Highcliffe School
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{primary sources|date=February 2010}}
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| type = Academy
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| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Patrick Earnshaw
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| address = Parkside
| city = Highcliffe
| county = Dorset
| country = England
| postcode = BH23 4QD
| local_authority = Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
| ofsted = yes
| urn = 136763
| dfeno = 839/5406
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| enrolment = 1,535
| gender = Co-educational
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
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| colours = {{color box|Purple}} Purple
{{colour box|Black}} Black for year 11
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Highcliffe School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Highcliffe-on-Sea (near Christchurch) in the English county of Dorset.
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:
- 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.
External links
- [https://www.highcliffe.school/ Official website]
- [https://www.facebook.com/HighcliffeSchool Facebook page]
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Category:Secondary schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole