Brune Park Community School is a

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secondary school on Military Road, Gosport,

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, England.

History

The name comes from the Prideaux-Brune family who donated the land on which the school is built to the local education authority for the purpose of establishing a school. The school's crest is based on the Prideaux-Brune

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, and the motto is ''toujours prêt'' (always ready). The school was opened at its current location in 1965, amalgamating the existing Central School with the Grove Boys' and Girls'

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Schools. Its

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was removed in 1987, and replaced by the nearby

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s St Vincent College and Fareham College. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills ( Ofsted) rated the school as 'inadequate' in June 2016. following this report, Ofsted placed the school in

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, In 2017, the school was converted to an

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under the Gosport and Fareham Multi-Academy Trust.

References

External links

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The school's Ofsted report page
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