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| Established | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Mrs. Theresa Phillips |
| Location | Rye Road Ore Valley, Hastings East Sussex TN35 5DN England |
| Local authority | East Sussex |
| DfE URN | 114601 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 100+ |
| Students | 1198 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | East Hill, West Hill, Firehills |
| Colours | House Colours: East Hill is Yellow, West Hill are Orange and Firehills are Red |
| Publication | Hillcrest Hawk |
| Website | www.hillcrest.e-sussex.sch.uk |
Coordinates: 50°52′47″N 0°36′55″E / 50.87977°N 0.61528°E
Hastings Academy is a British secondary school in Hastings, East Sussex, England. The school currently has over 700 students and over 100 staff. The current headteacher is Mrs. Theresa Phillips.
Hastings Academy is a Specialist Language College, and has recently been awarded the International School Award.[1]
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History [link]
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Hastings A School was built and completed in 1953, where it opened as a girls secondary school. At around this time the school campus was made up of, what is now called, B-Block and the sports fields. With the closure of the boys school in Priory Road in the late seventies, (next to Castledown School), Hillcrest accepted both male and female students.
In 2007 the school decided to close 6th Form.
Uniform [link]
The uniform is a white or blue shirt, and black trousers. By tradition Year 11 get to choose the colour of their polo shirts (green or pink for the school year 2009–2010).There is a school jacket (with the crest) and a school coat (without) available to buy. The P.E uniform is a royal blue T-shirt with shorts or tracksuit bottoms and a jacket is available for P.E. in royal blue as well.
Campus [link]
The school campus is divided into four blocks: L block, the Sports Centre, A Block and B Block. In addition to the Sports Centre, there is a gymnasium in B Block. There are three tennis courts on site and four playgrounds. There are two fields east of the Language Block. The school owns part of the woodland behind A Block's playground; there are currently plans to redevelop the woodland but nothing is final yet. A Multi Use Games Area was built and opened in late 2006.
A Block [link]
- Humanities: Geography, History and religious education
- Science
- Drama
- Administration
- Caretakers' Office
There are also some huts behind here where remedial classes are taught and a health clinic is situated.
The school library and canteen are also located here.
B Block [link]
- English and media
- Maths
- Art
- IT
- PE (gym)
- Music
- Design technology
- Student Services
- SENCO Department
- Food Technology
The main entrance is here and leads to Kenway Hall.
L Block [link]
The language college is where French, German and Spanish are taught to the students; Japanese and other languages are taught during after school classes. There is an ICT suite in here as well, primarily for the use by Language classes.
Sports Centre [link]
The Sports Centre is open to the public at the weekend and after school from 5:30pm (run by Freedom Leisure). There are two halls on the ground floor and a gym equipped with a variety of machine of the first floor.
Hastings Federation [link]
In 2008, a proposal to create a federation between Filsham Valley, Hillcrest and The Grove secondary schools to improve major aspects of the school was sent up to county to be approved; being approved by the East Sussex County Council before the end of the 2008 school year.[2]
Under the federation, led by Sir Dexter Hutt, the school has improved in all areas including: attitude towards learning, behaviour both in and out of the classroom, OFSTED inspections[3] and GCSE results [4] with 76% of students achieving 5 A* – C, and at least 93% 5A* – G grades.
References [link]
- ^ Cate Bance, Assistant Head and Director of the Language College. "Hillcrest Regains Specialist Language College Status". Hillcrest School Website. https://www.hillcrest.e-sussex.sch.uk/news-archive/hillcrest-regains-specialist-language-college-status.
- ^ url=https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/consultation/2008/hastingsfederation/%7Ctitle=Hastings federation of Filsham Valley, Hillcrest and The Grove schools
- ^ https://www.hillcrest.e-sussex.sch.uk/home/ofsted/
- ^ https://www.hillcrest.e-sussex.sch.uk/news/gcse09
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Hastings (New Zealand electorate)
Hastings was a parliamentary electorate in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand from 1946 to 1996. The electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament. The Hastings electorate was a typical bellwether electorate, frequently changing between the two main parties.
Population centres
The 1941 census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the Electoral Amendment Act, 1945 reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, eight former electorates were re-established, and 19 electorates were created for the first time, including Hastings. The towns of Hastings and Havelock North have always been located within the electorate until the 1987 electoral redistribution, whereas the nearby Fernhill was always included in the adjacent Hawke's Bay electorate.
Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)
Hastings was a parliamentary constituency in Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1885 general election, when its representation was reduced to one member. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partially replaced by the new Hastings and Rye constituency.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The County Borough of Hastings.
1950-1955: The County Borough of Hastings, the Municipal Borough of Rye, and in the Rural District of Battle the civil parishes of Ashburnham, Battle, Beckley, Bodiam, Brede, Brightling, Broomhill, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Dallington, East Guldeford, Ewhurst, Fairlight, Guestling, Icklesham, Iden, Mountfield, Northiam, Ore, Peasmarsh, Penhurst, Pett, Playden, Rye Foreign, Salehurst, Sedlescombe, St Thomas the Apostle Winchelsea, Udimore, Westfield, and Whatlington.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1366–1640
MPs 1640–1885
Notes
Hastings (East Indiaman)
Four vessels with the name Hastings have served the East India Company (EIC), one on contract as an East Indiaman, one brig of the Bombay Pilot Service, one ship of the line, and one frigate of the Company's Bombay Marine.
