Putteridge High School is a

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located in the

Putteridge Putteridge is a suburb at the north-eastern edge of Luton, in Bedfordshire, England. Putteridge is a little over from Luton town centre and bordered by Central Bedfordshire district to the north and North Hertfordshire district to the east. Wig ...

area of

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, in the

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History

It was previously a community school administered by

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. The school was also awarded specialist status as a

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. In February 2013,

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rated this as a 'Good School'. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th
Open Government Licence v3.0
© Crown copyright In March 2017 Putteridge High School converted to academy status and is now sponsored by the Chiltern Learning Trust. In 2019 the first Ofsted inspection of the school after academy conversion was rated as 'Good', with the school said to be showing rapid improvement. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th
Open Government Licence v3.0
© Crown copyright The school was also awarded the

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for 2018 to 2021.

Buildings

In 2019 it was announced that funding and permission had been obtained to demolish and completely rebuild the school site. The new school build has been completed. The sports hall was completed in 2020.

Academics

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the

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, and are inspected by Ofsted on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum'. The school has to decide whether

Key Stage 3 Key Stage 3 (commonly abbreviated as KS3) is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14. In Northern Ireland the ...

contains years 7, 8 and 9- or whether year 9 should be in

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and the students just study subjects that will be examined by the

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exams at 16. Putteridge had decided to take the latter approach. Putteridge High School offers Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 only. There is no sixth form or Key Stage 5. The school also offers

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programme. All students continued in education after leaving the school. The school maintains German as a Key Stage 4 option, and has a German partner school, the Theisstalschule, Niedernhausen with whom they do regular visits and joint music and outdoor pursuits activities. The link was established through the

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. The visit in December 2019 was funded by the British Council, and included visits to Frankfurt, Mainz and Wiesbaden.

Key Stage 3

In year 7 and year 8, the pupils follow the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum, They are setted in Maths and English. They have lessons in:

Key Stage 4

The core subjects studies are: In addition they choose 4 extra subjects, called options, One must be History of Geoography, in order to fulfill the EBACC requirements. The other subjects can varied each year but come from this list.

References

External links

Putteridge High School official website
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