Shenley Brook End School is a modern

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on the western flank of

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) in the civil parish of Shenley Brook End. The school opened in September 1997 with a small student body and currently has over 1700 pupils. In 2014, the school planned to make a major extension costing £7 million to accommodate 300 extra 2015 entries. The extension started in late April 2015 and finished in the Easter holidays of April 2016. The project was managed by

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, and included the extension of the old main theatre, Sports Hall, and the library. The extension of the school also includes a new building called Phase 4, which includes additional Science laboratories and English classrooms.

Specialist school status

Previously, Shenley Brook End School was known as a sporting school and was proud of its success in teaching in this field. However in September 2004, the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) designated the school as a

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References

External links

School WebsiteOfsted Report (archived)DfES Performance Tables (archived)
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