Highcliffe School

Highcliffe School
Address
Map
Parkside

Highcliffe
,
Dorset
,
BH23 4QD

England
Coordinates50°44′48″N 1°43′19″W / 50.74656°N 1.72196°W / 50.74656; -1.72196
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Department for Education URN136763 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherPatrick Earnshaw
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,535
Colour(s)  Purple
  Black for year 11
Websitehttps://www.highcliffe.school/

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:

The school also offers "twilight lessons" for parents and other adults to learn languages after normal school hours.