Since 2019 Power The Fight has trained over 12000 practitioners in understanding the issues surrounding violence affecting young people. WATCH BEN'S TALK Geoffrey O Williams Geoffrey is the co-founder of social enterprise, Rocking Ur Teens, which introduces young people aged 13- 14 to the world of work. WATCH GEOFFREY'S TALK Iain Wilkie Iain is the founder of 50 Million Voices, a charity aiming to transform the world of work for the 50 million adults globally who, like himself, stutter. WATCH IAIN'S TALK Jess Thompson Jess Thompson is the founder of Migrateful which runs cookery classes led by migrant chefs who are struggling to integrate and access employment, due to legal and linguistic barriers. WATCH JESS'S TALK Katie Litchfield Katie Litchfield is the founder of WeQual. She is driven by a determination to tackle the lack of diversity and equality in the leadership of the world’s biggest businesses and beyond. WATCH KATIE'S TALK Lucy McCrudden Lucy McCrudden, aka Dance Mama, is a London-based dance entrepreneur and advocate. She is Founder of dancemama.org - a community, information and professional development hub and platform profiling significant parents in dance and the arts. WATCH LUCY'S TALK Mills Mills is a bit of a genius, masquerading as a joker. He’s spent his life being very serious about never being serious, while accidentally doing some serious things! He’s ultra passionate about supporting early stage creative founders. He always wears micro shorts (deal with it!) WATCH MILL'S TALK Matt + Fiona MATT+FIONA is a collaborative venture between architect Matthew Springett and educator Fiona MacDonald which responds to the question - how many young people look around them and feel that they have a say in what they see? We ask young people how their built environment might be improved and empower them to bring that vision to life. WATCH MATT + FIONA'S TALK Rachel Morris Rachel is a Paralympic champion in both rowing and handcycling. She is developing programmes to enable those with mental health challenges, special educational needs or disabilities to get support through sport. WATCH RACHEL'S TALK Richard Coope A digital leader with 25 years of experience, Richard has been a Digital Director in 5 of the UK's largest independent agencies and runs his own digital consultancy, called Brightful. WATCH RICHARD'S TALK Steven Frank Steven Frank was born in 1935 into a secular Jewish family in Amsterdam. With the outbreak of the war the family decided to remain in Holland. Steven’s father joined the Dutch resistance and helped many people escape but in 1942 he was betrayed and sent to Auschwitz where he was gassed. Steven and his mother and brother were taken to Barneveld and then Westerbork. In September 1944 they were sent to Theresienstadt where the whole family miraculously survived. WATCH STEVEN'S TALK TEDxFrensham 2018 The Future is Bright On Saturday 29th September 2018, we hosted our very first TEDxFrensham event — an inspiring day that brought together ideas, voices, and perspectives under the hopeful theme “The Future is Bright.” Throughout the day, a rich mix of speakers shared personal stories, bold ideas, and thought-provoking insights, all designed to challenge assumptions and inspire action. From scientific innovation to social impact, from education to equality, each talk reinforced a shared belief that the future shines brightest when we lead with humanity. 2018 Andrew Fisher Andrew Fisher, former Headmaster of a progressive independent school, asks us to challenge the politicising of education. Why do we accept the constant assessing of our children? Why do we deny it is damaging them? Instead, we blame the increase in anxiety and mental health problems on their lack of robustness and grit. WATCH ANDREW'S TALK Charlie Mackesy Through his passion for drawing, artist Charlie Mackesy challenges us to abandon the idea of being good. Instead have the courage to draw, sing, play from your heart, from your emotions. And if we do this together, we build connections, we start communicating, we start belonging, we start to have a community. WATCH CHARLIE'S TALK I Speak Music Music educator and composer Jim Pinchen, viola player Raghad Haddad and the I Speak Music Orchestra come together to show us that through rhythm and music we can break down barriers of politics, language and culture and create something unique and magical: a community. A team of talented and enthusiastic professional musicians and supporters working with vulnerable and ‘newly arrived’ young people. WATCH I SPEAK MUSIC'S PERFORMANCE James Christian Architect James Christian shares his forward-thinking design process, touching on user-centred design and design for children's mental health facilities. Working under the ethos of ‘fantastic pragmatism’, Projects Office embrace user engagement, storytelling and the use of narrative to create environments anchored in their unique social and cultural contexts. WATCH JAMES'S TALK Laura Kischel Cognitive neuroscientist Laura Kischkel is working to overcome cultural differences and environmental difficulties to take the latest neuroscientific technology to rural Africa to gain an insight into how we can strengthen infant brain development in The Gambia and other low resource areas. Laura's interest lies in understanding how human cognition first develops during infancy and early childhood. WATCH LAURA'S TALK Shafina Vohra During her early experiences in teaching, PhD candidate and Psychology teacher Shafina Vohra found herself with a room full of students bored by science. Rather than plodding through the textbook, she took a risk and got them using their hands, learning with their hands. This made her realise the power of hands-on learning. WATCH SHAFINA'S TALK Tom Doust Educator and social innovator Tom Doust shows us the importance and power of mind-wandering. The best ideas come when we allow our minds to wander. Our imagination grows stronger allowing us to be more resilient and responsive to the rapidly changing world. A social innovator, Tom Doust has spent his 16 year career designing and delivering creative multi-stakeholder programmes with children, young people, families, schools and communities across the education, design and cultural sectors. WATCH TOM'S TALK

EXTRACURRICULAR CLUBS SUMMER 2022 1. Click on the relevant Year Group to see a list of available clubs. Nursery Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Year 13 2. Once you've chosen, click here to sign-up via SOCS.

