query: when was the first comprehensive school opened in england

pos: Comprehensive school to the end of one key stage and the start of another. In principle, comprehensive schools were conceived as "neighbourhood" schools for all students in a specified catchment area. The first comprehensives were set up after the Second World War. In 1946, for example, Walworth School was one of five 'experimental' comprehensive schools set up by the London County Council Another early comprehensive school was Holyhead County School in Anglesey in 1949. Coventry opened two Comprehensive School in 1954 by combining Grammar Schools and Secondary Modern Schools. These were Caludon Castle and Woodlands. Another early example was Tividale Comprehensive School

neg: Carlton le Willows Academy Carlton le Willows Academy Carlton le Willows Academy is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school in Gedling, a suburb of Nottingham, England. Recruiting its first pupils in 1953, on-site teaching was introduced in the following year and the school was officially opened in 1956, with the modern school speculating Carlton le Willows to have been founded as the first post-war grammar school in England. Its campus was split from 1962 when a separate secondary technical school, Carlton le Willows Technical Grammar School, was established. The schools unified in 1973 and converted to a single comprehensive school; two local secondary modern schools,

neg: St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School purpose-built sixth-form block was opened in September 1973. In September 1974, true comprehensive school status was achieved when some of the first-year intake of 1969 entered the Sixth Form. Corporal punishment, in the form of caning, was used in the early years of the school, but only the housemasters and headmistress (Miss Cockburn) were allowed to administer it. The school was rebuilt in 2010. St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School St Bede's is a Catholic secondary comprehensive school in Peterlee, County Durham, England. In summer 2006 it achieved its best-ever GCSE exam results. It is an 11-18 school for boys and

neg: St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School St Bede's is a Catholic secondary comprehensive school in Peterlee, County Durham, England. In summer 2006 it achieved its best-ever GCSE exam results. It is an 11-18 school for boys and girls living in the East Durham area. The school holds specialist Humanities College status. In 2017 the school was graded as 'Good' by Ofsted inspectors. The school was officially opened in 1970 by Bishop Hugh Lindsay, but actually opened for staff and pupils in September 1969. Then only the first-year students, born in 1957-58, were a truly non-selective 'comprehensive' intake. These were the first

neg: Old Hall Comprehensive School Old Hall Comprehensive School Old Hall Comprehensive School was a comprehensive school located in Kimberworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It merged with Kimberworth Comprehensive School to form Winterhill School in September 2004. The school opened in the 1950s and moved into its own buildings in January 1959. It was originally a secondary modern school, but became a comprehensive school in 1966. The school's buildings were extended in 1973. It gained Technology College status in 1998. Old Hall School ceased to exist under its old name as of September 2004 when the neighbouring Kimberworth Comprehensive School closed and all pupils transferred

neg: Eckington School Eckington School Eckington School is a very large comprehensive school in Eckington, Derbyshire in England, next to the B6056 road. It has around 1,600 pupils. As of the term beginning 9 April 2018 the school is part of the LEAP Multi Academy Trust. Previous to the opening of the school, there was the Eckington County Secondary School, which opened in Halfway (in Derbyshire before 1967) in 1930, and became the Eckington Grammar School in 1945. In Eckington was also the Eckington Secondary Modern School on "School Street"; when the grammar school became Derbyshire's first comprehensive school - the Westfield School

neg: St Lawrence Academy, Scunthorpe St Lawrence Academy, Scunthorpe The St Lawrence Academy (formerly High Ridge School) is a coeducational Church of England secondary school with academy status, in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. The Academy teaches GCSEs and BTECs, and has specialisms in sports and science. Scunthorpe Grammar School opened in 1927. It became a comprehensive, as High Ridge School, in 1968 when the Scunthorpe division of Lindsey turned comprehensive. A community school administered by North Lincolnshire Council, High Ridge School converted to academy status on 1 September 2008 and was renamed The St Lawrence Academy. The school is sponsored by the Church of England

neg: All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby Kevin's School to form All Saints Catholic High School. St Gregory's School was the first girls' catholic comprehensive school in England, in Southdene. St Kevin's RC School had over 2000 boys, and was the largest comprehensive school in England. All Saints Catholic High School, Kirkby All Saints Catholic High School is a Knowsley based Roman Catholic secondary school educating pupils aged 11–18 years of age in the Kirkby area of Merseyside, England. The school also operates a sixth form. All Saints CCfL opened on January 11, 2010, following the closure of the Bewley Drive site in December 2009. The Bewley

neg: The Wensleydale School The Wensleydale School The Wensleydale School and Sixth Form is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Richmond Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, England. The Wensleydale School opened in 1959 as Leyburn County Modern School, and became the community school for the whole of Wensleydale and beyond in 1971 when it became a comprehensive school by combining with Yorebridge Grammar School in Askrigg. In 2006 it was awarded specialist school status as a Science College and gained a Healthy Schools award. In 2008 the School opened a new post-16 centre. Through a partnership with Queen Elizabeth College Darlington additional courses are offered

neg: Pelsall Comprehensive School Pelsall Comprehensive School Pelsall Comprehensive School was a secondary school located in Pelsall, an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. It opened in September 1963 as Pelsall Secondary Modern (serving pupils aged 11 upwards), becoming a 13-18 comprehensive school in September 1972 under a local reorganisation of education by Aldridge-Brownhills council, which would be absorbed into the Walsall borough two years later. The age range was altered to 11-18 from September 1986, when Walsall MBC decided to abolish the three-tier system in the former Aldridge-Brownhills part of the borough and bring the area's

