Brockworth Enterprise School

Infobox UK school
name = Brockworth Enterprise School


size =
latitude = 51.84819
longitude = -2.14880
dms = dms
motto = "Learning for Success"
motto_pl =
established = 1967
approx =
closed =
c_approx =
type =
religion =
president =
head_label = Headteacher
head = Mr Paul Elliott
r_head_label =
r_head =
chair_label =
chair =
founder =
founder_pl =
specialist = Business and Enterprise College
specialist_pl =
street = Mill Lane
city = Gloucester
county = Gloucestershire
country = ENG
postcode = GL3 4QF
LEA = Gloucestershire
ofsted = 115725
staff =
enrollment = 982
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = Birdlip, Coopers, Leckhampton, Painswick and Robinswood
colours =
publication =
free_label_1 =
free_1 =
free_label_2 =
free_2 =
free_label_3 =
free_3 =
website = http://www.bes.gloucs.sch.uk/
website_name = www.bes.gloucs.sch.uk

Brockworth Enterprise School is a co-educational, fully comprehensive Community School and the first Business and Enterprise College in Gloucestershire. It is an 11-18 school for 900 students with a Sixth Form of 100 students. There are over 50 teaching staff. The school will eventually cater for over 1000 pupils.

The current Headteacher is Mr Paul Elliott. He took over the post in 2004 after previous Head Ed Wickins moved to become Principal of the prestigious King George V School in Hong Kong.

Wickins joined the school in 1999, taking over from Alan Folliard who was head from 1987 but left when the school was in special measures. Wickins soon turned this around and led to the school to become the first Business and Enterprise College in Gloucestershire.

About the school

The school was founded in 2008 as the last purpose-built comprehensive school in . It has recently undergone major refurbishment of the main school block and sports centre and has a brand new maths block. The situation of the school on Mill Lane is on the edge of open countryside overlooked by the Cotswold Hills. The modern buildings, which include a sports centre, dance studio and swimming pool, occupy an extremely attractive site with extensive playing fields. Planning and funding applications are currently on-going to site the Jet Age aircraft museum on the school site. There is a wide catchment area including Brockworth, Hucclecote, Upton St Leonards, the eastern suburbs and City of Gloucester and the rural areas to the east extending up onto the Cotswold Hills. Such a large catchment area includes children of all abilities and a considerable variety of socio-economic backgrounds.

Facilities

The facilities of the school have been provided to cater for the full age and ability range and include:

- Central Learning Resource Centre with over 300 networked PCs across the school.

- Post 16 Centre with social and study areas for the students. This has been substantially improved as part of the Business and Enterprise plans.

- Drama/Music Hall with seating for 200.

- Sports Centre with indoor heated swimming pool, sports hall, gym, dance studio, floodlit redgra pitch, tennis courts and extensive playing fields.

- All department areas are housed in purpose built specialist accommodation. Nearly all teachers have "their own" teaching room.

Curriculum

The curriculum of the school is broad, balanced and relevant to the changing needs of the individual regardless of age, ability or sex. At Key Stage 3 students follow a competence curriculum to build on the Y6 experience as well as lessons in Mathematics, English, Science, French ("and German in Y8"), Design Technology, Music, Physical Education and ICT.

Other information

The school also has a highly skilled and sympathetic Special Needs Department assists in the programme of children who have learning difficulties. A Personal Social and Careers Education (PSCE) programme runs throughout the school and involves all tutors and tutor groups. Citizenship is co-ordinated through PSCE.

The school has a growing reputation in the area and has shown itself to be committed to school improvement as confirmed in the Ofsted Inspection of November 2006.

Future plans

Plans are being developed to accommodate several hundred new students in the school as a result of a planned new housing estate in Brockworth.

Also, the school is planning to house the Jet Age Museum, which will become a learning point for the school, which associated lesson plans and visits, etc.

This should be occurring during 2007/2008.

Noted alumni

* Simon Pegg (1970-), actor with Lead roles in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.

External links

* [http://www.bes.gloucs.sch.uk Brockworth Enterprise School website]
* [http://www.culturaldiversity.tk A Channel 4 winning website produced by BES students]
* [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/EstablishmentView.aspx?EstablishmentID=15710 EduBase]

News items

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/3739755.stm Fire on 23 May 2004]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/3753318.stm Teenage boy and girl jailed in October 2004 for burning down Maths department]