Hillcrest School (Hastings, East Sussex)
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Hillcrest school is a British secondary school
in Hastings, East Sussex, England
. It is known in the local area as "Hillcrest Hastings". The school currently has over 700 students and over 100 staff. The current headteacher is Mrs. Theresa Phillips.
Hillcrest is a Specialist Language College
, and has recently been awarded the International School Award
.
In 2007 the school decided to close 6th Form.
is a white or blue shirt, and black trousers. By tradition Year 11 get to choose the colour of their polo shirts (green or pink for the school year 2009–2010).There is a school jacket (with the crest) and a school coat (without) available to buy.
The P.E uniform is a royal blue T-shirt with shorts or tracksuit bottoms and a jacket is available for P.E. in royal blue as well.
nasium in B Block. There are three tennis courts on site and four playgrounds. There are two fields east of the Language Block. The school owns part of the woodland
behind A Block's playground; there are currently plans to redevelop the woodland but nothing is final yet. A Multi Use Games Area was built and opened in late 2006.
There are also some huts behind here where remedial classes are taught and a health clinic is situated.
The school library and canteen
are also located here.
The main entrance is here and leads to Kenway Hall.
, German
and Spanish
are taught to the students; Japanese
and other languages are taught during after school classes.
There is an ICT suite in here as well, primarily for the use by Language classes.
). There are two halls on the ground floor and a gym equipped with a variety of machine of the first floor.
Under the federation, led by Sir Dexter Hutt, the school has improved in all areas including: attitude towards learning, behaviour both in and out of the classroom, OFSTED inspections
and GCSE
results with 76% of students achieving 5 A* – C, and at least 93% 5A* – G grades.
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 Hastings, East Sussex, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is known in the local area as "Hillcrest Hastings". The school currently has over 700 students and over 100 staff. The current headteacher is Mrs. Theresa Phillips.
Hillcrest is a Specialist Language College
Language College
Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...
, and has recently been awarded the International School Award
International School Award
The International School Award is a British Council accreditation scheme rewarding schools with a notable global element in their curriculum.The scheme began in 1999 and since then, over 1000 International School Awards have been granted....
.
History
Hillcrest School was built and completed in 1953, where it opened as a girls secondary school. At around this time the school campus was made up of, what is now called, B-Block and the sports fields. With the closure of the boys school in Priory Road in the late seventies, (next to Castledown School), Hillcrest accepted both male and female students.In 2007 the school decided to close 6th Form.
Uniform
The uniformSchool uniform
A school uniform is an outfit—a set of standardized clothes—worn primarily for an educational institution. They are common in primary and secondary schools in various countries . When used, they form the basis of a school's dress code.Traditionally school uniforms have been largely subdued and...
is a white or blue shirt, and black trousers. By tradition Year 11 get to choose the colour of their polo shirts (green or pink for the school year 2009–2010).There is a school jacket (with the crest) and a school coat (without) available to buy.
The P.E uniform is a royal blue T-shirt with shorts or tracksuit bottoms and a jacket is available for P.E. in royal blue as well.
Campus
The school campus is divided into four blocks: L block, the Sports Centre, A Block and B Block. In addition to the Sports Centre, there is a gymGym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium in B Block. There are three tennis courts on site and four playgrounds. There are two fields east of the Language Block. The school owns part of the woodland
Woodland
Ecologically, a woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of...
behind A Block's playground; there are currently plans to redevelop the woodland but nothing is final yet. A Multi Use Games Area was built and opened in late 2006.
A Block
- Humanities: GeographyGeographyGeography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
, HistoryHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and religious educationReligious educationIn secular usage, religious education is the teaching of a particular religion and its varied aspects —its beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and personal roles... - ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
- DramaDramaDrama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
- Administration
- Caretakers' Office
There are also some huts behind here where remedial classes are taught and a health clinic is situated.
The school library and canteen
Canteen
Canteen has several different meanings:*Canteen , a water container*Canteen , a cafe, restaurant, or cafeteria provided for the use of students, workers, or soldiers at a particular school, office, or military base...
are also located here.
B Block
- EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and mediaMedia studiesMedia studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass... - MathsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
- ArtArtArt is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
- ITInformation technologyInformation technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
- PE (gym)Physical educationPhysical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
- MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
- Design technologyDesign TechnologyDesign and Technology is a school subject offered at all levels of primary and secondary school. In some countries such as England it is a part of the National Curriculum. It is offered in many countries around the world such as Brunei, Bermuda, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Jordan...
- Student Services
- SENCO DepartmentSênco-See also:*List of towns and villages in Tibet...
- Food TechnologyFood technologyFood technology, is a branch of food science which deals with the actual production processes to make foods.-Early history of food technology:...
The main entrance is here and leads to Kenway Hall.
L Block
The language college is where FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
are taught to the students; Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
and other languages are taught during after school classes.
There is an ICT suite in here as well, primarily for the use by Language classes.
Sports Centre
The Sports Centre is open to the public at the weekend and after school from 5:30pm (run by Freedom LeisureFreedom Leisure
Freedom Leisure is the largest provider of community leisure in Sussex.Freedom Leisure is a not for profit organisation with a strong company ethos on providing value for money. The company does this by reinvesting surpluses back into the centres to ensure this happens...
). There are two halls on the ground floor and a gym equipped with a variety of machine of the first floor.
Hastings Federation
In 2008, a proposal to create a federation between Filsham Valley, Hillcrest and The Grove secondary schools to improve major aspects of the school was sent up to county to be approved; being approved by the East Sussex County Council before the end of the 2008 school year.Under the federation, led by Sir Dexter Hutt, the school has improved in all areas including: attitude towards learning, behaviour both in and out of the classroom, OFSTED inspections
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 ....
and GCSE
General Certificate of Secondary Education
The General Certificate of Secondary Education is an academic qualification awarded in a specified subject, generally taken in a number of subjects by students aged 14–16 in secondary education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is equivalent to a Level 2 and Level 1 in Key Skills...
results with 76% of students achieving 5 A* – C, and at least 93% 5A* – G grades.