Twynham School
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| Mottoes | "That we will serve" |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Headmaster | Terry Fish |
| Specialism | Technology College |
| Location | Sopers Lane Christchurch Dorset BH23 1JF England |
| DfE URN | 136649 |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-Academy Reports |
| Staff | Over 300 |
| Students | 1,566 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www.twynhamschool.com |
Coordinates: 50°44′00″N 1°46′58″W / 50.73340°N 1.78291°W
Twynham School (formerly known as Twynham Comprehensive School) is a secondary school in Christchurch, Dorset, England, which has approximately 1,500 students covering years 7 to 13 (ages 11 to 18). It has Leading Edge, Training School, Technology College, music college and Academy status. The school is about 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) from the town centre. The headteacher is Terry Fish.
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[edit] School history
The school opened in 1930 as a senior school, then becoming a secondary modern school and finally a comprehensive in 1969. The school doubled in size during the 1990s and is one of the largest schools in Dorset.[citation needed] In May 2011 Twynham converted into an academy.
[edit] ICT at Twynham
Twynham has nine computer rooms, most of which have Windows 7 PCs, two room which have iMacs used mainly for music, and six sets of netbook PCs.
The school offers three different courses to take at GCSE level. These are:
- Computing (Software Development (mainly in Visual Basic))
- ICT (Similar to the previous ECDL)
In addition, every classroom that is in the school is being updated to have a projector and an interactive whiteboard.[when?]
[edit] Science facilities
Twynham School has 11 science labs. All labs are equipped with sinks, gas taps, and science equipment. The majority of GCSE students follow the dual award.
[edit] Technology facilities
Twynham school's technology block has two cookery rooms, one textiles room, three resistant material rooms and one graphics room, in addition to an IT room. Every student has to take a technology subject a GCSE level. During year seven and eight students get to rotate around all of the technology subjects building up to them choosing on two subjects to take in year nine. For GCSE (Years 10 and 11) students study only one subject from the technology faculty.
[edit] Extra curricular activities
There are many extra curricular activities including sports, music and drama.
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