Methwold High School is an all-ability school which caters for pupils from 11 to 18 years of age. The community it serves is represented by the traditional catchment area determined by the Local Education Authority. This covers an area of about 110 square miles of West Norfolk to include Boughton, Cranwich, Didlington, Feltwell, Foulden, Gooderstone, Hockwold, Ickburgh, Methwold, Mundford, Northwold, Oxborough, Stoke Ferry, Weeting, Whittington and Wretton. These villages support between them eight primary schools.

In recent years there has been a rising demand to admit pupils from Brandon and surrounding areas in Suffolk.
The school prides itself on being a forward-looking high school which has obtained considerable recognition for its development work and standards across many areas of the school curriculum. The school believes strongly in high standards of work, examination results and pupil behaviour and these are achieved through generally excellent relations between pupils, parents and staff. The school has the advantage of being very well equipped without being so large as to become a place where children lack security or are not known individually.

FACILITIES

	ASSEMBLY HALL with well equipped stage, kitchen, and dining facilities.
	SCHOOL LIBRARY AND RESOURCE CENTRE modern, well-stocked with computer booking and research facilities.
	SCIENCE LABORATORIES four purpose-built in self-contained building and a dual purpose technology/science area.
	DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES technology suite, two art rooms - one containing a photographic dark room, graphics, home economics, and textiles rooms.
	DRAMA STUDIO  purpose built with specialist lighting facilities.
	MUSIC ROOM purpose built with individual practice rooms and vast arrays of musical instruments.
	GYMNASIUM well equipped with climbing apparatus, ropes and gymnastic equipment.
	BUSINESS STUDIES CENTRE with networked computer facilities.
	COMPUTER STUDIES CENTRE with networked computer facilities.
	SPECIALIST ROOMS for the teaching of Mathematics, Modern Languages, English and Humanities.
	SWIMMING POOL outdoor, heated.
	PLAYING FIELDS, HARD TENNIS COURTS, ALL WEATHER AREAS FOR ATHLETICS AND CRICKET
	SEPARATE SIXTH FORM BLOCK WITH COMMON ROOM AND STUDY ROOMS.

THE SCHOOL DAY

The morning session begins at 8:45 am and ends at 12:45 pm. The afternoon session starts at 1:35 pm and ends at 3:20 pm.

The school day is divided into six lessons, which are timetabled on a two-week cycle. There is a short break of fifteen minutes between lessons two and three, and a lunch break of fifty minutes after lesson four.

DINING ARRANGEMENTS

A cafeteria system is in operation and pupils can buy a wide selection of foods, each individually priced. The prices are reasonable and the meals represent good value for money. Guidance is available for pupils on how to choose a balanced mean from the various foods on offer.

DISABLED FACILITIES

In the last academic year, Methwold High School has undergone some radical changes. To accommodate the enrollment of some disabled students, all the steps around the school have been altered into ramps with convenient handrails. The biggest alteration had been the introduction of an elevator to allow students with wheelchairs to attend lessons of the first floor of the building.

FURTHER EDUCATION

The school made a successful application for a change of status from an 11-16 to an 11-18 year old High School in 1995. The school provides a range of GCSE, A Level and Vocational (GNVQ) courses for pupils of the school as well as parents and other members of the community who might be interested. This is in keeping with the school's aim to help meet the needs of the local community as well as to provide its pupils with a choice of 16+ courses which will enable them to experience continuity form 5-18.

The success of the Sixth Form has increased the need for a new premises and construction has recently finished of a brand new Sixth Form Block to accommodate the rising number of students electing to stay on after their GCSE's and students from other areas who progress to Methwold to complete their education.

METHWOLD HIGH SCHOOL

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