| Established | 1952 |
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| Headteacher | Mrs. Theresa Phillips |
| Specialism | Language College |
| Location | Rye Road Ore Valley, Hastings East Sussex TN35 5DN England |
| Local authority | East Sussex |
| DfE URN | 114601 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 100+ |
| Students | 1198 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | East Hill, West Hill, Firehills |
| Colours | House Colours: East Hill is Yellow, West Hill are Orange and Firehills are Red |
| Publication | Hillcrest Hawk |
| Website | www.hillcrest.e-sussex.sch.uk |
Hillcrest school is a British secondary school in Hastings, East Sussex, England. It is known in the local area as "Hillcrest Hastings". The school currently has over 700 students and over 100 staff. The current headteacher is Mrs. Theresa Phillips.
Hillcrest is a Specialist Language College, and has recently been awarded the International School Award.[1]
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Hillcrest School was built and completed in 1953, where it opened as a girls secondary school. At around this time the school campus was made up of, what is now called, B-Block and the sports fields. With the closure of the boys school in Priory Road in the late seventies, (next to Castledown School), Hillcrest accepted both male and female students.
In 2007 the school decided to close 6th Form.
The uniform is a white or blue shirt, and black trousers. By tradition Year 11 get to choose the colour of their polo shirts (green or pink for the school year 2009–2010).There is a school jacket (with the crest) and a school coat (without) available to buy. The P.E uniform is a royal blue T-shirt with shorts or tracksuit bottoms and a jacket is available for P.E. in royal blue as well.
The school campus is divided into four blocks: L block, the Sports Centre, A Block and B Block. In addition to the Sports Centre, there is a gymnasium in B Block. There are three tennis courts on site and four playgrounds. There are two fields east of the Language Block. The school owns part of the woodland behind A Block's playground; there are currently plans to redevelop the woodland but nothing is final yet. A Multi Use Games Area was built and opened in late 2006.
There are also some huts behind here where remedial classes are taught and a health clinic is situated.
The school library and canteen are also located here.
The main entrance is here and leads to Kenway Hall.
The language college is where French, German and Spanish are taught to the students; Japanese and other languages are taught during after school classes. There is an ICT suite in here as well, primarily for the use by Language classes.
The Sports Centre is open to the public at the weekend and after school from 5:30pm (run by Freedom Leisure). There are two halls on the ground floor and a gym equipped with a variety of machine of the first floor.
In 2008, a proposal to create a federation between Filsham Valley, Hillcrest and The Grove secondary schools to improve major aspects of the school was sent up to county to be approved; being approved by the East Sussex County Council before the end of the 2008 school year.[2]
Under the federation, led by Sir Dexter Hutt, the school has improved in all areas including: attitude towards learning, behaviour both in and out of the classroom, OFSTED inspections[3] and GCSE results [4] with 76% of students achieving 5 A* – C, and at least 93% 5A* – G grades.
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