Cams Hill School

Coordinates: 50°51′00″N 1°09′32″W / 50.850°N 1.159°W

Cams Hill School
Motto Quality and Achievement
Established 1958
Type Secondary academy
Headteacher Stand In David Lowndes
Chairman of Board of Governors Paul Squires
Location Shearwater Avenue
Fareham
Hampshire
PO16 8AH
England
Local authority Hampshire
DfE URN 116508 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Staff circa 100
Students 1080 (September 2013)
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11–16
Website www.camshill.com

Cams Hill School is a medium-sized mixed secondary school, with five tiers of entry (ages 11-16), located in Shearwater Avenue in Fareham, England. Along with The Henry Cort Community College and Neville Lovett Community School, it is one of the three main state schools which serve the town of Fareham, Hampshire. The school is a specialist Science College and has academy status.

The school attracted national media attention in 2002, when headmaster David Wilmot recruited teachers at a nearby Sainbury's supermarket. He told The Daily Telegraph that he had struggled to recruit and retain newly qualified teachers.[1] The recruitment crisis was highlighted as a "major concern" in an OFSTED report later that year.[2] The school had an OFSTED inspection in 2007 and was reported as a "Good School" with outstanding features. During an additional inspection in music during October 2008, the school was graded "good" for music provision.[3]

As a science specialist school, it offers its more capable students Triple Award Science at GCSE, which includes a trip to the village of Selborne.

A new reception area, drama studio, events hall and library have been built in recent years, all designed to improve the school's facilities; the canteen has recently been updated, and most classrooms have received various renovations.

The school also offers many residentials, these include the French, Spanish and German exchanges, all organised by the Modern Foreign Languages department.

References

  1. ↑ "School stall lures teachers". The Daily Telegraph. 1 January 2002.
  2. ↑ Ofsted Short Report, September 2002
  3. ↑ Williams, David (17 October 2008), Letter, Ofsted Subject Inspection Programme – Music (PDF) (Ofsted) http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/101722/(as)/116508_331686.pdf, retrieved 2 March 2010 Missing or empty |title= (help)

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