East Bridgwater Community School
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East Bridgwater Community School, Performing and Visual arts College is a secondary school
in Bridgwater
, Somerset
, England.
The school is a specialist Arts College
, and has 800 students between the ages of 11 and 16.
The school also provides limited adult education.
Bridgwater was selected as the 1st town in the South West level to be selected for the UK governments Building Schools for the Future
initiative, which aimed to rebuild and renew nearly every secondary school
in England. Within Bridgwater, Building Schools for the Future
was to develop all of the 4 secondary schools along with 2 special provision schools, Elmwood School and Penrose School at an expected cost of around £100 Million. This included the complete relocation and rebuilding of a new school combining the both Haygrove and Penrose School.
In July 2010 several components of the scheme for Bridgwater schools were cancelled and others were still under discussion.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Bridgwater
Bridgwater
Bridgwater is a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is the administrative centre of the Sedgemoor district, and a major industrial centre. Bridgwater is located on the major communication routes through South West England...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England.
The school is a specialist Arts College
Arts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
, and has 800 students between the ages of 11 and 16.
The school also provides limited adult education.
Bridgwater was selected as the 1st town in the South West level to be selected for the UK governments Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
initiative, which aimed to rebuild and renew nearly every secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in England. Within Bridgwater, Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
was to develop all of the 4 secondary schools along with 2 special provision schools, Elmwood School and Penrose School at an expected cost of around £100 Million. This included the complete relocation and rebuilding of a new school combining the both Haygrove and Penrose School.
In July 2010 several components of the scheme for Bridgwater schools were cancelled and others were still under discussion.