A community school in England and Wales is a type of state-funded school in which the local education authority employs the school's staff, is responsible for the school's admissions and owns the school's estate. The formal use of this name to describe a school derives from the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 .
7-640: The Clere School is a small co-educational community secondary school in Burghclere . Although its postcode locates to Reading via Newbury, it is in Hampshire , England . The current Headteacher is Rob Milner, who has held the position since January 2023. The school caters for academic years 7 to 11, but does not have a Sixth Form . In 1966 the old boys school in Kingsclere , which had been established in c. 1542 and rebuilt in 1820 and 1861 and became
14-684: A grammar school type education to a small sector of the school age population. The majority of children were educated in an elementary school until the then school leaving age of 14. The name 'county school' was prestigious and remained in common usage to describe local grammar schools after 1944. Many schools retain the word 'county' in their name whether still under local authority control or moved to academy status. Examples include Chelmsford County High School for Girls , Enfield County School , Ilford County High School , Guildford County School , Wallington County Grammar School . Local authority maintained schools were renamed community schools in
21-546: The Secondary Modern School, moved to Burghclere, becoming The Clere School. Among the school equipment taken from Kingsclere to Burghclere was a 1934 "Y" Model Ford, which was used outside school hours in the playground by boys learning to drive. It gained Specialist Technology College status in September 2003, changed its name to The Clere School and Technology College , and held an official launch of
28-480: The board. The Education Act 1902 abolished school boards, transferring their functions to counties and boroughs acting as local education authorities. The board schools were thus renamed county schools . The act also introduced county secondary schools, which were greatly expanded during the early 20th century. Prior to the changes introduced in the Education Act 1944 the county secondary schools provided
35-650: The building, and several solar panels which were mounted on it. Community school (England and Wales) In the mid-19th century, government involvement in schooling consisted of annual grants to the National Society for Promoting Religious Education and the British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) to support the "voluntary schools" that they ran, and monitoring inspections of these schools. The Elementary Education Act 1870 ( 33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) imposed stricter standards on schools, and provided for
42-456: The setting up of locally elected school boards in boroughs and parishes across England and Wales, empowered to set up elementary-level board schools where voluntary provision was insufficient to meet local education need. A number of voluntary schools, especially those of the BFSS, chose to become board schools. Parents were still required to pay fees, though the fees of the poorest were paid by
49-404: The status on 13 November 2003 with Sir George Young . With the ending of the specialist schools programme in 2011 the school reverted to its former name. On the afternoon of 7 November 2012, a fire was discovered outside the school's Sports Hall. Local fire crews attended the incident, and prevented the fire from spreading to the inside of the building. The fire resulted in damage to the roof of
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