Shoeburyness High School

Shoeburyness High School
Motto Striving For Excellence
Type Bilateral Academy
Headteacher Mr Mark Schofield
Location Caulfield Road
Shoeburyness
Southend-on-Sea
Essex
SS3 9LL
 England
Coordinates: 51°31′58″N 0°46′33″E / 51.53291°N 0.77581°E / 51.53291; 0.77581
DfE URN 115210
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Website www.shoeburynesshigh.co.uk

Shoeburyness High School is a secondary academy school in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

This year (2015) for the 11th year in succession the examination results have been outstanding.[1]

- GCSE English is up 35%, now at 98%

- GCSE Maths is up 25%, now at 95%

- GCSE Science is up 45%, now at 89%

- 3 GCSE A* - A grades are up by 56%

- 5 A* - C grades including English and Maths (GCSE only) is up by 60%

- All Baccalaureate subjects are above the national average

- A level pass rate is 99%

- A level point score per entry is 199

- Vocational level 3 Distinction* - Distinction is 49%

- Vocational point score per entry is 219

Shoeburyness High School is regarded as "Good with outstanding features" by Ofsted[2] 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 school's 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.[3]

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).[4] 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).[5] 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, Geography, 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.

References

  1. ↑ http://shoeburynesshigh.co.uk/index.php?cat=1&page=41
  2. ↑ http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/index.php?q=filedownloading/&id=2227081&type=1
  3. ↑ https://www.ssatrust.org.uk/subjects/science/Pages/Leadingspaceeducation.aspx
  4. ↑ http://shoeburynesshigh.co.uk/index.php?cat=2&page=12
  5. ↑ http://shoeburynesshigh.co.uk/index.php?cat=2&page=13
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