Ken Stimpson Community School

Ken Stimpson Community School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Peterborough in the English county of Cambridgeshire. The school is a Business & Enterprise specialist school.[1]

Ken Stimpson Community School
Address
Staniland Way

Peterborough
,
Cambridgeshire
,
PE4 6JT

England
Coordinates52.619525°N 0.275982586°W / 52.619525; -0.275982586
Information
TypeCommunity school
MottoAspire for Excellence and Integrity to gain Success
Established1982
Local authorityPeterborough
Department for Education URN110882 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsMr Trevor French
PrincipalMr Bryan Erwin
GenderMixed
Age11 to 19
Enrolment995
HousesAspire, Excellence, Integrity, Success,
Colour(s)Red, Yellow, Blue, Green
Websitehttp://www.kscs.org.uk

History

Ken Stimpson Community School was founded in 1982, it was a tribute to Kenneth. W. Stimpson who was the Senior Area Education Officer between 1974 and 1979. In 2019, the school moved from a polo shirt focused uniform to one with a tie, shirt and blazer.[2]

Expansion

In September 2018, the local council approved plans for the school to build a new two storey teaching block and to expand some of the existing structures to accommodate a planned rise in capacity from 1014 pupils to 1650 pupils.[3]

Community

At Ken Stimpson Community School they have a wide range of activities and services that are available to the community such as a sports centre (which has a Gym and a sports hall) and the school is home to the Werrington Library.[4] The school has advertisements outside the local Tesco store.

Subjects

The subject that are taught at Ken Stimpson are:

  • Art
  • Business & Enterprise
  • Careers
  • Computing
  • Design And Technology
  • English
  • Humanities
  • Modern Foreign Languages
  • Mathematics
  • Physical Education
  • Performing Arts
  • Science

[5]

E-Safety Mark

In June 2015, Ken Stimpson received the 360 Degree Safe E-Safety mark by the South West Grid for Learning and was the first school in Peterborough to get this certification.[6] According to the 360 Degree Safe website, this demonstrates that the school shows good practice in their e-safety policies and procedures.[7]

Ofsted Inspection

The school's latest Ofsted inspection result was Good.[8]

References
  1. "Business & Enterprise | Ken Stimpson Community School". www.kscs.org.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. "Uniform Policy | Ken Stimpson Community School". www.kscs.org.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  3. "Peterborough secondary school gets go ahead for major expansion". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  4. http://www.vivacity-peterborough.com/venues/werrington-leisure-centre Archived 13 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Vivacity Sports Centre & Library
  5. "Curriculum | Ken Stimpson Community School". kscs.org.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  6. "360 degree safe - Latest E-safety Mark news - Successful E-Safety Mark Schools". www.360safe.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  7. "360 degree safe - Accreditation". www.360safe.org.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  8. "Ofsted | Ken Stimpson Community School". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
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