Redbridge Community School

Infobox UK school
name = Redbridge Community School


motto =
phone = 023 807713
fax = 023 80510004
established = 1987
type = Secondary
head = Richard Schofield
street = Cuckmere Lane
city = Southampton
county = Hampshire
country = England
enrollment = 824
LEA = Southampton
ofsted = 116453
gender = mixed
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
publication =
website = http://www.redbridgecommunityschool.co.uk

Redbridge Community School is a mixed comprehensive school in west Southampton, Hampshire, in the south of England. The most recent Ofsted inspection was on 4 May 2007, when the inspectors report praised the school saying "Redbridge provides outstanding quality education. Whilst the school modestly judges its overall effectiveness to be good, inspectors judge it to be excellent. Students speak very highly of their school and show considerable pride in it. Parents are happy with the provision that the school makes for their children." [Ofsted inspection report, visit of 4 May 2007.]

According to the Department of Education and Skills performance tables, the school obtained the highest CVA score in the city, with a score of 1039.1, putting the school in the top 25% of schools in England. This is a new, complex Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 4 contextual value added (CVA) score designed to show the progress children have made. This is done by comparing their achievements with those of other pupils nationally who had the same or similar prior attainment in their test results at age 10 or 11 in 2001. [ department of education performance tables 2006 ]

The school is a Specialist Sports College for 11 to 16 year olds.

The school was rebuilt using Private Finance Initiative funding, and was completed in April 2003

Future plans with Redbridge Community School

As part of Southampton City Council's review of Secondary Education, called Learning Futures, it is proposed that the school will be expanded from September 2008, from 900 to 1050 pupils. [ Secondary Education Review - Pre-Statutory Consultation Outcome and Proposals for further development, a report to Southampton City Council Cabinet] A further 10 classrooms are to be built at the school as part of the extension 19th June the new classrooms will house the schools mathematics department all class rooms will have air con these will be the only classrooms that have air con apart from the school's ICT classrooms.

References

External links

* [http://www.Redbridgecommunityschool.co.uk The school's website (be careful, it may be hacked again...)]
* [http://www.southampton.gov.uk/childrenandlearning/educationandschools/learning-futures/default.asp#0/ Learning Futures website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk Ofsted Website]