The Wallace High School | Prospectus 2023

and impressive ICT, we like to think that we strive to provide the possibility of extra-curricular involvement for every pupil. Departments run clubs which reflect their subject content but offer a light-hearted creative element such as: songwriting in theMusic department; fizzing bath bombs in Chemistry; making European delicacies at theModern Languages club; the HorribleHistories clubwhere the name says it all!We have record numbers enrolled in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, our ScriptureUnion groups are thriving, our public speakers have excelled in competition and we genuinely try to support any request for a clubwhich reflects a niche interest. Our CORE values are commitment, opportunity, respect and excellence. Every Wallace pupil knows themand we pursue themas lived values not vague aspirations. In the aftermath of the pandemic we have a subsidiary set of values using the same initials: community, openness, resilience and empathy. We often refer to “ Joining theWallace family”

becausewe believewe offer our pupils a sense of belonging, identity andworthwhich they will carry for the rest of their lives. Our goal is individual excellence andwemake no apology for stressing that wewill challenge and stretch our pupils because we believe that is how they become empowered to reach their potential. The #MadeinWallace reflects our ethos, ourmindset and our philosophy. Education, in all its fullness, is whatmakes us.

Wewant tomakeWallacemen andwomenwho commit to our core values, who embrace the traditions of generositywhich undergird this school andwho will go out, like the generations ofWallace past pupils who have gone before, tomake a valuable contribution to their community and even thewider world. Within our current Year 13 cohort we have a teamof “Changemakers” working alongsideHabitat for Humanity; to be a “change maker” is an aspiration for every Wallace pupil.

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