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-{{Infobox school| name = The Burgate School
-| name2=The Burgate School, Fordingbridge
-| image=burgatepic1.jpg
-| imagesize=188px
-| motto= Learning For Life
-| established=1957
-| type=State [[Foundation school|Foundation School]]
-| address= Salisbury Road, [[Fordingbridge]], [[Hampshire]], SP6 1EZ
-| enrollment =  free
-|location       =
-|city = [[Fordingbridge]]
-|state       =  [[Hampshire]]
-|country = [[England]]
-| free_label =
-| free_text =
-| information = 01425 652039
-| Fax= 01425 656625
-| principal = Mrs Celia J Nicholls
-| location = [[Fordingbridge]], [[England]]
-| website = http://www.burgate.hants.sch.uk
-| write up=
-}}
-'''The Burgate School''' opened in 1957 and is an 11-18 [[comprehensive school]]. The school is situated in [[Fordingbridge]], [[Hampshire]], and at the current time has approximately 1250 students. The school is heavily over-subscribed, with pupils achieving results above the national average at all levels, and good GCSE results. The school's [[motto]] is 'Learning for Life'.
-==Ofsted inspections==
-The school was last inspected by [[Office for Standards in Education|Ofsted]] in 2007: the inspection report judged the school to be 'good' and the Sixth Form college to be 'outstanding'.<ref>[http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=312339&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\\school\\116\\s5rti_116494_20071016.pdf Ofsted inspection report, 27 September 2007]</ref> The Burgate School and Sixth Form Centre was recognised in Ofsted's 2005 "honours list" of the most outstanding schools in England, one of 234 schools that had been mentioned twice in chief inspectors' annual reports over the preceding decade.<ref>[http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/assets/3831.pdf Schools named more than once in the Particularly Successful Schools list up to 2003-2004, Ofsted]</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4152399.stm BBC News education website, 7 January 2005]</ref>
-After a successful grant from the government a new extension was added to house an extra 290 pupils and 6th form students.
-==Specialist Bid Attempts==
-The School initially applied for specialist status in Sports in 2002. These plans were later discarded. Modern Languages was later considered as a possible 'specialism', before it was decided to apply for the status in Humanities. Specialist status in the Humanities has been granted. <ref>citation needed</ref>
-==Tutor groups and houses==
-Each year group has six [[tutor group]]s and each of the tutor groups in the 11-16 school is given a [[House system|house]]. There are six houses: Delta, Sigma, Lambda, Omega, Pi and Theta. These houses replaced the previous Northgate, Southgate, Eastage and Westgate, which in turn supplanted a system based on local places which in the late 60s/early 70s were Sarum, Wilton, Cranborne & Beaulieu (House colours were green, yellow, blue & red). Houses compete against each other during the annuals [[sports day]]. There are also sports assemblies with the sports heads all through the year.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}}
-==Staff==
-The current headteacher is Mrs Celia Nicholls, first joined the school as a teacher in 1983, from Ansford School, Castle Cary, and became headteacher in 1988.<ref name="SalisburyJournalJuly2007">[http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/features/journalfeatures/display.var.1521726.0.birthday_time_for_the_burgate_school.php Salisbury Journal, 5 July 2007]</ref>
-There are around 50 teachers at the school, four of whom make up the Senior Management Team (SMT): David Pover,Katja Gibson, Fiona Bradfield and Mr Padfield.
-==History==
-* 1957: Founded in January as a [[secondary modern school]], under the name "Fordingbridge County Secondary School". Ralph Labdon, Headteacher
-* 1962: Name changed to "The Burgate County Secondary School".
-* 1967: Ralph Labdon retires and is replaced by David Benfield.
-* 1980: Following county reorganisation into the [[Comprehensive school|comprehensive system]], the school re-opened in September as "The Burgate School" with comprehensive status.<ref name="SalisburyJournalJuly2007" />
-* 1981: David Benfield retires as Headteacher, and is replaced by Alan Hollands.
-* 1988: After an extended secondment, Alan Hollands assumes a full-time job at TRIDENT Training Hampshire. He is succeeded by Deputy Head Celia Nicholls. The current Deputy Head, Ian Kirby, also joined the school.
-* 1994: New drama block and science facilities opened by [[Murray Walker]].
-* 1995: New [[sixth form]] centre opened by [[Esther Rantzen]] and [[Desmond Wilcox]], <ref name="SalisburyJournalFeb2007">[http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/search/display.var.1163208.0.the_burgate_maps_1_6million_annexe.php Salisbury Journal, 3 February 2007]</ref>
-* 2000: Extension to the Sixth Form.
-* 2006: Fantastic Art Department within the school and sixth form.
-* 2007: Mr Pover passes his head teachers award.
-* 2008: New Sixth Form annexe under construction.<ref name="SalisburyJournalFeb2007" />
-* 2008: Government stops funding for the new annexe. Burgate faces £148,000 debts.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}}
-==References==
-<references />
-==External links==
-* [http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk/8505401/overview/ School profile] from http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk/
-* Website: http://www.burgate.hants.sch.uk
-* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/116/116494.pdf Ofsted report from 2004]
-* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=312339&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\\school\\116\\s5rti_116494_20071016.pdf Ofsted report from 2007]
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