Hove Park School
Encyclopedia
Hove Park School is a secondary school
and sixth form
centre located over two sites in Hove
, East Sussex
, England
. Since 2002 the school has been accredited as a specialist Language College
.
The school is located over two sites in Hove: The Valley campus educates pupils aged 11 to 14 (academic years 7, 8 and 9), while the Neville campus educates pupils aged 14 to 19 (academic years 10, 11 and sixth form). The school offers a selection of qualifications to its pupils including GCSEs, NVQs and A Levels. As a Language College, Hove Park School offers courses in French
, German
, Spanish
, Italian
and Mandarin, as well as extra-curricular courses in Japanese and Arabic, as well as some more common languages. The school also participates in the European Union
funded Interreg
IVa programme, which organises regular educational and cultural exchanges with pupils from Europe
. It is one of the only schools in the south east to offer a variety of Languages. The school will see Portsmouth headteacher Derek Trimmer take over at Hove Park School from previous headteacher Tim Barclay at Easter. On 26 April 2011, Mr Trimmer officially started as Headteacher of Hove Park School. Mr Trimmer has announced that his ambition and intention at Hove Park was to make Hove Park School the most improved school in the South East.
He has promoted his Ambition through the Media. Recently in The Argus, He talked about his ambition to make his school one of the most improved schools in the Country through GCSE Results. It was announced on 26th August, that the schools results, students getting between 5 A* - Cs or more had gone up by 4%.
Ken Leonard: Deputy head, Curriculum + Resources
Jim Roberts: Deputy Head, C4L Y8/9
Tony Childs: Deputy Head, Safeguarding + Child Protection, P+A Y8/9
Liza Leung: Assistant Head, C4L Y7Y6-7 Transition
Huxley Knox-Macaulay: Deputy Head, Learning + Teaching, P+A Y10/11
Gill Hibbert: Direct of eLearning
Jayne Davis: Director of Staff Development
June Greener: Leader C4L Y7
Lyndsey Weatherhogg: Leader Y7 Curriculum Project
Tony Childs: P+A Y7/8/9
Jim Roberts: C4L Y8/9
Simon Paul: Director P+A Y8/9
Alison Griffthis: Leader P+A Y8/9
Lesley Ruggles: Director C4L Y8/9
Sandra Hutchings: Leader C4L Y8/9
KS3 subject leader (see below)
Gill Page: C4L Y10/11
Karen Puttock: Leader C4L Y10/11
Leysa Ghosh: Direcotr P+A Y10/11
Adam Marshall: Leader P+A Y10/11
Julie Watts: Direcotr of 6th Form
Phil Bryne: Assistant Director of 6th Form
Charmain Hartley: Director of International Dimension, Interreg Chef de File
Leanne Griffthis: International Studies Leader KS3
Language subject leaders, see below
Diana Macdonald: English Leader KS3
Nansi Mellor: English Leader KS4 + Media Studies Leader KS4/5
Steven Brown: English Leader KS5
Kenneth Fraser: Maths Leader KS3
Mary Mahoney: Maths Leader KS4
Nicola Halstead: Science Leader KS3
David Roberts: Science Leader KS4
Charlotte Stockel: Languages Leader Y8/9
Leanne Griffthis: International Studies Leader KS3
Corine Philibert: Languages Leader KS4
Maria Martin: Languages Leader KS5
Tania Banks: Drama Leader
James Miles: Music Leader
Judy Cooper: History Leader
Tanya Gorton: Philosophy, Ethics + RE leader
Tracy Sykes: Technology Leader KS3 + Technology Leader Product Design + Graphics
Jayne Priddey: Technology Leader Textiles
Matthew Warwick: PSHE+ Citizenship Team Leader
Sandra Chadwick: Special Facility Co-ordintor
Gary Kernan: Gifted + Talented Co-ordinator
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...
and sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
centre located over two sites in Hove
Hove
Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove. It forms a single conurbation together with Brighton and some smaller towns and villages running along the coast...
, East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
, 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...
. Since 2002 the school has been accredited as 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...
.
The school is located over two sites in Hove: The Valley campus educates pupils aged 11 to 14 (academic years 7, 8 and 9), while the Neville campus educates pupils aged 14 to 19 (academic years 10, 11 and sixth form). The school offers a selection of qualifications to its pupils including GCSEs, NVQs and A Levels. As a Language College, Hove Park School offers courses in French
French 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....
