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The Coppice Spring Academy (formerly Grangeside School) is a coeducational secondary school[2] located in Basingstoke for students with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD). This includes students with learning difficulties, attention deficit and hyperactive disorders, and compulsive disorders.[3] In January 2016 there were 53 students on roll of which 40 were boys;[4] the school takes students from the whole of Hampshire.[5] It has 13 full-time teachers and 6 support assistants.[1]

History

Coppice Spring School was formerly known as Basingstoke School Plus.[2] Before its name change (to Grangeside School) it had been beset by problems, involving an Ofsted rating of “unsatisfactory” in 2006.[2] Results improved under a temporary headteacher but when it became a secondary school in 2010 a new headteacher had to be appointed.[2] However, in 2011 a further Ofsted inspection revealed severe deficiencies, notably in quality of teaching, student performance and attendance, and the school was given a Notice to Improve.[3] In 2012 the school was inspected again and little improvement was found as students were “either … not attending lessons or too much teaching is inadequate. When students are in school, some miss lessons or refuse to undertake the work set for them … (their) behaviour is inadequate overall”. The school was therefore placed into special measures.[6] The headteacher of the school left after this report and was replaced with the current incumbent.[needs update] In June 2013 a monitoring report suggested that improvements had been made, although not enough to remove the school from its category.[7]

In 2014, Grangeside School converted to academy status and was renamed to Coppice Spring Academy.[8]

Qualifications

Students study the standard National Curriculum and where appropriate are entered for GCSEs[9] or equivalent qualifications. For the most recent results available (2012), 7% of students achieved the standard level of 5 GCSE equivalents including Maths and English, although 50% gained five or more GCSE or equivalent passes and 86% achieved at least one qualification.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c “Grangeside School”. Department for Education. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Ellery, Ben. “School sets sights high”. Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. ^ a b “Grangeside School Inspection report 2011” (PDF). Ofsted. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  4. ^ “Coppice Spring School Edubase Data 2015”. Ofsted Data Dashboard. Ofsted. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  5. ^ “Grangeside School”. Grangeside School. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  6. ^ “Grangeside School Inspection report 2012” (PDF). Ofsted. Retrieved 7 August 2013.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ “Grangeside School Section 8 report 2013” (PDF). Ofsted.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ “The Coppice Spring School”. Foxtons. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  9. ^ “Curriculum”. Grangeside School. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2013.