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Sandringham School
Sandringham School
Address
	The Ridgeway; St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 9NX; England
Information
Type	Comprehensive
Motto	Everybody can be Somebody
Established	1988
Local authority	Hertfordshire
Specialist	Arts College, Science College; Leading Edge School
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Governers	Lin Keen
Headteacher	Mr Alan Gray
Deputy Headteacher	Mr Ceddy de la Croix, Mr James Heale
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrollment	1200
Houses	Six
Colour(s)	Red, Gold, Black
Publication	SandPrint (weekly)
Precursors	Marshalswick School; Wheathampstead School
Website	http://www.sandringham.herts.sch.uk/

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Sandringham School is a secondary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire. It was established in 1988 following a merger of two local schools, Marshalswick School and Wheathampstead School. It occupies the former Marshalswick site, adjacent to Wheatfields Infant and Junior schools. The former Wheathampstead site was used as a training centre by Hertfordshire County Council until 2007 and is now awaiting redevelopment for housing.

The school works in partnership with two neighbouring schools to enhance post-16 educational provision. This partnership is known as "BeauSandVer" and consists of Sandringham School, Verulam School and Beaumont School.

Sandringham school primarily serves neighbourhoods in the north east of St Albans (Sandridge, Marshalswick and Jersey Farm) and the village of Wheathampstead.

Achievements and recognition

The school is very successful, heavily oversubscribed, and popular with parents in the local area. It has been awarded specialist school status as a Arts College and as a Science College. It also holds specialist status as a Leading Edge School, developing learning and teaching both at the school and with other schools in the local area.

The school has been awarded Artsmark Gold by the Arts Council England on three successive occasions. It has received the prestigious School Achievement Award, most recently in 2002, and it is also an IB World School and is therefore able to offer International Baccalaureate qualifications.^[1]

The school is an Accredited Initial Teacher Training Provider (AITTP) which offers QTS through the GTP programme.^[2]

The most recent Ofsted inspection described the school as "Good with outstanding features".^[3] Examination results at KS3, GCSE and A-level are consistently high (top 5% of all schools at GCSE and top 25% of all schools at A-level) and students are empowered to reach challenging upper quartile targets.^[4] The school also hosted a world record attempt for outdoor aerobics.^{[citation needed]}

Uniform

Sandringham is a traditional school and the school uniform is traditional in design. It consists of a black school blazer with school badge on left chest pocket, a white shirt or blouse, black trousers or knee-length skirt and a distinctive red school tie.

House System

The school introduced a house system in 2005. There are 6 houses; Brunel, Descartes, Einstein, King, Shakespeare and da Vinci. Each house is led by two Co-Heads of House (staff) assisted by House Captains and a House Committee (students).

The Houses compete against each other to win annual events such as sports day, house drama, house music, house dance and house Christmas decorations. Students are also awarded House Points for endeavour, community service and effective learning. The total number of points for each House is used to determine which house is the winner of the House competition.

The winners of the house competition thus far:

2005-2006 Descartes
2006-2007 Brunel
2007-2008 Einstein + King

SandPit Theatre

The School has used its status as an Arts College to build and maintain a professional quality theatre on site. Opened in 2001 (at a cost of £1,000,000) the SandPit is used by school and community alike and regularly hosts high quality productions and charity events, such as the Christmas 2007 pantomime starring students cross-dressing as Spice Girls. The SandPit is also used as a teaching space and as a venue for school assemblies.

References

^ "Sandringham School". www.ibo.org. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
^ "Alban Federation". www.sandringham.herts.sch.uk. Retrieved 2008-02-19. {{cite web}}: Text "Home" ignored (help)
^ "Sandringham School". www.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
^ "BBC NEWS - Education - League Tables - Sandringham School". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-02-19.

External links

[1] "Sandringham School". www.ibo.org. Retrieved 2008-02-19.

[2] "Alban Federation". www.sandringham.herts.sch.uk. Retrieved 2008-02-19. {{cite web}}: Text "Home" ignored (help)

[3] "Sandringham School". www.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 2008-02-19.

[4] "BBC NEWS - Education - League Tables - Sandringham School". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-02-19.

