Highcliffe School

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Highcliffe School
Address
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Parkside Highcliffe , Dorset , BH23 4QD England
Coordinates	50°44′48″N 1°43′19″W / 50.74656°N 1.72196°W / 50.74656; -1.72196Coordinates: 50°44′48″N 1°43′19″W / 50.74656°N 1.72196°W / 50.74656; -1.72196
Information
Type	Academy
Local authority	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Department for Education URN	136763 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Mr Patrick Earnshaw
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1,463
Colour(s)	Purple, Black for year 11
Website	https://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:

• 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[]

• Official website