The Charles Dickens School
The Charles Dickens School is a co-educational secondary modern school located in Broadstairs in the English county of Kent.[1] The school is named after Charles Dickens, the 19th-century writer and social critic.
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Broadstairs Road , , | |
Coordinates | 51.3608°N 1.4220°E |
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Type | Academy |
Local authority | Kent County Council |
Trust | Barton Court Academy Trust |
Department for Education URN | 144015 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Mr Warren Smith |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 11 to 16 |
Website | http://www.cds.kent.sch.uk/ |
The Charles Dickens School is part of the Barton Court Academy Trust (BCAT).[2]
The Charles Dickens School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, though the school no longer has a Sixth Form.[3] All pupils in Years 7 and 8 will follow the National Curriculum and in Years 9 to 11 they will have the opportunity to study a range of GCSE, Applied BTEC, Technical and Creative subjects. The curriculum has been designed to meet the needs of all learners.
Following an Ofsted report of 2011 which found The Charles Dickens School generally overall Grade 2 'Good', in 2014 it was judged Grade 4 'inadequate' and placed in 'Special measures' with ongoing monitoring inspections.[4][5][6]
References
- "Home". Cds.kent.sch.uk. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- "The Trust - The Charles Dickens School". www.cds.kent.sch.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- "Curriculum Overview - The Charles Dickens School". www.cds.kent.sch.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- The Charles Dickens School, Ofted reports 2004 - 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2018
- Read, Peter (5 November 2014); Charles Dickens School in Broadstairs: Special Measures, Kent Independent Education Advice. Retrieved 17 August 2018
- Paton, Graeme; Hall Melanie (25 November 2014); "Ofsted: rural schools 'failing to promote British values", The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 August 2018