Westside School, Gibraltar

Westside School or simply Westside is a comprehensive school in the British territory of Gibraltar.

Westside School Westside
Location
Queensway Gibraltar
Coordinates	36.1442°N 5.3560°W / 36.1442; -5.3560
Information
Type	Co-ed comprehensive
Motto	Decanting and Cover
Established	1982
Headmaster	CM Barabich
Years	7 - 13
Gender	Co-ed
Colour(s)	Burgundy
Rival	Bayside Comprehensive
Website	www.westsideschoolgibraltar.com

The school opened in 1982, and was built in order to provide education to the students of the former Girls' Comprehensive School, previously spread over three different sites, and itself an amalgamation of four girls' schools: Loreto High School, St. Joseph's Secondary School, St. Margaret's School, and St. David's Commercial School.^[1]

It was formerly only for girls, but as of 2021 is coeducational.^[2]

Subjects offered

Westside offers a range of subjects at different levels. These are at Key Stage 3 (years 7, 8 and 9), Key Stage 4 (years 10 and 11) and Sixth form (years 12 and 13).^[3] Students do their General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) courses during Key Stage 4 and those who wish to further their studies from there, do their A-Levels during sixth form. Italicized subjects indicate compulsory subjects.

Key Stage 3 Art and design Drama English French Geography History Information and communication technology Mathematics Music Personal, social and health education Physical education Science Spanish Technology Woodwork and home economics are also included Key Stage 4 Art and design Art and design (Textile) Business studies Child development Child studies (non-GCSE) Commercial studies (non-GCSE) Economics English language English literature Food and nutrition French Geography History Home craft (non-GCSE) Information and communication technology

Mathematics Music Personal, Social and Health Education (non GCSE) Physical Education Religious Studies Spanish Combined science (formerly known as dual science) Triple Science (added content to dual science) [3] Sixth form Art and design Biology Business studies Chemistry Economics English literature French Geography History History of art Information and communication technology Liberal studies (non A-Level) Mathematics Music Physical education Physics Psychology (done in conjunction with the Gibraltar college on college premises* Religious studies and philosophy Religious studies (non A-level) [3]

See also

• Bayside Comprehensive School (Gibraltar)
• List of schools in Gibraltar