The Boswells School is an age 11–18,

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and

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, The Boswells College, with academy status situated in the city of

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, offers secondary age education with qualifications up to General Certificates of Secondary Education and

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. The current headteacher is Mr Stephen Mansell. The Boswells School specialises in Performing Arts (Arts mark Gold). In March 2008, The Independent newspaper ranked the Boswells College 25th in the country for A Level performance by a comprehensive school.

School site

The school site is divided into 3 main blocks (A, B and C), mostly consisting of classrooms for sets of subjects that vary between them. Additionally, there are a variety of sports facilities on site. A block is a 4-story building used for mostly languages, mathematics and science, with other subjects, such as law, also having classrooms there. The largest building in B block contains the performing arts, except dance (with lessons held in either one of 2 dance studios) and art, as well as the general staffroom. It also contains the Boswells College common room, the school's main library and an additional 2 teaching rooms. A second, smaller building in the block contains the English department and classrooms for subjects such as media studies. C block is the largest building of the school site: it contains offices for administrative personnel and senior staff members, a canteen for students of the main school with kitchen facilities, a front reception and student office, an indoor sporting area and the school's theater. It also contains large amounts of teaching space, with the technology, IT, Business and Humanities departments in this building. Indoor sports facilities include 2 dance studios, a large multipurpose sports hall and a swimming pool. Outdoor facilities feature 4 tarmacked spaces, (which can be modified into tennis courts), as well as a large sports field with a grass running track, football and rugby pitches and a cricket circle.

Notable alumni

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- English Cricketer *

Keith Flint Keith Charles Flint (17 September 1969 – 4 March 2019) was an English singer, motorcyclist, dancer and a vocalist of the Electronic dance music, electronic dance act The Prodigy. Starting out as a dancer for the group, he became the vocalist an ...

, lead singer of

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Nathan French Nathan French (born 20 April 1990) is a British volleyball player. French was born in Chelmsford, Essex and he competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. French was the youngest member (at age 22) of the men’s team and started play ...

, professional volleyball player *

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, professional footballer * Scott Sherrin, actor, dancer, BBC presenterScott Sherrin The Story of a Black Man? (1997)
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References

External links

BBC Education - The Boswells School

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