- Beauchamps School
Infobox UK school
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head_label = The Headteacher
head = Mr Philip Bell
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chair = G. Williams
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specialist =Business and Enterprise College
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street = Beauchamps Drive
city =Wickford
county =Essex
country =England
postcode = SS11 8LY
LEA =Essex
ofsted = 115322
staff = 65
enrollment = 1303
gender =Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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website = http://www.beauchamps.essex.sch.uk/
website_name =Beauchamps High School, more formally known as Beauchamps School, is a mixed intake secondary school and sixth form college for children aged between 11 and 18 (school years 7 to 13).
History
The name 'Beauchamps' is French for "beautiful fields". The school is located in the town of
Wickford inEssex ,England , and moved to its present site in 1959.The school was originally called Beauchamps Grant Maintained School until 1995 in which the name was changed to Beauchamps High School.
In 2003 the school acquired a specialist status as a Business and Enterprise school, this was followed by the school obtaining a Vocational status in 2008.
Performance
The school has had increasing GCSE results over the last few years. According to the school's website, in 2007, 60% of A-level passes were at Grades A to C, and 86% of students (a new school record) achieved 5 GCSEs at Grades A* to C. The School was given an outstanding report by
Ofsted in December 2006 [http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?GroupId=86307&ResourceID=388530]The school has an elected school council. The headmaster is Philip Bell (Dr.Tawhid Hannan has marked a place for assistant/co-head). The schools prospectus can be found [http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?GroupId=39814&ResourceID=633958 here] .
The schools previous years exam results can be found here [http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupHomepage.asp?GroupID=39813]
School Timetable
8:45 - Assembly / Form
8:55 - Lesson 1
9:55 - Lesson 2
10:55 - Break
11:10 - Lesson 3
12:10 - Lesson 4
13:10 - Lunch
13:45 - Lesson 5
14:45 - Home / Clubs
The school used to end at 15:30 but that was changed in September 2007 to the current timetable.
Alumni
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Andy Coulson - former editor of theNews of the World
*Rhys Thomas - Comedy actor/writer
*Tony Way - Comedy actor/writerExternal links
* [http://www.beauchamps.essex.sch.uk/ Beauchamps High School's website]
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