Southchurch High School

Southchurch High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. It opened on 1 September 2016, replacing the former Futures Community College.[1]

Southchurch High School
Address
Southchurch Boulevard

Southend-on-Sea
,
Essex
,
RG45 7EG

England
Information
TypeAcademy
Established2016
Local authoritySouthend-on-Sea
Department for Education URN143144 Tables
OfstedReports
Principal/Head TeacherTracy Airoll
Teaching staffMiss Selina Murray, Mrs Laura Miller, Mr Paul Dunn, Mrs Kelly Papouila Taylor, Mrs Katie Kelly
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Enrolment748 (March 2023)
Average class size30
Websitehttp://www.southchurchschool.com/

Futures Community College was created in 2006 as a trustee school by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, Prospects College and the UK government[2][3][4] to try and lift Thorpe Bay High School out of special measures. A new building was opened in 2010.[5][6] Prospects moved their Southend campus to share the new building.

As of November 2013 the head teacher was Stuart Reynolds who replaced Stephen Capper who had been appointed for one year to prevent the school being placed in special measures by Ofsted following poor examination results in 2012.[7] However the school returned to special measures in 2014 before coming out in 2016.[8] As part of its rebuilding programme Futures closed its Sixth form in 2015, with PROCAT (the new name for Prospects College) moving out in 2016 to make room for further expansion of the school.[9] In September 2016 the school renamed itself as Southchurch High School and is in the process of becoming part of the Partnership Learning Academy trust.[10]

On the 14th June 2022, Southchurch High School was rated inadequate in all areas by Ofsted who found bullying, prejudice and inappropriate segregation of boys and girls.

9th January 2023, Miss Selina Murray, Deputy Headteacher, wrote a letter to parents/careers explaining a change to procedures where students are “not allowed to touch each other”. The letter read: “Students are not allowed to touch each other whilst on site. “This will help create a calm and orderly atmosphere and ensure that there is no confusion about play fighting or anything more serious. ” This comes months after Southchurch High School banned students from using the toilets during lessons to avoid “disruption”.

In January 2023, Mr. Stuart Reynolds was appointed to the role of School Improvement Officer by the Partnership Learning Academy Trust, now working as a freelancer. Subsequently, Mrs. Tracy Airoll was selected to serve as the Interim Headteacher in his stead and still is as of October 2023.


References
  1. "Southchurch High School - Edubase2 - Department of Education". Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. "New head is named for Futures college - Evening Echo p.15 Nov 2006". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  3. "Trust schools projects revealed - bbc.co.uk p. 7 Sept 2006". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. "Kelly seeks common ground on schools reform - the guardian p.26 Jan 2006". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  5. "Futures Community College - FraserBrownMacKennaArchitects" (PDF). Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  6. "Iconic Futures College has wow factor - Evening Echo 12 Oct 2010". Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  7. "Ofsted - Futures Community College". ofsted.gov.uk.
  8. "Southend Secondary School out of special measures - Eveing Echo p.8 March 2016". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  9. "PROCAT to vacate Southend campus for more secondary school places - Evening Echo p.14 Jan 2016". Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  10. "Looking to the Futures: Headteacher on why school's future lies with academy trust - Evening Echo p.27 May 2016". Retrieved 12 May 2017.

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