Bournemouth School
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| Motto | Pulchritudo et Salubritas (Latin) Beauty and Health (English) |
| Established | 1901 |
| School Type | Boys Grammar |
| Headmaster | John Granger |
| Deputy Headmasters | John Hatch, Dr Christopher Taylor (Curriculum), William Pyke (Pastoral) |
| Location | Bournemouth, England |
| Pupils | 1,050 |
| Staff | 120 |
| Ages | 11-18 |
| Colours | Blue, Grey, White |
| Homepage | Homepage |
Bournemouth School (also known as Bournemouth Grammar School or Bournemouth School for Boys and commonly abbreviated to BS or BSB), is a boys' grammar school and sixth-form college occupying a site located in Charminster, Bournemouth, Dorset, England and teaching children from years 7 to 13 (ages 11 to 18).
It is a common misconception that this school is called "Bournemouth School for Boys". Since its foundation in 1901, it has always been known as "Bournemouth School." The formation of the girls' grammar school later on meant that this school had to be called Bournemouth School for Girls.
The school shares common playing fields with Bournemouth School for Girls and co-operates in running some sixth-form courses, which in many cases have mixed-gender classes.
The current headmaster is John Granger, who has been there since 1996.[1] The deputy headmasters are Mr John Hatch, Mr. William Pyke, and Dr Christopher Taylor.[2]
It also has close links with the neighbouring St Francis of Assisi Church.
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[edit] Education
The school teaches a range of subjects with many teachers always willing to give as much help as possible to the related students. The year 7 to 9 curriculum stretches from Latin all the way to contemporary ideas such as modern foreign languages (which are coupled with language days) and the school is always evaluating the importance of implementing new subjects; for example, the school is currently considering whether or not it would be useful for the students to study either drama (as a separate subject to English) or food technology.
[edit] Houses
Bournemouth School has five 'Houses', named after famous Englishmen: Darwin, Elgar, Newton, Scott and Turner. Until the early 1990s there were six: Avon, Forest, Hambledon, Portchester, Romsey and Twynham. All forms are delineated by House affiliation and as such pupils from Year 7 to Year 13 (Upper Sixth Form) remain in the same form, and although their 'form tutor' and 'form room' usually change every year, it is possible for the form tutors remain the same for the entirety of the school. The Housemasters are, Mr Pritchard (Darwin), Mr Beardshaw (Elgar), Mrs Fisher (Newton), Mr Hughes (Scott) and Mrs Teenan (Turner). The houses compete in all school competitions ranging from sports to educational competitions.
[edit] Prefects
Students can first apply to be a prefect at the end of year 10. House masters normally choose 5 of the applicants from each form to become house prefects. Students remain house prefects until they can apply to become a full school prefect or a senior prefect at the end of year 12. The senior prefect team has a rigorous application process consisting of an interview with the headmaster, a pupil vote and a teacher vote. Currently there is a school captain, James Gibson, 2 deputy school captains and 5 House captains. Previous School captains include: Paul Smith(2008)[3], Tim Peters(2007)[4]; David Lodge(2006)[5]; Craig Mathie(2005)[6].
[edit] Language College
Since the late 1990s, Bournemouth School has been designated a specialist Language College. Languages offered to both pupils, and communities at large, include French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic.
A wide range of opportunities are available for pupils to extend their language skills, including a broad and long-established student exchange programme. Due to extra funding, the language college has two computer suites, interactive whiteboards and extra staff. The school also provides services for primary schools in the area, teaching languages to their pupils.
[edit] School Council
Bournemouth School also embraces a freely democratic structure of student government, where students can voice their own opinion on how their school is run through the medium of a school council. The council is run and chaired by one of the deputy school captains (currently Isaac Federicks) with one council member from each form of the school. All students are free to stand for school council elections and, once the particular person has been chosen, he will then attend various meetings, discussions and conferences where he will represent his particular group of the pupils at the school.
There is a special sub-committee in the council dedicated to the sixth form. This is chaired by one of the other deputy school captains (currently Marcus Coates-Walker), and only deals with topics related to the sixth form and therefore only councillors from the sixth form attend the sub-committee meetings.
[edit] CCF
The school also has an active Combined Cadet Force, a rarity for a state-funded school. The CCF currently has over 200 members, the largest it has been for many years, from both Bournemouth School for Girls and Bournemouth School. The CCF is run by technology teacher Mr McAulay along with senior cadets from the 6th form. The Contingents Underofficer is Geoff Shaw. The CCF is open to pupils in year 9 (age 13) upwards with an annual recruitment usually in February. The CCF is split into three sections; Army, Navy and RAF, all with their own uniform. There is also a small Signals troop, that operates alongside the other three sections. The structure follows a military system, with three senior cadets, three section ICs and other ranks.
Activities that cadets are able to take part in include gliding, flying, shooting, Ten Tors, national exchanges and camps including Penhale central camp in the summer term. The RAF section also enter the Ground Training Competition every year; this year they were ranked as the third best section in the south-west and best mixed-sex section in the south-west.
The school also has an armoury, containing between 20 and 30 rifles for the cadets to use. Most are L98A1 rifles, but a handful are Lee Enfield Rifles. All are bolt-action, and are used to train cadets how to load, cock, clean, etc. a rifle. These are fired on the school's on-site firing range, located in a small bunker in the copse behind the main building.
Alumni and ex cadets are invited to join COMPO.
[edit] History
The school was founded in 1901 and moved to its current site in 1939.[1][7] The old site was used by Portchester School from 1940 until 1989 by when it too had moved to another site. The old school building was then demolished and the houses built and named Fenwick Court, after Bournemouth School's first headmaster.
A new library and sixth form block was built in 1966 housing a lecture theatre, library and smaller rooms for sixth forms classes.[8] It is now home to the business studies department.
The school has been extensively expanded in recent years, including but not limited to: a new Technology & Art block featuring CAD and CNC machinery and the Sir David English Sports Centre, the legacy of former headmaster Alan Petrie. A new maths block was officially opened on Friday, 16th February, 2007, to be named the 'Mr Hawkins Maths Block', the legacy of former assistant headmaster, Mr Hawkins. The block is now being used for Maths and Religious Studies.
[edit] Alumni
- Mark Austin, television newsreader and presenter
- Christian Bale, actor
- John Dray, KCL Victorian historian
- Sir David English, journalist
- Charles Gray, actor
- Benny Hill, comedian, actor and singer
- Alex James, musician
- Gareth Malone, musician
- Miles Reid, mathematician
- Matt Tong, musician
- John Wetton, musician
- Mike Wooldridge, BBC world affairs correspondent
[edit] See also
- School Captain
- COMPO
[edit] External links
- Bournemouth School
- Bournemouth School for Girls
- Bournemouth School CCF
- Old Bournemouthians
- Bournemouth School Meteorological Office
- School profile at the Department for Education and Skills
[edit] References
- ^ a b School overview
- ^ Annex Parents Information (Adobe Acrobat *.PDF document)
- ^ Bournemouth School
- ^ Bournemouth School
- ^ Bournemouth School
- ^ http://www.bournemouth-school.bournemouth.sch.uk/downloads/newsletters/apr04.pdf
- ^ Bournemouth Website main page
- ^ 100 today, Bournemouth School looks to the future (HTML). Dorset Echo. Newsquest (2001-01-22). Retrieved on 2007-07-30. “In 1966 the biggest transformation took place with the building of the sixth form block -known colloquially as "The John Gibbons Politics Block" by past alumni - including a lecture theatre and a rather limited library”
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