Kesgrave High School
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Kesgrave High School is a secondary school
in Kesgrave
, Suffolk
in the United Kingdom
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The School has a very good reputation after being rated as "outstanding" by OFSTED, which in 2011 actively encouraged KHS to promote to Academy Status, this decision was considered and the board of governors voted unanimously to do so that same year. KHS offers GCSEs, A Levels and most recently BTEC qualifications.It is specialised in technology. In the last four years the school has moved from having no eco credentials to being classed as an Eco-school due to the addition of 20 solar panel on top of the technology block and as a result of this has been awarded the Green Flag Award
, becoming the first school in the region to have achieved such a feat. A study for Sustrans
noted that 61% of the pupils cycled to the school. This is largely due to the installation of a large cycle lane through the housing estate and along the main road. The school actively encourages walking or cycling and provides bicycle storage facilities. The school now has over 1500 pupils (from years 7 through 11 and the two sixth form years). The school has undergone a massive extension in recent years. This has included the construction of a new Creative Media Department, a new Communications block, a PE block and a sixth form block.
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 Kesgrave
Kesgrave
Kesgrave is a small town in the English county of Suffolk on the northern edge of Ipswich.-Early history:The town was recorded as Gressgrava in the Domesday Book, by the late 15th century its name had become Kesgrave...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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The School has a very good reputation after being rated as "outstanding" by OFSTED, which in 2011 actively encouraged KHS to promote to Academy Status, this decision was considered and the board of governors voted unanimously to do so that same year. KHS offers GCSEs, A Levels and most recently BTEC qualifications.It is specialised in technology. In the last four years the school has moved from having no eco credentials to being classed as an Eco-school due to the addition of 20 solar panel on top of the technology block and as a result of this has been awarded the Green Flag Award
Green Flag Award
The Green Flag Award is the benchmark national standard for parks and green spaces in the United Kingdom. The scheme was set up in 1996 to recognise and reward green spaces in England and Wales that met the laid down high standards...
, becoming the first school in the region to have achieved such a feat. A study for Sustrans
Sustrans
Sustrans is a British charity to promote sustainable transport. The charity is currently working on a number of practical projects to encourage people to walk, cycle and use public transport, to give people the choice of "travelling in ways that benefit their health and the environment"...
noted that 61% of the pupils cycled to the school. This is largely due to the installation of a large cycle lane through the housing estate and along the main road. The school actively encourages walking or cycling and provides bicycle storage facilities. The school now has over 1500 pupils (from years 7 through 11 and the two sixth form years). The school has undergone a massive extension in recent years. This has included the construction of a new Creative Media Department, a new Communications block, a PE block and a sixth form block.