Description
Royal Wootton Bassett Academy is leading State Secondary school in Swindon. This is a Non-selective school for kids age 11 to 18 years. Gender - Mixed
The Wootton Bassett County Secondary School opened on Wednesday, 8th January 1958, with 279 pupils aged 11 and above, transferred from the two local all age schools and six schools in local villages. Most areas at that time had all age schools; Purton continued to have an all age school until 1962.Students leave us to join an ever changing world and we have to make sure they are prepared for all challenges. Academic qualifications are crucial but we also develop the whole person. We pride ourselves on producing responsible, health conscious, global 21st century citizens who will give to society. Our staff and facilitates are outstanding. We are proud of the very high achievement of our students and most stay onto Sixth Form. Many progress to top universities, including Oxford and Cambridge.
Facilities
Curriculum
The school day is divided into an iLearn session (30mins) followed by five one hour periods. The school runs a two week timetable and there are 50 periods in a cycle. Sixth form classes may also be taught in a twilight session -Period 7 (3pm -4pm).PSHE, Citizenship, Financial awareness, careers education and SRE are delivered in five collapsed Personal Development days throughout the school year.
Remote Learning
In order to ensure that learning is continued, irrespective of lockdown and self-isolation, Royal Wootton Bassett Academy has developed the following plan. This plan offers remote learning opportunities whilst also acknowledging that some households have limited access to devices and would require hard-copies of work and resources.
Sixth Form
The induction programme will be sent out to all applicants the week before the induction days. The programme will allow all students the opportunity to experience RWBA Sixth Form life. Throughout the days students will meet their tutor, tutor group, take part in lessons in their chosen A level/BTEc subjects as well as get to know students, staff and the facilities and have fun in the house team building events.
Features
- Ofsted Rating:
outstanding
Things to note
PE CLUBS
Coming to clubs- if you want to come to a club just meet the PE staff in the designated year group area at the end of the school day. The PE department will then escort you to the area for your club. A reminder there are no late busses so you will need to arrange your own transport home with your guardian/parents.
SCIENCE CLUB
Science club is for any year 7 and 8 student to attend who would like to further develop their interest in Science, advance their skills in fieldwork, research and project presentations. Science club sessions will include one-off experiments that would not normally be conducted during lessons building to students investigating a question of their own and presenting it to a group of their peers.
Extra Curricular
Please check the school website link for details.
7.86 miles
