Prospect School
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Motto | Aspire, Believe, Achieve |
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Type | Academy |
Religion | Mixed |
Head Teacher | Phil Davies |
Location |
Cockney Hill Reading Berkshire RG30 4EX England 51°26′49″N 1°01′08″W / 51.4469°N 1.0190°WCoordinates: 51°26′49″N 1°01′08″W / 51.4469°N 1.0190°W |
Local authority | Reading |
DfE URN | 110106 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Staff | 250+ |
Students | 1297 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Ages | 11–18 |
Houses | Holmes, Hamilton, Moore, Simmonds |
Website | prospect.reading.sch.uk |
Prospect School is a secondary school in West Reading, Berkshire, England. It was formed by combining Stoneham Boys School and Westwood Girls School.
Prospect School has two entrances possibly because the combined Stoneham and Westwood buildings were originally built close to each other and each has its own entrance. The Stoneham School has a grammar school, and a secondary modern school in one building. The exact date that Prospect School was formed is unknown, although it was after 1980.
History
Stoneham Secondary School for Boys opened in April 1956 and Westwood Girls School opened in April 1958.
Prospect School became an Academy on 1 July 2011.
Admissions
The school caters for those in Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 and Sixth Form Key Stage 5, between the ages of 11 and 18. The school follows the National Curriculum. Prospect currently has 1,297 students.
Buildings
Prospect School is situated on a 34-acre green site on the western outskirts of Reading. A capital investment of £5.6 million resulted in refurbished Science and Art facilities, a modern Learning Center as a base for the Sixth Form and a new Technology block that houses media studios and the Motor Vehicle and Construction department. Prospect has a total of 7 Blocks consisting of:
- A block = English, Music, Art.
- B block = Science & Technology
- C block = Science, ICT, Technology, Geography
- D block = History, R.E. , Geography, Mathematics
- Sports Hall = P.E.
- Sixth Form center = (L block) Business, Health & Social Care & Modern Foreign Languages
- Loddon Building = (L block) Technology & Media Studies
Curriculum
The school teaches: English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Science, French, German, History, Geography, Religious Studies, Art, Business Studies, Health and Social Care, Computing, ICT, Music, Drama, Dance, Physical Education, Technology (including Food, Graphics, Resistant Material and Textile Technology), Sociology, PSHE, Accountancy and Law.
The school offers a range of subjects for GCSE - most of the above and many more including Motor Vehicle Maintenance, Construction, Hairdressing and Media Studies.
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prospect School, Reading. |
- Official website
- EduBase
- Fort, Hugh (2015-07-17). "Pick of the Past: Soap box racing at Stoneham Boys' School". getreading. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
- "Reading Museum". collections.readingmuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-10.