Brighton Hill Community School (known locally as BHCS) is a coeducational secondary school located in Brighton Hill, Basingstoke in the county of Hampshire in the south of England. Brighton Hill Community School is also a Training School and a Sports Specialist School. In May 2017, the school achieved a 'good' rating from Ofsted for the first time in over ten years. Curriculum The students at the school begin their GCSE subjects in year nine, which allows them to complete some GCSEs at the end of year ten and spend year eleven studying a different subject. There are some options that have double the number of lessons. The school has a one-week timetable, which includes compulsory English and Mathematics (Daily), Science and Physical Education for all students. British values and citizenship education is delivered through school assemblies, drop down days and the new 'My World' scheme sessions. All Key Stage 3 students also study French, Geography, History, Philosophy, Ethics and Beliefs, Food Technology, Textiles, Woodwork, Music, Art, Dance and Drama. From Year Nine, students choose up to four courses to continue studying, including all of the above courses, Separate or Triple Sciences. The school also previously featured subjects such as German, Product Design, Film Studies, Electronics and Statistics in its GCSE curriculum. Curriculum Access is also offered to students with specific learning needs, in order to provide them with more time to study less subjects at GCSE. Departments and facilities The school's curriculum is based around eight faculties; English, Mathematics, Science, Physical Education, Modern Foreign Languages (French and Spanish), Humanities (History, Geography and PEB), Expressive & Performing Arts (Dance, Drama, Art and Music) and Technology (Design Technology, Food and Nutrition, Media, Business Studies and ICT). Brighton Hill Community School has nine ICT suites (not including other classrooms which house computers for students to use), music practice rooms with instruments, a dance and gymnastics studio, a theatre with light and sound controls, a catering room, a woodwork room, a room dedicated to the Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition and science resources. The school's Flexible Learning Centre (FLC) was opened in September 2012 to offer support, guidance and advice to students; the school's Zone 7 class also resides there. The FLC was renamed The HUB at the beginning of the 2017-18 school year, and the school's homework club, which originally took place there, was moved to the Technology block. Uniform Brighton Hill School's