Testbourne Community School

Testbourne Community School, located in the town of Whitchurch, Hampshire, England, has been a secondary school since the Victorian era and is a foundation school. It has had performing arts specialist status since
2005 and educates around 760 students aged 11-16. The Headteacher is Hilary Jackson. [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=290554&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\school\116\s5_116502_20070611.pdf "Testbourne Community School"] , Ofsted, 16-17 May 2007]

Academic standards

Academic standards have been improving. In June 2007 Ofsted rated the school as "Good", point two on a four point scale, commenting that it gave pupils excellent guidance, support and opportunity for personal development, that it had had tackled absenteeism and educational standards were rising. [ [http://www.thisisbasingstoke.co.uk/display.var.1579508.0.school_welcomes_praise_for_its_rising_standards.php "School welcomes praise for its rising standards"] , David Connop Price, This is Basingstoke,28 July 2007]

The school was awarded the Artsmark Silver award in 2004. [ [http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/artsmark/index.php?location_id=94&offset=2400&rows=50&order_by=locality "Awarded schools"] , Arts Council England, "accessed 30 December 2007"]

Sporting achievements

In June 2005 in a remarkable achievement, although the school has no dedicated rugby union pitch or posts, their U12 rugby team won its age-group final at Twickenham in a competition involving 2,000 teams and 40,000 children across the United Kingdom. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/12/02/soscho02.xml "Harrow set tone for year of high achievers"] , Gareth A Davies, The Daily Telegraph, 12 June 2005]

References

External links

* [http://www.testbourne.hants.sch.uk/ Official site]