Felpham Community College

Felpham Community College
Location
Felpham Way Felpham , West Sussex , PO22 8EL England
Coordinates	50°47′37″N0°39′24″W / 50.7935°N 0.6567°W / 50.7935; -0.6567
Information
Type	Community school
Motto	'Achievement – Care – Equality'
Established	1974
Founder	Brian Stanton
Local authority	West Sussex County Council
Department for Education URN	126080 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Suzanne Pike
Staff	108 (Not including cleaning or grounds keeping staff)
Gender	Mixed
Age	11to 18
Number of students	1,595 [1]
Houses	KS3/4: F, E, L, P, H, A, M, C, O, G. KS5: AWE, CMC, DCH, DMG, GSL, SAY, SBU. (One complete set per year e.g. 7M-11M, 12SAY-13SAY.)
Colour	Purple   Blue   Black
Website	http://www.felpham.com/

Felpham Community College is a maintained comprehensive secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18. It caters to approximately 1400 pupils in Years to 13, nearly 200 in its sixth form.

History

Until the 1970s, students from primary schools in the village of Felpham attended secondary schools in the nearby town of Bognor Regis. A secondary school was opened in Felpham in 1974/5 as Felpham Comprehensive School. In 1978 it accommodated around 800 pupils and in 1980 the initial intake of pupils had reached the sixth form. The neighbouring Arun Leisure Centre was also completed at this time with the School sharing its sports facilities. The school was renamed as Felpham Community College in c.1991 by which time pupil number had risen to around 1300. ^[2] It currently has the capacity for 1743 pupils. ^[3]

Campus

The college is sited on a campus which it shares with the local leisure centre (Arun Leisure Centre). The school uses the Arun Leisure Centre in PE and Year 7 swimming lessons.

The school has two main buildings, which are divided into "blocks" on school timetables and maps. These are:

• North (denoted by an N before the room number, and housing the English and Maths departments).
• South (denoted by an S before the room number, and housing the History and Geography departments).
• Vocational (denoted by a V before the room number; originally used for vocational studies, most classrooms in this block are now occupied by the Social Science departments.
• Labs (denoted by an L before the room number, and housing the Science department).
• Art (denoted by a D before the room number, and housing the Art and Photography department).
• Blake (the newest part of the school, having only been opened in 2020, ^[4] it is denoted by a B before the room number, and houses the Technology, Music, Drama, IT, Modern Foreign Languages and Business departments).

Notable former pupils

• Danny Hollands, footballer ^[5]
• Peter Kyle, Labour MP and Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology ^[6]
• Ben Richards, actor, best known for his role in ITV's Footballer's Wives ^{[ citation needed ]}

External links

• Felpham Community College Website
• Felpham Community College Instagram

References

1. "Felpham Community College - GOV.UK".
2. Hudson, T.P. (1997). "Felpham: Education". A History of the County of Sussex: Arundel Rape: South-western Part, Including Arundel. 5 (1): 160–182.
3. "Felpham Community College - GOV.UK". www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
4. "Felpham Community College officially opens its new Blake Building – in pictures". 30 January 2020.
5. "Blue is the colour for Danny". The Argus. 24 July 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
6. Bullmore, Harry (28 October 2019). "MP reveals he has dyslexia after online trolls call him 'thick' over spelling mistake". The Argus. Retrieved 13 January 2025.