Highcliffe School
Highcliffe School | |
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Parkside , , BH23 4QD England | |
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Type | Academy |
Department for Education URN | 136763 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Patrick Earnshaw |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 19 |
Enrollment | 1,399 |
Colour(s) | Purple, Black for year 11 |
Website | http://www.highcliffe.dorset.sch.uk/ |
Highcliffe School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Highcliffe-on-Sea in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England.
Features
The school has a £4,000,000 technology block, ICT and science departments, and plasma TV screens all around the school for displaying messages and announcements.
Building work has finished on a fitness suite, which PE students have access to, containing fitness training machines and weights.
The school Music Department has access to a technology room, which contains computers loaded with Cubase music programs and Sibelius software (a score-writing program). It also features keyboards connected to these computers, acting as speakers and MIDI-input devices.
Specialism
Highcliffe School specialises in languages, and teaches:
- Italian
- German
- Japanese (as an optional extra curricular subject)
- Spanish
- French
- Chinese (as an optional extra curricular subject)
- Latin (as an optional extracurricular subject)
The school also offers "twilight lessons" for parents and other adults to learn languages after normal school hours.