Prince William School
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Prince William School is a comprehensive school
in Oundle
, Northamptonshire
. The school was built in 1971 and currently holds 1156 pupils. It was named in honour of Prince William of Gloucester
whose family home, Barnwell Manor
is a few miles away. Prince William was killed in an air crash less than a year after the school opened.
The acting headteacher is Marian Hobbs
. The school holds dual specialist status as a Language College
and Vocational College and includes a Sixth Form.
The Sutton Maths Department is located at the back of the school, near the soccer courts, the Drama
studio and the Science Block.
The Science
Department has two buildings and a mobile, the large building in the center of the campus is the main science block. Next to the main science building is the second, smaller L-shaped science building consisting of just 3 classrooms, the mobile contains 2 more science classrooms. The largest science block is the oldest, still containing ceilings made from Asbestos
.
The Drama
Studio is located behind gates that lead out towards the Science mobiles (S12-S14). It is a dedicated room for the theatrical arts.
The Humanities
Department is located in the rear of the campus. It is home to seven classrooms, in these rooms, Religious Education, History and Geography are taught. It also consists of 2 temporary mobiles on the field.
The Design
Department is located nearby the Humanities block, as well as the Gym changing rooms. It is home to several different subjects related to design, which include, but are not limited to, Graphic Design
, Fine Arts, Textiles and Resistant Materials. There is a new Applied Learning Centre built on the former tennis courts .
The English
Department is located at the very front of the school, visible immediately after entering the campus, to the left.
The Languages Department is located on the floor above the English Department. It contains rooms L1 to L7 and a range of languages is taught here.
The Sixth Form
and PE
blocks are both currently located in the same building (opposite to the bus bays) with the sixth form block on the floor above the PE block. An extension to the PE block (consisting of new changing rooms etc.) has been constructed on the field alongside the humanities mobiles and a new Sixth form block is currently in the process of being constructed in the locality of the old tennis course
The new mobiles are placed near the drama studio, and teach Maths, Religious Education
, Psychology
and Sociology
.
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...
in Oundle
Oundle
Oundle is an ancient market town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 5,345 or 5,674 . It lies some north of London and south-west of Peterborough...
, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
. The school was built in 1971 and currently holds 1156 pupils. It was named in honour of Prince William of Gloucester
Prince William of Gloucester
Prince William of Gloucester was a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of George V.-Early life:...
whose family home, Barnwell Manor
Barnwell Manor
Barnwell Manor is the historic former home of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. It is located by the village of Barnwell, near Oundle, Northamptonshire in England.-The house and estate:...
is a few miles away. Prince William was killed in an air crash less than a year after the school opened.
The acting headteacher is Marian Hobbs
Marian Hobbs
Marian Leslie Hobbs , a New Zealand politician, was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1996 to 2008. She was initially a list MP and then represented the Wellington Central electorate...
. The school holds dual specialist status as a 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 Vocational College and includes a Sixth Form.
Departments
Prince William School itself is broken into different specialized blocks such as:-The Sutton Maths Department is located at the back of the school, near the soccer courts, the Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
studio and the Science Block.
The Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
Department has two buildings and a mobile, the large building in the center of the campus is the main science block. Next to the main science building is the second, smaller L-shaped science building consisting of just 3 classrooms, the mobile contains 2 more science classrooms. The largest science block is the oldest, still containing ceilings made from Asbestos
Asbestos
Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals used commercially for their desirable physical properties. They all have in common their eponymous, asbestiform habit: long, thin fibrous crystals...
.
The Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
Studio is located behind gates that lead out towards the Science mobiles (S12-S14). It is a dedicated room for the theatrical arts.
The Humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
Department is located in the rear of the campus. It is home to seven classrooms, in these rooms, Religious Education, History and Geography are taught. It also consists of 2 temporary mobiles on the field.
The Design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
Department is located nearby the Humanities block, as well as the Gym changing rooms. It is home to several different subjects related to design, which include, but are not limited to, Graphic Design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
, Fine Arts, Textiles and Resistant Materials. There is a new Applied Learning Centre built on the former tennis courts .
The English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
Department is located at the very front of the school, visible immediately after entering the campus, to the left.
The Languages Department is located on the floor above the English Department. It contains rooms L1 to L7 and a range of languages is taught here.
The Sixth Form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
and PE
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
blocks are both currently located in the same building (opposite to the bus bays) with the sixth form block on the floor above the PE block. An extension to the PE block (consisting of new changing rooms etc.) has been constructed on the field alongside the humanities mobiles and a new Sixth form block is currently in the process of being constructed in the locality of the old tennis course
The new mobiles are placed near the drama studio, and teach Maths, Religious Education
Religious Education
Religious Education is the term given to education concerned with religion. It may refer to education provided by a church or religious organization, for instruction in doctrine and faith, or for education in various aspects of religion, but without explicitly religious or moral aims, e.g. in a...
, Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
and Sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
.
Notable alumni
- Himesh PatelHimesh PatelHimesh Jitendra Patel is a British actor who began his career in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, playing Tamwar Masood. His first appearance on the programme was on 1 October 2007. Patel is also a member of the National Youth Theatre. He also appears in the 2010 spin-off series EastEnders: E20.-...
, actor - Ben RussellBen T. RussellBenjamin T. Russell is a rugby union player who plays at No. 8 or Flanker for Saracens and England Sevens.- External links :**...
, rugby player - James Russell, actor / model.
- Ben Duffy, Ross Duffy and Daniel Francis Fenech- Soler. All members of Fenech-Soler
- Phil Simmonds, bass player for Jessie J.
Other information
- The school uses the website to allow students to do work at home by getting it off of the VLE or Virtual Learning EnvironmentVirtual learning environmentDefined largely by usage, the term virtual learning environment has most, if not all, of the following salient properties:* It is Web-based* It uses Web 2.0 tools for rich 2-way interaction* It includes a content management system...
, which they have just improved to a newer, quicker version. See it below.