Brighton Hill Community College

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Brighton Hill Community College
Motto	Courtesy and Consideration
Established	1975
Type	Comprehensive
Religious affiliation	None
Headteacher	David Eyre
Chair of Govenors	Mrs C Mitchell-Reid
Specialisms	Sports, Languages
Location	Brighton Way Basingstoke Hampshire RG22 4HS United Kingdom
LEA	Hampshire County Council
Ofsted number	116441
Staff	150
Students	1200
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 16
Houses	Athens, Barcelona, Montreal, Rome, Sydney, Tokyo
School colours	Navy blue and yellow
Website	http://www.brightonhill.hants.sch.uk/
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Brighton Hill Community College is located in Brighton Hill, Basingstoke in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. The Headteacher is Mr David Eyre, and the school has specialist status as a Sports College and Language College.

In the past, Brighton Hill has run several successful exchange trips with Marienschule, a school in Basingstoke's twin town, Euskirchen. It also runs many sport-related trips, as well as trips for other subjects. It holds annual Gifted and Talented events for Sports students.

Brighton Hill Community College is also a Training School.

1 Curriculum
2 Uniform
3 History
4 Headteachers
5 Specialisms
6 Notes
7 External links

[edit] Curriculum

Students at the school begin their GCSE subjects in year nine, which allows them to complete some GCSEs at the end of year ten and spend year eleven studying a different subject. The school has a two-week timetable, which include compulsory English, Maths, Science, Physical Education, Key Skills Qualification ICT, Citizenship, Religious Education and Personal Social and Health Education for all students.

All Key Stage 3 students also study French, German, Geography, History, Philosophy, Ethics and Beliefs, Food Technology, Textiles, Woodwork, Graphics, Music, Art and Drama. From Year Nine, students choose up to four courses to continue studying, including all of the above courses, Business Studies, Pre-Vocational Studies, Separate Sciences and Health and Social Care. The school also offers a variety of Out of Hours programs, including French, German, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Drama and Critical Thinking AS level.

[edit] Uniform

Brighton Hill uniform consists of a daffodil-yellow shirt, black trousers or skirt, a navy blue jumper and a navy blue blazer. This uniform has locally earned the students a nickname of "Yellowbellies".

[edit] History

In 2005/06, Brighton Hill controversially changed its tutoring system by introducing mixed-year tutor groups. This change led to subsequent pupil protests that were covered in the regional news.^[1] The college also changed its house system, consisting of the houses Austen, Dickens, Kingsley, Adams and White, to a community system with communities called Athens, Barcelona, Montreal, Rome, Sydney and Tokyo. In a recent Ofsted inspection, the school was highly praised, although it was criticised for poor communication with parents.^[2] In recent years, the school has constantly ranked above local and national averages.^[3]

[edit] Headteachers

Mr David Eyre became Headteacher at Brighton Hill Community College in 2005. He was previously Head at Desborough School. Previously, the Headteacher was Mr Andy Kilpatrick. Other past headteachers are Mr Lawrie Shaw and Mr Bill Wright.

[edit] Specialisms

Brighton Hill has both a Sports and a Languages specialism. It has been a Sports specialist for a long time, but only became a Languages specialist in 2007.