Putteridge High School

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Putteridge High School
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Address
Putteridge High School
Putteridge Road

Luton
,
Bedfordshire
,
LU2 8HJ

England
Coordinates 51°54′17″N0°23′05″W / 51.90475°N 0.38468°W / 51.90475; -0.38468
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Luton Borough Council
TrustChiltern Learning Trust
Department for Education URN 144311 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherDavid Graham
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 16
Website http://www.putteridgehigh.org/

Putteridge High School is a co-educational secondary school located in the Putteridge area of Luton, in the English county of Bedfordshire. [1]

Contents

History

It was previously a community school administered by Luton Borough Council. [2] The school was also awarded specialist status as a Mathematics and Computing College. In February 2013, Ofsted rated this as a 'Good School'. [3]

In March 2017 Putteridge High School converted to academy status and is now sponsored by the Chiltern Learning Trust. [4] In 2019 the first Ofsted inspection of the school after academy conversion was rated as 'Good', with the school said to be showing rapid improvement. [5] [6] The school was also awarded the International School Award for 2018 to 2021. [7]

Buildings

In 2019 it was announced that funding and permission had been obtained to demolish and completely rebuild the school site. [8] The new school build has been completed. The sports hall was completed in 2020.

Academics

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the National Curriculum, and are inspected by Ofsted on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum'. [9] The school has to decide whether Key Stage 3 contains years 7, 8 and 9- or whether year 9 should be in Key Stage 4 and the students just study subjects that will be examined by the GCSEs exams at 16. Putteridge had decided to take the latter approach. Putteridge High School offers Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 only. There is no sixth form or Key Stage 5. [10] The school also offers The Duke of Edinburgh's Award programme. [11] All students continued in education after leaving the school. [6] The school maintains German as a Key Stage 4 option, and has a German partner school, the Theisstalschule, Niedernhausen with whom they do regular visits and joint music and outdoor pursuits activities. [6] The link was established through the Comenius programme. The visit in December 2019 was funded by the British Council, and included visits to Frankfurt, Mainz and Wiesbaden. [12]

Key Stage 3

In year 7 and year 8, the pupils follow the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum, They are setted in Maths and English. They have lessons in:

ArtComputingDesign and TechnologyDrama
English LanguageEnglish LiteratureFrenchGeography
HistoryMathematicsMusicPhilosophy and Ethics
Physical EducationScience

[10]

Key Stage 4

The core subjects studies are:

GCSE Maths, English and Combined Science
Philosophy and Ethics (Non Exam Course)
Physical Education (Non Exam Course)

In addition they choose 4 extra subjects, called options, One must be History of Geoography, in order to fulfill the EBACC requirements. [10] The other subjects can varied each year but come from this list.

Art and DesignFood and TechnologyICTBusiness Studies
FrenchMedia StudiesComputer ScienceGeography
MusicGermanReligious StudiesDrama
Health and Social CareSport and Physical EducationFashion and TextilesHistory
Three Dimensional Design

[10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Putteridge High School". www.putteridgehigh.org.
  2. ↑ "Putteridge High School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  3. ↑ "Ofsted Report 2013". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2021. UKOpenGovernmentLicence.svg This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright
  4. ↑ "Putteridge High School - Chiltern Learning Trust". www.chilternlearningtrust.org.
  5. ↑ "Putteridge High School shows rapid improvement with 'Good' rating by Ofsted". www.lutontoday.co.uk.
  6. 1 2 3 "Ofsted Report 2019". ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2021. UKOpenGovernmentLicence.svg This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright
  7. ↑ "International School Award | Putteridge High School". www.putteridgehigh.org.
  8. ↑ "Plans to demolish and rebuild Putteridge High School approved by Luton Borough Council". www.lutontoday.co.uk.
  9. ↑ Roberts, Nerys. "The school curriculum in England Parliamentary Briefing Paper" (PDF). parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Curriculum | Putteridge High School". www.putteridgehigh.org.
  11. ↑ "Duke of Edinburgh Award | Putteridge High School". www.putteridgehigh.org.
  12. ↑ Emmeline (January 2020). "German exchange 2019- Putteridge Newsletter" (PDF). /www.putteridgehigh.org/. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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