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Est. 1451. An outstanding coeducational secondary school & sixth form college and England's first academy

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From Nosferatu to The General – why the 1920s is my favourite film decade


Chaplin and Keaton made millions laugh, but silent cinema’s greatest classics were the fruit of wild European fancy … and then Hollywood invented the talkies

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Fallen Angels - Explained

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

Realism

House of Flying Daggers - flashcards

Behind Carol: the photographers who influenced Todd Haynes’ award-winning film

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene

A Girl's Own Story

Night Fishing 파란만장 Paranmanjang

Expressionism

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Teacher of Mathematics (with specific year group responsibilities for key stage 5)

Teacher of Science

Teacher of History (possibility to combine with a head of year role)

Local Governing Body Information

BACK TO THE FUTURE, the musical. Thursday 5th June 2025. Years 7 to 10.

What happens to your examination script?

Teacher of Mathematics (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

Teacher of Science (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

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ZEN The Guardian Film Studies GCE Silent Film Year 9 Governor Carol Hitchcock A Level Spike Lee Year 10 Festival NEA Local Governing Body Under The Skin Buster Keaton Theatre Script BFI Trustees

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