Highcliffe School
| Type | Academy |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Patrick Earnshaw |
| Location |
Parkside Christchurch Dorset BH23 4QD England Coordinates: 50°44′48″N 1°43′19″W / 50.74656°N 1.72196°W |
| DfE URN | 136763 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1,399 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Colours | Purple, Black for year 11 |
| Website |
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Highcliffe School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Highcliffe-on-Sea in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England.
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.
The school used to teach German and Italian but due to lack of funds had to discontinue these lessons.