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 ==Achievements and recognition==
-The school is successful, oversubscribed, and popular with parents in the local area. It has been awarded specialist school status as a Visual [[Arts College]] and as a [[Science College]], however there has been more emphasis on the visual arts spectrum, and no development on the science facilities has been made: some of these facilities date back to the schools opening in 1988. The science 'block' was build in the mid 70's along with 'G' block, swimming pool, and the old music block. Older blocks date back to the opening of Marshalswick Boys School. Other newer sections where added in the late 90's apart from the rebuild school hall which replaced the old hall which burn down in the early 80's.
+The school is very successful, heavily oversubscribed, and popular with parents in the local area. It has been awarded specialist school status as a [[Arts College]] and as a [[Science College]]. It also holds specialist status as a Leading Edge School, developing learning and teaching both at the school and with other schools in the local area.
-The school has been awarded [[Artsmark]] one Gold star by [[Arts Council England]]. It has received the prestigious School Achievement Award, most recently in 2002, and it is also an IB World School and is therefore able to offer [[International Baccalaureate]] qualifications.<ref>{{cite web
+The school has been awarded [[Artsmark Gold]] by the [[Arts Council England]] on three successive occasions. It has received the prestigious School Achievement Award, most recently in 2002, and it is also an IB World School and is therefore able to offer [[International Baccalaureate]] qualifications.<ref>{{cite web
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-The school is a Leading Edge School and a Training School which offers [[QTS]] through the [[Graduate Teacher Programme|GTP]] programme.<ref>{{cite web
+The school is an Accredited Initial Teacher Training Provider (AITTP) which offers [[QTS]] through the [[Graduate Teacher Programme|GTP]] programme.<ref>{{cite web
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-|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> Examination results at GCSE and KS3 are consistently high and students are empowered to reach challenging upper quartile targets.<ref>{{cite web
+|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> Examination results at KS3, GCSE and A-level are consistently high (top 5% of all schools at GCSE and top 25% of all schools at A-level) and students are empowered to reach challenging upper quartile targets.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/06/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/919_4197.stm
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 ==Uniform==
-Sandringham is a traditional school and the school uniform is traditional in design. It consists of a black school blazer with school badge on left chest pocket, a white shirt or blouse, black trousers or knee-length skirt and a distinctive red school tie. A summer uniform was introduced but is in the process of being phased out. However due to various complaints from students, and their parents, the shirt is still allowed in uniform.
+Sandringham is a traditional school and the school uniform is traditional in design. It consists of a black school blazer with school badge on left chest pocket, a white shirt or blouse, black trousers or knee-length skirt and a distinctive red school tie.
 ==House System==
-The school introduced a house system in 2005. There are 6 houses; [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel|Brunel]], [[Descartes]], [[Einstein]], [[Martin Luther King|King]], [[Shakespeare]] and [[da Vinci]]. The choices of these famous people to be the names of houses was quite controversial due to there being no women, despite Sandringham being a mixed sex school. Each house is led by two Co-Heads of House (staff) assisted by House Captains and a House Committee (students).
+The school introduced a house system in 2005. There are 6 houses; [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel|Brunel]], [[Descartes]], [[Einstein]], [[Martin Luther King|King]], [[Shakespeare]] and [[da Vinci]]. Each house is led by two Co-Heads of House (staff) assisted by House Captains and a House Committee (students).
 The Houses compete against each other to win annual events such as sports day, house drama, house music, house dance and house Christmas decorations. Students are also awarded House Points for endeavour, community service and effective learning. The total number of points for each House is used to determine which house is the winner of the House competition.
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 ==SandPit Theatre==
-The School has used its status as an Arts College to build and maintain a professional quality theatre on site. Opened in 2001 (at a cost of £50,000) the SandPit is used by school and community alike and regularly hosts high quality productions and charity events, such as the Christmas 2007 pantomime starring students cross-dressing as Spice Girls. The SandPit is also used as a teaching space and as a venue for school assemblies.
+The School has used its status as an Arts College to build and maintain a professional quality theatre on site. Opened in 2001 (at a cost of £1,000,000) the SandPit is used by school and community alike and regularly hosts high quality productions and charity events, such as the Christmas 2007 pantomime starring students cross-dressing as Spice Girls. The SandPit is also used as a teaching space and as a venue for school assemblies.
 ==References==