Buckingham School

The Buckingham School is a co-educational secondary school in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

The Buckingham School
Address
London Road

Buckingham
,
Buckinghamshire
,
MK18 1AT

England
Coordinates51.994638°N 0.983952°W / 51.994638; -0.983952
Information
TypeCommunity secondary modern
MottoSuccess for all through Achievement, Challenge & Enjoyment[1]
Established1935
Local authorityBuckinghamshire
Department for Education URN110484 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsDr David Gamble
HeadteacherMr Andy McGinnes
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,006
Houses     Daley
     Simmonds
     Rutherford
     Ennis
     Farah
     Murray
     Button
Colour(s)         Black and Amber
Websitehttp://www.buckinghamschool.com/

It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 1550 pupils.[2]

In September 2004, the Department for Education and Skills designated the school as a specialist Sports College.[3] The school also holds Investors in People status.

The school has seven houses, which are named after sporting figures. They are Daley, Simmonds, Rutherford, Ennis, Farah, Murray, and Button.[4] Previously, the seven houses were Holmes, Phillips, Adlington, Hamilton, Pietersen, Beckham and Thompson.[5] Before that, there were four houses named after famous sporting venues. They were Lords, Silverstone, Twickenham and Wembley.[6]

Following several poor inspections by Ofsted, the school was placed on special measures. The Headteacher Christine Jones resigned and Peter Rowe, Headteacher of Princes Risborough School was on secondment to the school for a term whilst a new headteacher was recruited.[7] Peter Rowe was brought into Princes Risborough School after an unsatisfactory inspection in 2004. In July 2008, Angela Wells was appointed as acting Headteacher and she was later confirmed as the new Headteacher.. On the 3 October 2008 Ofsted published its findings from a monitoring visit and found that progress since being subject to special measures was inadequate.[8] However, a subsequent monitoring visit conducted by Ofsted in January 2009 found that the school had made satisfactory progress.[9] A full inspection was carried out in June 2009 which saw the school removed from special measures and awarded an overall grade of satisfactory with some good areas. In February 2016, the school was recognised as 'good' in all areas by Ofsted.[10]

References
  1. "Prospectus" (PDF). Buckingham School. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  2. "Schools Directory". Buckinghamshire County Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
  3. "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. July 2006. Archived from the original on 3 August 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
  4. "Houses". School website. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  5. "Buckingham Bulletin Summer 2011" (PDF). Buckingham School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  6. "Houses". School website. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
  7. "Resignation of Headteacher" (DOC). School website. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  8. "Buckingham School Monitoring Report" (PDF). Ofsted. September 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  9. "Buckingham School Monitoring Report" (PDF). Ofsted. January 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  10. "Buckingham finally rated 'good' by Ofste". Buckingham Advertiser. March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.


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