Prospect School

Prospect School
Motto Aspire, Believe, Achieve
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°W / 51.4469; -1.0190Coordinates: 51°26′49″N 1°01′08″W / 51.4469°N 1.0190°W / 51.4469; -1.0190
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 from the Cockney Hill entrance

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

    • 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.
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