6-778: (Redirected from Downs School ) The Downs School may refer to the following schools in England: The Downs School, Compton , a comprehensive school in Compton, Berkshire The Downs Malvern , prep school in Colwall, Herefordshire Downs Preparatory School , a preparatory school in Bristol The Downs Secondary Modern, latterly the Leigh City Technology College , Dartford, Kent Topics referred to by
12-465: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Downs School, Compton The Downs School is a comprehensive secondary school in the village of Compton , Berkshire , England . It is a state school run by West Berkshire Education Authority. Starting at age 11 in Year 7, The Downs has approximately 1150 pupils, which includes 260 students in
18-581: The Netherlands , Cyprus and Malta . The Downs also has specialisms in science and maths . The school has a sixth-form centre of about 260 students. Previously located on the bottom floor of the Graham Taylor building (GT), It is located in the newly renovated old science block, after moving there when the new Science building (Hubble) was built. Subjects range from all the sciences to politics, economics, law and media studies. The current head of sixth-form
24-522: The measure of 5A*-C GCSEs including higher passes in English and mathematics. It is also the last remaining West Berkshire Authority secondary school to retain its own swimming pool after St Bartholomew's School removed its pool in Summer 2009. The school specialises in languages . The school has exchange visits to France, Germany and Spain. Sports tours are also annually organised. Teams have been to Spain ,
30-480: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Downs School . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Downs_School&oldid=892171153 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-517: The sixth-form. The head-teacher is Chris Robert Prosser, previously Deputy Head-teacher before Valerie Holdey's retirement in December 2013. The school is located on Manor Crescent, with the nearest major town being Newbury 8 miles away. Other neighbouring towns include Wantage , Didcot , Thatcham and Reading . For the past 2 years it has been the highest attaining school in West Berkshire using
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