neg: Myers Grove School Myers Grove School Myers Grove School was a secondary school (11–16) in the north-west of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The school was bidding to become a businesses and enterprise college. It has now merged with Wisewood School & Community Sports College to become Forge Valley Community School, opened in September 2011. Myers Grove opened in about 1960 as the first purpose-built comprehensive school in Sheffield. It originally had a 6th form, lost in a reorganisation in 1988, when the Lower School buildings became the Wood Lane buildings of Loxley College, part of Sheffield College. Andrew Ireland was appointed acting head,

neg: Foxwood School, Seacroft Foxwood School, Seacroft Foxwood School was a Comprehensive school in Seacroft, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1956 and closed 40 years later in 1996. Foxwood School was the first comprehensive school in Leeds and opened on 4 September 1956 under the Headship of Mr M R Rowlands. It was built as part of the development of the Seacroft Housing Estate which, with a population of about 18,000, is one of the largest council estates in the country. The history of Foxwood is inextricably linked to that of the estate which it served. The school originally occupied the buildings

neg: Holy Trinity School, Crawley school. The Holy Trinity School is believed to have been the first purpose-built Church of England comprehensive school in the country. It provides a secondary education based on Christian belief. Although the school started to take in pupils in September 1967, it was not opened officially until 17 December 1969, when The Queen came to open the school as it was based on the Church of England. Ties at the school now are based on which house that particular student is in. 'Durham' wear red stripes, 'York' green stripes, 'Canterbury' blue stripes and 'Winchester' yellow stripes. Prefects at the school

neg: Whitley Academy Whitley Academy Whitley Academy (formerly Whitley Abbey Community School) is an academy school in Whitley, Coventry, England. The school was rebuilt and opened on 13 October 2000, replacing the former Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School built in the 1950s, which was one of the first comprehensive schools in Coventry. In July 2007, Whitley Abbey Community School gained specialist status in Business and Enterprise and was renamed Whitley Abbey Business and Enterprise College. On 1 July 2011 Whitley Abbey Business and Enterprise College became an Academy and was renamed to 'Whitley Academy'. The new academy was formally opened on 13 March 2012

neg: South Grove Comprehensive School South Grove Comprehensive School South Grove Comprehensive School was a secondary school in Rotherham, England that existed, in various guises, from 1911 until 1987. The Education Act 1902 transferred responsibility for schools from school boards to councils. At the behest of Spurley Hey, Rotherham's first Director of Education, Rotherham began expanding its senior provision. Therefore, it was decided to open two new single sex schools, serving 11-14 year olds, in a Victorian building on Moorgate Road that was originally a private house, but had been a teacher training college since 1901. The schools opened in 1911. South Grove Central School

neg: Glossopdale School with the national average, and the average grade acheved was C. Glossopdale School Glossopdale School is a secondary school in Hadfield, Derbyshire, England. The school used to be the Glossop Grammar School from the 1920s, being on Talbot Road since 1959, becoming Glossop Comprehensive School in 1965 when it merged with West End Secondary Modern (on Sunlaws Street and Chadwick Street and opened in 1913 as Glossop Independent Council School), and Castle School Secondary Modern in Hadfield. In 1989, the former Hadfield Comprehensive School on Newshaw Lane in Hadfield merged with the Glossop School to form the Glossopdale School. The

neg: Kaskenmoor School Kaskenmoor School Kaskenmoor School was a mixed gender comprehensive secondary school for 11- to 18-year-old children in the Hollinwood area of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. The school had approximately 750 pupils in attendance. When it opened in the mid-1960s, Kaskenmoor was an amalgamation of Greenhill Grammar School and Hollinwood Secondary Modern School, and was called Kaskenmoor Comprehensive School. The top three classes were grammar school classes and the bottom three were secondary modern classes, each for the most part keeping their own teachers. The headmaster Mr. Edwin Grey, and the teachers from the grammar school continued to wear their

neg: Humphry Davy School Humphry Davy School Humphry Davy School is a comprehensive school in Penzance, Cornwall, England. The school teaches 11- to 16-year-olds. Humphry Davy school is located just outside Penzance town centre on Coombe Road, and backs onto Penwith College. Whom they share a 3G sports pitch with. The oldest part of the main school building was completed in 1909. It was originally called the Penzance County School and opened with an enrolment of 130 boys on 24 January 1910. It later became known as the Humphry Davy Grammar School for Boys until 1980 when it became a co-educational comprehensive school with

neg: Old Hall Comprehensive School for an astro-turf pitch. Between the commencement of Ofsted inspections in September 1993 and the school's closure in August 2004, it underwent two full inspections: Old Hall Comprehensive School Old Hall Comprehensive School was a comprehensive school located in Kimberworth, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It merged with Kimberworth Comprehensive School to form Winterhill School in September 2004. The school opened in the 1950s and moved into its own buildings in January 1959. It was originally a secondary modern school, but became a comprehensive school in 1966. The school's buildings were extended in 1973. It gained Technology College status in 1998.

