Prospect School
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Prospect School is a large Academy
Academy
An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...

 in West Reading
Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....

, Berkshire
Berkshire
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, England
England
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.

Admissions

The school caters for those in Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3 is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14...

 and Key Stage 4
Key Stage 4
Key Stage 4 is the legal term for the two years of school education which incorporate GCSEs, and other exams, in maintained schools in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland—normally known as Year 10 and Year 11 in England and Wales, and Year 11 and Year 12 in Northern Ireland, when pupils are...

 and Sixth Form Key Stage 5
Key Stage 5
Key Stage 5 is an unofficial label used to describe the two years of post-compulsory education for students aged 16-18, or at sixth form, in the United Kingdom, to align with previous Key Stages as labelled for the National Curriculum....

, between the ages of 11 and 18. The school follows the ational Curriculum (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)|National Curriculum. Prospect has over 1000 students.

Buildings

Prospect School is situated in a 34 acre green site on the western outskirts of Reading. A
capital investment of £5.6 million has resulted in refurbished Science and Art facilities,a
modern Learning Centre as a base for the Sixth Form, and a new high tech block has been built with state of the art media studios, and also houses our large motor vehicle and construction department

Curriculum

The school teaches: Drama, English language, English Literature, French, German, Science, ICT, Religious Studies, History, Sociology, Geography, PSHE, Physical education, Maths Music, Art and Technology (including Food Technology, Graphics, Textiles, Product and Design and Resistant Materials, Accountancy and Law. The school also offers a range of different subjects for GCSE, all of the above and many more including Motor Vehicle Maintenance, Construction, Hairdressing, Business Studies and Media Studies.

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