Putteridge High School


Putteridge High School is a co-educational secondary school located in the Putteridge area of Luton, in the English county of Bedfordshire.

History

It was previously a community school administered by Luton Borough Council. The school was also awarded specialist status as a Mathematics and Computing College. In February 2013, Ofsted rated this as a 'Good School'.
In March 2017 Putteridge High School converted to academy status and is now sponsored by the Chiltern Learning Trust. In 2019 the first Ofsted inspection of the school after academy conversion was rated as 'Good', with the school said to be showing rapid improvement. The school was also awarded the International School Award for 2018 to 2021.

Buildings

In 2019 it was announced that funding and permission had been obtained to demolish and completely rebuild the school site.
The new school build has been completed. The sports hall was completed in 2020.

Academics

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the National Curriculum, and are inspected by Ofsted on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum'. The school has to decide whether Key Stage 3 contains years 7, 8 and 9- or whether year 9 should be in Key Stage 4 and the students just study subjects that will be examined by the GCSEs exams at 16. Putteridge had decided to take the latter approach.
Putteridge High School offers Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 only. There is no sixth form or Key Stage 5. The school also offers The Duke of Edinburgh's Award programme. All students continued in education after leaving the school. The school maintains German as a Key Stage 4 option, and has a German partner school, the Theisstalschule, Niedernhausen with whom they do regular visits and joint music and outdoor pursuits activities. The link was established through the Comenius programme. The visit in December 2019 was funded by the British Council, and included visits to Frankfurt, Mainz and Wiesbaden.

Key Stage 3

In year 7 and year 8, the pupils follow the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum, They are setted in Maths and English. They have lessons in:
ArtComputingDesign and TechnologyDrama
English LanguageEnglish LiteratureFrenchGeography
HistoryMathematicsMusicPhilosophy and Ethics
Physical EducationScience-

Key Stage 4

The core subjects studies are:
GCSE Maths, English and Combined Science
Philosophy and Ethics
Physical Education

In addition they choose 4 extra subjects, called options, One must be History of Geoography, in order to fulfill the EBACC requirements. The other subjects can varied each year but come from this list. Some students will also be able to take triple science.
Art and DesignFood and TechnologyICTBusiness Studies
FrenchMedia StudiesComputer ScienceGeography
MusicSpanishReligious StudiesDrama
Health and Social CareSport and Physical EducationFashion and TextilesHistory
Three Dimensional Design--

Former students

- British far-right activist and one of the UK's most prominent campaigners against Islam
James Justin - Leeds United footballer, who formerly played for Luton Town and Leicester City