The Bulmershe School

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name = The Bulmershe School


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established = 1964
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type = Comprehensive community school
religion = Secular
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head = Peter Lewis
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specialist = Sports
street = Chequers Way
city = Woodley
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county = Berkshire
country = ENG
postcode = RG5 3EL
LEA = Wokingham Education Authority
ofsted = 110062
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enrollment = 1,299 (Jan 2006)
gender = Co-educational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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website = http://www.bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk/
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The Bulmershe School is a mixed-sex comprehensive school located in Woodley, Berkshire, England, which first opened in 1964 as a grammar school. It caters for children of all abilities between the ages of 11 and 18 (years 7 to 13). In September 2004, the school was designated as a Department for Education and Skills specialist Sports College and has also been credited with the Sportsmark Award. In addition, Bulmershe was a consecutive three-time winner of a DfES School Achievement Award in 2001, 2002 and 2003.cite web | url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=268954&providerCategoryID=32&fileName=\\school\\110\\s10_110062_20050113.pdf | title=OFSTED Inspection Report - The Bulmershe School | accessdate=2006-11-15 | year=2004 | month=November | format=PDF | pages=3 | publisher=OFSTED] [ [http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/educationoverview/events/eventsarchive/schoolachievementawards DFES School Achievement Awards scheme] ]

There were 1,335 students on roll at the time of the OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education) inspection in 2004. The students come from Woodley and East Reading. OFSTED reported that one third of the student body are from ethnic minority backgrounds with the largest group being of Pakistani origin. One in six of the students speaks English as an additional language, which is well above the national average. [cite web | url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=268954&providerCategoryID=32&fileName=\\school\\110\\s10_110062_20050113.pdf | title=OFSTED Inspection Report - The Bulmershe School | accessdate=2006-11-15 | year=2004 | month=November | format=PDF | pages=18 | publisher=OFSTED] Bulmershe houses a local education authority learning resource unit for students with learning difficulties. The school has an above average proportion of students with special educational needs, comprising a quarter of the student population. OFSTED found that "the most common needs are emotional and behavioural difficulties, though a significant number of students have learning difficulties or autism".

The head teacher is Peter Lewis, who joined the school in 1998.

References

External links

* [http://www.bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk/ The Bulmershe School website]
* [http://www.bulmershecommunityassociation.org.uk/ The Bulmershe Community Association website]
* [http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk/8724051/overview/ School overview from Schoolsfinder]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_01.pl?Code=&Mode=Z&School=8724051 DFES statistics]
* [http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/sys_upl/templates/PT_Directory/PT_Directory_details.asp?type=global&pgid=48658&tid=157&id=238223 Record of success at Bulmershe School]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/872_4051.stm BBC News profile of The Bulmershe School]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/110/110062.pdf OFSTED report] (November 2004)
* [http://www.bulmershegymnastics.co.uk/ Bulmershe Gym Club]