Oundle School in Northamptonshire has produced diverse and talented individual?s such as Iron Maiden?s Bruce Dickinson, biologist Richard Dawkins and the BBC?s Damian Grammaticas, and today, its commitment to innovative learning is stronger than ever, writes Katie Hughes
When world-leading engineers and scientists petitioned the government to fix the UK?s STEM skills shortage recently, Oundle School could have been forgiven for feeling it was ahead of the game. The Northamptonshire school has had a particular focus on STEM ? or science, technology, engineering and maths ? since the start of the 20th century, when its then headmaster decided that a reputation for science and engineering education was just what the school needed to set it apart. As a result, Oundle is now playing more than a minor part in helping to plug the 170,000-worker-gap in the country?s STEM sector ? not just by arming its own pupils with STEM skills, but also by sharing resources with young people beyond its own school walls. Teaching STEM Skills at Oundle School
A strong commitment to STEM
Sci-Tec at Oundle School
The hub of Oundle?s STEM provision is its famous Sci-Tec complex: a state-of-the-art centre that demonstrates its belief in the importance of practical work. Uniting science, maths, design, technology and engineering, its facilities are jaw-dropping; among them 16 ?classroom-labs?, a wind tunnel, an atomic force microscope, a rooftop observatory, and project rooms for each science. ?This al...