Beaconsfield School

Infobox UK school
name = The Beaconsfield School


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type = Secondary modern community school
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Mr Alex Russell
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specialist = Arts College
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city = Beaconsfield
county = Buckinghamshire
country = England flagicon|England
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LEA = Buckinghamshire
ofsted = 110505
staff = 100
enrollment = 800
gender = Co-educational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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website = http://www.beaconsfield.bucks.sch.uk/
website_name = www.beaconsfield.bucks.sch.uk

The Beaconsfield School is a co-educational secondary school in Beaconsfield, 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=8254082&back= Department for Children, Schools and Families - The Beaconsfield School] ] , which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 800 pupils. [cite web
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accessdate=2006-09-07]

In 2006 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) awarded the school specialist school status as an Arts College specialising in both the performing arts and the visual arts. [cite web
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The Beaconsfield School is one of several Buckinghamshire schools which host mobile phone masts. Contracts between Buckinghamshire County Council and various mobile phone operators generate an income of £145,000 per annum, of which about £59,000 comes from contracts for masts that are installed in schools. [cite web
title=Questions and Answers for County Council Meeting
publisher=Buckinghamshire County Council
date=2004-01-22
url=http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/cabinet_papers/council/bcc_20040122_questions.pdf
accessdate=2007-04-16] [cite web
title=Is there a mast near you?
publisher=News of the World
url=http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/masts.shtml
accessdate=2007-04-16]

References

External links

* [http://www.beaconsfield.bucks.sch.uk School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/110/110505.pdf Ofsted Report]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_06.pl?Mode=Z&No=8254082&Type=LA&Num=825&Phase=1&Year=06&Base=b DCSF Performance Tables]