The Corbet School

The Corbet School is a mixed secondary school located in Baschurch in the English county of Shropshire.

Originally known as Baschurch Secondary Modern School, later the school became comprehensive and went on to gain specialist status as a Technology College. In September 2011 The Corbet School converted to academy status.

The Corbet School offers GCSEs and Cambridge Nationals as programmes of study for pupils.

Lessons
All Year 7 pupils will be allocated a language to study (French or Spanish). They will study this language for the rest of school resulting in a GCSE qualification at the end of Year 11.

All pupils in Years 7-9 will study:


 * English
 * Maths
 * Science (Physics, Biology, and Chemistry)
 * French or Spanish
 * History
 * Geography
 * Personal, Social Health & Economic Education
 * Physical Education
 * Religious Education
 * Design Technology (Product Design, Textiles and Food)
 * Art and Design
 * Music
 * Drama
 * Information & Communication Technology.

At the End of Year 9 all students are required to take:
 * Maths
 * English (Language and Literature)
 * Combined Science
 * French or Spanish

But Must also choose three of the following in the Spring Term of Year 9 for their GCSEs: As well as these, KS4 students also have PSHE and PE lessons that do not reward a GCSE qualification.
 * Physical Education
 * Design And Technology
 * Engineering
 * Art and Design
 * Religious Studies
 * Triple Science
 * Geography
 * History
 * Music
 * PE
 * Drama
 * Computer Science
 * Creative iMedia
 * Health and Social Care
 * Hospitality and Catering

Some pupils will do Literacy as opposed to French or Spanish.

Attendance statistics
Academic Year 2018-19

The overall percentage attendance: 95.05%

The overall percentage of unauthorised absence in this period: 0.4%

The overall percentage of authorised absence: 4.1%

Notable former pupils

 * Colin Bloomfield, broadcaster
 * Suzanne Evans, politician
 * Scott Quigley, footballer
 * Calum Ferrie, footballer
 * Chris Chittell, actor