Highcliffe School
| Type | Academy |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Patrick Earnshaw |
| Location |
Parkside Christchurch Dorset BH23 4QD England Coordinates: 50°44′48″N 1°43′19″W / 50.74656°N 1.72196°W |
| DfE URN | 136763 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1,399 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Colours | Purple, Black for year 11 |
| Website |
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Highcliffe School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Highcliffe-on-Sea in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England.
Features
The school has a £4,000,000 technology block, ICT and science departments, and plasma TV screens all around the school for displaying messages and announcements.
Building work has finished on a fitness suite, which PE students have access to, containing fitness training machines and weights.
The school Music Department has access to a technology room, which contains computers loaded with Cubase music programs and Sibelius software (a score-writing program). It also features keyboards connected to these computers, acting as speakers and MIDI-input devices.
Specialism
Highcliffe School specialises in languages, and teaches:
- Italian
- German
- Japanese (as an optional extra curricular subject)
- Spanish
- French
- Chinese (as an optional extra curricular subject)
- Latin (as an optional extracurricular subject)
The school also offers "twilight lessons" for parents and other adults to learn languages after normal school hours.
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