This is a quick list of terms and queries you may come across during your time at Frensham. FAQS (YRS 7 & UP) ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us.

At Frensham Heights, we know exams are important and it's a chance for students to gain a real base of knowledge in subjects they enjoy, but we urge them - and their parents - to focus not on the exams, but on their development during the courses and the skills they'll gain for life beyond. GCSE & BTEC RESULTS 2025 - 2021 GCSE 2025*: GCSE - provisional 2024: GCSE 2023: GCSE + BTEC + Cambridge National 2022: 2021: Covid Affected A LEVELS A LEVEL RESULTS 2024 - 2020 2025: 2024: 2023: 2022: 2021: Covid Affected

Music is an important part of our curriculum. We want to ensure that every child has the opportunity to listen, perform, explore and enjoy a wide range of music. OUR MUSIC SCHOOL As an important part of our curriculum, we want to ensure that every child has the opportunity to listen, perform, explore and enjoy a wide range of music. We have access to a diverse array of specialist teachers, facilities and instruments allowing us to put practical music making at the heart of what we do. OUR MUSIC CURRICULUM Music is a set part of the curriculum from Nursery through Year 9. Students in these years will have at least one dedicated music lesson per week. The curriculum for these years has been recently redesigned to make it more diverse, more practical, more focussed on SMSC, and most importantly, more fun! We now have a dedicated Junior Music specialist teacher, who will focus on Nursery to Year 3 while the rest of our team will share the teaching of Years 4 – 13. Junior School students in Years 4 - 6 learn a new instrument each year: strings in Year 4, wind/brass in Year 5 and ukulele/piano in Year 6, with our specialist instrumental teachers providing tuition in small groups. There is now more of a focus on Music Production and the use of sequencing software in Key Stages 2 and 3, so that our students can develop skills to prepare them for a future in the Music industry, if they wish. Once students leave Year 9, Music is no longer a compulsory part of the curriculum, but they have many options if they wish to continue. Within the Years 10 & 11 timetable, they can opt for our Music GCSE and at Sixth Form they can study Music A-Level and the new RSL Creative Music Industry course. REGISTER FOR PRIVATE MUSIC & LAMDA LESSONS Outside of the timetable, there are a wealth of opportunities both in a range of performances that run throughout the year (see below) and in our extensive extracurricular clubs, such as: Orchestra, Senior Choir, String Ensemble, Music Production Club, Funk/Soul Band, Composition Workshop, Junior Band Workshop, Junior School Singers and Flute Ensemble. Our aim is to incorporate Music into as many aspects of the school as possible. We have recently purchased a busking speaker to allow our musicians to perform on a whim and there is a jam piano (kindly painted by Year 7 Art students) available outside the Aldridge Theatre. We have also secured a Classical Spotlight at the beginning of each series of Morning Talks which run throughout the year. The Music Department is buzzing with student band rehearsals, and our newly purchased drum kits and amps are getting a lot of use. There are now three rooms that are plug-and-play ready for jamming, and the studio is up and running for recording. OUR ANNUAL PERFORMANCES AUTUMN TERM Fireworks Evening Informal Acoustic Concert Informal Rock & Pop Concert Music and Dance Concert ‘Come and Sing’ Carols Junior School Christmas Show Christmas Rock and Pop SPRING TERM Informal Junior Rock and Pop Concert GCSE Musicians’ Recital Evening Informal Acoustic Concert Year 4-6 Teatime Concert Informal Acoustic Concert Trinity Graded Music Exams Senior Rock and Pop Gig SUMMER TERM Informal Acoustic Concert Informal Rock & Pop Concert Mini Rock and Pop Gig (Years 4-6) Rock School Exams Founders Day music lessons PERIPATETIC MUSIC LESSONS In addition to teaching music lessons as part of the curriculum from Early Years right through to A Level, we can also offer individual instrumental and vocal tuition during the school day to students in Year 3 upwards. If you would like your child to receive individual lessons, please read the FAQs document (link below) and then complete the Music Application Form. Our team of visiting music teachers teach almost 200 lessons every week, which may include: Piano Guitar (Acoustic, Classical, Electric and Bass) Ukulele Voice (Classical, Musical Theatre, Jazz and Rock & Pop) Drumkit Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone Violin, Viola Bassoon Trumpet, Trombone Music Theory Music Technology and DJing For 2024/25, all music lessons in school are 40 minute in length, and charged at £32.00 (£320.00 for a series 10 lessons). We may also be able to arrange lessons for instruments that we don't currently teach; please get in touch with us to enquire! If you would li ke your child to have individual lessons here at Frensham, please complete the Music Application Form. MUSIC FAQs