Westside School, Gibraltar
Westside School or simply Westside is a comprehensive school in the British territory of Gibraltar.
The school opened in 1982, and was built in order to provide education to the students of the former Girls' Comprehensive School, previously spread over three different sites, and itself an amalgamation of four girls' schools: Loreto High School, St. Joseph's Secondary School, St. Margaret's School, and St. David's Commercial School.
It was formerly only for girls, but as of 2021 is coeducational.
Subjects offered
Westside offers a range of subjects at different levels. These are at Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Sixth form. Students do their General Certificate of Secondary Education courses during Key Stage 4 and those who wish to further their studies from there, do their A-Levels during sixth form.Italicized subjects indicate compulsory subjects.
Key Stage 3
- Art and design
- Drama
- English
- French
- Geography
- History
- Information and communication technology
- Mathematics
- Music
- Personal, social and health education
- Physical education
- Science
- Spanish
- Technology
- Woodwork and home economics are also included
Key Stage 4
- Art and design
- Art and design
- Business studies
- Child development
- Child studies
- Commercial studies
- Economics
- English language
- English literature
- Food and nutrition
- French
- Geography
- History
- Home craft
- Information and communication technology
- Mathematics
- Music
- Personal, Social and Health Education
- Physical Education
- Religious Studies
- Spanish
- Combined science
- Triple Science
Sixth form
- Art and design
- Biology
- Business studies
- Chemistry
- Economics
- English literature
- French
- Geography
- History
- History of art
- Information and communication technology
- Liberal studies
- Mathematics
- Music
- Physical education
- Physics
- Psychology