Chalfonts Community College
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Chalfonts Community College is a co-educational secondary school in Chalfont St Peter
, Buckinghamshire
. It takes children from the age of 11 through to 18 and has approximately 1,784 pupils. In August 2011 the school became an Academy.
status as a Technology College
. The college was also been awarded a second specialism, and also had Training School Status.
In 2008 it was reported that the school was paying sixth form students to teach younger pupils at the school, instead of employing qualified supply teachers. Twenty four students were being paid £5 for fifty minutes of teaching a subject, which they were studying at A-level. The students were given training and were accompanied by an adult in the classroom.
engineering diploma.
The school was one of two that taught the diploma, and as of yet the current year eleven students are still completing the course. The Creative and Media Diploma was successfully launched in September 2009.
The Art and Media Studies departments' creative use of digital media has been nationally and internationally recognised as significant and cutting edge.
. In July 2010, they performed a production of Stiles and Drew's Honk!
.
Chalfont St Peter
Chalfont St Peter is a village and civil parish in Chiltern district in south-east Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts which also includes Chalfont St Giles and Little Chalfont. The villages lie between High Wycombe and Rickmansworth. Chalfont St Peter is...
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
. It takes children from the age of 11 through to 18 and has approximately 1,784 pupils. In August 2011 the school became an Academy.
About
In September 2002 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) awarded the school specialist schoolSpecialist 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...
status as a Technology College
Technology College
Technology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
. The college was also been awarded a second specialism, and also had Training School Status.
In 2008 it was reported that the school was paying sixth form students to teach younger pupils at the school, instead of employing qualified supply teachers. Twenty four students were being paid £5 for fifty minutes of teaching a subject, which they were studying at A-level. The students were given training and were accompanied by an adult in the classroom.
Creative and Media Diploma and Engineering Diploma
As of 2008, The Chalfonts Community College began to road test the edexcelEdexcel
Edexcel, a UK company, is one of England, Wales and Northern Ireland's five main examination boards, and is wholly owned by the private-sector Pearson PLC, a UK-based media and publishing conglomerate. Its name is a portmanteau word derived from the words "educational" and "excellence"...
engineering diploma.
The school was one of two that taught the diploma, and as of yet the current year eleven students are still completing the course. The Creative and Media Diploma was successfully launched in September 2009.
The Art and Media Studies departments' creative use of digital media has been nationally and internationally recognised as significant and cutting edge.
College Productions
In July 2009, the College mounted a production of Lionel Bart's Oliver!Oliver!
Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
. In July 2010, they performed a production of Stiles and Drew's Honk!
Honk!
Honk! is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story The Ugly Duckling, incorporating a message of tolerance. The book and lyrics are by Anthony Drewe and music is by George Stiles...
.