# Highcliffe School > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Highcliffe_School > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Highcliffe_School.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highcliffe_School > Source revision: 1354518879 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Highcliffe School" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Academy in Highcliffe, Dorset, England Highcliffe School Location Parkside Highcliffe , Dorset , BH23 4QD England 50°44′48″N 1°43′19″W / 50.74656°N 1.72196°W / 50.74656; -1.72196 Information Type Academy Local authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Department for Education URN 136763 Tables Ofsted Reports Headteacher Patrick B. Earnshaw Gender Co-educational Age 11 to 18 Enrolment 1,535 Colours Purple Black for year 11 Website https://www.highcliffe.school/ **Highcliffe School** is a [co-educational](/source/Co-educational) [secondary school](/source/Secondary_school) and [sixth form](/source/Sixth_form) located in [Highcliffe](/source/Highcliffe)-on-Sea (near [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch%2C_Dorset)) in the [English county](/source/English_county) of [Dorset](/source/Dorset). ## Features The school has a £4,000,000 technology block, [ICT](/source/ICT_(education)) and science departments, and [plasma TV](/source/Plasma_TV) screens all around the school for displaying messages and announcements. Building work has finished on a fitness suite, which PE students have access to, containing fitness training machines and weights. The school Music Department has access to a technology room, which contains computers loaded with [Cubase](/source/Cubase) music programs and [Sibelius software](/source/Sibelius_(software)) (a score-writing program). It also features keyboards connected to these computers, acting as speakers and MIDI-input devices. ## Specialism Highcliffe School specialises in languages, and teaches: - [Japanese](/source/Japanese_language) (as an optional extra curricular subject) - [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language) - [French](/source/French_language) - [Chinese](/source/Chinese_language) (as an optional extra curricular subject) - [Latin](/source/Latin) (as an optional extracurricular subject) The school also offers "twilight lessons" for parents and other adults to learn languages after normal school hours. ## Controversies Former teacher Adam Gutteridge was charged with ten counts of sexual assault and jailed for 4 years [1] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Teacher sexually abused pupils"](https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9888669.teacher-sexually-abused-pupils/). *Bournemouth Echo*. 23 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2025. ## External links - [Official website](https://www.highcliffe.school/) - [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/HighcliffeSchool) v t e Education in Dorset (including Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) Primary Atlantic Academy Portland St Mark's CE Primary School St Peter's RC School Secondary All Saints CE Academy Atlantic Academy Portland Avonbourne Boys' Academy Avonbourne Girls' Academy Beaminster School The Bishop of Winchester Academy The Blandford School The Bourne Academy Budmouth Academy Corfe Hills School The Cornerstone Academy Ferndown Upper School Gillingham School Glenmoor Academy The Grange School The Gryphon School Highcliffe School LeAF Studio Lytchett Minster School Magna Academy Oak Academy Poole High School The Purbeck School Queen Elizabeth's School St Aldhelm's Academy St Edward's RC & CE School St Peter's RC School Shaftesbury School The Sir John Colfox Academy Sturminster Newton High School The Thomas Hardye School Twynham School Wey Valley Academy Winton Academy The Woodroffe School Grammar Bournemouth School Bournemouth School for Girls Parkstone Grammar School Poole Grammar School Independent (preparatory) Castle Court School Dumpton School Hanford School Port Regis School Sherborne Preparatory School Independent Bournemouth Collegiate School Bryanston School Canford School Clayesmore School Leweston School Milton Abbey School Ringwood Waldorf School Sherborne School Sherborne School for Girls Talbot Heath School Further education colleges Bournemouth and Poole College Kingston Maurward College Weymouth College Higher education Arts University Bournemouth Bournemouth University Health Sciences University Defunct Beaminster Grammar School Cranborne Chase School Durnford School Foster's School Homefield School Newell House School Oakdale School The Old Malthouse School St George's School St Peter's Primary School Swanage Grammar School Uplands School Weymouth College (independent) v t e Christchurch, Dorset See also: History of Christchurch Listed buildings in Christchurch Areas Blackwater Burton Christchurch Harbour Fairmile Friars Cliff Highcliffe Hoburne Park Hurn Jumpers Common Mudeford Portfield Purewell Somerford Stanpit Town Centre Walkford Winkton Rivers River Avon Bure Brook River Mude River Stour Attractions Avon Beach Christchurch Castle Christchurch Harbour Christchurch Priory Highcliffe Castle Knapp Mill Mudeford Quay The Museum of Electricity The Town Hall The Red House Museum Stanpit Marsh Tucktonia Schools Burton CE Primary Christchurch Infants Christchurch Junior Highcliffe Mudeford Infants Mudeford Junior The Priory CE Primary Somerford Primary The Grange Twynham Railway stations Christchurch (original) Christchurch Hurn Air travel Bournemouth Airport Christchurch Airfield RAF Christchurch RAF Hurn Hospital Christchurch Politics Christchurch New Forest and Christchurch Christchurch and Lymington Bournemouth East and Christchurch 1993 Christchurch by-election 1844 Christchurch by-election Christchurch Borough Council elections 2019 BCP election History Battle of Mudeford Christchurch Rural District Football club Christchurch F.C. 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