Hounsdown
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| Motto | Be The Best You Can Be |
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| Established | 1969 |
| Type | Academy |
| Executive Headteacher | Mrs J. Turvey |
| Associate Headteacher | Mr D. Veal |
| Senior Deputy Headteacher | Mrs C. Ratcliffe |
| Assistant Headteachers | Mrs B. Langley-Bliss, Mrs K. Magill (Acting), Mr N. Clinton (Acting), Mrs K. Hibberd (Acting) , Mr R. Blackman |
| Chair of Governors | Mrs A. Double |
| Location |
Jacobs Gutter Lane Totton Southampton Hampshire SO40 9FT England Coordinates: 50°54′17″N 1°29′33″W / 50.904687°N 1.492459°W |
| Local authority | Hampshire |
| Students | 1215 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | Beaulieu, Rhinefield , Knightwood, Bolderwood |
| Colours | Blue, Red, Purple, Green |
| Website | Hounsdown School – A Science College |
Hounsdown School is a secondary school in Totton, near Southampton, Hampshire, England. The school has 1,215 pupils, spanning ages 11 to 16. Classes are held in recently renovated 1960s buildings and new specialist blocks built since 2000. It had been operating a house system since September 2008, but this seems to have been discontinued. It has also begun work on its leadership courses. The executive headteacher is Mrs J. Turvey, and the Associate Headteacher is Mr D. Veal.
Hounsdown gained Science College status in 2005, and the school changed its official title to 'Hounsdown School – A Science College'. With the new title came a new logo, new uniform and a £500,000 government grant to be spent on science equipment. However, rather than spending all the money on science equipment, part was spent to buy a new sports hall.
On 1 August 2011, Hounsdown School officially gained academy status.
In 2005 and 2008 Hounsdown received a judgment of "outstanding" from Ofsted, the latter inspection receiving "outstanding" in all categories.
In May 2013, Hounsdown School was successful in achieving approximately £1.3 million for essential Capital refurbishments/decorating works. The school put in 3 bids, and achieved all three. The school will be re-roofed and the swimming pool changing rooms will be refurbished. Also, the East Block will be re-cladded and double glazed. However, the majority of this work will not begin until September 2013 due to funding conditions. The swimming pool refurbishment work was completed in April 2014. The East Block exterior re-cladding was completed in May 2014. Re-cladding of the science block will begin in September 2014.
Pupils begin at the school in year seven, most having attended one of the three feeder primary schools: Abbotswood Junior School (majority), Bartley Junior School or Foxhills Junior School. Until KS3 SATs were abandoned nationally, pupils studied the Key Stage 3 syllabus until the SATs. In 2005, instead of taking SATs in year nine, the decision was taken that students would take them in year 8 to give students an extra year of GCSE help. They then pick a cycle of three subjects at the end of year 8 (e.g. drama, music, history) and a language to carry on into year nine. Students then try out these subjects and pick their final GCSE options at the end of year nine, which they could drop at any time during year 10. Many schools in Scotland and Wales use a more traditional system, which, in year nine, has pupils consolidating their learning from primary school and KS3. GCSE courses start for all subjects in year 10, with the examinations held during the summer term of year 11. Pupils can then enter employment, or continue their education at 6th Form College.
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