neg: Chalvedon School Chalvedon School Chalvedon School and 6th Form College was a Specialist Technology College in Pitsea, Essex, England. It was a comprehensive school educating pupils aged between 11 and 18 years of age. Chalvedon had over 1800 pupils on roll including 196 sixth formers. The school was first opened in 1966 and operated on the same site until its formal closure. Mr A S Roach became the Principal of the school in 1988. In January 2006 Chalvedon School federated with another local comprehensive school, Barstable School, to form the Federation of East Basildon. In 2009 the school formally closed with pupils

neg: Chalvedon School transferring to the newly created Basildon Academies. Chalvedon School Chalvedon School and 6th Form College was a Specialist Technology College in Pitsea, Essex, England. It was a comprehensive school educating pupils aged between 11 and 18 years of age. Chalvedon had over 1800 pupils on roll including 196 sixth formers. The school was first opened in 1966 and operated on the same site until its formal closure. Mr A S Roach became the Principal of the school in 1988. In January 2006 Chalvedon School federated with another local comprehensive school, Barstable School, to form the Federation of East Basildon. In

neg: Glossopdale School Glossopdale School Glossopdale School is a secondary school in Hadfield, Derbyshire, England. The school used to be the Glossop Grammar School from the 1920s, being on Talbot Road since 1959, becoming Glossop Comprehensive School in 1965 when it merged with West End Secondary Modern (on Sunlaws Street and Chadwick Street and opened in 1913 as Glossop Independent Council School), and Castle School Secondary Modern in Hadfield. In 1989, the former Hadfield Comprehensive School on Newshaw Lane in Hadfield merged with the Glossop School to form the Glossopdale School. The Chadwick Street site is next to the St Philip Howard RC

neg: Great Baddow High School Great Baddow High School Great Baddow High School is an 11 - 16 Year olds comprehensive secondary school in Chelmsford, Essex, England. In September 2002, the school was awarded specialist Sports College status. The school then converted into academy status in July 2011 and retains its sports specialism, adopting Science as a second specialism in 2014. The school is also proud of the Resource Base for Hearing Impaired Students. In 1965 Great Baddow High School – or Baddow Comprehensive as it was known back then - opened its doors for the first time with 16 staff and 227 children joining

neg: Rednock School a book compiling details of the history of Rednock School was produced. The school has its first student attain a place on the prestigious Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme in 2009. Rednock School Rednock School is a comprehensive school located in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England. It is a specialist Science College which also contains a sixth form. The school opened in 1971 as a comprehensive school, having formerly served as the grammar school in the town of Dursley. In 2009, the school underwent a complete re-build which saw a £38 million investment into developing an entirely new school site. It has

neg: The Wensleydale School to certain year students. The School is attended by approximately 500 pupils aged from 11 to 18 years. The majority of pupils join from eight local primary schools although intake can be from a wider area. The Wensleydale School The Wensleydale School and Sixth Form is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Richmond Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, England. The Wensleydale School opened in 1959 as Leyburn County Modern School, and became the community school for the whole of Wensleydale and beyond in 1971 when it became a comprehensive school by combining with Yorebridge Grammar School in Askrigg. In 2006 it

neg: Littlehampton Community School Littlehampton Community School The Littlehampton Community School (normally abbreviated to LCS) was a large, mixed gender community comprehensive school located at the edge of Littlehampton, in West Sussex, England, and was the main secondary school in the Littlehampton area. The school was one of the largest secondary schools in both West Sussex and England, and was surrounded by housing, providing easy access for local children. The school closed on 31 August 2009, being replaced by The Littlehampton Academy. The school opened as Littlehampton Comprehensive School in 1972, following a merger between Andrew Cairns Secondary School for Boys and Maud Allen

neg: Kantor King Solomon High School High School after donations from Dr Moshe Kantor, the president of the European Jewish Congress. As a comprehensive school, it follows the National Curriculum which is as follows: Years 9-11 GCSE, Years 12-13 (6th form) A levels and Tech Levels. Kantor King Solomon High School Kantor King Solomon High School is a Modern Orthodox Judaism comprehensive school located in Barkingside, Greater London, England. It was opened in 1993 by its first headmaster, Mr Alastair Falk. In March 2007, it was announced that Spencer Lewis would be appointed the new headteacher of the school, replacing the previous headmaster, Rabbi James Kennard.

neg: Billingham Campus School and Arts College newly opened Northfield school. The science block suffered an arson attack on 1 October 2002. The £1.2 million Stockton City Learning Centre opened on 23 January 2003. In 2009, Billingham Campus was closed and merged with Northfield School, another secondary school in Billingham. The Billingham Campus was called Northfield Sports College Marsh House site, but subsequently closed in 2013 when operations transferred to Northfield's Thames Road base. Billingham Campus School and Arts College Billingham Campus School and Arts College was a co-educational comprehensive secondary school and Specialist Arts College, located on Marsh House Avenue in the town of Billingham, England.

neg: The Deepings School The Deepings School The Deepings School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located on Park Road in Deeping St James (near Peterborough) in Lincolnshire, England. The school is attended by over 1,400 pupils aged 11 to 18 and taught by over 80 teaching staff. It includes pupils from Stamford, Spalding, Langtoft, Baston, Bourne and the Deeping area. The school opened in 1958 with 247 pupils. It became a comprehensive school in the mid-1970s with around 450 pupils, the first true comprehensive in South Kesteven. In 1990 a new library and sixth form centre was built,

neg: St Catherine's Catholic High School St Catherine's Catholic High School St Catherine's Catholic High School was a Catholic comprehensive secondary school in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The school was named after Catherine of Siena. It was an 11 to 18 comprehensive school, with a post 16 curriculum delivered jointly with its neighbouring secondary school, Holy Trinity Church of England Senior School (now Trinity Academy, Halifax). It was awarded 'Technology College' status in 2005. In 2012 the school was placed in special measures. Opening in August 1957 as the St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Secondary School in Holmfield. It was formally opened by the Bishop of

