Horndean Technology College
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| Horndean Technology College | |
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| Striving for excellence through high quality teaching and lifelong learning. | |
| Established | 1975 |
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| School type | Technology College |
| Headmaster | Glen Strong |
| Location | Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK |
| Website | [1] |
Horndean Technology College is a large school, situated in the town of Horndean in Hampshire, UK. The school has formerly been called Horndean Community School, and prior to that Horndean Secondary School. It is also sometimes informally referred to as Barton Cross, after the road on which its main entrance is situated. The school teaches over 1500 students a range of subjects, and has a large campus with over 11 buildings. The school has started a pilot scheme where they offer podcasts over the internet for at-home learning. [1]
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[edit] Leadership Team
- Mr. G Strong - Headmaster
- Jackie Adams - Deputy Head
- Nigel Sheppard - Deputy Head
- Russel Stevens - Assistant Head
- Andrew Gray - Assistant Head
- Zöe Spencer - Assistant Head
- Deidre Hurn - Assistant Head
- Nicky Bugden - Community and Support Services Manager
[edit] School Campus
A block is the main administration block, and it contains the schools library, many offices, and a large computer suite. It is situated in the middle of the campus. The medical room is in this block, and the main office where pupils should come for help, which is called student support services (SSS), is near the main entrance to this building.
X block is where the majority of Information Technology lessons are held, and the maths block. Business and Travel and tourism is also taught here. The lower school cafe is on the ground floor, and this building is situated at the lower end of the school.
C block is the Modern Foreign Language block. This building handles Spanish language, German language and French Language. Not part of the curriculum but can be taken in extracurricular activities is learning languages such as Japanese language.
W block is where half of the Design Technology classes are situated. Electronics, Product Design are the subjects taught here. The corridor is considered by many to be too small, and gets rather crowded at the end and start of lessons.
M block is where music is taught. This block is one of the few air-conditioned buildings in the school, and has many rooms where you can practise and be taught a musical instrument by some of the many teachers in there.
G block is the English Language and English Literature block. Physical Education is also taught here, and has the multi-gym situated in this building. There are two halls where indoor PE lessons can be taught,one is known as the "Old hall", the other "The Gym" , not to be confused with the new multi-gym.
S block and new S block are the science buildings, which are connected by a glass bridge. Art is taught on the ground floor of the first building. This building is found at the top of the college, and below the field.
H block is where Graphics, Food Technology and Textiles are taught. There are two toilets by the entrance of this building, and it is situated right between the main field and D block. The Careers department was recently removed to make more classroom space. The connexions adviser is now in A block. Soon to be the new home for the construction and hairdressing department 2007-2008.
D block is where the humanities subjects are taught, History, Religious Studies and Geography. It is the largest building, with 4 floors, and 2 toilets on each floor except the ground floor,each floor is dedicated to largely one subject, with the only exception being the 2nd floor, where the classrooms are shared equally between all three subjects. This building was intended to be a temporary building, but has since been made more permanent, it is criticized alot for half of the walls being made from plywood, and not very strong, and it rocks alot in the wind.
SF block used to be the sixth form section of the school, but since this was eradicated in 2004, it has since been used as a Drama and Information Technology block, as well as some other lessons on the ground floor. The upper school cafeteria is found in this building.
Barton Hall is used mainly for the community, with a bar, hall and the community's reception. The Barton Hall is usually used for assemblies, concerts and activities such as team building.
The site also has facilities for Physical Education in a field, including Astroturf pitches, Tennis Courts and football and rugby goalposts.
[edit] School Bands
Main Article - Horndean Technology College Bands
The music department have many bands. The main two are The Horndean Swing Band and the Horndean Steel Pans. They have played at main events such as Merchiston Hall Fete; The Classic Cars Show in Waterlooville and the Proms put on by the Horndean Twinning for the guests from Horndean's twinned town, Aubergenville. Besides these, there are smaller bands such as the Brass Ensemble,who entered the Portsmouth Music Festival and came first in their class, and the Woodwind Ensemble who have won the Woodwind Ensemble Cup with Distinction in their class at the Portsmouth Music Festival 2007.
[edit] New Multi-Gym
The school has a new, refurbished multi-gym. The multi-gym, situated in G Block, is twice the size of the previous one, with a complete set of new machines. The gym is the first in Britain to utilise the new technology that enables pupils to play video games using dance mats, etc. and still be engaging in exercise. The multi-gym was opened on the 12th of October, 2006, by Portsmouth FC manager, Harry Redknapp
[edit] Ofsted Report (2004)
The school had its latest Ofsted Report in 2004 and 2006.
[edit] Subjects Taken at KS3
Subject (Head) (Any other information)
- English (Alaric Govan)
- Mathematics (Malcolm Maciver)
- Science (Graham Jones)
- Information and Communication Technology (Russell Stevens)
- Design Technology (Andrew Gray) (Design Technology includes graphic design, electronics, food technology, textiles, and product design)
- History (Zoe Spencer)
- Geography (Jenny Aparo (Temp.)
- Modern Foreign Languages (Ms. Peters) (this includes French or Spanish, and German for higher pupils)
- Art and Design (Stephen Jepson)
- Music (Jason Edgell)
- Physical Education (Jayne Bardon)
- Careers Education (Julian Brown)
- Religious Education (David Scard)
- Applied Business (Sarah Wood) (Includes Travel and Tourism, Only taught at GCSE)
- D.I.D.A (Russel Stevens) (Dida is the higher tier of the three available ICT based courses, there is the compulsory A.I.D.A, or Award in digital applications, and C.I.D.A, or Certificate in digital applications, D.I.D.A is the Diploma in digital applications. Only taught at GCSE)
- Expressive arts (Jason Edgell) (Only taught at GCSE)
There are many different subjects coming in in the 2007-2008 academic year, most of them vocational, for example, construction and hairdressing.
[edit] Homework
The school operates a Passport to Independence (also known as P2I) scheme rather than setting homework. Under this scheme, pupils receive an assignment for which they have four weeks to complete. Such assignments are set every half term for core subjects, and every term for others. this has proved to be a bigger success, as more children completed it then homework. P2I is only set to lower school Key Stage 3. Also, the school has forum set up by a number of its students called Buster. This was set up so that students who are good at a certain subject can help other students who are not so strong. Although this is strongly linked in with Horndean Technology College, students from other school are welcome to sign up and ask for help.
[edit] The Network
The school has a magazine which is sent home via the pupils to be read by the parents and pupils, all copies of this magazine can be found on this website: The Network. Inside The Network, there are various things such as: I.C.T. help, language puzzles, reveiws of recent trips and advertisements for the school. The Network is mainly written by the teachers but sometimes the students can be given a page to write.
[edit] Contact Details
Horndean Technology College
Barton Cross, Horndean
Waterlooville
Hampshire
PO8 9PQ
Tel: 023 9259 4325
Fax: 023 9257 1108
School Email: general@horndeantc.hants.sch.uk
Community: community@horndeantc.hants.sch.uk
