General Information
Cheshunt School is a mixed Foundation school for students aged 11 to 18 years at Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. It has 1015 students on roll, including 165 students in the sixth form, making it broadly average in size. The School is part of the South Broxbourne Sixth Form Partnership that includes Cheshunt School, St Mary's C of E High School with Goffs School as an Associate Partner. The schools work together to provide a wide range of sixth form opportunities in the local area. The Partnership was mentioned by Ofsted as an example of good post-16 collaborative practice in the last Area-Wide Inspection Report on post-16 provision in Hertfordshire.
Students of all abilities attend the School. The School has, since 2003, been designated as a Specialist Technology College. The school has achieved the Sportsmark award and has been redesignated twice since, it is an Initial Teacher Training institution linked to universities in London, East Anglia and the Open University. The school also has Investor in People status being redesignated with an outstanding report in the summer of 2007.
The School has become very popular in the local community, thanks to the efforts of the Headteacher, Staff, Governors and students of the School. The parents provide invaluable support as does the school's dynamic sixth form 'Head Team'. Cheshunt School continues to be oversubscribed each year.
Most pupils transfer to the School from seven main partner primary schools, of which five are Specialist Status partners, though pupils come from over 30 schools in the south east of Hertfordshire and north Enfield. In the last three years the School has provide members of the full England U16 Football, Rugby Union and Rugby League teams. In 2008 a Year11 student played for the Turkey U19 national football team. The School is also known for its excellence in athletics. The school has strong links with local sports clubs.
In September 2006 the old Science Labs were refurbished with a radical new design and the swimming pool was also modernised. The new pool opened April 2007. In the summer of 2008 all Food Technology rooms were refurbished. All classrooms have data projectors or interactive whiteboards.
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