Haydon Bridge High School

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Haydon Bridge High School
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Address
Haydon Bridge High School
North Bank

Haydon Bridge

Northumberland
,
NE47 6LR

England
Coordinates 54°58′31″N2°15′10″W / 54.97533°N 2.25281°W / 54.97533; -2.25281
Information
Type Foundation school
Local authority Northumberland
Department for Education URN 122328 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherDavid Nisbet
Gender Mixed
Age11to 18
Enrolment355 as of October 2019 [1]
Capacity904
Website www.haydonbridgehigh.co.uk

Haydon Bridge High School is a mixed secondary day school located in Haydon Bridge in the English county of Northumberland. [2] The current headteacher is David Nisbet, who took over in September 2023.

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It is a foundation school administered by Northumberland County Council, It is claimed to have the largest catchment area of any school in England, [3] reputedly[ which? ] covering an area larger than that encompassed by the M25, the orbital motorway around London.[ citation needed ] In April 2016, Ofsted judged the school standards as "below par". [4]

Haydon Bridge High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. [5]

Governance

In a report published on 10 December 2014, Ofsted described Haydon Bridge High School as "inadequate", and placed the school into special measures. [6] Reports that followed remained inadequate in reports that were published in 2015 to 2017. In this time, in an attempt to get out of special measures, the school was to be acquired by the Bright Tribe Trust, a multi academy trust, in October 2015. [7] Following this, a new Interim Executive Board (IEB) set up. Despite monitoring reports from Ofsted following the acquisition citing improvements were being made, in November 2017, Bright Tribe pulled out of their sponsorship of the school, as revealed in a blog post via Bright Tribe's official website.

Bright Tribe cited the school's continued financial deficit, and declining pupil numbers as reasons for the pull out, saying that it would impose financial risks on the trust and other schools under Bright Tribe's ownership. [8]

The school remains under local authority control, with a new IEB appointed by the DfE from April 2018. [9]

Catchment area

As of 2016 its catchment area is about 800 square miles (2,100 km2). Greater London is smaller than this catchment area. [10] According to the school, of all of the secondary schools in England, this school has the largest such catchment area. The school, as of 2020, has seven school buses to transport students over longer distances. [3]

Description

Though the school has a capacity for 900 pupils- in 2020 it had 355. [1] The school has been upgraded by Northumberland County Council, Gradon Architecture, Faithful and Gould and Robertson. [11]

Academics

The Curriculum

The five-year curriculum model requires pupils to engage with a wide range of subjects in Year 7 and 8 and then provides a more bespoke approach through an options programme in Years 9 to 11. [12] ‌

Year 7 - 9

In Years 7, 8 and 9, the schemes of work cover the requirements of the national curriculum and build on prior learning. the Year 7 and 8 curriculum is much more than a means of preparing pupils for Years 9 to 11.,they offer challenge, enjoyment and success. Alongside Mathematics, English, Science, Religious Studies, PSHE and Physical Education, Year 7 and 8 students study a broad range of non-core subjects. Art, Business and Enterprise, Computing, Drama, French, Geography, History, Music and Technology. [12]

Year 10 - 11

The option process, delivers the statutory national requirements and allows pupils choice and flexibility. They follow examination courses that maximise the opportunity for personal success by providing pathways to post 16 education or employment. [12]

All students follow a compulsory core of examination courses in English Language, English Literature, Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. In addition they do non-examined courses in Religious Education, Physical Education and Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education. Together these courses occupy 60% (or 36 out of 60 lessons each fortnight) of the curriculum.

The Optional Subjects are: Art and Design (Fine Art or Photography), Business Studies, Computer Science, Child Development, Engineering, Food Preparation and Nutrition, Geography, Health and Social Care, History, ICT, Music, Performing Arts, Physical Education and Religious Studies. An additional lunchtime and after-school enrichment programme includes a range of sporting activities, art, music and drama. [12]

Year 12-13

In the small school 6th Form pupils are offered both academic A Levels and Vocational qualifications at Level 3. The Advanced Level subjects offered, (some taught in joint year 12 &13 groups), are: Art and Design (Fine Art, Photography or Textile Design), Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Drama and Theatre Studies, English Literature, French, Geography, History, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Physics, Religious Studies, Sociology. [12]

The Applied and Tech Level courses are: Business, Children’s Play, Learning and Development, Health and Social Care, Information Technology, Applied General Science. [12]

Notable former pupils

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The Bright Tribe Trust was a multi-academy trust, active in October 2015, that took on failing schools.

References

  1. 1 2 "Haydon Bridge Community High School and Sports College - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Haydon Bridge High School. "Haydon Bridge High School". haydonbridgehigh.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "School Transition Information 2020" (PDF). Haydon Bridge High School. p. 14 (PDF p. 15/35). Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "School standards below par, says Ofsted". hexham-courant.co.uk. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Haydon Bridge High School. "Curriculum". haydonbridgehigh.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ofsted | Haydon Bridge Community High School and Sports College".
  7. ↑ Daniel, Brian (16 October 2015). "Failing Haydon Bridge High in Northumberland on brink of becoming an academy". nechronicle. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Perraudin, Frances (3 December 2017). "40,000 children trapped in 'zombie' academy schools". The Observer. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Governance | Haydon Bridge High School". www.haydonbridgehigh.co.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  10. ↑ Meechan, Simon (20 December 2016). "Troubled Northumberland school could close as merger plans revealed". Evening Chronicle . Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Computer Graphics of the new school". /www.haydonbridgehigh.co.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Curriculum Intent | Haydon Bridge High School". www.haydonbridgehigh.co.uk/. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

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