Hove Park School

Hove Park School
Address
Nevill Road Hove , East Sussex , BN3 7BN England
Information
Type	Comprehensive secondary school
Local authority	Brighton and Hove
Specialist	Language College
Department for Education URN	114607 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Derek Trimmer
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 19
Enrollment	1750
Colour(s)	Navy
Website	http://www.hovepark.org.uk

Hove Park School is a secondary school and sixth form centre located over two sites in Hove, East Sussex, England. Since 2002 the school has been accredited as a specialist Language College.

The school is located over two sites in Hove: The Valley campus educates pupils aged 11 to 14 (academic years 7, 8 and 9), while the Neville campus educates pupils aged 14 to 19 (academic years 10, 11 and sixth form). The school offers a selection of qualifications to its pupils including GCSEs, NVQs and A Levels. As a Language College, Hove Park School offers courses in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin, as well as extra-curricular courses in Japanese and Arabic, as well as some more common languages. The school also participates in the European Union funded Interreg IVa programme, which organises regular educational and cultural exchanges with pupils from Europe. It is one of the only schools in the south east to offer a variety of Languages. The school will see Portsmouth headteacher Derek Trimmer take over at Hove Park School from previous headteacher Tim Barclay at Easter. On 26 April 2011, Mr Trimmer officially started as Headteacher of Hove Park School. Mr Trimmer has announced that his ambition and intention at Hove Park was to make Hove Park School the most improved school in the South East. He has promoted his Ambition through the Media. Recently in The Argus, He talked about his ambition to make his school one of the most improved schools in the Country through GCSE Results. It was announced on 26th August, that the schools results, students getting between 5 A* - Cs or more had gone up by 4%.

School Structure

General

Derek Trimmer: Head teacher

Ken Leonard: Deputy head, Curriculum + Resources

Jim Roberts: Deputy Head, C4L Y8/9

Tony Childs: Deputy Head, Safeguarding + Child Protection, P+A Y8/9

Liza Leung: Assistant Head, C4L Y7Y6-7 Transition

Huxley Knox-Macaulay: Deputy Head, Learning + Teaching, P+A Y10/11

Gill Hibbert: Direct of eLearning

Jayne Davis: Director of Staff Development

Valley Campus (Years 7-9)

Liza Leung: C4L Y7, Y6-Y7 Transition

June Greener: Leader C4L Y7

Lyndsey Weatherhogg: Leader Y7 Curriculum Project

Tony Childs: P+A Y7/8/9

Jim Roberts: C4L Y8/9

Simon Paul: Director P+A Y8/9

Alison Griffthis: Leader P+A Y8/9

Lesley Ruggles: Director C4L Y8/9

Sandra Hutchings: Leader C4L Y8/9

KS3 subject leader (see below)

Nevill Campus (Years 10-13)

Huxley Knox Macaulay: Learning+Teaching, P+A Y10/11

Gill Page: C4L Y10/11

Karen Puttock: Leader C4L Y10/11

Leysa Ghosh: Direcotr P+A Y10/11

Adam Marshall: Leader P+A Y10/11

Julie Watts: Direcotr of 6th Form

Phil Bryne: Assistant Director of 6th Form

Language College

Clare Pruteanu: Director of Language College

Charmain Hartley: Director of International Dimension, Interreg Chef de File

Leanne Griffthis: International Studies Leader KS3

Language subject leaders, see below

Subject Leaders

English + Media Studies

Kevin Alexander: Director of English

Diana Macdonald: English Leader KS3

Nansi Mellor: English Leader KS4 + Media Studies Leader KS4/5

Steven Brown: English Leader KS5

Mathematics

Kevin Alexander: Director of Mathematics

Kenneth Fraser: Maths Leader KS3

Mary Mahoney: Maths Leader KS4

Science

Lisa Atkins: Science Team Leader

Nicola Halstead: Science Leader KS3

David Roberts: Science Leader KS4

Languages

Daryl Bailey: Languages leader Year7+Primary

Charlotte Stockel: Languages Leader Y8/9

Leanne Griffthis: International Studies Leader KS3

Corine Philibert: Languages Leader KS4

Maria Martin: Languages Leader KS5

ICT+Digital Media

Liz Ritson: ICT + Digital Media Team Leader

PE

Joe Brooking: PE/Sports Team Leader

Emma Vermeer: PE leder KS3

Creative Arts

Chantal Domaingue: Art Leader

Tania Banks: Drama Leader

James Miles: Music Leader

Humanities

Jenny Gibson: Geography Leader

Judy Cooper: History Leader

Tanya Gorton: Philosophy, Ethics + RE leader

Technology

Ruth Golding: Technology Team Leader

Tracy Sykes: Technology Leader KS3 + Technology Leader Product Design + Graphics

Jayne Priddey: Technology Leader Textiles

Matthew Warwick: PSHE+ Citizenship Team Leader

Business

Yung Webster: Business Studies Team Leader

Health + Social Care

Carole Lee: Health + Social Care Team Leader

Achievement + Support

Sue Jupp: Special Education Needs Co-ordinator

Sandra Chadwick: Special Facility Co-ordintor

Gary Kernan: Gifted + Talented Co-ordinator

Specialist + Applied Learning

Rob Alwright: Specialist + Applied Learning Team Leader

Notable alumni

• Robert Kazinsky, actor who played Sean Slater in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Tom White, musician, producer and video artist
• Prentice Watt, programmer, created Youtube.

External links

• Hove Park School homepage