Didcot Girls' School
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Didcot Girls' School is a comprehensive
secondary school
for girls in Didcot
, Oxfordshire
and the surrounding rural area. The school has been awarded with Language College
and Technology College
status (as of 2006). The mixed Sixth Form is shared with St Birinus School
. The school is made up of six houses which are named after famous women who are considered potential role models for the girls. These are Adie house, Bussell house, Greenfield house, Kennedy house, MaCarthur house and Wilson house. Each house group has a different colour; red for Adie, pink for Bussell, yellow for Greenfield, purple for Kennedy, navy for MaCarthur and light blue for Wilson. There were eight houses, but it changed to six in September 2010.
secondary modern school
and adjacent Didcot Girls' Grammar School.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
secondary school
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...
for girls in Didcot
Didcot
Didcot is a town and civil parish in Oxfordshire about south of Oxford. Until 1974 it was in Berkshire, but was transferred to Oxfordshire in that year, and from Wallingford Rural District to the district of South Oxfordshire...
, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
and the surrounding rural area. The school has been awarded with Language College
Language College
Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...
and 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...
status (as of 2006). The mixed Sixth Form is shared with St Birinus School
St Birinus School
St Birinus School is a comprehensive secondary school for boys in Didcot, Oxfordshire and the surrounding rural area. the headteacher is Mr Alwyn Richards, the current deputy headteacher is Dr. S Mundy. The school has been awarded with Technology and Language College statuses as of 2006...
. The school is made up of six houses which are named after famous women who are considered potential role models for the girls. These are Adie house, Bussell house, Greenfield house, Kennedy house, MaCarthur house and Wilson house. Each house group has a different colour; red for Adie, pink for Bussell, yellow for Greenfield, purple for Kennedy, navy for MaCarthur and light blue for Wilson. There were eight houses, but it changed to six in September 2010.
History
The school was created by the merger in the early 1970s of the former St. FrideswidesFrideswide
Saint Frithuswith was an English princess and abbess who is credited with establishing Christ Church in Oxford.-Life:...
secondary modern school
Secondary modern school
A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils - those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination...
and adjacent Didcot Girls' Grammar School.