Broadlands School
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Broadlands School is a secondary school
in Keynsham
, Somerset
, England. The school, which has specialist Science College
and Engineering College status, educates 990 students between the ages of 11 and 16 years.
It was opened in 1935.
The school is located near the north-west edge of its Bath and North East Somerset
local authority area, and attracts many of its pupils from outside the local authority area. In 2006, 69% of pupils came from Bristol
and South Gloucestershire
. This led the local authority to consider amalgamating the school with the nearby Wellsway School
, though in 2010 a decision was made not to proceed with this proposal.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Keynsham
Keynsham
Keynsham is a town and civil parish between Bristol and Bath in Somerset, south-west England. It has a population of 15,533.It was listed in the Domesday Book as Cainesham, which is believed to mean the home of Saint Keyne....
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England. The school, which has specialist Science College
Science College
Science Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, science and mathematics...
and Engineering College status, educates 990 students between the ages of 11 and 16 years.
It was opened in 1935.
The school is located near the north-west edge of its Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset is a unitary authority that was created on 1 April 1996 following the abolition of the County of Avon. It is part of the Ceremonial county of Somerset...
local authority area, and attracts many of its pupils from outside the local authority area. In 2006, 69% of pupils came from Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
and South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon...
. This led the local authority to consider amalgamating the school with the nearby Wellsway School
Wellsway School
Wellsway School is a mixed comprehensive school for students aged 11 to 18, maintained by Bath and North East Somerset Local Education Authority situated on the eastern side of Keynsham, Somerset, England...
, though in 2010 a decision was made not to proceed with this proposal.