The new school has been suited for each curriculum area. There are five blocks which are linked by a central mall which is covered by CCTV and houses many of the pupils’ lockers. Each faculty has an office and there is a large staff workroom adjoining the generous staffroom. Our superb facilities include:

• Fully equpped 3D learning suite, sponsored by Gaia
• Technology Block with workshops, cad/cam with 24 top spec computers, art with pottery wheel and kiln, textiles with display area and food technology rooms including commercial standard stainless steel kitchen






Technology Facilities




• Learning support area with KS3 and KS4 support rooms and an MLD unit with SENCO support and interview/work facilities for external agencies and support workers
• 12 Science laboratories on three floors with a prep room on each floor linked by a dumb waiter
• Library resource centre which has just had a £16,000 investment in books and has computer facilities and fingerprint borrowing system
• Welsh and MFL corridor with seminar rooms for use by language assistants
• English corridor classrooms with majority having whiteboards and projector
• Humanities suite with specialist rooms and white boards and projectors
• Drama classroom with specialist lighting and sound systems
• Squash courts which are demountable to a dance/performance space
• Fitness suite with equipment worth over £30000 for use by senior pupils, staff and out of school hours as part of Leisure complex
• PE facilities are extensive- gymnasium, very large sports hall, 2 all-weather pitches (one to international hockey standards) 2 fenced tarmac hard play areas and extensive grass pitches and play areas






Sports Hall




• 5 ICT rooms each with 30 networked computers in each – all on Microsoft Vista platform plus nine portable trolleys of 16 – 28 computers plus printer plus projector which can be delivered to any room. The school video conferencing room with VLE capability operates on wi-fi
• Sixth form area with separate Year 12 and Year 13 workrooms with computer facilities
• Every teacher has a computer in their classroom to enable electronic registration and all have access to the curriculum network and the internet