Seaford Head School

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Seaford Head School
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Address
Seaford Head School
Arundel Road

, ,
BN25 4LX

England
Coordinates 50°46′15″N0°07′05″E / 50.77075°N 0.11794°E / 50.77075; 0.11794 Coordinates: 50°46′15″N0°07′05″E / 50.77075°N 0.11794°E / 50.77075; 0.11794
Information
Type Academy
MottoAchieving Excellence Together
Local authority East Sussex
Department for Education URN 138473 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head TeacherRobert Ellis
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1075
Colour(s)Navy, light blue, green
Website http://www.seafordhead.org

Seaford Head School (formerly Seaford Head Community College), in Seaford, East Sussex, England, is a co-educational secondary school with academy status for students aged 11 to 16 years, with a sixth form centre for students aged 16 to 18.

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The school opened in 1938 as Seaford County Modern School, becoming Seaford County Secondary School in 1949. It became a comprehensive in 1972, became Seaford Head Community College in 1993, acquired Trust status in 2011 and in 2012 became an Academy as Seaford Head School. [1] Due to increasing competition from the larger Sussex Downs College conglomerate, the sixth form closed in 2009; a new Sixth Form Centre opened in 2014. [1] [2] The school was in Ofsted special measures from 2004 to 2006. [3] An Ofsted inspection was carried out in October 2010 and the school was judged "Good with many outstanding features" and was reassessed in 2017 and deemed “outstanding”. [4]

The school is a Specialist Science & Sports College, holding the Sport England Award Sportsmark. It also holds the British Council International School Award and the ArtsMark award from the English Art Council. It is a part of Healthy Schools East Sussex, which promotes healthy eating and lifestyles, and is a member of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.[ citation needed ]

Criticism

In 2015, the school was criticised for requiring its students to purchase and wear a specific backpack. [5]

In 2016, Rosalind Ramsey, former head of science was stuck off for kissing a pupil. Ms Ramsey instigated Facebook contact with the pupil and met him three times out of school. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 History, Who We Are, Seaford Head School, retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. "Sixth form plan for Seaford gets the go ahead", Sussex Express, 27 October 2013.
  3. Ofsted reports, Seaford Head Community College
  4. Ofsted report, Seaford Head School, 2010.
  5. "School backs uniform policy despite petition". The Argus. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  6. "Seaford Head teacher Rosalind Ramsey struck off for kissing pupil". BBC News. Retrieved 6 September 2022.