Superb Resources
Surrounded by open countryside and with over 6 Hectares (15 acres) of playing fields and landscaped areas. Townsend has one of Hertfordshire’s most attractive school sites. The school has benefited from much refurbishment and improvement over recent years, resulting in excellent accommodation and resources.
These include –
- A state-of-the-art Discovery and Independent Learning Centre that also houses our library and some of our extensive computing facilities – including 50 wireless laptop computers for use in the Independent Learning Centre
- All teaching areas have dedicated teaching rooms and all have broadband internet access, interactive computer teaching screens, visualisers, as well as traditional specialist resources
- Seven specialist refurbished hi-spec science laboratories
- A modern, award-winning classroom suite for the English department
- Fully-equipped specialist rooms for art and design and including a large photography darkroom
- A dedicated modern Technology Centre with two fully-equipped food technology rooms and refurbished electronics and resistant material areas/workshops
- A drama studio equipped with specialist lighting
- Seven computer suites networked by fibre optic cables that run throughout the school and all with broadband Internet access. Additionally there are several hundred mobile Chromebook computers available in every area of the school. The computing facilities are complemented by a wireless Wi-Fi network accessible throughout the school
- Dedicated classrooms for the teaching of mathematics and others for the teaching of modern foreign languages
- Seminar, conference and training facilities – available for hire but available for use by our pupils during the day.
- We have a partnership with the St Albans Music School, part of the Hertfordshire Music Service, who currently operate from our purpose built music centre and 12 music practice rooms. The music school also support our music teaching, our visiting music specialist teachers and tuition, and provide access to some extra-curricular music – such as choirs, bands, orchestra, and wind groups.
- A modern fully resourced dedicated Sixth Form Centre with study rooms, computer room with broadband and Wi-Fi internet access, teaching rooms, seminar rooms, and a comfortable Post-16 student common room/social area
- A large lecture theatre with full audio/visual facilities
- Extensive picnic and landscaped areas with outdoor seating and two canteens, one of which serves a range of foods at lunchtimes and during the morning break
- Many outside all weather table tennis tables and ten indoor table tennis tables
- A prayer and reflection room organised by pupils for pupils and available for anyone to use. There is also a purpose designed outside prayer and worship area.
- A large outside, all weather covered canopy area for pupils to relax in
- Covered walkways between main buildings for pupil comfort
- All pupil toilets and changing rooms have been refurbished to a high standard
- Double glazing, secure fencing and electronic doors throughout the school site.
- A pupil breakfast club area and cafe style facilities.
‘Cultural development is enhanced by the the provisions of a superb learning resource centre which is well used by pupils of all ages.’
OFSTED Report
Facilities for sport are good and include –
- A large all-weather multi use multi-sport area and two extensive sports playing fields used for athletics, rounders, football, rugby and other team games
- A 25 metre heated indoor swimming pool
- An (ECB Standard) artificial cricket pitch
- Six hard surface tennis and netball courts
- A fully equipped gymnasium
- A sport and drama studio
‘Cultural development is enhanced by the the provisions of a superb learning resource centre which is well used by pupils of all ages.’
OFSTED Report