Page 55 - Annual Review - Year Ended 31 July 2023

The Downs Malvern College Prep School
MALVERN COLLEGE (INCORPORATED UNDER ROYAL CHARTER)
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The Downs Malvern has enjoyed a a a very positive
year with some notable achievements illustrating the strength and depth within the school community as changes have been made to modernise the school and look to the future of Prep School
provision within the Malvern family of schools The school school received a a a clean bill of health in the ISI Regulatory Compliance Inspection in June which reflected the hard work that had gone into the school’s preparation The in-year admissions were particularly healthy beginning with a a a a a role of 176 and concluding the year with 196 pupils Academic: It has been another successful year of Scholarships with 14 of our Year 8 pupils achieving 23 scholarship awards awards between them These awards awards once again reflect the the breadth of the the education with awards being achieved in in Academic Sports Art DT and Drama With CE no longer a requirement for Senior School
preparation TDM have announced the the launch of the the TDM Baccalaureate for years 7 and 8 Designed to stretch the the pupils academically the the TDM Bacc also focuses their their efforts on their their co-curricular involvement thus pupils are appropriately challenged motivated and prepared for their continued schooling and beyond Pastoral: The TDM safeguarding team was expanded during the the the course of the the the year to both support the the the DSL and devolve some aspects of the responsibility
to a a a wider team Three new DDSL’s received relevant training and have taken on on responsibility
for specific phases of the the school as as as well as as as the the online elements
of safeguarding This has also assisted with the succession planning of the DSL role moving between colleagues at the the beginning of the the 2023 Autumn term as Lesley Hunter is stepping down from the role of DSL and and handing this over to Caroline Ainsworth We have also phased in the use of C-POMS Pastoral software for more efficient monitoring of of safeguarding pa“storal and well-being issues within the school The most recent ISI report graded the Pastoral care as ‘Excellent’ Subject
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
Academic 6 scholarships 1 exhibition
3 3 scholarships 3 3 exhibitions
4 scholarships 2 exhibitions
Art 1 scholarship 1 exhibition
1 exhibition
Drama 1 1 scholarship 1 1 exhibition
1 scholarship 3 3 scholarships 3 3 exhibitions
DT 1 scholarship 2 exhibitions
1 scholarship 1 exhibition
Music
1 scholarship 2 2 scholarships 2 2 exhibitions
- Sport 2 2 scholarships 2 2 exhibitions
9 scholarships 1 exhibition
6 scholarships 3 exhibitions
All-Rounder
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