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Travelling to Kineton High School
Buses and Transport

The majority of our students travel to school on the bus. We have students that use public and school transport. We have late buses that run Tuesday-Thursday afternoons that enable our students to participate in extra- curricular activities.

Please contact Warwickshire County Council School Transport Teams: on 01926 412929
Call this number even if you live in Oxfordshire.

To enquire about free transport eligibility, press option 1 and then option 1.

For paid transport queries/bus route information and times, press option 1 & then option 2  

Alternatively email: educationtransport@warwickshire.gov.uk 

Are you eligible for Free School Meals and Pupil Premium?

Did you know that our school receives funding to help children who are eligible for free school meals?

This means we can help support families to enrich their children’s’ learning experiences.
Families who receive the following are eligible for free school meals:

• Income support
• Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)
• Income-related employment and support allowance (ESA)
• Guarantee element of state pension credit
• Universal Credit (with an annual income of less than £7,400)
• Both income-based and contribution-based JSA/ESA if you receive the same amount for both. You should also qualify if you receive both but the income-based amount is greater, but not if the contribution-based amount is greater.
• Families who are awarded Child Tax Credit and have an annual income, as assessed by HMRC, not in excess of £16,190 are also eligible to claim free school meals providing there is no entitlement to Working Tax Credit (unless in respect of a 4-week ‘run-on’).

Go to: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/education-learning/apply-free-school-meals and apply online or call 01926 359189 to apply.
 

How much homework do you get? 
Homework will come in the form of regular 'short' (20 minute) homework tasks for example, learning vocabulary in French, Maths questions, etc. and some longer 'Independent Learning Tasks' (ILTs). ILTs will allow you to develop your independence and go into more detail in specific areas of the curriculum. These will last over a period of 4 weeks and will culminate in a final project e.g. an assessment of castles in history or the solar system in Science.

How many students in Y6 and how many classes? 
There are just over 900 students in the school, including 120 in the sixth form. The school has spaces for 180 student in Y7. This means it is a six form entry school. In normal circumstances, these students are divided into 4 houses and placed within one of 8 vertical forms in each house. There are 7 teaching groups depending on the subject.

I want to be a mechanical engineer- will I be able to study the subjects that will help me with this?
Science, maths and DT would help with this and you can study all of them here.

How many classes in each year group? 
Between 6 and 8.

Will we do the elephant experiment in science?
The elephant’s toothpaste experiment is completed in year 10. 

How many students are there in a class?
There are just over 900 students in the school, including 120 in the sixth form. The school has spaces for 180 student in Y7 which are then, in normal circumstances, divided into 4 houses and placed within one of 8 vertical forms in each house. There are 7 teaching groups depending on the subject. Lessons are taught to classes with up to 30 students.
 
Can you become a student librarian in Year 7?
Yes, but we usually recommend students wait until the Spring term (January) to settle in to school life.
However, it is best to apply straight away because we often have a waiting list!  To apply, students have to write a 
short letter to Mrs Johnson, our Librarian, explaining why they would like to be a Student Librarian.
 
I saw that Kineton has French and Spanish. Do you choose French or Spanish or it's chosen for you by the school?
Currently we choose the language for students. Should there be a suitably good reason for you to request one over the other, we will try our best to accommodate it.
 
Kineton High is a sports specialist school; does it matter if I'm not really good at sport but still really want to go to Kineton?
Kineton High school is no longer a specialist sports school, but even if we were, of course it wouldn’t matter.
 
I am a vegetarian and worried about being ‘forced’ to do dissections and want to know if I can opt out of this part?
Miss Perks, our Head of Science is vegetarian too. You don’t have to do any dissections – the teacher does them and you don’t have to watch if you don’t want to. Looking forward to meeting you next year.