Swanmore College of Technology

Infobox Secondary school
name = Swanmore College of Technology
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motto = Supporting Each Other to Succeed
established = 1961
type = Public Secondary
category_label = Specialism
category = Technology College
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gender = Mixed
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Mrs. A. M. Hillier (aka, 'The Sheep')
faculty =
teaching_staff = 150 approx
enrolment =
students = 1327 [ [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?urn=116424&providerCategoryID=8192 OFSTED Report, June 2008] ]
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address = New Road
city = Swanmore
state = Hampshire
province = SO32 2RB
country = UK
district =
oversight_label = LEA
oversight = Winchester City Council
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colours = Blue
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free_label_1 = OFSTED number
free_1 = [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?urn=116424&providerCategoryID=8192 116424]
free_label_2 = Houses
free_2 = Whittle, Hawking, Attenborough, MacArthur
free_label_3 = Ages
free_3 = 11 - 16
testname = GCSE
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website = [http://www.swanmore-school.co.uk/ www.swanmore-school.co.uk]
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image_caption2 = original research|date=June 2008__NOTOC__Swanmore College of Technology a small secondary school, taking pupils from year 7 to year 11. The school is situated in the village of Swanmore, Hampshire, and was previously known as "Swanmore Secondary School".

The institution gained Specialist Technology College status a few years ago. As part of this, pupils are required to take at least one technology subject (Food Technology, Resistant Materials, Electronics, Graphical Design, Product Deisgn or Textiles) to GCSE level in Key Stage 4. This also destroyed the school's drama department, with the backing of shows and productions being removed indefinitely.

Facilities

Sports facilities include an outdoor pool, tennis courts, several fields, a refurbished sports hall and a new shared school/community centre with a dance studio and floodlit sport court. The school teaches three modern languages: French, Spanish and German. However, in January 2008, the outdoor pool was closed for health and safety reasons - and that refurbishing the pool to meet up to new health and safety standards would be too expensive. In July 2008, the outdoor pool was filled in and tarmaced over to create a new "soft" open space.

Vertical Tutor Groups

In 2006 at the start of the academic year, the school had a radical redesign of its tutor group system; originally a pupil would be placed in a tutor group with peers that were only in his or her year group. Now, a pupil will be placed in a tutor group consisting of people of different year groups but of the same house. The exception to this is in Year 7 where pupils are still placed in tutor groups consisting of pupils in Year 7 only. However pupils are still with peers of their own age for teaching.

The advantages of this system are that younger pupils can gain advice about school work and homework from older pupils more easily. This also helped the youger pupils to make friends with the older ones which helps the younger ones with there confidence. It has also resulted in a more defined school house system, with house points now in place.

References

External links

* [http://www.swanmore-school.co.uk/ Swanmore College website]
* [http://www.swanmorecommunity.co.uk/index.html Swanmore College Community website]