Bedminster Down School

Bedminster Down School

View from Tyntesfield Road
Established 2012
Type Secondary Academy
Headteacher Gary Schlick
Deputy Headteacher Philip Bailey
Location Donald Road
Bristol
BS13 7DQ
England Coordinates: 51°25′18″N 2°37′10″W / 51.421652°N 2.619526°W
DfE number 801/4037
DfE URN 138204 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Staff 117
Capacity 1,090
Students 765
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–16
Publication Bedminster Down Load
Website bedminsterdown.net

Bedminster Down School is a mixed gender secondary school with academy status, located in the Bishopsworth area of Bristol, England.

History

Main entrance on Donald Road

The school originally opened in 1955 as a comprehensive school but on 1 June 2012 the school officially became an academy.[1] Although the school initially planned on becoming an academy from September 2011 although this was delayed.[2]

In 2010, the head teacher of ten years, Marius Frank left the school to become CEO of ASDAN also based in Bristol.[3] The current head teacher is Gary Schlick, who was previously Head of Newport High School.[4]

The school is part of The Malago Learning Partnership (MLP). MLP is a collaboration between Bedminster Down school, Cheddar Grove Primary, Greenfield Primary, Headley Park Primary, Parson Street Primary, Victoria Park Primary and St Peters CofE Primary.[5]

Building

In 2003, the school was selected as one of four schools in Bristol to be completely rebuilt through the PFI programme.[6] Work began on the new school building in 2004, and the new school opened at Easter time 2006.[7]

Academic achievement

The school has improved its results year on year and achieved its best ever GCSE scores in 2014, the table below shows the percentage of students hitting the key measure of 5 A*-C including English and Mathematics.[8]

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
25% 19% 24% 27% 30% 30% 40% 46% 40% 36% 49%

Ofsted inspection

The school's latest inspection took place on 7 and 8 November 2014 and it received the following grades:[9]

Area Grade
Overall Effectiveness 2 - Good
Achievement Of Pupils 2 - Good
Quality Of Teaching 2 - Good
Behaviour And Safety Of Pupils 2 - Good
Leadership And Management 2 - Good

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bristol.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/children_and_young_people/schools/school_admissions/Bristol%20Schools%20who%20are%20their%20own%20Admission%20Authority.pdf Bristol Schools who are their own Admission Authority as of 1 February 2012
  2. ↑ http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Academy-dream-schools/article-3303378-detail/article.html Five more secondary schools have unveiled proposals to explore converting to academy status
  3. ↑ http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Pioneer-puts-emphasis-young-people/story-11241647-detail/story.html Pioneer puts emphasis on young people
  4. ↑ http://www.bedminsterdown.bristol.sch.uk/joomla2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=271:a-new-headteacher-for-bedminster-down&catid=13:general&Itemid=137 A New Headteacher for Bedminster Down
  5. ↑ http://bedminsterdown.net/information/malago-learning-partnership/
  6. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2004041.stm Building plan for Bristol schools
  7. ↑ http://www.bedminsterdown.bristol.sch.uk/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=4&Itemid=46 About us
  8. ↑ http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=138204 Bedminster Down School
  9. ↑ "Ofsted Bedminster Down School". Retrieved 4 February 2013.

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