neg: Castlebrook High School in 2009 and to 80% in 2010, the highest the school has ever achieved. As of latest Castlebrook gets the highest GCSE results in the Construction BTEC course in England. Castlebrook High School Castlebrook High School is a comprehensive school located in Unsworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. A newly appointed Mrs S Armstrong is the new Academy Principal, due to start May 2017. The school opened in September 1971 and was originally called Unsworth Comprehensive School. Its initial enrollment was 146 pupils. In 1983, the school merged with Whitefield High School (aka Albert Road) and

neg: Jarrow School Jarrow School Jarrow School is a coeducational secondary school located in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England admitting pupils aged 11 to 16. It was opened on 6 January 2003 following the merger of Springfield Comprehensive and Hedworthfield Comprehensive, and is based at the old Springfield site. Its full title is "Jarrow School, Engineering Excellence In Education", the result of a competition to choose an inspirational name for the new school. In 2007 the school became a specialist Engineering College. The former Jarrow Grammar School opened in 1911. In June 2010, this building was demolished. In October 2013 the school's headteacher

neg: The Brittons Academy The Brittons Academy The Brittons Academy (formerly Brittons School) is a mixed secondary school located in the Rainham area of the London Borough of Havering, England. The school first opened in 1952 as a bilateral Technical School for pupils aged 11 to 15. Technical students were transferred to the newly opened Abbs Cross Technical High School in 1958, and Brittons was redesignated as a coeducational secondary modern school. In 1973 the school was redesignated as a comprehensive school, and by 1981 the school was operating a sixth form for pupils aged up to 18. The sixth form provision was removed

neg: William Farr School William Farr School William Farr School is a Church of England academy school for 11- to 18-year-olds in Welton, Lincolnshire, England, north-east of Lincoln, near the A46, and close to the neighbouring village of Dunholme. The school was opened as a secondary modern in 1952 on the site of RAF Dunholme Lodge, a WW2 Bomber Command station, which had been bought for £600 in 1946 by Rev William Farr, the vicar of Welton. The school was named after him when he died in 1955. The old former wartime buildings were replaced in 1960. The school acquired comprehensive status in 1972,

neg: Walsall Academy Walsall Academy Walsall Academy is a Comprehensive Academy secondary school in Bloxwich, West Midlands, England. It opened in September 2003 with 470 students on the roll, and after four years that figure had increased to 1,150 – making it one of the most populated secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. The school was one of the first City Academies in Britain. Sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Mercers and Thomas Telford School, it provides free education for all students. Built on the site of the former T. P. Riley Comprehensive School, it cost £23 million. A number of

neg: Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School a quiet study area. It also has its own cafe which is only for students in year 12 and 13, as well as teachers. Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form centre located in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England. It was founded in 1978 as a purpose-built 11–18 comprehensive and sixth form. It was opened in September 1978. The school is a designated academy and Training School which has also been accredited with both Sportsmark and Artsmark awards. It consistently performs excellently in academic performance League Tables, invariably exceeding both National and

neg: Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form centre located in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England. It was founded in 1978 as a purpose-built 11–18 comprehensive and sixth form. It was opened in September 1978. The school is a designated academy and Training School which has also been accredited with both Sportsmark and Artsmark awards. It consistently performs excellently in academic performance League Tables, invariably exceeding both National and Local Education Authority Pupils are sorted into four houses: Arley, Capesthorne, Moreton and Tatton. Each year, the houses compete for the house cup- which

neg: Meadowhead School Meadowhead School Meadowhead School is a mixed secondary school and Language College with academy status in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. There are currently around 1,876 students on roll, about 120 teaching staff and approximately 50 non-teaching staff. Meadowhead School was created when the two schools of Jordanthorpe Comprehensive School and Rowlinson School merged in 1987. The school remained on two sites approximately 0.25 miles apart until January 2007 when the new building was opened on land in between the two sites of Jordanthorpe. Rowlinson became Norton College. The previous school sites of Jordanthorpe were demolished. The site where the North

neg: Portland School, Worksop that there had been a Secondary Technical School separate from but within the Technical College on Blyth Road. The staff and pupils transferred to Winifred Portland when it opened. The school then became the Winifred Portland Technical Grammar school until it was renamed Portland Comprehensive and merged with both the Central and Priory Secondary Schools Henry Hartland Grammar School opened in 1962, being officially opened on 21 June 1963 by Eric James, Baron James of Rusholme. In 1970 Worksop's secondary schools became comprehensive - The Hartland School and Portland Comprehensive School. In late 2003 the decision was made to merge

neg: Pelsall Comprehensive School Button, received a four-and-a-half year sentence (later reduced by a year on appeal) for two charges of aggravated vehicle taking. Three other teenage occupants of the car received supervision orders. The buildings are now home to Rushall JMI School, Education Walsall offices and a teacher training centre. The playing fields have remained intact. Pelsall Comprehensive School Pelsall Comprehensive School was a secondary school located in Pelsall, an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. It opened in September 1963 as Pelsall Secondary Modern (serving pupils aged 11 upwards), becoming a 13-18 comprehensive school in

neg: Magnus Church of England Academy a secondary modern school. In 1977, a voluntary controlled comprehensive school, opened on the grounds of the Magnus Boys' Grammar School also known as the Thomas Magnus School on Earp Avenue. It was a co-educational 8-form entry school for ages 14–18, with 600 boys and girls, and 130 in the sixth form. It was originally planned to go comprehensive in 1976, and was planned to be known as the Magnus Upper School. The headmaster was Mr Potter. The Lilley and Stone School eventually the Newark High School, having become a co-educational comprehensive for ages 14–18. Newark High School closed in

neg: Benfield School Benfield School Benfield School is an coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Its pupils come from a large area of Newcastle's east end including Byker, Heaton, Walker, Walkergate and Walkerville. Benfield was opened in 1967 as one of the first purpose-built comprehensive schools in England, and over the years has built up a reputation as a sports college. The school is also the North of England gymnastics centre and has all-weather floodlit football, rugby and basketball pitches, badminton courts along with ordinary pitches, tennis courts, a gym and a recently renovated swimming pool.

