Cams Hill School

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| motto = Inspire, Nurture, Achieve, Excel

| established = 1958

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| type = Academy

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| head = Ian Hudson

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| chair = Iain Hare

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| address = Shearwater Avenue

| city = Fareham

| county = Hampshire

| country = England

| postcode = PO16 8AH

| local_authority = Hampshire

| ofsted = no

| urn = 137538

| staff = circa 150

| enrolment = 1200

| gender = Co-educational

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 16

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| website = http://www.camshill.com/

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Cams Hill School is a medium-sized mixed secondary school for ages 11–16, located in Shearwater Avenue in Fareham, England. Along with The Henry Cort Community College and Fareham Academy, it is one of the three main state schools that serve the town of Fareham, Hampshire.

History

The school attracted national media attention in 2002, when then-headteacher David Wilmot recruited teachers at a nearby Sainsbury's supermarket. He told The Daily Telegraph that he had struggled to recruit and retain newly qualified teachers.{{cite news

| title = School stall lures teachers

| work = The Daily Telegraph

| date = 1 January 2002

| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1380140/School-stall-lures-teachers.html}} The recruitment crisis was highlighted as a "major concern" in an OFSTED report later that year.[http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/40496/(as)/116508_249190.pdf Ofsted Short Report, September 2002]{{dead link|date=January 2017}} The school had an OFSTED inspection in 2007 and was reported as a "good school". During an additional inspection in music during October 2008, the school was graded "good" for music provision.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/101722/(as)/116508_331686.pdf|last=Williams|first=David|date=17 October 2008|title=Letter, Ofsted Subject Inspection Programme – Music|publisher=Ofsted|access-date=2 March 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017}} Later, in 2011, the school was rated "outstanding" by OFSTED {{Cite web|url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/1984071/urn/137538.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20150408193002/http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/index.php?q%3Dfiledownloading/%26id%3D1984071%26type%3D1%26refer%3D0|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 April 2015|title=School inspection Report|date=14 November 2011|website=Ofsted|access-date=21 March 2018}} and subsequently converted to an academy.{{Cite news|url=http://www.camshill.com/information/academy-status/|title=Academy Status |work=Cams Hill School {{!}} State Comprehensive Secondary School in Fareham|access-date=21 March 2018|language=en-GB}} In 2019, the school was rated as "good" overall by OFSTED.{{Cite web|date=8 October 2020|title=Find an inspection report and registered childcare|url=http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report|access-date=6 December 2021|website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk}}

In 2018, a teacher at the school was banned from the profession after sending shirtless photos of himself to a pupil at a different nearby school.{{Cite web |date=2018-11-07 |title=Teacher struck off over sexual misconduct after sending Snapchat pictures of himself bare-chested to a student at another school |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/education/teacher-struck-offa-over-sexual-misconduct-after-sending-snapchat-pictures-himself-bare-chested-student-another-schoola-224384 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Portsmouth News}}{{Cite web |title=Teacher misconduct panel outcome: Mr Kevin Michael Lee |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-misconduct-panel-outcome-mr-kevin-michael-lee |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}

Resourced Provision

As of 2025, the school houses an inchoate Resourced Provision Centre wherein SEN children may be educated.https://democracy.hants.gov.uk/documents/s116017/Decision%2520Report%2520-%2520Cams%2520Hill%2520School%2520-%2520Additional%2520SEMH%2520Resourced%2520Provision.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjF1LLB3JiLAxWrZkEAHf4FLJIQFnoECFgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3c1hJAGNv4ilpNjGDaDDn-{{Cite web |date=2024-01-19 |title=Decision - Cams Hill School - Additional SEMH Resourced Provision |url=https://democracy.hants.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3670 |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=democracy.hants.gov.uk |language=en-GB}}

References

External links

[http://www.camshill.com/ School website]
[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Cams+Hill+School&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=9.716736,27.46582&ie=UTF8&hq=Cams+Hill+School&hnear=&t=h&z=12 School location on Google Maps]

Category:Secondary schools in Hampshire

Category:Fareham

Category:Academies in Hampshire

Category:Educational institutions established in 1958

Category:1958 establishments in England