Fort Hill Community School

Fort Hill Community School & Centre
Fort Hill Community School & Centre
Address
	Kenilworth Road; Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG23 8JQ; England
Information
Motto	Learning For Life
Established	1977
Local authority	Hampshire
Department for Education URN	116444 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Vicky Essex
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrollment	750
Website	http://forthill.hants.sch.uk/

Fort Hill Community School is a secondary school located in Winklebury, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK.

Location

The school was built within the ramparts of an iron age hill fort, Winklebury Ring.^[1] Around the school perimeter some of the old ditch site still remains. It is thought that the Celts once established a farming society around this fort. ^{[citation needed]}

Transition to KS4

When the students start Yr 10, they have the option to choose 4 subjects they would like to study at GCSE level, along with the subjects they choose, they must study English, Maths, Science & P.E. (Physical Education is compulsory under the National Curriculum that students receive at least 2 hours each week of sporting activities) The subjects they can choose are;

Drama
Product Design
Graphic Design
Hospitality & Catering (no-longer available for GCSE since 2015)
Business Studies
French
Spanish
Photography
Leisure & Tourism
Music
Art
History
Geography
I.C.T.
Textiles (no-longer available for GCSE since 2015)

Uniform

There were formally two sets of uniform for the Winter and Summer terms. Recently these have been withdrawn, and what was previously the Winter uniform is now worn all year round. The winter uniform is a shirt, tie, black trousers, embroidered sweatshirt and school blazer. In the summer, the students are able to leave their blazer, but it's their option.

When the school first opened in 1977 the uniform was brown trousers, green shirts, brown tie with green diagonal stripes and a brown blazer. A few years later a vote was taken on shirt colour and the top year were then allowed to wear white shirts to distinguish them from the younger years.

References

^ "The Winklebury Ring Conservation Project". Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

[1] "The Winklebury Ring Conservation Project". Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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