The Romsey School

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The Romsey School
Address
The Romsey School
Greatbridge Road

Romsey
,
Hampshire
,
SO51 8ZB

England
Coordinates 50°59′42″N1°30′10″W / 50.99488°N 1.50284°W / 50.99488; -1.50284
Information
Type Academy
MottoSiege Perilous
Established1958
Local authorityHampshire
SpecialistMaths and Computing
Department for Education URN 137239 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsJudith Houghton
Executive HeadteacherGwennan Harrison-Jones
HeadteacherAnnie Eagle
Staff~100
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment1100
HousesAshton, Marsham, Stoke and Templer
Colour(s)Maroon, Grey, Black, Gold
Website theromseyschool.org

The Romsey School is a mixed community academy in Romsey, Hampshire, England. The school was a secondary modern, called Romsey County Secondary School, [1] until the 1970s when it became a comprehensive. In 2000 it became a Specialist Language College jointly with The Mountbatten School. [2] In 2005 the school's specialisation changed to a Mathematics and Computing College. [3] In August 2011 the school became an academy. [4] The school has approximately 1100 children aged 11–16 and 100 teachers. The catchment area includes the villages of Ampfield, Braishfield, Sherfield English, Michelmersh, Timsbury and Awbridge.

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In 2010 81% of pupils achieved 5 or more A*–C grades in their GCSEs. 94% of pupils achieved at least a pass on A*-C. [5] [ better source needed ] In 2018 the Progress 8 measure was average for the school and 50% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs, compared to 45% for Hampshire and 40% for England. [6]

ASD Support Base

The school runs an ASD Support Base to support pupils with Special needs and Autistic spectrum disorder. The ASD Base was established in September 2002 to help students on the Autistic Spectrum attend mainstream lessons. In 2009, a sensory garden was built to help resource members relax and carry out gardening work. [7]

Awards

The school won the inaugural 'Community School of the Year' People's Service award from Children & Young People Now magazine in 2006. [8] [9]

Academy Status

The Romsey School converted to an academy under the Academies Act 2010 on 1 August 2011. [10] [11]

Notable former students

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