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The Bicester School (previously Bicester Community College) is a mixed, multi-heritage, secondary school, with around 963 students (including a sixth form). It is situated in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, and occupies a site leading off Queens Avenue. The school's sports facilities are used by Bicester Athletic Club, which has been awarded National Lottery funding to add allweather surfaces to the sports field's jumping and throwing event areas. ==History== The Bicester School was formed as a new comprehensive school in 1966. It was created by the merger of Highfield Secondary Modern School and Bicester Grammar School, who had shared the current site since 1963. Bicester Grammar School had previously been situated at the junction of London Road and Launton Road. The school has been a Government-designated specialist Technology College since 1998. In May 2011 Bicester Community College received the Most Improved Award from the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) for improving its GCSE results by 20 percentage points from 2007–2010. The college received congratulations for significantly improving its 5+ A *–C results including GCSE English and Mathematics. At the previous inspection in October 2010 the 963-pupil school was deemed satisfactory. The latest Ofsted inspection that took place on 6 and 7 December in 2012 has revealed that Bicester Community College, overall, falls under the inadequate category. Inadequate is the lowest of all four tiers ranked by Ofsted, with the other tiers being "Requires improvement" ( previously "Satisfactory"), "Good" and "Outstanding." Achievement of pupils, quality of teaching, behaviour and safety of pupils and leadership and management were deemed level four on the scale of one to four, with four being the worst category (inadequate). Principal Jason Clarke has responded to the report, stating that "(school is ) very disappointed by the outcome of the inspection and the impact it may have on hard work undertaken since the last inspection two years ago. The report acknowledges the recent positive impact of many initiatives currently in place and under way. My greatest disappointment is the grade for behaviour, which does not truly reflect the positive attitude and pride the vast majority of our students have for their school." The school was put in special measures in February 2013. Oxfordshire county council subsequently asked the Department for Education for permission to remove the board of governors, with the request being granted on Thursday 21 February 2013. A new five person interim executive board (IEB) was put in place to oversee the school.〔http://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/10241101.Head_apologises_as_council_sacks_Bicester_college_governors/〕 On Monday 18 March 2013 the Principal Jason Clarke left the school by mutual agreement with the IEB. The IEB announced the appointment of neighbouring Cooper School head Ben Baxter as interim head from Monday 15 April.〔http://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/10295312.Bicester_college_head_leaves_after_Ofsted_slating/?action=success〕 A school inspection on 21 and 22 May 2014 rated the school "Good" in all categories. The requirement for special measures was removed. 〔 (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2394805/urn/123233.pdf )〕 In August 2015 Bicester Community College converted to academy status and was renamed The Bicester School. The school is now sponsored by Activate Learning. 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「The Bicester School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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