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糖心官网 Great Dunmow School offers a nurturing and caring environment that allows all students to thrive and achieve their full potential, all students are encouraged to develop emotional literacy skills to enhance their success. Great importance is placed on recognising, celebrating and rewarding individual and group achievements. Students are encouraged to participate in a wide range of activities that enrich their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. This development is promoted through trips, cross curricular activities, workshops and alongside Fundamental British Values, that are embedded into all subject areas.

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Our qualified and experienced staff work together to make 糖心官网 Great Dunmow School a successful and positive community. We offer a rich, varied and stimulating curriculum, which includes academic, vocational, personal and social studies. Timetables are tailored to the individual to ensure they have the opportunity to make progress and receive the required level of support needed to assist them in fulfilling their potential. We strive to continually improve the provision and embrace opportunities to expand and extend learning opportunities and experiences.

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The school supports a full range of national curriculum topics for its learners, underpinned by a whole school approach to the emotional wellbeing of each student, fully recognised as a Trauma Informed School UK. Students at both key stage 3, 4 and 5 have access to a creative curriculum which is suitable for their abilities and potential. All learners are supported through Trauma Informed approaches, with Thrive profiling completed on entrance to support the SEMH needs of all our young people.

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Pupils value the new and exciting opportunities the school offers them. Prefects and older pupils are proud to be positive role models.

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- Ofsted Report 2025

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We expect our students to be able to achieve beyond their expectations and gain excellent results in their GCSE qualifications, as well as Functional Skill, Entry Level certificates, PSD Awards and Certificates and other vocational qualifications.

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Our Students Inspires New Games Room

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Great Dunmow School has unveiled a brand-new games room, designed in response to student feedback. Following a Student Voice survey, pupils voted for a dedicated space to relax and recharge, leading to the creation of this vibrant facility.

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The room features a pool table, air hockey, table tennis, a cosy lounge, a den-building zone, and even a boxing bag for stress relief. 鈥淚t鈥檚 fantastic to see Student Voice directly shaping a space that enhances student wellbeing,鈥� said Assistant Headteacher Olivia Lampard.

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Year 8 student Austin added, 鈥淚t鈥檚 great that we got to have a say. It鈥檚 a cool place to hang out and have a brain break.鈥�

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Open during breaks and lunchtimes, the games room reflects the school鈥檚 commitment to student wellbeing and engagement, with more initiatives on the way.

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Games Room

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- Year 8 student Austin comments on the games room

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听"I feel like my picture shows how I鈥檝e become more confident."

- Year 9 student, describing their artwork for Mental Health Week

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"It has been wonderful to see how our pupils have used art as a way to express themselves and reflect on their personal journeys. Mental health is such an important part of young people鈥檚 lives, and this initiative allows them to think about their emotions in a creative, supportive way."

- Headteacher Carrie-Ann Gibbs on the schools Mental Health Week's activities

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The sale took place outside the school, attracting a steady stream of customers eager to support the cause. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been amazing to see how everyone came together to make this event a success,鈥� said Mrs McGrath a teaching assistant at the school who helped coordinate the sale. 鈥淭he students really took ownership of the project, from baking to selling, and they鈥檝e raised a fantastic amount for a very important charity.鈥�

- Comment regarding Great Dunmows charity cupcake sale

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鈥淚t was wonderful to see both the students and staff so engaged. Everyone came together, showing off their knowledge of books and football, and it really felt like a community celebration.鈥�

- Eleana Clark - Deputy Head comments on the schools World Book Day activities