Edgbarrow School

Infobox UK school
name = Edgbarrow School


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latitude = 51.362931
longitude = -0.793739
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established = 1968
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type = Comprehensive community school
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head = Robert Elsey
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specialist = Business and Enterprise College
street = Grant Road
city = Crowthorne
county = Berkshire
country = England
postcode = RG45 7HZ
LEA = Bracknell
ofsted = 110049
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enrollment = 1,236 total
gender = Co-educational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
Form Groups = P,Q,R,T,U,V
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free_label_1 = GCSE test score
free_1 = 412.5 points/student [ [http://education.guardian.co.uk/gcses/table/0,,1858301,00.html League tables for GCSE] ]
free_label_2 = National ranking
free_2 = 302nd at GCSE
464th at A-level
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website = http://www.edgbarrow.bracknell-forest.sch.uk
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Edgbarrow School is a secondary comprehensive school in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England. The school is the main state secondary school in the area, and includes Edgbarrow Sixth Form College. It holds the title of a Business and Enterprise College as a specialist school.

The school has approximately 1,100 pupils, most of whom come from Crowthorne schools, such as Broadmoor School and Oaklands School. The school teaches 11-18 year olds, and has some of the best results in Bracknell Forest at GCSE of any non-selective state schools. [ [http://education.guardian.co.uk/secondaries/tables/0,,1986411,00.html GCSE results] ]

chool site

The school is on the boundary of Wildmoor Heath Nature Reserve and covers approximately 500,000 m² (200.5 acres). The school has two large grass playing fields and one astro-turf pitch, which are shared by Edgbarrow Sports Centre, run by the borough council.

The school has five main buildings:
* the main block, teaching English, mathematics, art, modern foreign languages, drama, music and technology
* the humanities block, teaching geography, history, ICT, religious studies and housing the library
* the science block
* the administration block, consisting of the central office, conferencing facilities and reprographics (photocopier)
* the sixth form centre (shack)
* The caretaker cabinThe administration block was built in 2003, whilst the main body of the school was constructed throughout the previous forty years. Prior to the construction of the new admin block, reception was located in a small room near the main hall, which is now a computer room known as IT 1.

The Sixth Form Centre (Shack)

Over 200 students study at the school sixth form. The college has trialled a fingerprint recognition system, which teachers (not students) have proclaimed to be successful. In fact, many students from both years 12 and 13 feel the system is unreliable. Some believe that the new system is infringing on students' human rights - idiots. [ [http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39160382,00.htm Fingerprint recognition scheme] ] As well as A-level subjects, students can also follow a GNVQ course, which is an "equivalent" to four GCSEs. [ [http://www.qca.org.uk/2586_15095.html Qualifications and Curriculum Organisation] ] The college is within the top 10% of A-level providers in Great Britain and for this reason the school will begin construction of a new sixth form centre building to allow for the expected increase in student numbers.

From the school year starting 2008 Tony Evans will be taking on the role of Head of Sixth Form.

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External links

* [http://www.edgbarrow.bracknell-forest.sch.uk/ Edgbarrow School website]