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The Downs School, Compton

Field	Value
name	The Downs School
image	The Downs School crest.png
image_size	120
motto	'Learning together, Learning For Life'
type	Comprehensive foundation school
head	Chris Robert Prosser
r_head_label	http://www.thedownsschool.org.uk/DSW10/ChrisProsser2016.jpg
address	Manor Crescent
county	Berkshire
country	England
postcode	RG20 6AD
local_authority	West Berkshire
ofsted	yes, 2013 outstanding
urn	110102
enrolment	1200
gender	Co-educational
lower_age	11
upper_age	18
houses	Aldworth, Beechwood, Chiltern, Lowbury, Perborough, Ridgeway, Ilsley.
colours	Yellow, Purple, Sky Blue, Ruby Red, Emerald Green, Cobalt Blue, Neon Orange.

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The Downs School is a comprehensive secondary school in the village of Compton, Berkshire, England. It is a state school run by West Berkshire Education Authority.

Overview

Starting at age 11 in Year 7, The Downs has approximately 1150 pupils, which includes 260 students in the sixth-form. The head-teacher is Chris Robert Prosser, previously Deputy Head-teacher before Valerie Holdey's retirement in December 2013. The school is located on Manor Crescent, with the nearest major town being Newbury 8 miles away. Other neighbouring towns include Wantage, Didcot, Thatcham and Reading.

For the past 2 years it has been the highest attaining school in West Berkshire using the measure of 5A*-C GCSEs including higher passes in English and mathematics.It is also the last remaining West Berkshire Authority secondary school to retain its own swimming pool after St Bartholomew's School removed its pool in Summer 2009.

Specialisms

The school specialises in languages. The school has exchange visits to France, Germany and Spain. Sports tours are also annually organised. Teams have been to Spain, the Netherlands, Cyprus and Malta.

The Downs also has specialisms in science and maths.

Sixth-form

The school has a sixth-form centre of about 260 students. Previously located on the bottom floor of the Graham Taylor building (GT), It is located in the newly renovated old science block, after moving there when the new Science building (Hubble) was built. Subjects range from all the sciences to politics, economics, law and media studies. The current head of sixth-form is Mrs Anderson. Its results at A-Level are above average for a non-selective state school.

Notable former pupils

Tessa Kennedy, British interior designer (b. 1938)
Joe Romanski
Theo Walcott

References

(21 January 2006). "The village with one shop, one pub, one field and Theo Walcott". [[The Guardian]].

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