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In September 2007 the school began teaching pupils in Year 9. The children in all year groups from Year 4 are benefitting from the new facilities provided for GCSE teaching, including two new science laboratories, for Chemistry and Biology. The next priority is for a Physics Laboratory which should be completed during 2009. The current buildings in the Close have been adapted and resourced for each subject department. Aspects of the broader curriculum, such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and a Community Service Group, have been introduced at Year 10. Year 3 are now accommodated in new classrooms at Longdon Green and over the Summer 2008 the Receptions Classes and Nursery playground were improved to continue the programme of increased quality of provision for all children in the Junior school. The School has been steadily increasing the number of teachers with secondary experience, and all departments now have their specialist teachers for GCSE. A full subject option list has been created for GCSE, and pupils make their choices during Year 9. It is the Governors' intention, when circumstances are right, to add a Sixth Form. |
The acquisition of St. John's Preparatory School in Longdon Green in 2006 enabled the Cathedral School to take a considerable step forward in the realisation of its vision to create a co-educational independent school for Lichfield and the West Midlands, a school which will provide children, ultimately from Nursery through to A-level, with the highest standard of education and the best preparation for life.