Caroline Chisholm School

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Caroline Chisholm School is an all-through 4-18 primary and secondary school, located in Northampton, England that opened in September 2004. The school is named after Caroline Chisholm, a 19th century social reformer.[1] The principal is Tony Downing.[2]

It is a newly built school that took 15 months to construct and cost £25 million.[2] When the school adds its final year (Year 13 starting September 2008), it will have 1700 students.[3]

In July 2005 the admission arrangements were varied to ensure that brothers and sisters of children at the school would have greater priority for places.[4]

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[edit] Distinctions

  • This was the first, and so far only, through 4-18 state school in the UK.[5]
  • The school was mentioned in the House of Lords when it was confirmed that this was one of just six schools in England that include a middle school which educates year 11 pupils.[6]
  • Education Secretary Ruth Kelly visited the school on 17 March 2005.[7] Following the visit, Kelly said that the school was a national model for the future with "world-class facilities".[8][9]

[edit] Community involvement

The school is located within the Wooldale Centre for Learning, a multi-use community facility.[2] Caroline Chisholm has been described as "unique and ground breaking" for the way it is linked into the community including offering sports and learning facilities for the whole community.[10]

[edit] Academic standards

Caroline Chisholm is a Business and Enterprise specialist school.[11]

In its report of the 17 May 2006 inspection Ofsted described the school "Caroline Chisholm is a good school with many outstanding features, a view shared by parents and reflected in the school’s self-evaluation. Outstanding features such as the quality and standards in the Foundation Stage, the progress made by pupils with a statement of autism or Asperger’s Syndrome, the behaviour and attitudes of all pupils, and the personal development and well-being of pupils make Caroline Chisholm a unique school."[12]

[edit] ICT

Caroline Chisholm use a mixture of FAT and thin client machines. They currently use SUNRAY clients and SUN Secure Global Desktop to provide staff and students external access.

Caroline Chisholm School run and maintain their own Virtual Learning Environment based around open source software moodle.

Caroline Chisholm school are in the process of moving to Windows 2008 and Open Office.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Caroline Chisholm 1808 - 1877", BBC, January 2004
  2. ^ a b c "Pupils start at new £25m school", BBC News, 6 September 2004
  3. ^ "Welcome to Caroline Chisholm School", Caroline Chisholm School
  4. ^ "ADJUDICATOR PUBLISHES DECISION ON PROPOSAL TO VARY THE ADMISSIONS ARRANGEMENTS FOR CAROLINE CHISHOLM SCHOOL, PRESTON HEDGES PRIMARY SCHOOL, WOOTTON PR ", Office of The Schools Adjudicator (East Midlands), Government News Network, 15 July 2005
  5. ^ "Snap Tory leadership poll impossible", Matthew Temple, The Guardian, 27 May 2005
  6. ^ "Middle Schools", Hansard, House of Lords, 9 February 2005, Column WA118
  7. ^ "Ruth Kelly was here", Polly Curtis, The Guardian, 20 September 2005
  8. ^ "In a class of its own", Northampton Evening Telegraph, 18 March 2005
  9. ^ "Minister Opens "World Class" BDP School", Building Design Partnership, 23 March 2005
  10. ^ "Building and Opening a 21st Century School", The Northamptonshire Governor, Winter 2004
  11. ^ "Secondary School (KS3) Achievement and Attainment Tables 2006", Department for Children, Schools and Families
  12. ^ "Caroline Chisholm School", Ofsted, 17 May 2006


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