Shoeburyness High School
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Shoeburyness High School is a secondary school in Southend-on-Sea
, Essex
. Unusually, it is one of the few partially selective schools in England. The high school celebrated its 70th anniversary in June 2009.
Shoeburyness High School is regarded as "Good with outstanding features" by Ofsted and has shown sustained improvement over the last 5 years. The school obtained its best ever results in the summer of 2010 with GCSE results just above the national average and the schools contextual value added score putting it in the top 25% of schools nationally.
Shoeburyness High School gained Technology College status in September 1999. Gaining Technology Status had been achieved by a community effort. As part of the plan, a CAD/CAM Centre was developed.
The school gained Leading Space Education School status in September 2008, and has since implemented a number of space-themed projects in Science, including the Year 8 Space Academy course and outreach work with local primary schools.
The school has a range of subjects that pupils can learn. In Key Stage 3 pupils learn the following subjects: Art, Design and technology, Drama, English, French, Geography, History, ICT, Maths, Music, Physical Education, Religious Education, Science and SCOPE (PSHE). In Key Stage 4 pupils then study English, Maths and Science as their three core GCSE subjects and others which can be chosen as their own options (GCSEs and BTECs are available). The school also has a Sixth Form College which takes on pupils for AS and A2 courses, as well as some BTEC courses. The Sixth Form offers a range of subjects into AS and A2 (and BTEC) some of which are Travel and Tourism, Business Studies, Film Studies, Performing Arts, Media Studies, Critical Thinking, History, Physical Education, English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, ICT, Music, Music Technology among others.
The school also offer an extended school service which has a range of activities for pupils of the school and other schools to attend.
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in Essex, England. The district has Borough status, and comprises the towns of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, North Shoebury, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness, Southchurch, Thorpe Bay, and Westcliff-on-Sea. The district is situated...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. Unusually, it is one of the few partially selective schools in England. The high school celebrated its 70th anniversary in June 2009.
Shoeburyness High School is regarded as "Good with outstanding features" by Ofsted and has shown sustained improvement over the last 5 years. The school obtained its best ever results in the summer of 2010 with GCSE results just above the national average and the schools contextual value added score putting it in the top 25% of schools nationally.
Shoeburyness High School gained Technology College status in September 1999. Gaining Technology Status had been achieved by a community effort. As part of the plan, a CAD/CAM Centre was developed.
The school gained Leading Space Education School status in September 2008, and has since implemented a number of space-themed projects in Science, including the Year 8 Space Academy course and outreach work with local primary schools.
The school has a range of subjects that pupils can learn. In Key Stage 3 pupils learn the following subjects: Art, Design and technology, Drama, English, French, Geography, History, ICT, Maths, Music, Physical Education, Religious Education, Science and SCOPE (PSHE). In Key Stage 4 pupils then study English, Maths and Science as their three core GCSE subjects and others which can be chosen as their own options (GCSEs and BTECs are available). The school also has a Sixth Form College which takes on pupils for AS and A2 courses, as well as some BTEC courses. The Sixth Form offers a range of subjects into AS and A2 (and BTEC) some of which are Travel and Tourism, Business Studies, Film Studies, Performing Arts, Media Studies, Critical Thinking, History, Physical Education, English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, ICT, Music, Music Technology among others.
The school also offer an extended school service which has a range of activities for pupils of the school and other schools to attend.