- Buckingham School
Infobox UK school
name = Buckingham School
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latitude = 51.994638
longitude = -0.983952
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established = 1935
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type =Secondary modern community school
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Angela Wells (acting)
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specialist =Sports College
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city =Buckingham
county =Buckinghamshire
country =England flagicon|England
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LEA = Buckinghamshire
ofsted = 110484
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enrollment = 1,055
gender = Co-educational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = Lords, Silverstone, Twickenham, Wembley
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website = http://www.buckinghamschool.com/
website_name = www.buckinghamschool.comBuckingham 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 has approximately 1000 pupils. [cite web
title=Schools Directory
publisher=Buckinghamshire County Council
url=http://apps.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms/schools/schoolDetails.aspx?DFEE=4004
accessdate=2007-03-12]In September 2004 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) designated the school as a specialist
Sports College . [cite web
title=Specialist Schools Home
publisher=DfES
month=July | year=2006
url=http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/
accessdate=2007-03-12] The school also holdsInvestors in People status.The school has four houses, which are named after famous sporting venues. They are Lords, Silverstone, Twickenham and Wembley. [cite web
title=Houses
publisher=School website
url=http://learning.buckingham.bucks.sch.uk/course/category.php?id=1
accessdate=2007-04-12]Following several poor inspections by Ofsted, the school was placed on
special measures . The Headteacher Christine Jones resigned and Peter Rowe, Headteacher ofPrinces Risborough School was on secondment to the school for a term whilst a new headteacher was recruited [cite web
title=Resignation of Headteacher
publisher=School website
url=http://www.buckinghamschool.com/ResLetter.doc
accessdate=2008-04-12|format=DOC] .Peter Rowe was brought into Princes Risborough School after an unsatisfactory inspection in 2004. In July 2008, Angela Wells was appointed as acting Headteacher. On the 3 October 2008 Ofsted published it's findings from a monitoring visit and found that progress since being subject to special measures was inadequate. [cite web
title=Buckingham School Monitoring Report
publisher=Ofsted
month=October | year=2008
url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/100141/(as)/110484_330186.pdf
accessdate=2008-10-07]References
External links
* [http://www.buckinghamschool.com/ School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/110/110484.pdf Ofsted Report]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_05.pl?School=8254004&Mode=Z DfES Performance Tables]
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