Chalfonts Community College is a co-educational secondary school in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. It takes children from the age of 11 through to 18 and has approximately 1,481 pupils.[1] In August 2011 the school became an Academy.[2]
| Chalfonts Community College | |
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| Address | |
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Narcot Lane , England | |
| Coordinates | 51°36′34″N 0°34′13″W / 51.609542°N 0.570184°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Success is an attitude |
| Specialist | Technology College and Training School |
| Department for Education URN | 137215 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Caroline Whitehead |
| Staff | 161 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1,481 |
| Houses | None |
| Colour(s) | Blue |
| Website | http://www.chalfonts.org/ |
About
editIn September 2002 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) awarded the school specialist school status as a Technology College. The college was also awarded a second specialism, and also had Training School Status.
In 2008 it was reported that the school was paying sixth form students to teach younger pupils at the school, instead of employing qualified supply teachers whose quality of teaching the school had sometimes felt to be lacking. Twenty-four students were being paid £5 for fifty minutes of teaching a subject, which they were studying at A-level. The students were given training and were accompanied by an adult in the classroom.[3][4]
Creative and Media Diploma and Engineering Diploma
editIn 2008, the Chalfonts Community College began to road test the edexcel engineering diploma.
The school was one of two that taught the diploma, and the current year eleven students are still[when?] completing the course. The Creative and Media Diploma was successfully launched in September 2009.
Ofsted
editThe school was rated "Good" by Ofsted in both November 2013, May 2017 and February 2023.[5]
Notable former pupils
editMark McGuinness - Footballer currently playing for Cardiff City. [citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "The Chalfonts Community College Performance Tables - Absence & Population 2017/18". Department for Education. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ "Open academies map and schools submitting applications". Department for Education. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ Oliver Evans (29 April 2008). "Sixth formers paid to teach youngsters". Bucks Free Press. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
- ^ "Sixth formers teach other pupils". BBC News. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
- ^ "Chalfont Community College Ofsted Report" (PDF). 10 December 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2024.
External links
edit- Official Website
- Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
- Department for Education Performance Tables 2019
- Ofsted Inspection Report 2007
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