King Richard School
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King Richard School is a mixed secondary school in the Paulsgrove
district of Portsmouth
, England. Established in 1952 as Paulsgrove Secondary Modern School - it was renamed King Richard School in 1975. The school is funded by a mixed trust and has approximately 900 students on roll. The school provides a mainstream National Curriculum education to GCSE, BTEC
, and OCR Nationals
in ICT. Among the schools in the Portsmouth area that feed the college are Portsdown Primary, Paulsgrove Primary School, and Titchfield Primary School. In 2006 the school was awarded Arts College status for performing arts. The school has won and been runners up in the Rock Challenge and in 2006 students from King Richard School won the Rock Crew of the Year Award. A November 2009 Ofsted
inspection assessed the school with Grade 3 (satisfactory).
The school broadcasts its own programmes on its EXPRESS FM 93.7 radio station.
Paulsgrove
Paulsgrove is an area of northern Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Paulsgrove existed as a small hamlet on the old Portsmouth to Southampton road for many years. During the early twentieth century Paulsgrove Racecourse was built north of the village on the slopes of Portsdown Hill and a halt built...
district of Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
, England. Established in 1952 as Paulsgrove Secondary Modern School - it was renamed King Richard School in 1975. The school is funded by a mixed trust and has approximately 900 students on roll. The school provides a mainstream National Curriculum education to GCSE, BTEC
BTEC
BTEC may refer to:*Barathi Technical Engineering College, a college in India*Begumgonj Textile Engineering College, a college in Bangladesh*Biomass Thermal Energy Council, a US advocacy organization...
, and OCR Nationals
OCR Nationals
OCR Nationals are vocationally-related qualifications which were officially launched by the OCR Board in September 2004. The qualifications are designed to meet the needs of those seeking vocational education in place of the traditional, theory-intensive, academic route...
in ICT. Among the schools in the Portsmouth area that feed the college are Portsdown Primary, Paulsgrove Primary School, and Titchfield Primary School. In 2006 the school was awarded Arts College status for performing arts. The school has won and been runners up in the Rock Challenge and in 2006 students from King Richard School won the Rock Crew of the Year Award. A November 2009 Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
inspection assessed the school with Grade 3 (satisfactory).
The school broadcasts its own programmes on its EXPRESS FM 93.7 radio station.