Kirkley Community High School
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| Motto | Excellence is our goal |
| Established | 1937 |
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Headteacher | Mr J Clinton (Until August 2008, to be succeeded by Mr. Richard Pickard[1]) |
| Specialism | Sports College |
| Location | Kirkley Run Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0UQ England |
| LEA | Suffolk |
| Ofsted number | 124827 |
| Students | 1358 [2] |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 13 to 18 |
| Houses | Valiant, Achilles, Discovery, Excelsior, Invincible and Providence |
| School colours | Black and Red. |
| Publication | Kirkley Notes |
| Website | Kirkley High School |
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Kirkley Community High School is a comprehensive school in the Kirkley district of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.
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[edit] Notable Alumini
It counts three of the founder members of British rock group The Darkness as former pupils and singer Lil Chris.[3]
[edit] Rock School Series 2
In autumn 2005 the second series of channel 4's "Rock School" was filmed at the school. Auditions were held and 11 students were taught how to play rock music by KISS bassist Gene Simmons who eventually selected five of his students to perform as a rock group. The show culminated with the group opening for Judas Priest and Anthrax in front of 2 300 fans in LA.[4] The lead singer of the band, Lil' Chris was signed to RCA records and recently released his self-titled debut album, which was a major flop.[5] Five of the girls featured on the show went on to form a band called The Upraw; three of the founder members of the band have since quit.[6]
[edit] K Play Radio & KITE Media Centre
[edit] K Play Radio
KHS also has its own radio station, K Play Radio, which can be listened to across the world, playing various music. It was founded and created by Martin Watters in 2005, with initial funding from Adnams Brewery in Southwold to purchase the equipment. It was opened by Helen McDermot in the upstairs "V" block in the school. K Play Radio is a non profit project.
In November 2007, K Play Radio went off the air, due to communication difficulties and is now being revamped by current manager of K Play, Sam Victor Jermy and founder Martin Watters and contrary to previous reports there is sufficient interest with postcards from as far as Pennsylvania, USA.[7]
In June 2008 K Play Radio relocated itself from the school, and into the KITE Media Centre.
[edit] KITE Media Centre
KITE Media Centre (completed in 2007)is also on the KHS Site, which will be used not only by the the school, but by the local community to anyone requiring a media centre.
The funding for the project is to create a media and information centre, which will house a multi-media digital production studio, (TV, Radio, Video) workshop space, community information centre, community groups and the broadband wireless free Internet access project.
The project is aimed at SME’s (small-medium enterprises), not just in the creative and media industries and tourism but all SME’s in the programme area who will benefit from the ability to market their services and products through technologies and the Internet; local community groups; the long term unemployed and post 16 years of age learners. There will be a mix of courses, some will be free of charge, and for some there will be a minimum charge to cover training costs.
The key objective is upskilling the workforce of the Objective 2 Programme areas with post 16 students working alongside businesses, aiming to stem the ‘brain drain’ of young people from the area, a significant factor for long-term regeneration. KITE Media Centre is part financed by the EU.[8]
[edit] Lunch system
In 2007 the school instituted a fingerprinting system for school lunches, allowing pupils to avoid paying cash at the till and having to carry money around with them. Parents are also able to send a cheque to the school which can be entered directly onto the cashless system. [9]
[edit] House system
The schools house names are based on the names of famous ships. The school introduced the house system and voted the house names in 2005.
[edit] 2 Tier Education system
If Suffolk County Council decide to approve a 2 tier education system (primary, years 1-6 and high school, years 7-11) to replace the current 3 tier system (primary, years 1-4, middle,years 5-8 and high school, years 9-11 and 12-14 if the school has a 6th Form)the number of pupils in the school may increase to over 2000, unless another High School in south Lowestoft is built. It is expected if plans go ahead, the education system in Lowestoft will change in 2011/2012
[edit] References
- ^ "Appointment of New Headteacher", Kirkley Notes, April 2008.
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- ^ The Darkness :: News :: 2004
- ^ channel4.com - Rock School
- ^ RCA Label Group (UK) | Lil' Chris
- ^ http://www.theupraw.co.uk/news.php?full=20061130200027&ex=
- ^ Sam Victor Jermy, K Play Radio Manager
- ^ KITE Media Centre
- ^ Fingerprint to order school lunch BBC report, 26 June 2007
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