Shenley Brook End School is a modern secondary academy school on the western flank of Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire) in the civil parish of Shenley Brook End. The school opened in September 1997 with a small student body and currently has over 1700 pupils. In 2014, the school planned to make a major extension costing £7 million to accommodate 300 extra 2015 entries. The extension started in late April 2015 and finished in the Easter holidays of April 2016. The project was managed by Morgan Sindall Group, and included the extension of the old main theatre, Sports Hall, and the library. The extension of the school also includes a new building called Phase 4, which includes additional Science laboratories and English classrooms.
 

Art
The Art department consists of 3 purpose built rooms that are well equipped with a wide variety of equipment and materials; a printing press, textile equipment and computers in each room to aid the development of computer manipulated imagery and research. Each room has a wide selection of art reference books and this is further supported by the library. In addition to the multipurpose art rooms we have a fully equipped ceramic and 3D room which the students thoroughly enjoy using.

Bussiness Studies
They study Business and Economics to develop an awareness and natural curiosity of the Business and Economic environment around them. To have a deeper understanding of the businesses that students will work for or run, and the key driving factors and inhibitors that impact the environment. To learn how to manage your current and future financial capability in the short, medium and long term. 

Compution and Itc
SBE ICT and Computing team aim to introduce both the practical and thinking skills required to solve problems, as well as to provide a sound understanding of theory, enabling students to produce effective solutions to realistic problems. Students following the more vocational routes will gain a wide range of skills that can be applied to business situations. All routes provide pupils with the necessary qualifications to study the subject at higher levels.

Design Technology
As a team of staff we seek to encourage our students to be inspired to acquire creativity; to understand and apply design knowledge and skills of a technological nature with in a safe, supportive and stimulating environment. They seek to develop students to recognise effective design solutions and their construction. To be adaptive to technological change and apply e knowledge, content and technology to the production of need meeting resources.

Drama
The Drama team has subject specialist teachers and a visiting practitioner who regularly works with examination groups. The team organise and direct large scale productions and run a number of theatre visits, extra-curricular clubs and projects through-out the academic year. Drama has two dedicated studios complete with fully integrated, digitally controlled lighting systems, quadraphonics, 500-watt sound system – incorporating CD, minidisk and MP3 player ports, a large costume and props store, a developing range of classical and contemporary texts and moveable stacker rostra. The school also boasts a large theatre to showcase and support the students drama work. 

English
Clearly, English is one of the most important subjects in the school. We wish our students to be effective communicators in all areas of their lives and we seek to empower them to deal with the many and diverse uses of language in modern society. To this end, active and independent learning is encouraged in the skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing. Furthermore, we believe that by responding imaginatively and critically to the plays, poetry, novels and short stories of great writers as well as various media, students will appreciate their skilful use of language; be enriched by their social, moral and spiritual dimensions and develop an awareness of their cultural heritage.

Geography
They study Geography to instil students with an excellent understanding of global issues such as migration, climate change and land management.  At the same time being able to understand their impact and involvement with this at a local scale.  It teaches them skills for life in lessons and through fieldwork such as enquiry, problem solving, statistics and teamwork.

Life Skills
They study Life Skills to enable students to develop key skills and acquire the knowledge needed to help them make informed choices throughout their lives. Content is woven through three spiral themes of health and wellbeing, living in the wider world and relationships. The statutory Relationship and Sex Education and Health Education is delivered through Life Skills. This includes financial and economic awareness, careers research, health and wellbeing and relationships education developing both inter and intrapersonal skills. Students are encouraged through the Magenta Principles of thinking, talking, and doing so that they can develop and challenge attitudes and values which are moulded by the modern day lived events and experiences in their local communities.

Maths
Maths is an essential part of our everyday lives.  At Shenley Brook End mathematics is taught through engaging, thought provoking and inspiring lessons. Through the provision of a holistic curriculum and the use of creative and extensive resources we aim to ensure that every child has the opportunity to succeed. A creative mastery curriculum allows all students from key stage 3 to 5 to solve problems, identify patterns, reflect on their work and take risks whilst improving, reasoning and understanding the content. All of this takes places in a supported environment. Our maths teachers seek to share the wonders of mathematics and its wider applications with their students. The maths department at Shenley Brook End School works to ensure that students gain a sense of achievement and enjoyment from their studies in mathematics. Teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do. We want to encourage our students to be creative, resilient, independent thinkers.

