About Us
About Prince Henry's
Prince Henry’s is a truly comprehensive High School, in Evesham, Worcestershire, with a predominantly rural catchment area. We are very proud of our long history of academic achievement for all, at both GCSE and A-Level’ and were delighted to become a designated Teaching School in 2014. As an established Teaching School Hub, we have extensive experience of providing high-quality initial teacher training through our SCITT, School Direct and PGCE programmes.
Through our work in the areas of ITT, CPD and ECF, we have established excellent working relationships and credibility amongst a number of schools in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. We enjoy excellent links with HEIs who are actively involved with our work. Our strong connections with both Local Authorities have allowed us to gain a detailed understanding of the challenges and priorities within schools across Worcestershire and Herefordshire. These include geographical size, poor transport links, rural poverty, lack of social mobility and static staffing. Our aim is that such challenges are overcome by ensuring the most geographically remote schools form a strong peer network, so that they feel part of a wider family and benefit from greater strategic capacity.
Teaching School & ITT
As a Teaching School and ITT provider, we have significant experience of organising large-scale professional development and writing programmes of study. Since being accredited as a provider of ITT in 2016, we have established a strong partnership. Our family ethos and shared vision for ITT aims to produce outstanding practitioners for the 21st century. From September 2024, we are delighted to be working with with Arthur Terry SCITT as a delivery partner.
Our ITT programme benefits from excellent connections with schools, HEIs and SCITTs across our region. Since 2017, all of our trainees have completed teaching practice placements within one of our Hub regional schools.
CPD
Prince Henry’s has a proven track record of leading and providing high quality CPD. This has included the training and deployment of SLEs across a significant number of schools in Worcestershire as part of the Strategic School Improvement Fund (SSIF) project.
Our strong strategic partnership and connections with other schools and HEIs has enabled us to identify and address development needs in local CPD provision for teachers and leaders across our region. As a geographically large and predominantly rural area, the priorities for schools within the Hub area continue to be focused upon social mobility, transition, distance, teacher recruitment and retention, as well as school funding.
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Our Partner Schools cover the tiered phases of WM1 – ie First, Middle, High and Sixth Form, coupled with Primary and Secondary Schools. Our experienced SLEs have led a range of CPD activities across all phases. Our school and one of our Strategic Partners are also represented on the Strategic Board of the GLOW Maths Hub.
We have the capacity, experience and support to provide strong leadership to WM1 region. Prince Henry’s Headteacher is an NLE and the school provides a Strategic Director, Operational Director and strong administrative support to ensure all schools in WM1 can benefit from the three core priorities – ECF, CPD and ITT.