Amersham School

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latitude = 51.6674
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established = 1964
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type = Secondary modern community school
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head = Mrs Sharon Jarrett
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specialist = Business and Enterprise College
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city = Amersham
county = Buckinghamshire
country = England flagicon|England
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LEA = Buckinghamshire
ofsted = 110509
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enrollment = 850
gender = Co-educational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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website = http://www.amersham.bucks.sch.uk/
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Amersham School is a mixed secondary school in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. It is a secondary modern community school [ [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_05.pl?Code=&No=825&Type=&Reg=&Mode=Z&School=8254095&back= Department for Children, Schools and Families - The Amersham School] ] , which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 850 pupils. [cite web
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In September 2005 the school was designated by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) as a specialist school in Business & Enterprise. [cite web
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History

The school opened on its current site in 1964, although at that time it was the Brudenell County Secondary School for girls. Following the opening of the girls' school, the Raans County Secondary School, which had opened in 1956 as a mixed school, became a boys' school. In 1992 Raans School closed. Brudenell became a mixed school, and was renamed the Amersham School. [cite web
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title=Development Control Committee Report (Site History)
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date=2004-06-15
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title=Memories of Raans Road School, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, UK.
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References

External links

* [http://www.amersham.bucks.sch.uk/ School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/110/110509.pdf Ofsted Report]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_05.pl?School=8254095&Mode=Z DfES Performance Tables]