Amersham School
| Amersham School | |
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| Address | |
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Stanley Hill Avenue , England | |
| Coordinates | 51°40′03″N 0°35′37″W / 51.6674°N 0.5936°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Live, Learn and Succeed Together |
| Established | 1964 |
| Department for Education URN | 137343 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chairman of Governors | Nigel Davies[2] |
| Headteacher | Sharon Jarrett[1] |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 825[1] |
| Houses | Delta Zeta Omega Beta Sigma Kappa |
| Colour(s) | Navy and Sky Blue |
| Website | http://www.amersham.bucks.sch.uk/ |
Amersham School is a mixed secondary school in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. In September 2011, the school became an Academy.[3] It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 and has approximately 1020 pupils.[4]
In September 2005, the school was designated by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) as a specialist school in Business & Enterprise.[5]
Amersham School is an upper school, and half the children who live locally pass the 11+ and go to grammar schools. In light of this data, Amersham School is performing above national averages.[when?]
As is common with many other schools, Amersham School operates a two-year Key Stage 3. This allows three years for GCSE study, through a staged approach, and allows for a more personalized curriculum including a variety of qualifications on offer, generally good to suit mixed ability students.
The school is over-subscribed for entries in Year 7. From September 2021, Year 7 has 7 forms, as opposed to 5 forms in Year 12 and Year 13, and six forms in the remainder of the school, and has a relatively large sixth form.[when?]
History
The school opened on its current site in 1964, although at that time it was the Brudenell County Secondary School for girls. Following the opening of the girls' school, the Raans County Secondary School, which had opened in 1956 as a mixed school, became a boys' school. In 1988,[6] Raans Secondary School merged with Brudenell School, to become the Amersham School,.[7] Notable alumni include Olympic Athlete Nicola Sanders.
Blocks
The main entrance includes the cafeteria, an entrance to the hall and the main office.
- A block includes 4 maths rooms.
- B block includes 2 maths rooms and 2 English rooms.
- C block includes 5 I.T. rooms.
- D block includes 2 art rooms, a kitchen and an English room.
- E block includes 7 science rooms and 2 preparation rooms.
- F block includes the finance office and the headteacher's office.
- G block includes the music rooms, the drama studio and the gymnasium. In 2019, this was converted into a sixth form block and sixth form students were able to revise, relax while the new cafeteria (which was completed for students' return in September 2021) was being rebuilt.
- J block includes humanity rooms for history, geography and religious studies and the SEN room.
- L block includes an I.T. room, reflection room and multiple English rooms.
- M block includes 2 MFL (Modern Foreign Languages) rooms and 2 humanity rooms. This is now the designated Sixth Form block.
- T block includes a Graphic Design room, a Resistant Materials room, a practical room and an IT room.
- S block includes 2 sports classrooms, the PE office, a dance studio, a fitness suite and the sports hall.
- N block includes extra maths classrooms, and the new cafeteria which building works started in 2019, and took two years to build, being finished in time for students' return in September 2021.
There are many toilet facilities on-site too. Male and female toilets are present throughout the school site, and there are two disabled toilets. One is situated in M Block, the other is in the sports hall changing rooms. There are also toilets in the N block.
Academic results
The examination results at Amersham School have risen dramatically in recent years, with 70% of pupils achieving at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C in 2010. 50% of pupils achieved five GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and Mathematics.[when?] A Level and BTEC results are also at an all-time high, with a 98% pass rate and 67% of grades at A-C.[when?]
The school's 2016 GCSE results had a Progress 8 score of 0.27, which is above the national average for schools in England, and 79% of pupils earned A*-C grades in GCSE English and Maths. The 2016 A-Level results were in line with the national average, with a progress score of −0.22 and an average grade of D+.[8]
References
- ^ a b "URN 137343 Amersham School". Edubase/DfE. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Governance". Amersham School. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Open academies map and schools submitting applications". Department for Education. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ "Schools Directory". Buckinghamshire County Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2006.
- ^ "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. July 2006. Archived from the original on 3 August 2006. Retrieved 28 July 2006.
- ^ "Raans Secondary School - GOV.UK".
- ^ "Raans Secondary School, Amersham: Schools in Amersham". Schooletc.co.uk. 31 August 1988. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Amersham School - GOV.UK".
