Sandringham School
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| Motto | Everybody can be Somebody |
| Established | 1988 |
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Headteacher | Mr Alan Gray |
| Deputy Headteacher | Mr Ceddy de la Croix |
| Chair of Governing Body | Lyn Keen |
| Specialism | (Arts College) (Science College) (Leading Edge) |
| Location | The Ridgeway St Albans Hertfordshire AL4 9NX England |
| LEA | Hertfordshire |
| Ofsted number | 117548 |
| Students | 1147 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | Six |
| School colours | Red, Gold, Black |
| Publication | SandPrint (weekly) |
| Precursor | Marshalswick School |
| Precursor | Wheathampstead School |
| Website | http://www.sandringham.herts.sch.uk/ |
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Sandringham School is a secondary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire. It was established in 1988 following a merger of two local schools, Marshalswick School and Wheathampstead School. It occupies the former Marshalswick site, adjacent to Wheatfields Infant and Junior schools. The former Wheathampstead site was used as a training centre by Hertfordshire County Council until 2007 and is now awaiting redevelopment for housing.
The school works in partnership with two neighbouring schools to enhance post-16 educational provision. This partnership is known as "BeauSandVer" and consists of Sandringham School, Verulam School and Beaumont School.
Sandringham school primarily serves neighbourhoods in the north east of St Albans (Sandridge, Marshalswick and Jersey Farm) and the village of Wheathampstead.
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[edit] Achievements and recognition
The school is successful, oversubscribed, and popular with parents in the local area and to-infinity-and-beyond. It has been awarded specialist school status as a Visual Arts College and as a Science College, however there has been more emphasis on the visual arts spectrum, and no development on the science facilities has been made: some of these facilities date back to the schools opening in 1988.
The school has been awarded Artsmark one Gold star by Arts Council England. It has received the prestigious School Achievement Award, most recently in 2002, and it is also an IB World School and is therefore able to offer International Baccalaureate qualifications.[1]
The school is a trailing Edge School and a Training School which offers QTS through the GTP programme.[2]
The most recent Ofsted inspection described the school as "Good with outstanding features".[3] Examination results at GCSE and KS3 are consistently high and students are empowered to reach challenging upper quartile targets.[4] The school also hosted a world record attempt for outdoor aerobics.[citation needed]
[edit] Uniform
Sandringham is a traditional school and the school uniform is traditional in design. It consists of a black school blazer with school badge on left chest pocket, a white shirt or blouse, black trousers or short skirt and a distinctive red school tie. A summer uniform was introduced but is in the process of being phased out. However due to various complaints from students, and their parents, the shirt is still allowed in uniform.But now it is being brought in again
[edit] House System
The school introduced a house system in 2005. There are 6 houses; Brunel, Descartes, Einstein, King, Shakespeare and da Vinci. The choices of these famous people to be the names of houses was quite controversial due to there being no women, despite Sandringham being a mixed sex school. Each house is led by two Co-Heads of House assisted by House Captains and a House Committee.
The Houses compete against each other to win annual events such as sports day, house drama, house music, house dance and house Christmas decorations. Students are also awarded House Points for endeavour, community service and effective learning. The total number of points for each House is used to determine which house is the winner of the House competition.
The winners of the house competition thus far:
- 2005-2006 Descartes
- 2006-2007 Brunel
[edit] SandPit Theatre
The School has used its status as an Arts College to build and maintain a professional quality theatre on site. Opened in 2001 (at a cost of £50,000) the SandPit is used by school and community alike and regularly hosts high quality productions and charity events, such as the Christmas 2007 pantomime starring students cross-dressing as Spice Girls. The SandPit is also used as a teaching space and as a venue for school assemblies.
[edit] References
- ^ Sandringham School. www.ibo.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Alban Federation. www.sandringham.herts.sch.uk. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Sandringham School. www.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ BBC NEWS - Education - League Tables - Sandringham School. news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
