Prospect School

Prospect School

Motto	Aspire, Believe, Achieve
Type	Academy
Religion	Mixed
Headteacher	Phil Davies
Location	Cockney Hill Reading Berkshire RG30 4EX England Coordinates: 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	11–16
Houses	Holmes, Hamilton, Moore, Simmonds
Website	prospect.reading.sch.uk

Entrance to Prospect School

Prospect School (originally formed from combining Stoneham Boys School and Westwood Girls School) is a secondary school in West Reading, Berkshire, England. Stoneham Secondary School for Boys opened in April 1956 on Cockney Hill and Westwood Girls School was opened in April 1958 on Honey End Lane, the road adjacent to Cockney Hill. The two schools were built quite nearby each other, some people thinking that this explains why Prospect School now has two entrances. In fact, the reason is because Stoneham School itself comprised two schools in one building: a grammar school and a secondary modern school, both for boys only. However, the exact date of its establishment remains unknown, yet it was certainly formed after the year 1980; Stoneham Boys School still stood alone that year.

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 16. The school follows the National Curriculum. Prospect currently has 1297 students.

Buildings

Prospect School is situated in a 34-acre green site on the western outskirts of Reading. A capital investment of £5.6 million has resulted in refurbished Science and Art facilities, a modern Learning Centre as a base for the Sixth Form, and a new high Technology block has been built with state of the Art Media studios, and also houses the large Motor Vehicle and Construction department. Prospect has a total of 7 Blocks which consist 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 centre = (L block)   Business, Health & Social Care & Modern Foreign Launguages
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, Graphic, Resistant Material and Textile Technology), Sociology, PSHE, Accountancy and Law. The school also offers a range of different subjects for GCSE - most of the above and many more including Motor Vehicle Maintenance, Construction, Hairdressing, and Media Studies.

Academy

Prospect School converted to an Academy on 1 July 2011. In 2013, the school was investigated by the exam board AQA following allegations of cheating regarding GCSE Science coursework for which it featured in the ITV documentary "Exposure: Making the Grade" on August 12th 2015. No sanctions to staff were issued after an inconclusive investigation.

References

External links

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Schools in Berkshire, England¹

Primary	Caversham Primary School Downsway Primary School Langley Hall Primary Academy Lynch Hill School Primary Academy Redlands Primary School Wescott School Westende Junior School

Middle	Dedworth Middle School Trevelyan Middle School

Secondary (non-selective)	Altwood CE School Baylis Court School Beechwood School Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School Brakenhale Academy The Bulmershe School Charters School Churchmead School Cox Green School Denefield School Desborough School The Downs School Easthampstead Park School Edgbarrow School The Emmbrook School The Forest School Furze Platt Senior School Garth Hill College Highdown School Holyport College The Holt School John Madejski Academy John O'Gaunt School Kennet School The Langley Academy Little Heath School Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy Maiden Erlegh School Newlands Girls' School Park House School The Piggott School Prospect School Ranelagh School Reading Girls' School St Bartholomew's School St Crispin's School St Joseph's Catholic High School Sandhurst School Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College Theale Green Community School Trinity School UTC Reading Waingels College Westgate School Wexham School The Willink School Windsor Girls' School The Windsor Boys' School

Grammar	Herschel Grammar School Kendrick School Langley Grammar School Reading School St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School Upton Court Grammar School

Independent (preparatory)	Crosfields School Dolphin School Eagle House School Elstree School Harriet House School Hemdean House School Lambrook Licensed Victuallers' School Ludgrove School Marist Preparatory School Newbold School Papplewick School St Andrew's School St George's School, Windsor Castle St Piran's Sunningdale School

Independent (senior)	The Abbey School Bearwood College Bradfield College Brigidine School Claires Court School Downe House School Eton College Heathfield School Hurst Lodge School Leighton Park School Licensed Victuallers' School Long Close School Luckley House School Marist Senior School Padworth College Pangbourne College Queen Anne's School Reading Blue Coat School Redroofs Theatre School St Gabriel's School St. George's School St Joseph's College St Mary's School Wellington College

Special	Manor Green School Mary Hare School Phoenix College

Defunct	Amersham Hall Beaumont College Douai School Elvian School Heatherdown School The Highlands School Imperial Service College Ryeish Green School Stubbington House School Wixenford School

¹includes schools in Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor & Maidenhead and Wokingham.

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