King's Academy Prospect

King's Academy Prospect
Address
Cockney Hill Reading , Berkshire , RG30 4EX England
Coordinates	51°26′49″N 1°01′08″W / 51.4469°N 1.0190°W / 51.4469; -1.0190Coordinates: 51°26′49″N 1°01′08″W / 51.4469°N 1.0190°W / 51.4469; -1.0190
Information
Type	Academy
Local authority	Reading
Trust	King's Group Academies
Department for Education URN	136876 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	David Littlemore
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1023
Website	www.prospect.reading.sch.uk

King's Academy Prospect is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in West Reading, Berkshire, England.

History[]

Stoneham Secondary School for Boys opened in April 1956 and Westwood Girls School opened in April 1958. Prospect School was formed in 1985 by combining Stoneham Boys School and Westwood Girls School. To this day the school has two entrances because the combined Stoneham and Westwood buildings were originally built close to each other and each had its own entrance.

Prospect School became an academy on 1 July 2011 and is now sponsored by the King's Group Academies. The school was later renamed King's Academy Prospect to reflect this.

Admissions[]

The school caters for those in Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 and Sixth Form Key Stage 5, between the ages of 11 and 18. The school follows the National Curriculum. The school currently has 1,023 students.

Buildings[]

King's Academy Prospect is situated on a 34-acre green site on the western outskirts of Reading. A capital investment of £5.6 million resulted in refurbished Science and Art facilities, a modern Learning Center as a base for the Sixth Form and a new Technology block that houses media studios and the Motor Vehicle and Construction department. The school has a total of 7 Blocks consisting of:

• A block = Geography, History, R.E., Music, Art and Drama
• B block = Science and Technology
• C block = Science, ICT and Technology
• D block = English, Mathematics, Sociology and Psychology
• Sports Hall = (E Block) P.E.
• Sixth Form Centre = (F block) Business, Health & Social Care and Modern Foreign Languages
• Loddon Building = (G block) Hair and Beauty, Technology, Construction and Media Studies

Curriculum[]

The school teaches: English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Science, French, German, History, Geography, Religious Studies, Art, Business Studies, Health and Social Care, Computing, ICT, Music, Drama, Dance, Physical Education, Technology (including Food, Graphics, Resistant Material and Textile Technology), Sociology, PSHE, Accountancy and Law.

The school offers a range of subjects for GCSE – most of the above and many more including Motor Vehicle Maintenance, Construction, Hairdressing and Media Studies.

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prospect School, Reading.

• Official website
• EduBase^{[permanent dead link]}
• Fort, Hugh (17 July 2015). "Pick of the Past: Soap box racing at Stoneham Boys' School". getreading. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
• "Reading Museum". collections.readingmuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2018.