The Benjamin Britten High School
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The Benjamin Britten High School is a High School located in the northern outskirts of Lowestoft
, Suffolk
, England
. It caters for approximately 800 students aged 13 to 18 (years 9 to 13). It is also home to a sports training centre open to the public. The Headteacher is David Park.
The school was completed in 1979 and was expected to last for 30 years. Several attempts to replace the buildings have failed in recent years although the site is expected to be subject to a major redevelopment due to the "Building Schools For The Future" scheme.
In 2008 the school was designated by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) as a specialist school
in Mathematics and Computing College
.
Benjamin Britten is a part of the Lowestoft sixth form
consortium with Kirkley and The Denes High Schools. However this will change with the completion of the Lowestoft Sixth Form College
in September 2011.
Lowestoft
Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. It is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, 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...
. It caters for approximately 800 students aged 13 to 18 (years 9 to 13). It is also home to a sports training centre open to the public. The Headteacher is David Park.
The school was completed in 1979 and was expected to last for 30 years. Several attempts to replace the buildings have failed in recent years although the site is expected to be subject to a major redevelopment due to the "Building Schools For The Future" scheme.
In 2008 the school was designated by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) as a 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...
in Mathematics and Computing College
Mathematics and Computing College
Mathematics and Computing Colleges were introduced in England in 2002 as part of the Government's Specialist Schools Programme which was designed to raise standards in secondary education. Specialist schools focus specifically on their chosen specialism but must also meet the requirements of the...
.
Benjamin Britten is a part of the Lowestoft 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,...
consortium with Kirkley and The Denes High Schools. However this will change with the completion of the Lowestoft Sixth Form College
Lowestoft Sixth Form College
Lowestoft Sixth Form College is brand new Sixth Form College in Lowestoft, Suffolk which opened in September 2011. It caters for up to 950 16-19 year old students with the facilities to engage 14-16 year olds as well as adult learners....
in September 2011.