Colbayns

Infobox UK school
name = Colbayns High School


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head = Mr Nick Pavitt
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street = Pathfields Road
city = Clacton-on-Sea
county = Essex
country = England
postcode = CO15 3JL
LEA = Essex
ofsted = 115361
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enrollment = 1630
gender = Coeducational
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upper_age = 18
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Colbayns is a coeducational high school serving the western part of Clacton-on-Sea. The school has a population of about 1600 students in addition to a Sixth form consisting of about 200 pupils.cite web
last = Seath
first = Ian
title = Colbayns High School Inspection Report
publisher = Ofsted
year = 2007
url = http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?event=getReport&urn=115361&inspectionNumber=311927&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\school\115\s5_115361_20071108.xml]

The original school dates from 1926 but moved to its present site in 1931 when it was known as the Clacton-on-Sea Senior School. This school gained the unofficial title 'Pathfields School' because access was off Pathfields Road. In January, 1953, a new building on the west side of Pathfields Road was opened as the Clacton County Secondary School for Girls with Miss Lawrence as Headmistress. The original building on the east site became the Clacton County Secondary School for Boys with Mr K. Portman as Headmaster. In September 1973 the two schools were amalgamated to form Colbayns High School under the headship of Mr. D. King. He was succeeded by Mr. J. Midgley in 1984.

In 1988 Mr. J. Holt, who joined the staff in 1964, become Headmaster. With the Governing Body he saw the school through into successful incorporation as a Grant Maintained School within the terms of the 1988 Education Act on the 1st September 1993. Under his leadership the school's accommodation and environment was dramatically improved POV-statement|date=September 2008, indeed, in 1996 over £1 million was spent on new facilities.

The present Headmaster, Mr. N. Pavitt, took up his post at Easter 1997. During his first year the School was able to put in hand £420,000 of building work through grants from the Funding Agency to build new Science Laboratories, Language Laboratories and improved Sixth Form Study Provision. A grant of a further £ 170,000 has allowed the building of a new Mathematics Suite, completed in the Spring of 1999.

The Overall Evaluation from Ofsted (2004) identified staff turn-over as a root cause of poor behavior in the classroom [Cite web
last = Marriot
first = Grace
title = Colbayns High School Inspection Report
publisher = Ofsted
year = 2004
url = http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=259281&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=%5C%5Cschool%5C%5C115%5C%5Cs10_115361_20040527.pdf] .

The school has grown in recent years, particularly at Sixth Form level. In 2003, Colbayns became the first British school to join the US-run Edison Schools Project [cite news
title = US company wins school contract
publisher = BBC News
date = 2003-07-18
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/essex/3078549.stm
accessdate = 2008-06-23] . Now in its 3rd year the project seems to be running very smoothlyPOV-statement|date=September 2008. At the moment Colbayns has 2 deputy teachers, Mr Ling and Mrs McAteer , who are both crucial to the smooth running to the schoolPOV-statement|date=September 2008.

External links

* [http://www.colbayns.com Colbayns.com]

References