Mandeville Upper School
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Mandeville Upper School is a secondary school
in Aylesbury
, Buckinghamshire
, England
, built in the 1960s. There are approximately 1000 students currently attending Mandeville, aged between 11 and 18 years.
As recently as 2000 the school had a reputation as a failing school. It failed OFSTED
inspections and was forced to close to students for one day each week because of a lack of available teacher
s. However this was rectified very quickly only resulting in a single 4-day week.
However in 1996 a new headteacher with a reputation for turning failing schools around took over and the school saw significant changes. The level of students being excluded (either temporarily or permanently) from the school dropped and exam passes increased.
In July 2004 the school was awarded specialist school
status as a Sports College
, an accolade reserved for the more successful schools in England. However because of its recent history
the school still retains some of its old reputation, particularly in the local and national media
.
The school works with UNESCO in aiming to stop child labour and has a group of students set up who are interested in doing so. These students are also partnered with a school in Lebanon.
The schools 6th Form Challengers are also raising money to fund their volunteer trip to Kenya in 2009 where they will visit an AIDS orphanage.
Educational Places
Tower Block: Used For English, Maths & Humanities.
Link Block: Used For English. (This Block Links To The Tower Block.)
Practical Block: Used For SEN, Art, Citizenship, Technology.
Practical Extension: Used For Technology.
New Block: Used For I.T, Science, Music, Modern Languages & Business Studies.
New Extension: (Lower Floor) Used For Modern Languages & Science. (Upper Floor) ICT, Business Studies and Health & Social Care
Admin Block: Used For Drama & English.
Canteen.per
Gym.
Sports Hall.
Mandeville Upper School is one of several Buckinghamshire schools which host mobile phone
masts
. Contracts between Buckinghamshire County Council and various mobile phone operators generate an income of £145,000 per annum, of which about £59,000 comes from contracts for masts that are installed in schools.
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 Aylesbury
Aylesbury
Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in South East England. However the town also falls into a geographical region known as the South Midlands an area that ecompasses the north of the South East, and the southern extremities of the East Midlands...
, 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....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, built in the 1960s. There are approximately 1000 students currently attending Mandeville, aged between 11 and 18 years.
As recently as 2000 the school had a reputation as a failing school. It failed OFSTED
Office for Standards in Education
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
inspections and was forced to close to students for one day each week because of a lack of available teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
s. However this was rectified very quickly only resulting in a single 4-day week.
However in 1996 a new headteacher with a reputation for turning failing schools around took over and the school saw significant changes. The level of students being excluded (either temporarily or permanently) from the school dropped and exam passes increased.
In July 2004 the school was awarded specialist school
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...
status as a Sports College
Sports College
Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...
, an accolade reserved for the more successful schools in England. However because of its recent history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
the school still retains some of its old reputation, particularly in the local and national media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
.
The school works with UNESCO in aiming to stop child labour and has a group of students set up who are interested in doing so. These students are also partnered with a school in Lebanon.
The schools 6th Form Challengers are also raising money to fund their volunteer trip to Kenya in 2009 where they will visit an AIDS orphanage.
Educational Places
Tower Block: Used For English, Maths & Humanities.
Link Block: Used For English. (This Block Links To The Tower Block.)
Practical Block: Used For SEN, Art, Citizenship, Technology.
Practical Extension: Used For Technology.
New Block: Used For I.T, Science, Music, Modern Languages & Business Studies.
New Extension: (Lower Floor) Used For Modern Languages & Science. (Upper Floor) ICT, Business Studies and Health & Social Care
Admin Block: Used For Drama & English.
Canteen.per
Gym.
Sports Hall.
Mandeville Upper School is one of several Buckinghamshire schools which host mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
masts
Cell site
A cell site is a term used to describe a site where antennas and electronic communications equipment are placed, usually on a radio mast, tower or other high place, to create a cell in a cellular network...
. Contracts between Buckinghamshire County Council and various mobile phone operators generate an income of £145,000 per annum, of which about £59,000 comes from contracts for masts that are installed in schools.