Wetherby High School
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Wetherby High School | |
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Hallfield Lane , , LS22 6JS England | |
Coordinates | 53°55′46″N 01°22′51″W / 53.92944°N 1.38083°W |
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Type | Foundation school |
Local authority | Leeds City Council |
Trust | Leeds Learning Alliance |
Department for Education URN | 108088 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Samantha Jefferson |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 18[1] |
Enrolment | 598 as of June 2022[update] |
Website | http://www.wetherbyhigh.org.uk/ |
Wetherby High School (formerly Wetherby Secondary Modern School) is a coeducational secondary school located in the Hallfield area of Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England.[2]
The school is run by the
History
The school is a former
The school's 2009 Ofsted report rated the school as Grade2 (Good). Following the October 2012 Ofsted inspection the school was assessed as Grade 3 (Requires improvement) in all areas and for overall effectiveness. After a follow-up February 2013 Ofsted Section 8 monitoring inspection, under the Education Act 2005, the school was judged to have made improvements.[3]
Wetherby High School was a designated Technology College with an academic and vocational curriculum. In February 2010 it became a foundation school, and in partnership with the British Library and the University of York formed 'The Education Trust for Wetherby', a charitable trust that owns the school's land and buildings.
In 2014, The school partnered with Carr Manor Community School.[4]
Buildings
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The buildings were built in the mid-1960s and are very much 'of their time'. Although typically 1960s, and similar to many schools across Leeds, such as
In 2013 work was undertaken to replace many of the original aluminium-framed windows in the main tower block. Further remedial work has since been undertaken updating the campus; however the main buildings of the site remain fundamentally unchanged since their completion in 1966.
The school had a new sports hall built a few years ago[citation needed]. This was built away from the older buildings to facilitate future developments. The site is maintained in good condition, though now that the buildings are coming to the end of their life cycle the governors have been working with Leeds City Council on options for investment.
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Temporary buildings make up a lot of the site to accommodate the schools expansion in the five decades since it moved to the Hallfield Lane site.
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The single storey home economics block
Proposed incorporation of Boston Spa School
In 2018 it was proposed to close nearby
Notable alumni
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- Jessica Barden – actress
- Oliver Lines - Professional Snooker Player
- Kadeena Cox – parasports athlete[6]
- Jon Craig – political journalist
- professional footballer
- Seb Hines – professional footballer
- Stuart Naylor – professional footballer and coach
- Micah Richards – England international footballer[7]
- Primrose Shipman– wife of murderer Harold Shipman
- Wash Westmoreland – film director
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Micah Richards
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Kadenna Cox at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Seb Hines playing for Orlando City
References
- ^ "Wetherby High School - GOV.UK". Find and compare schools in England. Department for Education. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "Home". wetherbyhigh.org.uk.
- ^ "Wetherby High School", Ofsted reports 2000-13. Retrieved 14 November 2013. PDF download required.
- ^ "Wetherby High School". Wetherby News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Boston Spa school hits out at Leeds council merger plan". BBC. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "My Yorkshire: Kadeena Cox on her favourite people and places". The Yorkshire Post. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Micah's plans on hold". Manchester Evening News. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
External links
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