neg: Myers Grove School with Diane McKinley in overall charge during the ongoing merger with Wisewood School as executive head. The proposed merger was opposed by a group of parents despite the opposition being rejected by the High Court in early 2007. Myers Grove School Myers Grove School was a secondary school (11–16) in the north-west of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The school was bidding to become a businesses and enterprise college. It has now merged with Wisewood School & Community Sports College to become Forge Valley Community School, opened in September 2011. Myers Grove opened in about 1960 as the first purpose-built comprehensive

neg: Manchester Health Academy Manchester Health Academy Manchester Health Academy is a mixed sex secondary school in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England, which opened in September 2010, replacing "Brookway High School & Sports College". It was first opened in 1957 as two separate schools with the titles "West Wythenshawe Technical High School for Girls" and "West Wythenshawe Technical High School for Boys". There were sports fields, tennis courts, science labs, library. A statue which was commissioned by Mitzi Cunliffe, who designed the Bafta, was erected outside the boys gymnasium. In 1968, the two schools joined together as a comprehensive to be known as "Brookway High School",

neg: The Radclyffe School first garnered attention in 2007 after winning several awards including the New Start, New Stars Judges Award, Pride in Oldham Award and were Overall Winners at the Oldham Business Awards. The 10 May 2012 episode of BBC's Question Time was filmed at the school. The Radclyffe School The Radclyffe School is a mixed comprehensive school for 11- to 16-year-olds, located in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, England. The school was originally called Chadderton Grammar School and opened in 1930. It was officially opened in October 1930 by David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford. It had 300 boys and girls, which rose to

neg: Walsall Academy back to 168. In 2009, it was the fifth-highest-ranking secondary school overall (and the second-highest-ranking state comprehensive) in the borough with 61% of GCSE students gained 5 A*-C grades. Walsall Academy Walsall Academy is a Comprehensive Academy secondary school in Bloxwich, West Midlands, England. It opened in September 2003 with 470 students on the roll, and after four years that figure had increased to 1,150 – making it one of the most populated secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall. The school was one of the first City Academies in Britain. Sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Mercers and

neg: St Wilfrid's Catholic School, Crawley St Wilfrid's Catholic School, Crawley St Wilfrid's Catholic School is a voluntary aided comprehensive Catholic secondary school in Crawley, West Sussex, England for pupils aged 11 to 18. It caters for 936 pupils in years 7 to 13, including 181 in its sixth form. St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic (Aided) modern school opened in 1953 on its current campus in Crawley New Town to provide Catholic secondary education for the children of the town. At first, based in an old manor house, additional buildings were developed over the next ten years to accommodate increasing numbers. In 1967, the school became comprehensive.

neg: Great Barr School Great Barr School Great Barr Academy is a co-educational secondary school on Aldridge Road in Great Barr, Birmingham, England for pupils aged 11 to 19. The school was officially opened by the Rt. Hon. D Rogers on September 24, 1957 as Great Barr Comprehensive School. The school had opened in September 1955 with thirteen forms of 11-year-old boys and girls and 615 pupils between the ages of 12 and 15, who were transferred from the "Aldridge Road Boys and Girls Modern Schools" which ceased to exist at that time. Mr Oswald Beynon MA was the first headmaster. The modern schools

neg: North Liverpool Academy opened in September 2013. The UTC specializes in life sciences and healthcare, and is also sponsored by the University of Liverpool. North Liverpool Academy North Liverpool Academy is an academy secondary school in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It was the result of the merging of Anfield Community Comprehensive School and Breckfield Community Comprehensive School onto one campus in September 2006. The campus originally belonged to Anfield community comprehensive school. The school specialises in business and enterprise as well as computing and mathematics. A new £40 million site has been constructed on nearby Heyworth Street . The new school building on Heyworth

neg: Drayton School Drayton School Drayton School was a comprehensive school situated on Stratford Road in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. Established in 1973, its buildings are now occupied by the North Oxfordshire Academy which replaced Drayton School in 2007. The school was opened in 1973 to help relieve the pupil demand for the oversubscribed Banbury School. In its first year, it was called Drayton Hall as it was affiliated to Banbury School. In 1974, it gained independent status and was renamed Drayton School. Drayton was built in three stages. The first stage was building the main "H" building, where the majority of subjects are

neg: Comprehensive school elsewhere in the United Kingdom, but it is more similar to that used in England and Wales than it is to Scotland. When the first comprehensive schools appeared in the 1950s, the Australian Government started to transition to comprehensive schooling which has been expanding and improving ever since. Prior to the transition into comprehensive schooling systems, primary and secondary state schools regularly measured students' academic merit based on their performance in public examinations. The state of Western Australia was the first to replace many multilateral school systems, proceeding with Queensland, and finally South Australia and Victoria. The Australian education system

