The Deepings School

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The Deepings School
Motto	In pursuit of excellence
Established	1957
Headteacher	Mr Chris Beckett
Specialism	Business and Enterprise College
Location	Park Road Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE6 8NF England
LEA	Lincolnshire
Ofsted number	120635
Students	1369
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 18
Website	http://www.deepings.lincs.sch.uk/
Coordinates: 52°40′29″N 0°17′49″W / 52.67481, -0.29689

The Deepings School is a business and enterprise college in Deeping St James, near Peterborough in England, at which over 1,400 pupils aged 11-18 study, taught by over 80 teaching staff. The school has a highly acclaimed sixth form for A-level studies, that recently performed very well in the school league tables. The current headmaster is Mr Beckett, recently promoted in 2005 to the post after the retirement of the preceding Dr Bryers. Extra income recently has seen a development programme for the school, with a new Business and Enterprise block and the instalation of a new staff room, with new toilets.

Contents 1 League tables 2 Departments 2.1 Art & Technology 2.2 Communications 2.3 Science and Maths 2.4 Humanities 3 History 4 External links

[edit] League tables

• 5A*-C = 83% (best non selective school in County) (Lincs Av = 65%; National Av = 61%)
• 5A*-C (including English & Maths) = 56% (second best non selective school in County) (Lincs Av = 50%; National Av = 46%)
• GCSE Av Pts Score = 457
• CVA (contextual value added) KS2 – KS4 = 1006
• CVA (contextual value added) KS3 – KS4 = 1021
• CVA average is based on a score of 1000.
• A Level Av Pts Score = 806

Position in Local Authority = 16th (the top 15 were selective schools) http://www.deepingschool.org.uk/download/network/tdsnetwork-jan2008.pdf

[edit] Departments

The school offers a wide range of subjects, within the following departments;

[edit] Art & Technology

The Deepings School art facilities consist of the second floor of the Design block. Recently, ICT has been introducted to increase the role thereof in art.

[edit] Communications

The oldest part of the school serves as the English language block. Students may take both English language and English Literature for GCSE, and have the option of doing Communication Studies or English Literature at A-level.

Foreign languages are also taught at the school. These consist of French and German. Since the removal of a compulsory language at GCSE level in 2004, uptake of a second language has decreased at level 2 stage. French is taken overall by more students than German.

Although attempts have been to introduce other languages, these so far remain confined only to after school and night classes.

Spanish is also held as an after school club for people who want to, top class year 7 of 2007-2008 adcadmic year and year 10 group of 5 are being taught it.

[edit] Science and Maths

Science is taught along the national Curriculum. Of interest is the Further Maths course at A-level, which unlike at many schools, is timetabled.

[edit] Humanities

As well as Geography and History being taught, Philosophy and Sociology have recently seen larger uptakes for A-level courses.

[edit] History

The school was originally called the Deepings County Secondary Modern School. Whilst under this name, the headmaster, Vivian Sweet, was killed in a crash in his Ford Cortina on October 2nd 1974 at North Rauceby on the A17. The school became a comprehensive school in the mid-1970s - the only true comprehensive in South Kesteven, and takes pupils also from Stamford. The Deepings Leisure Centre is on the school grounds.

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Rate My Teachers
• Project for Geographical Association
• Education in the Deepings area

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Educational Establishments in South Kesteven
LEA: Lincolnshire Primary schools: Linchfield CP School Grammar Schools: Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School | The King's School, Grantham | Bourne Grammar School Other Secondary Schools: Robert Manning Technology College | the Deepings School | Stamford School (public) Further Educational establishments: Grantham College | New College Stamford