OISE Newbury Hall

Newbury Hall delivers a ‘trajectory education’,

a unique approach that focuses on the pupil’s

ultimate goal. The aim of the programme is to

help potentially high-achieving pupils to forge

their own learning practices in harmony with

their personality. As a pupil, you learn to think

for yourself, to decide for yourself and to plan for

yourself.

• English Language and Academic Literacy

Designed to offer the student exposure to a range

of topics, all of which will inform their general

interest, knowledge and appreciation for a welldeveloped

intellectual and open-minded future.

Example topics in this area include Writing Craft,

Narrative Strategies, Essential and Complex

Grammar and Interview Aptitude.

• Subject Literacy and Social Fluency

The school is expert in helping students feel

confident with other people, and enjoy the

challenge of meeting others and learning from

them. Example topics in Subject Literacy include

Maths, Economics, History, Geography, Philosophy,

Politics, Ethical Issues, Great Thinkers, Critique

and Media and Careers and Future Choices.

• Autonomous learning

Students take charge of their own learning.

They are supported to assume a high degree of

independence and take on full responsibility for

planning their study time. Students learn how to

research and discover information for themselves.