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'''Westside School''' or simply '''Westside''' is a [[Single-sex education|girls']] [[comprehensive school]] in the [[British overseas territories|British territory]] of [[Gibraltar]].
'''Westside School''' or simply '''Westside''' is a [[comprehensive school]] in the [[British overseas territories|British territory]] of [[Gibraltar]].


The school opened in 1982, and was built in order to make available a better education to the students of the former Girls' Comprehensive School which had been then spread over three different sites. It was originally an amalgamation of four girls' schools: ''Loreto High School'', ''St. Joseph's Secondary School'', ''St. Margaret's School'', and ''St. David's Commercial School''.<ref name="scho">{{cite web|url=http://www.gibnet.gi/~bayside/oldsite/start.htm|title=General information|publisher=Bayside Comprehensive School|accessdate=2007-08-24 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070625122701/http://www.gibnet.gi/~bayside/oldsite/start.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-06-25}}</ref>
The school opened in 1982, and was built in order to provide education to the students of the former Girls' Comprehensive School, previously spread over three different sites, and itself an amalgamation of four girls' schools: Loreto High School, St. Joseph's Secondary School, St. Margaret's School, and St. David's Commercial School.<ref name="scho">{{cite web|url=http://www.gibnet.gi/~bayside/oldsite/start.htm|title=General information|publisher=Bayside Comprehensive School|access-date=2007-08-24 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070625122701/http://www.gibnet.gi/~bayside/oldsite/start.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-06-25}}</ref>

It was formerly only for girls, but as of 2021 is coeducational.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gbc.gi/news/back-school-bayside-westside-receive-new-year-7-intake|title=Back to school - Bayside & Westside receive new year 7 intake |publisher=[[Gibraltar Broadcasting Company]]|date=2021-09-03|accessdate=2022-10-15}}</ref>


==Subjects offered==
==Subjects offered==
Westside offers a range of subjects at different levels. These are at ''[[Key Stage 3]]'' (year 8 & 9), ''[[Key Stage 4]]'' (year 10 & 11) and ''[[Sixth form]]'' (year 12 and 13).<ref name="west">{{cite web|url=http://www.gibnet.gi/~westside/|title=Courses available|publisher=Westside School|accessdate=2007-09-19}}</ref> Students do their [[GCSE]]s during Key Stage 4 and those who wish to further their studies from their, do their [[A-Level]]s during sixth form.
Westside offers a range of subjects at different levels. These are at [[Key Stage 3]] (years 7, 8 and 9), [[Key Stage 4]] (years 10 and 11) and [[Sixth form]] (years 12 and 13).<ref name="west">{{cite web|url=http://www.gibnet.gi/~westside/|title=Courses available|publisher=Westside School|access-date=2007-09-19}}</ref> Students do their [[General Certificate of Secondary Education]] (GCSE) courses during Key Stage 4 and those who wish to further their studies from there, do their [[A-Level]]s during sixth form.
Italicized subjects indicate compulsory subjects.
Italicized subjects indicate compulsory subjects.

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===Key Stage 3===
===Key Stage 3===
*[[Visual art|Art and Design]]
*[[Visual art|Art and design]]
*[[Drama]]
*[[Drama]]
*[[English studies|English]]
*[[English studies|English]]
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*[[Geography]]
*[[Geography]]
*[[History]]
*[[History]]
*[[Information and Communication Technology]]
*[[Information and communication technology]]
*[[Mathematics education|Mathematics]]
*[[Mathematics education|Mathematics]]
*[[Music education|Music]]
*[[Music education|Music]]
*[[Personal, Social and Health Education]]
*[[Personal, social and health education]]
*[[Physical Education]]
*[[Physical education]]
*[[Religious Studies]]
*[[Science]]
*[[Science]]
*[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
*Spanish
*[[Design and Technology|Technology]]
*[[Design and Technology|Technology]]
*Woodwork and home economics are also included
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===Key Stage 4===
===Key Stage 4===
*Art and Design
*Art and design
*Art and design (Textile)
*[[Business Studies]]
*[[Child Development]]
*[[Business studies]]
*[[Child Studies]] (non GCSE)
*[[Child development]]
*[[Commercial Studies]] (non GCSE)
*[[Child studies]] (non-GCSE)
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*[[Commercial studies]] (non-GCSE)
*[[Economics]]
*[[Economics]]
*''English language''
*''English language''
*[[English literature]]
*[[English literature]]
*[[Food Technology|Food and Nutrition]]
*[[Food Technology|Food and nutrition]]
*French
*French
*Geography
*Geography
*History
*History
*[[Home craft]] (non-GCSE)
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*Information and Communication Technology
*Italian
*''Mathematics''
*''Mathematics''
*Music
*Music
*Personal, Social and Health Education (non GCSE)
*Personal, Social and Health Education (non GCSE)
*Physical Education
*Physical Education
*''Religious Studies''
*Religious Studies
*''Spanish''
*''Spanish''
*''Core science'' (formerly known as 'Single science')
*Combined science (formerly known as dual science)
*Additional science (formerly known as 'Dual science')
*Triple Science (added content to dual science)
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===Sixth form===
===Sixth form===
*Art and Design
*Art and design
*[[Biology]]
*[[Biology]]
*Business Studies
*Business studies
*[[Chemistry]]
*[[Chemistry]]
*Economics
*Economics
*English Literature
*English literature
*French
*French
*Geography
*Geography
*History
*History
*[[History of Art]]
*[[History of art]]
*Information and Communication Technology
*Information and communication technology
*''Liberal Studies'' (non A-Level)
*''Liberal studies'' (non A-Level)
*Mathematics
*Mathematics
*Music
*Music
*Physical Education
*Physical education
*[[Physics]]
*[[Physics]]
*Psychology (done in conjunction with the Gibraltar college on college premises*
*Psychology (done in conjunction with the Gibraltar college on college premises*
*Religious Studies and Philosophy
*Religious studies and philosophy
*''Religious Studies'' (non A-level)
*''Religious studies'' (non A-level)
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 22:52, 2 March 2023

Westside School
Westside
Address
Map
Queensway

Gibraltar
Coordinates36°08′39″N 5°21′22″W / 36.1442°N 5.3560°W / 36.1442; -5.3560
Information
TypeCo-ed comprehensive
MottoDecanting and Cover
Established1982
HeadmasterCM Barabich
Years7 - 13
GenderCo-ed
Colour(s)Burgundy
RivalBayside Comprehensive
Websitewww.westsideschoolgibraltar.com

Westside School or simply Westside is a comprehensive school in the British territory of Gibraltar.

The school opened in 1982, and was built in order to provide education to the students of the former Girls' Comprehensive School, previously spread over three different sites, and itself an amalgamation of four girls' schools: Loreto High School, St. Joseph's Secondary School, St. Margaret's School, and St. David's Commercial School.[1]

It was formerly only for girls, but as of 2021 is coeducational.[2]

Subjects offered

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Westside offers a range of subjects at different levels. These are at Key Stage 3 (years 7, 8 and 9), Key Stage 4 (years 10 and 11) and Sixth form (years 12 and 13).[3] Students do their General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) courses during Key Stage 4 and those who wish to further their studies from there, do their A-Levels during sixth form. Italicized subjects indicate compulsory subjects.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "General information". Bayside Comprehensive School. Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Back to school - Bayside & Westside receive new year 7 intake". Gibraltar Broadcasting Company. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Courses available". Westside School. Retrieved 19 September 2007.


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