neg: Yardleys School became Yardleys Comprehensive School in 1974 when it merged with Leys Secondary School (Formans Road). The school closed in 2002 to be re-opened the same year as Yardleys School in a new school building built on the school playing fields . The old grammar school building was demolished in 2007. Yardleys School Yardleys School is a mixed secondary school located in the Tyseley area of Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Yardleys School was originally located over two sites, the school relocated to a new location and building in 2001, on the site of a former brickworks. The school

neg: St Paul's Catholic College (Burgess Hill) St Paul's Catholic College (Burgess Hill) St Paul's Catholic College is a comprehensive Catholic secondary school in the town of Burgess Hill in West Sussex, England. The college first opened on 9 September 1963 as a modern secondary school serving the Mid-Sussex area. It was originally situated in the nearby town of Haywards Heath, but relocated to its current site at the northwestern edge of Burgess Hill in September 2004. took place in 2013-2014 to mark 50 years since the school opened. In April 2013 the College was appointed as a National Teaching School and National Support School by the

neg: The Bemrose School a new comprehensive school, when girls were first admitted, named Bemrose Community School. When Bemrose became a Foundation Trust school, its name was changed to The Bemrose School. In 2015, a new building was built and a Primary Phase was opened, making Bemrose an all-through school for ages 3–19. Work began in 2017 on a £14 million three-year refurbishment and expansion programme that will create places for an additional 700 pupils at the school. Martin Roper, Lead vocalist, Anti-Pasti & entrepreneur. In 2010 The Bemrose School opened Elmtree, a specialist autism unit, it is a separate unit to ERF opened

neg: Defunct schools in Sandwell from the merger of Warley with West Bromwich – when it gained comprehensive status and became Albright High School. However, this arrangement only lasted for nine years, as the school closed in July 1983 on a merger with nearby Oldbury High School to form Langley High School, which in turn closed 24 years later on a merger with Warley High School to form Oldbury College of Sport (now Oldbury Academy). The Albright school buildings remain in use as a community facility. Britannia High School was a secondary school located in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England. It was opened in 1932

neg: St Augustine's Church of England High School Augustine's church. The school was opened on May 16, 1870 in Andover Place with seven students, with specifically the High School opening in 1884 as an all boys' secondary school; the present division into primary and secondary schools being complete by 1951. In 1969, the present school buildings were opened, with St. Augustine's High School becoming a Church of England comprehensive school. In February 2009, the school received a nearly £20 million investment under the BSF program for schools, which entailed a major refurbishment providing a new building and more space for pupils and staff. The work was completed in

neg: Central Technology and Sports College site opened in April 1978, admitting boys only. The new building had cost £850,000 (£ million current value).When the new site opened again in September 1978, it admitted girls (in the first year) as a coeducational school. Only by 1982 was the school fully co-educational. When the site moved to Manthorpe, it was then described as Grantham's only comprehensive school. For its entire life, the school was never described as a secondary modern school; however after the move to Manthorpe when the selective procedure was ended for the school, in effect it became a secondary modern school. In the 1990s

neg: Bedford High School, Leigh Bedford High School, Leigh Bedford High School is a comprehensive school for boys and girls in the Bedford area of Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. Bedford High School was established in 1976 when the town's grammar schools were abolished by the 1976 Education Act. It was formed by merging Leigh Boys' Grammar School and neighbouring Manchester Road Secondary Modern School. The former grammar school buildings now form the upper school and the secondary modern buildings form the lower school. In 2003 the school gained specialist Business and Enterprise College status and opened a construction training facility in conjunction with the Construction

neg: Fryerns Comprehensive School Fryerns Comprehensive School Fryerns Comprehensive School , also known as Fryerns Community School, was a mixed intake secondary school in Basildon, Essex that opened in 1956. The school was situated around one mile directly east of Basildon town centre. It was closed in 1999 due to falling pupil numbers. The site is now being redeveloped into two housing estates. Fryerns School was the first new secondary school to be opened in Basildon New Town. Its name came from the nearby Fryerns Farm which also provided the name for the local area. Fryerns was created as a Grammar and Technical school.

neg: Falmer High School School was joint bottom with results below the government minimum with Portslade Community College. Falmer High School Falmer High School was a community mixed-sex non-denominational comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Brighton, East Sussex, England. It closed on 31 August 2010 and was replaced by Brighton Aldridge Community Academy on the same site, sponsored by Rod Aldridge. It was Westlain Grammar School and administered by the Brighton Education Committee. It opened as the Westlain Mixed Grammar School in 1957. It became a bi-lateral school in 1973 for ages 12–18 with 1,200 boys and girls, when it joined

neg: Bristnall Hall Academy Bristnall Hall Academy Bristnall Hall Academy (formerly Bristnall Hall Technology College and Bristnall Hall High School) is a secondary school with academy status located in Oldbury, West Midlands, England. The school was opened in 1929 to serve the expanding Warley area of Oldbury, and was initially a secondary modern school for pupils who did not pass their 11+ exam - those who did attended Oldbury Grammar School (on becoming a comprehensive in 1974, later known as Langley High) or Oldbury Technical School. The attainment gap between Bristnall and the other local schools closed during the late 1970s when all the