Media and film studies
Media and Film Studies are two exciting option subjects offered at KS4 and 5. They are analytical, reflective and creative subjects that encourage critical and discriminatory thinking – both skills highly valued by universities and employers.  Both Media and Film Studies are intellectually and conceptually demanding subjects that can make significant demands of students, but at the same time they are highly accessible and great fun to study.

Modern foreign languages
The languages taught at Shenley Brook End as part of the curriculum are French, German and Spanish.  In addition, we can help students to prepare for sitting a GCSE or A level exam in other languages, e.g. for native speakers or for students who have lived abroad and wish to gain a formal qualification in a language not studied at school.

Music
In the music department we try to provide opportunities for students to learn to enjoy and expand their knowledge of music in a very wide sense. We want our teaching to impact on students of all age, levels and abilities and to stretch the gifted musician as well as provide opportunities for those who do not necessarily see themselves as musically inclined. A wide range of musical styles and traditions are given equal prominence with a view to opening students’ minds to what is available out there in the world of music.

Pe
They study PE to develop the physical, social and emotional well-being of our students. At Shenley Brook End we aim to provide an engaging and challenging curriculum that allows (all) students to achieve beyond their expectations.  We aim to offer excellent opportunities to develop a healthy life-long love of physical activity and to develop a first class teaching and learning environment where both staff and students enjoy working hard together to achieve success.

Religion, Philosophy and ethics
They study RE to provide students with a greater understanding of the world which they are part of.  We do this by learning about the religious, philosophical and ethical dimensions of a range of topics and themes.  By doing so, all students will develop a range of skills that will enable them to be critical thinkers and be able to reflect and relate what they learn to their own lives and the lives of people within their communities.

Psychology
The Social Sciences department works by the principle that every individual student may achieve personal excellence. The department continues to develop students understanding of people and the different worlds in which they live, we develop students understanding of the influence of the natural environment on human activity by studying the diversity of people from historical and contemporary perspectives.

Science
The Social Sciences department works by the principle that every individual student may achieve personal excellence. The department continues to develop students understanding of people and the different worlds in which they live, we develop students understanding of the influence of the natural environment on human activity by studying the diversity of people from historical and contemporary perspectives.

Sociology
The Social Sciences department work by the principle that every individual student may achieve personal excellence. The department continues to develop students understanding of people and the different worlds in which they live in their past and present day lives. The department also aims to develop students understanding of the influence of the natural environment on human activity by studying the diversity of people from historical and contemporary perspectives.

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITY
Shenley Brook End School is committed to ensuring that all students have the opportunity to fulfil their potential. The Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Team plays an important role in this. The Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo), specialist teacher, SEN administrator and a team of teaching assistants work in a variety of ways to reduce and remove barriers to learning and achievement for students with special educational needs or disabilities. These include the provision of advice and support to teaching and non-teaching colleagues to help them meet the needs of students within the whole-school context; the delivery of more targeted and personalised provision directly to students, both inside and outside the classroom; and the delivery of exam access arrangements. Through liaison with the school’s pastoral teams and subject specialists, support is coordinated and promotes students’ overall well-being in addition to fostering their academic progress.

SMSC
The school is concerned with ensuring that its students have every opportunity to experience a high quality, holistic education. This therefore includes a commitment to Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural education.
Spiritual: A sense of self and of unique potential; understanding of strengths and weaknesses; curiosity about themselves and their place in the world; the asking of fundamental questions. Students are encouraged to foster their own inner lives and emotional wellbeing.
Moral: A sense of right and wrong; awareness of moral conflict; a concern for others; consideration of what is right; reflection on the consequences of their actions and learning how to forgive themselves and others. Students are encouraged to develop responsible moral decisions.
Social: A sense of the responsibilities and rights of being members of families and communities (local, national and global). The ability to relate to others for the common good. Students are encouraged to develop a sense of belonging and a willingness to participate through active contribution to the democratic process.  
Cultural: An awareness and appreciation of different cultural traditions; a respect for their own culture and that of others; an interest in difference. Students are encouraged to develop and an understanding, appreciation and contribution to culture, including the arts.