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Sponne School in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England is the oldest secondary school in Northamptonshire, and one of the oldest in the country.〔(Towcester Grammar School )〕 Part of the school was originally Towcester Grammar School, until Grammar schools were abolished in Northamptonshire. In 1968, the Grammar school was joined with the next-door Secondary Modern school, and the school was renamed Sponne, after Archdeacon William Sponne, who was Rector at the nearby St. Lawrence Church in the 15th Century and the original founder of the school. Sponne School is a mixed gender Secondary School and Sixth Form College, with 1358 pupils on the roll, around 200 of whom are in the 6th Form.〔(Ofsted report )〕 It is registered as a specialist science and music academy. The current executive head teacher is Jamie Clarke and the head of school is Iain Massey. In October 2007, the school became a "Foundation" school and in November 2009, changed to Trust school status. Since October 2010, the school has started a consultation process and has been approved to become an Academy.〔http://www.sponneschool.northants.sch.uk/uploads/file/Governors/Academy/Letter%20to%20parents%20Oct%202010.pdf〕 The Sponne School time-table is run on a two-week rota, blue week and red week, due to of the two colours of the schools badge. ==Physical layout== *The staff room, main reception and senior staff offices are in the centre of the school. Pupils are no longer permitted to enter unless directed by staff. *C Block - Consists of most of the art rooms, a computer room and senior staff offices. *D Block - Business and Innovation block, including 5 computer rooms, 3 workshops, 2 kitchens and 1 Textile room and 1 Business/Economics teaching room. *T Block - Not actually a block but a series of mobiles, used for humanities, drama, and music. T2, T3, T4 and T5 mobiles are situated next to S block. The T1 mobile is an extension teaching room with electronic keyboards for the M block. *E Block - The ground floor is where the 6th form common room is, along with some social sciences rooms and 1 computer room. The 1st floor is used to teach languages, such as French and German. The 3rd floor is dedicated to Mathematics. One room, E40, resides halfway between the second and third floors. This is a computer room and in 2008 was reassigned from the ICT faculty to the Mathematics faculty. *H Block - This is the main hall. *M Block - Until September 2006, separate from the rest of the School. It contains most of the Music classrooms. It has been extended with more rooms and a Practise hall to accommodate more pupils On the right end of the school is the Sports Hall and changing rooms, located opposite the E Block. *S Block - Used for all the Science Subjects. Also used as an introduction area for primary school children moving up to Sponne. The one way system to this building has been recently changed. *W Block - The old Grammar School building, rebuilt in 1928 after a fire. This area is for Humanities, English, Business Studies and Drama. The front section of the block is a grade 2 listed building. *HLRC - Hesketh Learning Resource Centre, technically part of the C block. It is a library containing computers, books, newspapers and desks for pupils to work. It is managed by employed library staff. Some pupils help out in the library, and in return, are awarded with credits. There are two residential houses in the school; they both used to be occupied by the care-takers. The house at the front of school is now the GUTP office. There is also a field at the back of the school. It is repainted in the summer and the winter with two football pitches, a hockey pitch, 2 rugby pitches, a 400 m track and a 100 m track. It also has two long jump sandpits, and 2 discus circles. Adjacent to the field is a set of tennis courts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sponne School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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