neg: Thrybergh Academy Thrybergh Academy Thrybergh Academy and Sports College is a coeducational all-through school with academy status in Thrybergh, South Yorkshire, England. The school was founded as a secondary modern school in the 1950s, with its own buildings being opened in 1956. It later became a comprehensive school. The school was awarded specialist sports college status in 2008, changing its name from Thrybergh Comprehensive School to Thrybergh School and Sports College. The school converted to academy status in October 2013 and was renamed Thrybergh Academy and Sports College. On 1 May 2014, it formally merged with the local Dalton Foljambe Primary School

neg: Defunct schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley to falling pupil numbers. The school buildings were knocked down in 2010. Longlands School was a secondary school located in Stourbridge, West Midlands, England. It was built in 1912 to serve the expanding Stourbridge area as a secondary modern school. The school later gained comprehensive status, but by the 1980s, pupil numbers were falling. Dudley MBC decided to merge Longlands with nearby High Park School, and the merger was completed in September 1990 when Ridgewood High School opened within the High Park buildings. The old Longlands School buildings were then taken over by Stourbridge College, who are still using the

neg: Falmer High School Falmer High School Falmer High School was a community mixed-sex non-denominational comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Brighton, East Sussex, England. It closed on 31 August 2010 and was replaced by Brighton Aldridge Community Academy on the same site, sponsored by Rod Aldridge. It was Westlain Grammar School and administered by the Brighton Education Committee. It opened as the Westlain Mixed Grammar School in 1957. It became a bi-lateral school in 1973 for ages 12–18 with 1,200 boys and girls, when it joined with Stanmer Secondary Modern School. It became administered by East Sussex Education Committee. By

neg: Myton School Myton School Myton School is an 11–18 coeducational comprehensive school. Most students live locally, although the school attracts students from outside the priority area. The school is located on Myton Road in the town of Warwick in Warwickshire, England. The history of the school in its current form dates from 1968. the school has around 1,700 students. The school started life as Warwick "School", a mixed-sex, non-selective secondary school which was opened in 1954. In 1959 Oken became "Oken High School for Boys" when the girls were transferred to the newly established "Beauchamp High School for Girls". The two single-sex

neg: Easthampstead Park School Easthampstead Park School Easthampstead Park School is a coeducational comprehensive school located in Ringmead, Bracknell, Berkshire, England, for pupils aged 11–18. It was designated as a Sports College in 2009. The headteacher is Liz Cook. The school uses an initiative called Consistency Management and Co-operative Discipline (CMCD). The school won The Diana Anti Bullying award in January 2009 for their work in peer mentoring. The school was opened in 1972 at which time it occupied the mansion that is now Easthampstead Park Conference Centre. Its first Headteacher was Derrick Hurd who had previously been the first Headteacher at John Mason

neg: Edward Sheerien School Royston High School to establish Carlton Community College. The school went on to relocate to a new site in 2011, and in 2016 became Outwood Academy Carlton. The site of the school was demolished in early 2011. Edward Sheerien School Edward Sheerien School was a comprehensive school in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It had approximately 800 pupils, ages 11–16. The school was where a large portion of the motion picture "Kes" was filmed in 1969. The school site was previously occupied by St Helens Comprehensive School, until being amalgamated with Edward Sheerien School in 1992. St Helen's opened on 22

neg: Newlands Girls' School Newlands Girls' School Newlands Girls' School is a girls' comprehensive school in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. It was founded as "Maidenhead High School" in 1905 by its first Headmistress, Miss Mary Burn, moved to The Castle Hill Centre (then called "The Elms") in 1907 and in 1959 moved to Farm Road, where it still stands today. The school was renamed "Newlands School" in 1973 when it converted to comprehensive schooling. In September 1999 the school became a community school and was renamed to "Newlands Girls' School". In 2002 the school achieved the status of a Technology College and the Sportsmark Award.

neg: South Grove Comprehensive School offer O Levels its students. In the mid-1960s, Rotherham moved to a fully comprehensive system. The school was renamed South Grove Comprehensive School around 1967 and now took students of all abilities from the local area. The school closed in 1987, with the students and many of the staff transferring to the neighbouring Oakwood Comprehensive School. The buildings remained until 2003, when they demolished and replaced by a modern office building complex, known as Moorgate Crofts. South Grove Comprehensive School South Grove Comprehensive School was a secondary school in Rotherham, England that existed, in various guises, from 1911 until 1987.

neg: Fulford School addition, the old sixth form area was converted into 2 new art rooms. These facilities opened on 8 September 2015. In order to cater for the extra students, the school canteen was refurbished and redesigned, which was completed in October 2016. A much larger food technology room, a new photography studio, a drama studio and a classroom have also been created in the Hawking block. Fulford School Fulford School is a coeducational comprehensive school on Fulfordgate near Heslington Lane in Fulford, York, England. Fulford School was founded in 1963 and has been a comprehensive school since 1970. The site is

neg: Balshaw's Church of England High School Balshaw's Church of England High School Balshaw's CE High School is a comprehensive Church of England secondary school located on Church Road in Leyland, England. It is situated just south of the B5248 in the east of Leyland, close to the West Coast Main Line, and 546 yards (500m) west of the M6. The school was founded by Richard Balshaw in 1782. He established a high school called Golden Hill - until the 1920s that school was the original school for Balshaw's pupils. In 1922 work started on building a new school on a 5-acre site. Opened in 1931, it

neg: The Telford Langley School The Telford Langley School The Telford Langley School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the Dawley area of Telford in Shropshire, England. Its predecessor, Dawley Modern School, was opened at Pool Hill on 17 September 1956, to take children over 11 from four contributory primary schools; there were c. 500 pupils on the roll. By 1965 when comprehensive secondary education was introduced the school was renamed the Phoenix School (its name coming from idea that it 'rose from the ashes' of its predecessor). The number of pupils had risen to 1,159 by 1980. The main hall,

