The Romsey School

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Location
The Romsey School
Greatbridge Road Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 8ZB, England
Coordinates	50°59′42″N 1°30′10″W / 50.99488, -1.50284
Information
Specialist	Maths and Computing
Headteacher	Mr P Warburton/Mr G Bell
Pupils	1098
Ofsted number	116421
Age	11 to 16
Type	Comprehensive
Established	1957
Homepage	http://www.romseyschool.org.uk/

The Romsey School is a mixed specialist school in Romsey, Hampshire, England, focussing on maths and computing. There are currently approximately 1100 children aged 11-16 and 100 teachers. The campus is located in Priestlands just off the Greatbridge Road near Romsey Abbey. The River Test runs alongside.

1 History
2 Achievement
3 Catchment area
4 Extra Curricular Activities
5 Head teachers
6 Notable former students
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

The school moved to its present site in the late 1950s and was originally known as Priestlands Secondary Modern School until the late 1970s when it became a comprehensive. In 2000, it became a Specialist Language College jointly with The Mountbatten School. In 2005 the school's specialisation changed to a Mathematics and Computing College - one of the first British schools to make such a switch.^[1]

[edit] Achievement

The professional magazine Children Now gave the school its inaugural Community School of the Year award in 2006.^[2]

In 2007 the school again won the Community school of the year award, now re-branded the Extended School of the Year award.^[3]

[edit] Catchment area

The normal catchment area for the school includes the villages of Ampfield, Braishfield, Sherfield English, Michelmersh, Timsbury and the part of Romsey to the north of the Eastleigh to Romsey railway line, east of the Sun Arch, north of the A27 from the Sun Arch to the Plaza Roundabout, continuing along the by-pass over Middlebridge. The school attracts a significant number of pupils from outside this area, particularly from the nearby city of Southampton.

[edit] Extra Curricular Activities

The Romsey School offers a wide range of after school activities, mainly sport based but there are academic based ones as well. There is the noted Big Band, which has served concerts in Bruges, Barcelona and other European cities.