Burnham Upper School

Sports College

“The high quality of teaching in PE is being used as a model of good practice.” HMI July 2008

At Burnham Upper School we are proud of our specialist status as a Sports College. Sport is a key activity in the school that offers all our students opportunities to participate, grow in confidence and to excel.
Our facilities are good and the PE department is successful. We offer a range of qualifications in PE and coaching.
HMI July 2008 – “The quality of provision in Physical education is very high”

The Grounds

Burnham Upper school has extensive grounds, the site is large and has open playing fields and good access. The original school building was built in the 1960’s with new blocks for Science, Maths, Languages and a PE sports hall. The LA is currently exploring funding for new buildings as part of the building schools for the future initiative.

“Students confirm that bullying is rare and is dealt with effectively” HMI 2008

Interior

The school has a range of well equipped specialist classrooms.
Design Technology has recently invested over £15 000 on new equipment, we have a media studies suite where students edit their own films. Widespread CCTV coverage ensures the school is secure and safe for our students. Our ICT network has over 200 workstations, 5 computer rooms at least one PC in every classroom and almost all rooms are fitted with data projectors or interactive white boards.

“the school has recruited some very skilled teachers” HMI 2008

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Students Work

At Burnham Upper School we are proud of the talents and the work our students produce. Across the range of subjects our students produce work of great quality, Art work is displayed through out the school and in local exhibitions, Drama productions allow students to develop skills and confidence. In design technology projects give students the opportunity to learn through developing their own ideas. For all students their learning is supported by knowledge of what they are being assessed on, what their personal target is and what they need to work on to achieve the target.
Our curriculum give student a good range of courses and students at BUS achieve with A* and A’s at GCSE as well as good A levels leading to University places