Bay House School

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The main entrance to Bay House School.

Bay House is a very large school in the coastal town of Gosport that caters for boys and girls aged

11 to 18. The school is popular and oversubscribed, and both the main school and sixth form have expanded considerably in recent years. All but a very small number of students are of white British heritage. There are no students from homes where English is not the principal language. Taken overall, students’ socio-economic backgrounds are average. Although a below average number are known to be eligible for free school meals, students join the school from a wide diversity of social backgrounds with a number who come from very deprived areas. Students are of broadly average attainment when they join the school at the start of Year 7, as measured by their primary school test results. The proportion of students with special educational needs is average, and a below average number have statements of special educational needs. The range of special educational needs covered is broad, and includes several students with complex needs as well as many with both learning and behavioural difficulties. The sixth form admits students from this and the other schools in the Gosport area. Its entry requirements are similar to those of other schools in the country that offer mainly A-level courses, being above average in relation to post-16 providers as a whole. The school has won specialist Mathematics and Computing College status from September 2004 but, at the time of the inspection, early in the autumn term, it was too soon to gauge the effects of this new change in status.

Bay House is a large 11-18 mixed comprehensive school located in Gosport, Hampshire. Currently around 2000 pupils and students attend the school. Bay House School was formed in 1972 through the amalgamation of the Gosport Grammar School and Privett Secondary School. It is a specialist school in maths and computing and has foundation status, having formerly been a grant-maintained school.

[edit] The Sixth Form

There are currently 350 students in the Sixth Form. In 2004, for the fifth year running, the School's average A/AS Level point score was one of the highest in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight combined. The school was featured in The Times' Top Schools.

[edit] The expanding school

As Bay House School has recently been made a specialist school in Maths and Computing. The school have had a 15 new maths and 2 new ICT rooms fitted. This success has provided better education for the pupils and students at the school.