Prudhoe Community High School

Prudhoe Community High School
Address
Moor Road Prudhoe , NE42 5LJ England
Information
Type	State school
Religious affiliation(s)	Inter-denominational
Established	1958
Local authority	Northumberland
Assistant Heads	Mr B. Wade, Mr C. Robson & Mrs E. Murray
Head Master	Dr I. J. Shaw
Deputy Heads	Mr P. Smith
Staff	110 - 120 (approx.)
Gender	Co-educational
Age	13 to 18
Enrollment	1,050 (approx.)
Website	http://www.pchs.org.uk/

Prudhoe Community High School (Template:Pron-en) is a school located in Prudhoe, England.

Situated on Moor Road, Prudhoe, PCHS is a high school and sixth form college that specializes in technology and the arts. Students range from year 9 to year 13 (years 12 & 13 being sixth form).

The school was opened in 1958 and has expanded over the years from having 350 pupils to more than 1,000.

General information

The school is made up of several different buildings. These include the main building where the maths, languages and sciences are based. There are also a many ICT labs, and the learning resource centre.

There is a Humanities block where the pastoral area, the finance office, and the learning support area are based. It is also where the subjects History, Geography, Ethics, and part of the drama department are based. The English block where English is based.

Subjects

Subject	Notes
Science	There are about 10 classrooms and 2 small I.C.T. rooms.
English	The English department contains 5 class rooms and an I.C.T. room.
Maths	The maths department has around 6 class rooms.
Modern Languages	The modern languages department has four class rooms on the main corridor. The department teaches French and Spanish.

Technology

Prudhoe Community High School is a technology college. They teach Textiles, Electronics, Resistant Materials, Food, Graphics (ICT and Traditional) and the Engineering diploma.

I.T. Facilities

The school has almost one I.T. room in each department, allowing easy access to computers.

Learning Resource Centre

The learning resource centre is where pupils can get information to help them with homework. There are fiction and non fiction books and access to computers.

Clubs

The learning resource centre runs a few in school clubs. These include the year 9 reading group and a homework club which runs from 3pm to 4 pm.

Sports Facilities

The sports hall includes squash court, fitness room and a large gym (with cricket batting nets and 2 small and 1 large basketball court. Outside the sports hall there is some basketball and tennis courts. In the main building, there is a gymnastics hall.

The school also has three large playing fields, one with athletics facilities (a sand pit and running track) and rugby posts, one having football posts and the remaining field is a state of the art, floodlit astro-turf pitch.

New Media Centre

AtNight File:Day1 of Construction.JPG Plans for the new £3 million centre based at Prudhoe Community High School, funded by the DCSF Diploma Exemplar scheme, have been approved and building work starts in the middle of August.

Designed to deliver the new 14-19 Creative and Media Diploma, the qualification combines both academic and practical learning across Media, Art and Performance. Vital to these new courses is partnership with industry so that students develop real world experience and skills such as team working and creative thinking which could be applied in all areas of employment.

The centre will contain broadcast quality TV and Radio studios, fully equipped cinema and performance space, plus creative design and art rooms, a mac suite, meeting rooms, and incubator.

Special learning/Services

The school provides a special area for anyone with learning and social difficulties. There is a permanent team of staff on hand who can help with extra lessons and one to one learning. The school also has two connections offices and provides help for those looking towards further and extended education. There is a school nurse who is available to give confidential free advice. The National Blood Service makes regular visits to the school and eligible students are free to give blood.

Famous visitors

HM The Queen has appeared a couple of times at the school, opening the Performance area and taking a guest tour. The new sports hall was opened by Shay Given, at that time goalkeeper for Newcastle United.

External links

• Official site
• UK Government statistics