Grove Park Business and Enterprise College, previously known as Weston Park Boys' School, was a comprehensive school in east

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

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, in the south of

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. The school was closed in 2008 to make way for

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. The most recent Ofsted inspection was on 17 May 2004. The inspectors found that "This is an improving school which provides a satisfactory quality of education. Pupils’ overall achievement is satisfactory. Teaching and learning are satisfactory. The school has had considerable difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff and this has been a barrier to enhancing pupils’ achievement further. The school provides satisfactory value for money."

Closure

There was a surplus of secondary school places in Southampton, and therefore a review of secondary schooling was underway entitled Learning Futures (May 2007). As part of that review, the closure of the school was set for 30 August 2008.Secondary Education Review - Pre-Statutory Consultation Outcome and Proposals for further development, a report to Southampton City Council Cabinet, 19 June 2006

Present

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took over the

Woolston School Woolston School Language College was a secondary comprehensive school in Southampton, Hampshire, in southern England. The last Ofsted inspection was on 10 October 2006. The school was a Specialist Language College for students that were 11 t ...

and Grove buildings, with the Woolston site housing the KS4 students, with the KS3 on the Grove site. The Woolston building was finally closed and handed back to the

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in 2011, and the Grove building finally closed in 2012 when the new Academy building was completed. The Grove building was demolished during March, April and May 2012 and demolition of the Woolston site began March 2017.

References

External links

The school's website

Learning Futures website

Ofsted Website
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