The Bulmershe School

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The Bulmershe School
Motto Where everyone matters
Established 1964
Type Comprehensive community school
Religious affiliation Secular
Headteacher Peter Lewis
Specialism Sports
Location Chequers Way
Woodley
Reading
Berkshire
RG5 3EL
Flag of England England
LEA Wokingham Education Authority
Ofsted number 110062
Students 1,299 (Jan 2006)
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11 to 18
Website www.bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk

The Bulmershe School is a mixed-sex comprehensive school located in Woodley, Berkshire, which first opened in 1964 as a grammar school; today it caters for children of all abilities between the ages of 11 and 18 (years 7 to 13). In September 2004, the school was designated as a Department for Education and Skills specialist Sports College and has also been credited with the Sportsmark Award. In addition, Bulmershe was a consecutive three-time winner of a DfES School Achievement Award in 2001, 2002 and 2003.[1][2]

There were 1,335 students on roll at the time of the OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education) inspection in 2004. The students come from a wide range of backgrounds in Woodley and East Reading. OFSTED reported that one third of the student body are from ethnic minority backgrounds with the largest group being of Pakistani origin. One in six of the students speaks English as an additional language, which is well above the national average.[3] Bulmershe houses a local education authority learning resource unit for students with specific learning difficulties. The school has an above average proportion of students with special educational needs, comprising a quarter of the student population. OFSTED found that "the most common needs are emotional and behavioural difficulties, though a significant number of students have learning difficulties or autism".[1]

The current head teacher, Peter Lewis, joined the school in 1998.

[edit] See also

  • Kingfisher Table Tennis Club - located in the grounds of The Bulmershe School

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b OFSTED Inspection Report - The Bulmershe School (PDF) 3. OFSTED (November 2004). Retrieved on 2006-11-15.
  2. ^ DFES School Achievement Awards scheme
  3. ^ OFSTED Inspection Report - The Bulmershe School (PDF) 18. OFSTED (November 2004). Retrieved on 2006-11-15.

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