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Theale Green School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the village of Theale, Berkshire, England. The school has 1,256 pupils on roll, including 210 in the sixth form. == History == The school was founded as Theale Grammar School in 1963 by Ken J V Shield, a graduate of Northampton Grammar School and the University of Cambridge.〔 He had previously taught at Leeds Modern School and Hulme Grammar School, and been deputy head at Thomas Bennett Community College in Crawley.〔 Upon opening, the school was designed to provide education for 870 pupils.〔 It was extensively expanded throughout the following decade, with the addition of the gymnasium, music department, the sixth form area, and numerous classrooms.〔 A 1971 estimate predicted that the school roll would rise to 1,250 by the middle of the decade.〔 In the early 1970s, the school became a comprehensive and was renamed Theale Green.〔 In 1985 Chris Gittins was appointed as headteacher. A graduate of Leighton Park School and Cambridge University, he had previously taught at Swanley School, Thomas Bennett School and Longsands Academy in Cambridgeshire. The school pioneered local management of schools prior to the Education Reform Act 1988 with the appointment of the first bursar in Berkshire, Richard Smith and, in 1987 was renamed Theale Green Community School, becoming the first Community School in the county by strengthening the house system, opening a sports centre, and amalgamating the Youth and Adult Education Provision with daytime schooling. The school grew to 1350 students with an expanded sixth form. In 1992 the school designed and developed the first Learning Support Unit (LSU) in England. In 1993 the school won a national competition to achieve funding under the governments Technology Schools Initiative (the precursor to Specialist Schools) and one year later, when the Specialist schools programme began, the school was designated as an Arts college, one of the first four in England, developing an outstanding reputation for technology and arts education recognised in subsequent OFSTED Reports. In 2002 Gittins became the government's lead advisor on improving behaviour and attendance in schools and Sue Marshall was appointed headteacher, moving from the neighbouring Clere School in Hampshire. In 2010, a planning application was submitted to West Berkshire Council seeking permission to rebuild the sixth form complex. Building work began in late 2010 and the new Sixth Form Centre was opened in November 2011, comprising classrooms, computer facilities, study rooms and a new common room. In October 2011 the school was given a Notice to Improve by Ofsted. The report stated: "The proportion gaining five or more A * to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics has now fallen to below the national average and progress for average ability students across the school, particularly in mathematics and science, was inadequate." The follow-up visit, made in October 2012 and published in December 2012, found that the school had not made sufficient improvement on the previous report. As a result of this, the school was placed in special measures, and the head—Sue Marshall—announced her resignation to coincide with the Christmas holiday. She was succeeded by David Bromfield, former principal of Manchester Academy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/programmes/morning_show/html/presenters.stm#david )〕 In September 2013, the school converted to academy status and was renamed, dropping the word "community" from its name, returning to "Theale Green School". After 19 months as the headteacher, Bromfield left the school in August 2014. A statement from the school's governing body announced that "it () been agreed between David Bromfield and the governors that this would be a natural juncture" for him to leave the school. He was replaced by Sally Beeson, a former assistant headteacher at nearby Bradfield College.〔 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「Theale Green School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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