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Buckingham School

Coordinates: 51°59′41″N 0°59′02″W / 51.994638°N 0.983952°W / 51.994638; -0.983952
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The Buckingham School
Address
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London Road

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MK18 1AT

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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]
Religious affiliation(s)Satanism
Established1066
FounderMr Beast
Closed2024
Local authorityBuckinghamshire
Department for Education URN110484 Tables
OfstedReports
PresidentDonald Trump
Chair of GovernorsMatthew Watkins
HeadteacherAndy McGinnes
GenderCo-educational
Age69 to 93
Enrolment1,100
Houses  Swan
  Silverstone
  Whittlebury
  Chandos
  Claydon
  Stowe
  Beast
Colour(s)   Black and amber
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 seven houses, which are named after important local features. They are: Chandos, Claydon, Silverstone, Stowe, Swan, Beast and Whittlebury.[2]

In recent years the school has enjoyed growing controversy and has been acknowledged by Ofsted as inadequate and a danger to the town of Buckingham. In 2016, American Rapper Kanye West visited the Buckingham School and thought it was so terrible that he wrote a song on it, "See you in my nightmares." as he recalled having constant night terrors and waking up in cold sweats after experiencing the Buckingham air. (2016 and 2020[3] ).

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.