Buckingham School
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Buckingham School is a co-educational secondary school in Buckingham
, Buckinghamshire
, United Kingdom
.
It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 1000 pupils.
In September 2004, the Department for Education and Skills designated the school as a specialist
Sports College
. The school also holds Investors in People
status.
The school has seven houses
, which are named after sporting figures. They are Holmes, Phillips, Adlington, Hamilton, Pietersen, Beckham and Thompson. Previously there were four houses named after famous sporting venues. They were Lords
, Silverstone
, Twickenham
and Wembley
.
Following several poor inspections by Ofsted, the school was placed on special measures
. The Headteacher Christine Jones resigned and Peter Rowe, Headteacher of Princes Risborough School
was on secondment to the school for a term whilst a new headteacher was recruited.
Peter Rowe was brought into Princes Risborough School after an unsatisfactory inspection in 2004. In July 2008, Angela Wells was appointed as acting Headteacher and she was later confirmed as the new Headteacher.. On the 3 October 2008 Ofsted published its findings from a monitoring visit and found that progress since being subject to special measures was inadequate. However, a subsequent monitoring visit conducted by Ofsted in January 2009 found that the school had made satisfactory progress. A full inspection was carried out in June 2009 which saw the school removed from special measures and awarded an overall grade of satisfactory with some good areas.
Buckingham
Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. The town has a population of 11,572 ,...
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 1000 pupils.
In September 2004, the Department for Education and Skills designated the school as a specialist
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
Sports College
Sports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...
. The school also holds Investors in People
Investors in People
Launched in 1991 Investors in People is a business improvement tool administered by UK Commission for Employment and Skills and supported by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ....
status.
The school has seven houses
House system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
, which are named after sporting figures. They are Holmes, Phillips, Adlington, Hamilton, Pietersen, Beckham and Thompson. Previously there were four houses named after famous sporting venues. They were Lords
Lord's Cricket Ground
Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...
, Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is an English motor racing circuit next to the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. The circuit straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border, with the current main circuit entry on the Buckinghamshire side...
, Twickenham
Twickenham Stadium
Twickenham Stadium is a stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is the largest rugby union stadium in the United Kingdom and has recently been enlarged to seat 82,000...
and Wembley
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
.
Following several poor inspections by Ofsted, the school was placed on special measures
Special measures
Special measures is a status applied by Ofsted and Estyn, the schools inspection agencies, to schools in England and Wales, respectively, when it considers that they fail to supply an acceptable level of education and appear to lack the leadership capacity necessary to secure improvements...
. The Headteacher Christine Jones resigned and Peter Rowe, Headteacher of Princes Risborough School
Princes Risborough School
Princes Risborough School is a co-educational secondary school in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. In September 2011 the school became an Academy.. It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 and has approximately 925 pupils...
was on secondment to the school for a term whilst a new headteacher was recruited.
Peter Rowe was brought into Princes Risborough School after an unsatisfactory inspection in 2004. In July 2008, Angela Wells was appointed as acting Headteacher and she was later confirmed as the new Headteacher.. On the 3 October 2008 Ofsted published its findings from a monitoring visit and found that progress since being subject to special measures was inadequate. However, a subsequent monitoring visit conducted by Ofsted in January 2009 found that the school had made satisfactory progress. A full inspection was carried out in June 2009 which saw the school removed from special measures and awarded an overall grade of satisfactory with some good areas.