, 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...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
and Mandarin, as well as extra-curricular courses in Japanese and Arabic, as well as some more common languages. The school also participates in the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
funded Interreg
Interreg
Interreg is an initiative that aims to stimulate cooperation between regions in the European Union. It started in 1989, and is financed under the European Regional Development Fund...
IVa programme, which organises regular educational and cultural exchanges with pupils from Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. It is one of the only schools in the south east to offer a variety of Languages. The school will see Portsmouth headteacher Derek Trimmer take over at Hove Park School from previous headteacher Tim Barclay at Easter. On 26 April 2011, Mr Trimmer officially started as Headteacher of Hove Park School. Mr Trimmer has announced that his ambition and intention at Hove Park was to make Hove Park School the most improved school in the South East.
He has promoted his Ambition through the Media. Recently in The Argus, He talked about his ambition to make his school one of the most improved schools in the Country through GCSE Results. It was announced on 26th August, that the schools results, students getting between 5 A* - Cs or more had gone up by 4%.
General
Derek Trimmer: Head teacherKen Leonard: Deputy head, Curriculum + Resources
Jim Roberts: Deputy Head, C4L Y8/9
Tony Childs: Deputy Head, Safeguarding + Child Protection, P+A Y8/9
Liza Leung: Assistant Head, C4L Y7Y6-7 Transition
Huxley Knox-Macaulay: Deputy Head, Learning + Teaching, P+A Y10/11
Gill Hibbert: Direct of eLearning
Jayne Davis: Director of Staff Development
Valley Campus (Years 7-9)
Liza Leung: C4L Y7, Y6-Y7 TransitionJune Greener: Leader C4L Y7
Lyndsey Weatherhogg: Leader Y7 Curriculum Project
Tony Childs: P+A Y7/8/9
Jim Roberts: C4L Y8/9
Simon Paul: Director P+A Y8/9
Alison Griffthis: Leader P+A Y8/9
Lesley Ruggles: Director C4L Y8/9
Sandra Hutchings: Leader C4L Y8/9
KS3 subject leader (see below)
Nevill Campus (Years 10-13)
Huxley Knox Macaulay: Learning+Teaching, P+A Y10/11Gill Page: C4L Y10/11
Karen Puttock: Leader C4L Y10/11
Leysa Ghosh: Direcotr P+A Y10/11
Adam Marshall: Leader P+A Y10/11
Julie Watts: Direcotr of 6th Form
Phil Bryne: Assistant Director of 6th Form
Language College
Clare Pruteanu: Director of Language CollegeCharmain Hartley: Director of International Dimension, Interreg Chef de File
Leanne Griffthis: International Studies Leader KS3
Language subject leaders, see below
English + Media Studies
Kevin Alexander: Director of EnglishDiana Macdonald: English Leader KS3
Nansi Mellor: English Leader KS4 + Media Studies Leader KS4/5
Steven Brown: English Leader KS5
Mathematics
Kevin Alexander: Director of MathematicsKenneth Fraser: Maths Leader KS3
Mary Mahoney: Maths Leader KS4
Science
Lisa Atkins: Science Team LeaderNicola Halstead: Science Leader KS3
David Roberts: Science Leader KS4
Languages
Daryl Bailey: Languages leader Year7+PrimaryCharlotte Stockel: Languages Leader Y8/9
Leanne Griffthis: International Studies Leader KS3
Corine Philibert: Languages Leader KS4
Maria Martin: Languages Leader KS5
Creative Arts
Chantal Domaingue: Art LeaderTania Banks: Drama Leader
James Miles: Music Leader
Humanities
Jenny Gibson: Geography LeaderJudy Cooper: History Leader
Tanya Gorton: Philosophy, Ethics + RE leader
Technology
Ruth Golding: Technology Team LeaderTracy Sykes: Technology Leader KS3 + Technology Leader Product Design + Graphics
Jayne Priddey: Technology Leader Textiles
Matthew Warwick: PSHE+ Citizenship Team Leader
Achievement + Support
Sue Jupp: Special Education Needs Co-ordinatorSandra Chadwick: Special Facility Co-ordintor
Gary Kernan: Gifted + Talented Co-ordinator
Notable alumni
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in the BBC soap opera EastEndersEastEndersEastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End... - Tom WhiteTom White (musician)Thomas White is a Brighton, England-based musician, producer and visual artist. Educated at Davigdor Infants, Somerhill Juniors and Hove Park schools, he began learning the piano at the age of 5, picking up the violin a year later and teaching himself guitar, drums and clarinet in his early teens...
, musician, producer and video artist