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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 [[Single-sex education|girls']] [[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 = https://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 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 = https://web.archive.org/web/20070625122701/http://www.gibnet.gi/~bayside/oldsite/start.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-06-25}}</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 there, do their [[A-Level]]s during sixth form.
Westside offers a range of subjects at different levels. These are at [[Key Stage 3]] (years 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|accessdate=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]]
*[[Religious studies]]
*[[Science]]
*[[Science]]
*[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
*[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
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===Key Stage 4===
===Key Stage 4===
*Art and Design
*Art and design
*[[Business Studies]]
*[[Business studies]]
*[[Child Development]]
*[[Child development]]
*[[Child Studies]] (non GCSE)
*[[Child studies]] (non-GCSE)
*[[Commercial Studies]] (non GCSE)
*[[Commercial studies]] (non-GCSE)
*[[Economics]]
*[[Economics]]
*''English language''
*<em>English language</em>
*[[English literature]]
*[[English literature]]
*[[Food Technology|Food and Nutrition]]
*[[Food Technology|Food and nutrition]]
*French
*French
*Geography
*Geography
*History
*History
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{{col-2}}
*[[Home Craft]] (non GCSE)
*[[Home craft]] (non-GCSE)
*Information and Communication Technology
*Information and communication technology
*Italian
*Italian
*''Mathematics''
*<em>Mathematics</em>
*Music
*Music
*Personal, Social and Health Education (non GCSE)
*Personal, Social and Health Education (non GCSE)
*Physical Education
*Physical Education
*''Religious Studies''
*<em>Religious Studies</em>
*''Spanish''
*<em>Spanish</em>
*''Core science'' (formerly known as 'Single science')
*<em>Core science</em> (formerly known as ingle science)
*Additional science (formerly known as 'Dual science')
*Additional science (formerly known as 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 yechnology
*''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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[[Category:1982 establishments in Gibraltar]]
[[Category:1982 establishments in Gibraltar]]
[[Category:School buildings completed in 1982]]
[[Category:School buildings completed in 1982]]
[[Category:Girls's schools in British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies]]
[[Category:Girls' schools in British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies]]


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Revision as of 16:58, 31 December 2017

Westside School
Westside School crest.
Address
Map
Queensway

Gibraltar
Coordinates36°08′39″N 5°21′22″W / 36.144205°N 5.356047°W / 36.144205; -5.356047
Information
TypeSingle-sex comprehensive
Established1982
HeadmasterMrs Barabich
Ages12–18
Gender of pupilsFemale
WebsiteWestside Official Website

Westside School or simply Westside is a girls' 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]

Subjects offered

Westside offers a range of subjects at different levels. These are at Key Stage 3 (years 8 and 9), Key Stage 4 (years 10 and 11) and Sixth form (years 12 and 13).[2] 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 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  2. ^ a b c d "Courses available". Westside School. Retrieved 2007-09-19.

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