Prudhoe Community High School
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Prudhoe Community High School is a school located in Prudhoe
, England
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Situated on Moor Road, Prudhoe, PCHS is a high school and sixth form college that specializes in technology and the arts. Students range from year 9 to year 13 (years 12 and 13 being sixth form).
The school was opened in 1958, starting with 350 pupils, and has expanded over the years. The school now serves more than 1,000 students.
Other buildings include the humanities block, where the student support areas (Pastoral and Learning Support teams), finance office, and administrative staff are based. It is also where the Humanities department, consisting of history, geography, and ethics, is based. The block also houses the Drama department and a Police Office (which is staffed by Northumbria Police
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The school includes an English block, a Sixth form study area, a DT and Business and ICT block, an Engineering building, and a full sports hall and gymnasium. The Art Building was opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II in May 1998.
Every classroom in the school has at least one PC, with portable laptops available only to the sixth form students.
The school has three large playing fields. One has athletics facilities (a sand pit and running track) and rugby posts; one has football posts; and the third is a lighted astro-turf pitch. The school's sports facilities (2010–2012) are reduced while the Media Centre is being constructed.
The centre will contain broadcast-quality TV and Radio studios, fully equipped cinema and performance space, and creative design and art rooms, a mac suite, meeting rooms, and incubator.
Prudhoe
Prudhoe is a medium sized town just south of the River Tyne, in the southern part of the county of Northumberland, England about west of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. The town is sited on a steep, north-facing hill in the Tyne valley and nearby settlements include Ovingham, Ovington, Wylam,...
, England
England
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Situated on Moor Road, Prudhoe, PCHS is a high school and sixth form college that specializes in technology and the arts. Students range from year 9 to year 13 (years 12 and 13 being sixth form).
The school was opened in 1958, starting with 350 pupils, and has expanded over the years. The school now serves more than 1,000 students.
General information
The school consists of several buildings and departments (housed within 'blocks'). The main school building is where the maths, languages, and sciences departments are based, as well as ICT rooms, the Contemporary Arts department, the music department, and part of the PE department.Other buildings include the humanities block, where the student support areas (Pastoral and Learning Support teams), finance office, and administrative staff are based. It is also where the Humanities department, consisting of history, geography, and ethics, is based. The block also houses the Drama department and a Police Office (which is staffed by Northumbria Police
Northumbria Police
Northumbria Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the areas of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear in North East England. The service is the sixth largest police force in England and Wales. The current Chief Constable is Sue Sim who was appointed by Northumbria Police...
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The school includes an English block, a Sixth form study area, a DT and Business and ICT block, an Engineering building, and a full sports hall and gymnasium. The Art Building was opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II in May 1998.
Technology
Prudhoe Community High School is a technology college. Courses include textiles, electronics, resistant materials, food, graphics (I.C.T. and traditional) and the 14–19 nationally acknowledged engineering diploma.IT facilities
The school has on average one IT classroom per department (with art, maths, and contemporary arts departments being the only departments not to have an IT room). As an educational establishment within the Northumberland LEA, PCHS has full WiFi access for staff and students in all of its buildings.Every classroom in the school has at least one PC, with portable laptops available only to the sixth form students.
Learning Resource Centre
Prudhoe Community High School supports its pupils through a learning resource centre (known also as the LRC), which includes a library, career advice centre, creative area, and 26 computers for use by students.Clubs
The Learning Resource Centre hosts to several after-school clubs. These include the year nine reading group and a homework club.Sports facilities
The sports hall includes a squash court, a fitness room, and a large gym with cricket batting nets, two small and one large basketball court. Outside the sports hall are some basketball and tennis courts. In the main building, there is a gymnastics hall.The school has three large playing fields. One has athletics facilities (a sand pit and running track) and rugby posts; one has football posts; and the third is a lighted astro-turf pitch. The school's sports facilities (2010–2012) are reduced while the Media Centre is being constructed.
New media centre
Plans for a new £4.3 million centre at Prudhoe Community High School, funded by the DCSF Diploma Exemplar scheme, were approved, and building work began in August 2010.The centre will contain broadcast-quality TV and Radio studios, fully equipped cinema and performance space, and creative design and art rooms, a mac suite, meeting rooms, and incubator.