Buckingham School Explained

The Buckingham School
Coordinates:51.9946°N -0.984°W
Motto:Success for all through Achievement, Challenge & Enjoyment[1]
Established:1935
Type:Community secondary modern
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Andy McGinnes
Chair Label:Chair of Governors
Chair:Matthew Watkins
Address:London Road
City:Buckingham
County:Buckinghamshire
Country:England
Postcode:MK18 1AT
Local Authority:Buckinghamshire
Ofsted:yes
Urn:110484
Enrolment:1,100
Gender:Co-educational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Houses: Swan
Silverstone
Whittlebury
Chandos
Claydon
Stowe
Colours: Black and amber

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

It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school is expanding and currently has approximately 1100 pupils.

Students study a broad and balanced curriculum at Key Stage 3 (Years 7–9), before choosing their Level 2 (GCSE and BTEC) options for study in Years 10 and 11. In the sixth form, there is a wide range of A Level and BTEC Level 3 subjects on offer.

Following the ending of Specialist School status programme by the DfE, the school justifiably kept the label of "Specialist Sports College", continuing to celebrate its sporting success and contribution to sport in the wider community. As well as sport, the school celebrates the importance of technology, the arts and performing arts.

The school has six houses, which are named after important local features. They are: Chandos, Claydon, Silverstone, Stowe, Swan and Whittlebury.[2]

In recent years the school has enjoyed growing success and has been acknowledged by Ofsted as a good school (2016 and 2020[3]).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prospectus . Buckingham School . 29 December 2020 .
  2. Web site: Houses . School website . 29 December 2020 .
  3. Web site: Ofsted Reports . School website . 29 December 2020 .