Icknield High School

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name = Icknield High School


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street = Riddy Lane
city = Luton
county = Bedfordshire
country = England
postcode = LU3 2AH
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gender = Coeducational
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Icknield High School is a state funded, non-denominational secondary school catering for pupils aged between 11 and 16 in Luton, Bedfordshire. Located near the A6 on Riddy Lane, the school is considered to be one of the best in Luton, with top results in KS3 and GCSE [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/06/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/821_5407.stm BBC NEWS | Education | League Tables | Icknield High School ] ] .

The school's current headteacher is Mr Chris Dean. The five years are each represented in the school's uniform by coloured bands on the ties; as of August 2008, these are Red (Year 7),Green (Year 8), Silver (Year 9), Yellow (Year 10), and Blue (Year 11), for years 7 through 11 respectively. The uniform also includes a blazer with an additional jumper, which is not compulsory. Prefects are given ties which include all five of these colours. The seinior prefects are in turn given a band of a certain year, to whom they have to help, the bands are then sewed on to the cuffs of the blazer.The school uses a form tutor system with the year colour, Band and A letter (C,A,R,E,S making Icknield cares.)

Courses

The School is a Specialist school in the subject of Art and Design. There are 19 courses to offer at GCSE level and the school has an extensive array of courses which offer 6 different art qualifications. These include:
*3 Dimensional Art and Sculpture
*Digital Imaging
*Textiles
*General Art & Design
*Graphic Design
*Applied Art

Students can choose Applied Art in Year 9 instead of Year 8, when they would pick a different option, but then stop that option and do Applied Art instead.

School Days

During 1998, Icknield High School was the subject of an ITV documentary titled School Days. The six-part series took in day-to-day activities around the school, in addition to focusing on a handful of pupils threatened with expulsion from the school!

Hijab controversy

In 2004, the school's policy on uniforms, which banned hijabs, came up for review by the school governors after Luton Borough Council pointed out that the ban might breach the Race Relations Act. This controversy led to the resignation of the previous headteacher, Mr. Keith Ford. [cite news|date=2004-01-28|title=School reviews headscarf ban|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/3436625.stm]

Notable Students

*Leon Barnett, a footballer currently playing for West Bromwich Albion F.C., attended the school from 1997 to 2002, and was a prefect.
*Nick Butler, a music journalist with Sputnikmusic and The Fly, also attended the school during these years, and was also a prefect.
*Aidan Braybrooke, bass player with metalcore act Clone The Fragile (signed to Candlelight Records), was a further attendee during these years.
*Paul Shulver, Local Celebrity, Night Club promoter was a student from 1998 to 2003.

Notes

References

* — An account of the £240,000 project in 1999 to build a new art block at the school.
* cite paper | url = http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/procurement/casestudies/icknield.htm
title = Icknield High School | work = Sustainable food procurement initiative : Case Studies | date = 2004-05-21 | publisher = DEFRA — A case study of the changes to the school's lunch menu instituted by David Lucas, the school's chef, who was previously a chef at the Savoy Hotel, London. It is not unusual to see chips, mussels, or pheasant on the menu.
* — A case study of the introduction of broadband technology to the school.
*cite web|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/109/109711.pdf|format=PDF|date=2003-11-07|author=Richard Hancock|publisher=Ofsted|title=Icknield High School OFSTED Report]

External links

* [http://www.icknield.beds.sch.uk/ Official school web site]