Burton Borough School

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Burton Borough School- Specialist Arts College
Location
Newport, Shropshire, England
Information
Students	1070[1]
Other	125 FE[1]
Type	Public
Campus	Audley Avenue, Newport, Shropshire
Motto	we expect excelence
Colour(s)	Blue and white
Established	1957
Homepage	http://www.taw.org.uk/burtonborough/cgi-bin/burtonborough/info.pl?domain=info&name=About%20Us

The Burton Borough School is situated on the southern edge of Newport, in Audley Avenue. The school was opened in 1957 and since then has developed steadily. In September 2004 it was designated a Specialist Arts College.

The school is named after a local man J.S. Burton Borough, he was deputy lieutenant for Shropshire and High sheriff and became the first govenor of the school.

[edit] Development

Over the last ten years the school has grown due to the size of newport growing, the school went from 800 to 1300 pupils and has had to expand the building and modernize.

The first large piece of building work that was in 1999 when it was decided to expand the music department, by building a new complex fitted with art gallery, large music rooms, small rooms for one 2 one development, a theater and external theater, plus a recording studio.

With the new students, the school was given more money, from the government, which the school decided to spend developing the English department, by building a new block made up of five new classrooms, this development went along side the new gym and sports hall which was built next to the Army Cadet Force hut.

[edit] further plans

The local council and Telford and wrekin are in the planning to build a new swimming pool and sports complex on the schools playing field and they are joining with New College, Telford and have some Sixth Form Classes on the Burton Borough site.