Hamble Community Sports College

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name = Hamble Community Sports College


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grades = 7 - 11 (UK)
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enrollment = 1,200 (Approximately)
location = Hampshire, England
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Hamble Community Sports College is the only Secondary School in Hamble-le-Rice; the age of the pupils range from 11-16, and it does not have a Sixth Form. The head teacher is Mr. Ian Knights.

The School was visited by OFSTED in November 2001, where the quality of teaching received an overall "good" for both Years 7 - 9 and 10 - 11. Since then a number of renovations have taken place, increasing the facilities, and ultimately earning the school its Sports College status, climaxing with the opening of the Sports Complex in 2002. Recent site improvements include a Gymnastics Complex (opened in 2006), a dedicated Humanities (History, Religious Education and Geography) block, and renovation to the Technology, Music and Drama buildings.The school has recently rearranged it's tutoring system, and has organised all students and teachers into a pastoral, vertical system. There are now four communities, named after sporting venues throughout the UK. These are Wembley, Wimbledon, Lords and Twickenham. The students assigned to each house have individual ties; Sky blue, purple, yellow and green respectively.

Pastoral System

Wembley
*Head of Community - Stewart Lang

Wimbledon
*Head of Community - Barbara Wilke

Lords
*Head of Community - Mr. Skinner

Twickenham
*Head of Community - Ms. Ault As aforementioned, Wembley students wear a navy blue tie with double sky blue stripes, Wimbledon wear purple, Lords wear yellow and Twickenham wear green. Every teacher assigned to a community wears a specific badge too.Prior to the pastoral change, a tutor group would consist of approximately 30 same-year students. However, currently, a tutor group consists of five students from each year, totalling 25 students. Every 'mentor group' must have at least one Young Leader in it, of which there are about 60 in total from Year 11.Furthermore, there are now Sports Young Leaders and Arts Young Leaders, which help out in their respective departments.

Curriculum

Hamble Community Sports College offers academic programmes for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 years. The subjects covered (GCSE unless otherwise stated) are:
*English
*History
*Mathematics
*Statistics
*Geography
*French
*Religious Education
*Health and Social Care
*Science
*Physical Education (GCSE or BTEC)
*Information & Communication Technology (OCR)
*PSRE (Physical, Social and Religious education) (No qualification)
*Drama Studies
*Art
*Technology (Resistant Materials, Food Technology, Textiles and Graphics)
*Music
*Critical Thinking (AS)
*Vocational Courses (NVQ)(Completed at local colleges)

The school also offers off-site courses provided by the Eastleigh Consortium.
*Japanese (WJEC)
*Catering
*IT Practitioner

Future plans

The College Improvement Plan has five key strategic priorities aimed at raising levels of student attainment and preparing our young people for responsible adulthood. These are:
*To maintain the focus on improving teaching and learning in a culture of celebrating success.
*To develop effective leadership and strengthen staff teams in order that all staff understand their roles and responsibilities.
*To further develop 'School Self Evaluation' in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
*To further develop the use of ICT in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
*To further develop the college as a Centre of Excellence in Sport and Community Activities.

Recent activity

The School has recently renovated, renamed, and reopened the After School Youth Club - entitled HYPE, it is an Acronym for Hamble Young Persons Experience, offers out-of-school entertainment, such as gaming and out of hours trips in a supervised environment.

Hamble Community sports college has an external link with Ferndale School in South Africa, a yearly festival takes place called Toplink, where students from younger years come up to the school and raise funds for Ferndale.

External links

* [http://www.hamble-community.hants.sch.uk/ Hamble Community Sports College]
* [http://www.school-portal.co.uk/Grouphomepage.asp?GroupId=21331# School Portal]
* [http://www.hamblesportscomplex.com/ Hamble Sports Complex]