Highcliffe School

Highcliffe School
Address
Parkside Highcliffe , Dorset , BH23 4QD England
Coordinates	50°44′48″N1°43′19″W / 50.74656°N 1.72196°W / 50.74656; -1.72196
Information
Type	Academy
Local authority	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Department for Education URN	136763 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Patrick B. Earnshaw
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11to 18
Enrolment	1,535
Colour(s)	Purple   Black for year 11
Website	https://www.highcliffe.school/

Highcliffe School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Highcliffe-on-Sea (near Christchurch) in the English county of Dorset.

Features

The school has a £4,000,000 technology block, ICT and science departments, and plasma TV screens all around the school for displaying messages and announcements.

Building work has finished on a fitness suite, which PE students have access to, containing fitness training machines and weights.

The school Music Department has access to a technology room, which contains computers loaded with Cubase music programs and Sibelius software (a score-writing program). It also features keyboards connected to these computers, acting as speakers and MIDI-input devices.

Specialism

Highcliffe School specialises in languages, and teaches:

• Japanese (as an optional extra curricular subject)
• Spanish
• French
• Chinese (as an optional extra curricular subject)
• Latin (as an optional extracurricular subject)

The school also offers "twilight lessons" for parents and other adults to learn languages after normal school hours.

Controversies

Former teacher Adam Gutteridge was charged with ten counts of sexual assault and jailed for 4 years ^[1]

Notable Alumni

• Trainwreckstv (b. December 20, 1990), Twitch Streamer

References

1. "Teacher sexually abused pupils". Bournemouth Echo. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2025.

External links

• Official website
• Facebook page