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| motto = Success for all through Achievement, Challenge & Enjoyment<ref>{{cite web|title=Prospectus |url=https://www.buckinghamschool.org/_site/data/publications/prospectus/2/index.html |work=Buckingham School |accessdate=29 December 2020 }}</ref>
| motto = Success for all through Achievement, Challenge & Enjoyment<ref>{{cite web|title=Prospectus |url=https://www.buckinghamschool.org/_site/data/publications/prospectus/2/index.html |work=Buckingham School |accessdate=29 December 2020 }}</ref>
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| established = 1935
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| type = [[Community school (England and Wales)|Community]] [[secondary modern]]
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Revision as of 14:46, 29 April 2021

The Buckingham School
File:BuckinghamSchoolLogo.png
Address
Map
London Road

, ,
MK18 1AT

England
Coordinates51°59′41″N 0°59′02″W / 51.994638°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 GovernorsMatthew Watkins
HeadteacherAndy McGinnes
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,100
Houses  Swan
  Silverstone
  Whittlebury
  Chandos
  Claydon
  Stowe
Colour(s)   Black and amber
SongFrank Mortenson — Strangers in the Night
Websitewww.buckinghamschool.org

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] ). Rapid improvements took place under the leadership of Angela Wells, who departed in December 2017. Current head teacher Andy McGinnes joined as interim head teacher in January 2018, and was almost immediately appointed as substantive head teacher, in February of the same year.

The school is now over-subscribed and enjoying a growing reputation as an inclusive school and as a provider of academic education.

References

  1. ^ "Prospectus". Buckingham School. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Houses". School website. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Ofsted Reports". School website. Retrieved 29 December 2020.