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St Sampson's High School not over capacity
Response to Guernsey Press re size of St. Sampson's High School 18-10-11
There are currently 770 pupils attending St. Sampson's High School. The school was designed on the basis of six forms of entry over five year groups with an average class size of 24 so the current pupil numbers mean that average class sizes will have increased by one or two pupils to 25 or 26 - still well-below the Education Department's stated maximum of 30.
The size of classrooms does however allow for a maximum of 30 pupils and so the school could accommodate up to 900 pupils, although the Department would not wish to see such an increase in numbers and is expecting numbers to fall in the next few years.
The pupil teacher ratio at St. Sampson's High remains extremely favourable at 1:14.2 as of September 2011.
It is worth noting that capacity is being increased at the new Les Beaucamps High and the Department will review the capacity of the proposed new buildings at La Mare de Carteret during the planning stages to ensure that there is sufficient capacity across the secondary sector moving in to the future. This may require some adjustment of catchment areas.
The number of classrooms at St. Sampson's High was reduced by five as part of an area review and value engineering exercise undertaken after the Treasury and Resources Department requested the Department to make savings on the cost of the project. The loss of these teaching spaces (a food technology room, ICT room, design technology room and a room each for History and Modern Foreign Languages) has required careful timetabling in these areas to ensure that all pupils have sufficient course opportunities in these areas.
The width of the main circulation corridors was also reduced as part of the value engineering exercise, requiring careful management of pupil movements at peak times between lessons and at break times. Other facilities lost as part of the required redesign were pupil breakout spaces and display areas for pupils' work.
