Cape Cornwall Secondary School
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Cape Cornwall School is a comprehensive school in St Just in Penwith
, Cornwall
, United Kingdom
, that teaches 11-16 year olds. It is the most westerly comprehensive school in mainland England and is also one of the smallest secondary schools in Penwith
with just over 400 students. The current headteacher is Mrs Julie Nash.
The UK Government awarded specialist
Arts status
to the school in 2006. The funding, which amounts to over £300,000 over four years, started in September 2006, and was spent on an art gallery 'for the school'. The Creative Arts department are pioneering the new 14-19 Diploma of Creative Media.
It was announced by the governors of the school that Brett Elliott was leaving at the end of the summer term 2011 to take up the role of Headteacher at Bodmin College
. Interviews by members of staff and the student council decided that Mrs Julie Nash would take Headship at the beginning of the new school year. She said that "the opportunity to lead Cape Cornwall School on its continuing journey of success is a privilege. To have been selected to do this and trusted with its guardianship in the coming years is an opportunity that I am thrilled to undertake" .
St Just in Penwith
St Just is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of Trewellard, Pendeen and Kelynack: it is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to...
, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, that teaches 11-16 year olds. It is the most westerly comprehensive school in mainland England and is also one of the smallest secondary schools in Penwith
Penwith
Penwith was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council was based in Penzance. The district covered all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which included an area of land to the east that fell outside the...
with just over 400 students. The current headteacher is Mrs Julie Nash.
The UK Government awarded specialist
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
Arts status
Arts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 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, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
to the school in 2006. The funding, which amounts to over £300,000 over four years, started in September 2006, and was spent on an art gallery 'for the school'. The Creative Arts department are pioneering the new 14-19 Diploma of Creative Media.
It was announced by the governors of the school that Brett Elliott was leaving at the end of the summer term 2011 to take up the role of Headteacher at Bodmin College
Bodmin College
Bodmin College is a secondary comprehensive school that serves the community of Bodmin, Cornwall. The head teacher is Mr Robert Mitchell.- Curriculum :...
. Interviews by members of staff and the student council decided that Mrs Julie Nash would take Headship at the beginning of the new school year. She said that "the opportunity to lead Cape Cornwall School on its continuing journey of success is a privilege. To have been selected to do this and trusted with its guardianship in the coming years is an opportunity that I am thrilled to undertake" .