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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|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>
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|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==

Revision as of 15:28, 13 November 2022

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 comprehensive school in the 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.[1]

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

Subjects offered

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

Notes

  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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