Established 1986 Headteacher Harry Kutty DfE URN 116469 Tables Number of students 952 | Type Community school DfE number 852/4311 Phone +44 23 8032 3111 Founded 1986 | |
Location Violet Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 3GJ
England Address Violet Rd, Southampton SO16 3GJ, UK Similar Bitterne Park School, Thornden School, Upper Shirley High, Wildern School, The Hamble School Profiles | ||
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Cantell School is a high performing secondary comprehensive school in the Bassett area of Southampton, England, located in the parliamentary constituency of Romsey and Southampton North. In 2013, Ofsted classified Cantell to be a 'Good' school. The current Headteacher of Cantell School is Harry Kutty.
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Cantell school an exceptional school experience
History
The school occupies the site that was previously home to Glen Eyre School. Cantell was formed as an amalgamation of this and Hampton Park Secondary School in 1986 and Deanery Secondary School. In 1988 the school occupied an area of some 4 hectares (9.9 acres) and it was proposed that 0.1 hectares (0.25 acres) of this be sold off for housing.
The School gained specialist status for Mathematics and Information and Communication Technology, in September 2003 and was known as Cantell Mathematics and Computing College until 2013, when the school returned to the original name of Cantell School.
Cantell Secondary received an Ofsted inspection in Autumn 2004 and was put into the special measures category because it was failing to give its students an acceptable standard of education. As a result, it received visits from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education to inspect its progress. The school came out of special measures after the June 2006 inspection, receiving a satisfactory inspection grade in its 2012 report, and a good inspection grade in 2013.
Present
The school achieved improvements in its OFSTED reports, and in 2013, achieved its best ever GCSE results (69% 5A*-C including English and Maths), and topped the City league tables for students' progress (Value Added). The school's fantastic achievements were recognised by a visit from OFSTED in November 2013, which awarded the school the OFSTD rating of Good with Outstanding features.
In January 2006 there were 1,177 students at Cantell (532 boys and 645 girls), below the full capacity of 1,300.
Facilities
The main school building was completed in 2003 at the cost of £15 million, replacing the previous East and West buildings which were constructed in the 1960s, and which were in a state of disrepair. The school's sports hall along with a small electricity sub-station were the only parts of the old school to survive the rebuild.