Sandon High School
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Sandon Business & Enterprise College is a co-educational comprehensive
for ages 11-16, situated on the South Eastern outskirts of the City of Stoke-on-Trent
. It serves the communities of Meir, Meir Park, Rough Close and Lightwood.
Ofsted
described the college in the following terms:
"In accordance with section 13 (3) of the Education Act 2005, HMCI is of the opinion that this
school requires special measures because it is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard
of education and the persons responsible for leading, managing or governing the school are
not demonstrating the capacity to secure the necessary improvement.
Leadership and management has also been described as "inadequate".
The Governors and Senior Management have a clear commitment to continual and sustained improvement in pupils’ attainment and in the richness of the curriculum the school provides."
In February 2008 the college moved into a brand new £17.3 million state-of-the-art building, boasting an ICT rich environment, a £1.2 million sports hall, a 21st century Business & Enterprise Centre, including its own purpose built restaurant and a fully equipped recording studio for college and community use, together with numerous other specialist facilities.
The college is the first secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent (and perhaps England
) to benefit from the national programme known as Building Schools for the Future
.
Following an Ofsted inspection, the school was placed in "special measures". In the report, leadership and management were described as "inadequate" while the teaching was found to be satisfactory, with some outstanding lessons.
The college was inspected again on 2nd and 3rd March 2010 and subsequently came out of "special measures."
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
for ages 11-16, situated on the South Eastern outskirts of the City of Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...
. It serves the communities of Meir, Meir Park, Rough Close and Lightwood.
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 ....
described the college in the following terms:
"In accordance with section 13 (3) of the Education Act 2005, HMCI is of the opinion that this
school requires special measures because it is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard
of education and the persons responsible for leading, managing or governing the school are
not demonstrating the capacity to secure the necessary improvement.
Leadership and management has also been described as "inadequate".
The Governors and Senior Management have a clear commitment to continual and sustained improvement in pupils’ attainment and in the richness of the curriculum the school provides."
In February 2008 the college moved into a brand new £17.3 million state-of-the-art building, boasting an ICT rich environment, a £1.2 million sports hall, a 21st century Business & Enterprise Centre, including its own purpose built restaurant and a fully equipped recording studio for college and community use, together with numerous other specialist facilities.
The college is the first secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent (and perhaps England
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
) to benefit from the national programme known as Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future
Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...
.
Following an Ofsted inspection, the school was placed in "special measures". In the report, leadership and management were described as "inadequate" while the teaching was found to be satisfactory, with some outstanding lessons.
The college was inspected again on 2nd and 3rd March 2010 and subsequently came out of "special measures."