Huntcliff School
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Huntcliff School is a secondary school
which has specialist school
status as a Humanities College
. It is located in Saltburn-by-the-Sea
, a town in the north-east of England famous for its Victorian buildings. the school had 519 pupils.
In 2007 work began on a new secondary school on the same site, to replace the current buildings, and re-opened in September 2008. This work resulted in the demolition of two school buildings which had been constructed only a few years earlier, as they could not be incorporated into the new campus.
In a second phase of construction, a replacement for Saltburn Primary School was planned. The scheme had a total budget of £15 million.
Huntcliff Secondary School is now based on Saltburn Learning Campus.
In September 2009, Saltburn Primary School (whose previous buildings were based in two separate locations in the town) joined Huntcliff School within a separate wing of Saltburn Learning Campus - this was officially opened by author Gervase Phinn
. Saltburn Children's Centre is also based on the campus grounds.
Huntcliff School currently has around 510 students on roll, consisting of those from Saltburn and its surrounding areas.
It offers a variety of curriculum subjects, including the core subjects of English Maths and Science, and History, Geography, Art & Design, Technology, ICT, Performing Arts, Modern Foreign Languages, PE, Sport Science, Life Skills, Health & Social Care, Horse Care and Media Studies. Additional subjects were previously available to students, such as AS Level Politics and Further Maths.
Huntcliff School has a secure partnership with the No. 17 Middle School in Bao Ding, China, which has been established for at least 3 years. In 2010, Huntcliff students and staff visited their partner school for a 10 day-long visit. Every year since the partnership, students and staff from the partner school have visited Huntcliff School and met people from the local community.
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...
which has specialist school
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...
status as a Humanities College
Humanities College
Humanities Colleges were introduced in 2004 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, humanities. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Humanities...
. It is located in Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Saltburn-by-the-Sea is a seaside resort in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The town is around east of Middlesbrough, and had a population of 5,912 at the 2001 Census.-Old Saltburn:...
, a town in the north-east of England famous for its Victorian buildings. the school had 519 pupils.
In 2007 work began on a new secondary school on the same site, to replace the current buildings, and re-opened in September 2008. This work resulted in the demolition of two school buildings which had been constructed only a few years earlier, as they could not be incorporated into the new campus.
In a second phase of construction, a replacement for Saltburn Primary School was planned. The scheme had a total budget of £15 million.
Huntcliff Secondary School is now based on Saltburn Learning Campus.
In September 2009, Saltburn Primary School (whose previous buildings were based in two separate locations in the town) joined Huntcliff School within a separate wing of Saltburn Learning Campus - this was officially opened by author Gervase Phinn
Gervase Phinn
Gervase Phinn is an English author and educator. After a career as a teacher he became a schools inspector and, latterly, Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Teesside....
. Saltburn Children's Centre is also based on the campus grounds.
Huntcliff School currently has around 510 students on roll, consisting of those from Saltburn and its surrounding areas.
It offers a variety of curriculum subjects, including the core subjects of English Maths and Science, and History, Geography, Art & Design, Technology, ICT, Performing Arts, Modern Foreign Languages, PE, Sport Science, Life Skills, Health & Social Care, Horse Care and Media Studies. Additional subjects were previously available to students, such as AS Level Politics and Further Maths.
Huntcliff School has a secure partnership with the No. 17 Middle School in Bao Ding, China, which has been established for at least 3 years. In 2010, Huntcliff students and staff visited their partner school for a 10 day-long visit. Every year since the partnership, students and staff from the partner school have visited Huntcliff School and met people from the local community.