King's College, Guildford

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name = Kings College for the Arts and Technology


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head = Mr Graeme Hawkett
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street = Southway
city = Guildford
county = Surrey
country = England
postcode = GU2 8DU
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enrollment = 1003
gender = Coeducational
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Kings College, Guildford is an innovative and successful comprehensive school located in Guildford, Surrey. The school was an early pioneer in the International Baccalaureate programme, and holds Specialist Technology College status. The school has around 850 pupils as of September 2006. It has recently been recognised as a member of the Specialist Schools most improved schools club.

History

The school was first opened as Park Barn School (after the area it is in), in the late 1950s. At this time it was known as a good school. However, in the 70s, 80s and 90s, the school slipped. In 1991, the school was renamed King's Manor. The results improved for a year, but then slipped again. In 2000, the school reopened as King's College and has made continual improvement. cite web | url = http://www.kingscollegeguildford.com/About.html | title= School Website:About | accessdate=2007-02-15] , and an almost entirely new staff were hired. The school was refurbished, the very basic science labs rebuilt, and 200 computers were placed around the school. 2 new classrooms have been added, as well as a £1.3m Arts Centre. This contains two music rooms, a dance studio, and a drama studio. It also has a state-of-the-art recording studio and a Cyber Cafe where students are able to access online learning and healthy meals.

The first head of King's College was Mr David Crossley. He left the school to join the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust where he is now a director. He was succeeded by Mr Vince Hodkinson, who left for family reasons. The current Co-principals are Mrs Sarah Mackintosh and Mr Graeme Hawkett..

Over the last 6 six years the College results have improved as below.

The IB has been running since the school became King's College. This is a demanding course and is usually best for those students getting A*-B at G.C.S.E level. Most universities require 30 points or higher to undertake a degree course. To get a diploma a student has to gain 24 points and fulfill other criteria. Nationally normally 80% of students taking the IB will receive a diploma.

The results so far for previous years at Kings College have been

House System

In 2005 4 house groups were created.House Groups: Green-Franklin, Yellow-Newton, Blue-Russel, Red-Austen.Fact|date=June 2008

As part of the annual Christmas House quiz, staff at the school recorded their own version of the Band Aid song, "Do They Know It's Christmas" [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh1_vFKGkrk Kings College Guildford tribute to Band Aid] ] which went on to be one of December 2007's most popular videos on Youtube as well as raise money for the Band Aid Charitable Trust [ [http://www.surreyad.co.uk/news/2019/2019304/top_of_youtube_charts "Top of YouTube charts?"] article in Surrey Advertiser 2007-12-19] .

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