Buckingham School

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Buckingham School
BuckinghamSchoolLogo.png
Motto Success for all through Achievement, Challenge & Enjoyment[1]
Established 1935
Type Community secondary modern
Headteacher Angela Wells
Chair of Governors Dr David Gamble
Location London Road
Buckingham
Buckinghamshire
MK18 1AT
England England
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Local authority Buckinghamshire
DfE URN 110484 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1,006
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11–18
Houses      Daley
     Simmonds
     Rutherford
     Ennis
     Farah
     Murray
     Button
Colours          Black and Amber
Website www.buckinghamschool.com

Buckingham School is a co-educational secondary school in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 1000 pupils.[2]

In September 2004, the Department for Education and Skills designated the school as a specialist Sports College.[3] The school also holds Investors in People status.

The school has seven houses, which are named after sporting figures. They are Holmes, Phillips, Adlington, Hamilton, Pietersen, Beckham and Thompson.[4] Previously there were four houses named after famous sporting venues. They were Lords, Silverstone, Twickenham and Wembley.[5]

Following several poor inspections by Ofsted, the school was placed on special measures. The Headteacher Christine Jones resigned and Peter Rowe, Headteacher of Princes Risborough School was on secondment to the school for a term whilst a new headteacher was recruited.[6] Peter Rowe was brought into Princes Risborough School after an unsatisfactory inspection in 2004. In July 2008, Angela Wells was appointed as acting Headteacher and she was later confirmed as the new Headteacher.. On the 3 October 2008 Ofsted published its findings from a monitoring visit and found that progress since being subject to special measures was inadequate.[7] However, a subsequent monitoring visit conducted by Ofsted in January 2009 found that the school had made satisfactory progress.[8] A full inspection was carried out in June 2009 which saw the school removed from special measures and awarded an overall grade of satisfactory with some good areas.

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