Prince William School
| Type | Academy |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Mr Mark Taitt |
| Location |
Herne Road Oundle Northamptonshire PE8 4BS England Coordinates: 52°28′37″N 0°27′43″W / 52.47705°N 0.46189°W |
| Local authority | Northamptonshire |
| DfE number | 928/4016 |
| DfE URN | 142063 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1150 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | School website |
Prince William School is a secondary school and sixth form located in Oundle, Northamptonshire. The school was built in 1971 and named in honour of Prince William of Gloucester whose family home, Barnwell Manor, is a few miles away. Prince William was killed in an air crash less than a year after the school opened.
As of 2015, the school reopened as an academy. It now provides education from years 7 all the way through to sixth form.
Departments
Prince William School itself is broken into different specialized blocks such as:
The Sutton Maths Department is located at the back of the school, near the soccer courts, the Drama studio and the Science Block.
The Science Department has two buildings and a mobile, the large building in the centre of the campus is the main science block. Next to the main science building is the second, smaller L-shaped science building consisting of just 3 classrooms, the mobile contains 2 more science classrooms. The largest science block is the oldest, still containing ceilings made from Asbestos.
The Drama Studio is located behind gates that lead out towards the Science mobiles (S12-S14). It is a dedicated room for the theatrical arts.
The Humanities Department is located in the rear of the campus. It is home to seven classrooms, in these rooms, Religious Education, History and Geography are taught. It also consists of 2 temporary mobiles on the field.
The Design Department is located nearby the Humanities block, as well as a Dance Studio, two Music Rooms and an ICT Suite. It is home to several different subjects related to design, which include, but are not limited to, Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Textiles and Resistant Materials. There is a new Applied Learning Centre built on the former tennis courts .
The English Department is located at the very front of the school, visible immediately after entering the campus, to the left.
The Languages Department is located on the floor above the English Department. It contains rooms L1 to L7 and a range of languages is taught here.
The Sixth Form and PE blocks are currently located in the same building with the sixth form block on the floor above the PE block. An extension to the PE block (consisting of new changing rooms etc.) has been constructed on the field alongside the humanities mobiles and a new Sixth form block is currently in the process of being constructed in the locality of the old tennis courts.
As of April 2015, a petition was formed by a parent to call for a vote of no confidence in the Head Teacher and the Board of Governors. The petition was closed by the creator in May 2015 after assurances from the Head and Governors that the fears contained within it were unnecessary.
In August 2015 the school delivered the best A Level results in its history, putting it in the top 5 of sixth forms across the county. It's 2015 GCSE results showed the biggest value added to students in seven years.
From September 2015 the school provided newer updated modular blocks, teaching a variety of subjects including Maths, English and Religious Studies.
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Notable former pupils
- Himesh Patel, actor
- Ben Russell, rugby player
- Ben Duffy, Ross Duffy and Daniel Francis Fenech-Soler. All members of the band Fenech-Soler