neg: Edward Sheerien School Edward Sheerien School Edward Sheerien School was a comprehensive school in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It had approximately 800 pupils, ages 11–16. The school was where a large portion of the motion picture "Kes" was filmed in 1969. The school site was previously occupied by St Helens Comprehensive School, until being amalgamated with Edward Sheerien School in 1992. St Helen's opened on 22 November 1963 to cater for children from the Athersley South and Monk Bretton area of Barnsley. The original Edward Sheerien School was located on Newstead Road Athersley North. Edward Sheerien School closed in September 2009, merging with

neg: Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School Bryn Hafren Comprehensive School, also referred to as Bryn Hafren School, is located in Merthyr Dyfan on the outskirts of the town of Barry near Cardiff in Wales. It was opened in 1971. Bryn Hafren is an 11-19 girls' comprehensive school for approximately 1,300 students. It shares a mixed-sex joint 6th form with Barry Comprehensive School, a boys' school. The school's catchment area is the Vale of Glamorgan, stretching from Rhoose in the west to Wenvoe in the north, and to Ely in west Cardiff, with the town of Barry in the centre. When comprehensive schools

neg: Tanfield School Tanfield School Tanfield School is a co-educational comprehensive school in Stanley, County Durham, England, by the border to Tanfield Lea. Tanfield takes students from the age of 11 to 16. Tanfield Lea Higher Elementary School and Pupil Teaching Centre was opened in October 1912. Some of the first pupils had transferred from the old Pupil Teacher Centre. However, most of the new intake were twelve years old. Mr. Hardy, the first headmaster, recorded in the school log that: "The Pupil Teacher and Preparatory pupils attending the Tanfield Lea P.T. Centre (53 in number) and their teachers Mr. Stringer, Mr. Crabb,

neg: The Bewdley School The Bewdley School The Bewdley School (formerly known as The Bewdley School & Sixth Form Centre) is a foundation comprehensive secondary school and sixth form in Bewdley, serving north-west Worcestershire, England. Its campus is very close to the River Severn and lies on the border of the Wyre Forest national nature reserve. The Bewdley School has its origins in the Bewdley County Secondary School which opened in April 1956. In 1972 the area adopted a three-tier system, and the school became Bewdley High School. When the area returned to a two-tier system in 2007, the High School was amalgamated with

neg: Frederick Gough School Frederick Gough School Frederick Gough School is a community secondary school in Scunthorpe, England, for approximately 1,300 pupils aged from 11 to 16. The school was opened in 1960 as Ashby and then Bottesford Grammar School, being renamed Frederick Gough Grammar School after Alderman Frederick Gough, the first Chairman of Governors of the school. It became a comprehensive school in 1969, linking with Ashby Girls' Secondary School. Frederick Gough school has been known as a "Specialist Languages College", but that title was recently disowned. The school teaches French (higher set only, excluding GCSE option) and Spanish. In 2014 the school

neg: Our Lady's Roman Catholic High School, Royton end of 2010 after disagreements with the students. The most recent Headteacher was Mr Thornton who left when the school merged with St Augustine of Canterbury RC High School to form Blessed John Henry Newman RC College, a joint Roman Catholic School. The school was founded in 1961 as a secondary modern school with 259 pupils. The first head teacher was Mr Eric Critchley. In 1979, further building took place for the school to become an 11-16 comprehensive school for 700 pupils. In 1985, the school's sixth form college opened, converting the school into an 11-18 comprehensive school. The sixth

neg: Plymstock School Plymstock School Plymstock School is a state comprehensive secondary school (ages 11–19) in Plymstock, a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England. It was the first West Devon comprehensive school (built on the core of a post war secondary school) and is now a Specialist Sports College. it has 1,626 students, of whom 240 are in the sixth form. In April 2011, the school became an academy. Plymstock School was maintained by Devon County Council until 1 April 1967, when it was transferred to Plymouth City Council which has maintained it until April 2011. In 2003 it underwent what was reported as

neg: Loreto College, St Albans by the Loreto Sisters, the college had just seven pupils when it first opened in 1922. The Sisters had bought a building called "The Elms" to use as a convent before opening the school. During the Second World War, the gymnasium become an air-raid shelter and makeshift dormitories by night. American soldiers billeted in St Albans used the school's hockey pitch to train. It turned comprehensive in 1978. Loreto College, St Albans Loreto College is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form for girls located near the centre of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It achieved Specialist Status in the

neg: Southway Community College Southway Community College Southway Community College was a comprehensive school for ages 11–18 in Southway, Plymouth, England. It was opened in 1962 as Southway Comprehensive School, becoming a community college offering additional adult education in 1994. Its feeder primary schools included Langley Junior School, Mary Dean's CE Primary School, Southway Primary School and Tamerton Vale Primary School. The school closed in July 2001, largely as a result of falling student numbers. This was a decision that was opposed by many students, teachers and parents. It later became the site of Beechwood Primary School. In 1993, four students from the school

neg: Southway Community College the death of a pupil from Southway Primary School who was killed in a gas explosion. Southway Community College Southway Community College was a comprehensive school for ages 11–18 in Southway, Plymouth, England. It was opened in 1962 as Southway Comprehensive School, becoming a community college offering additional adult education in 1994. Its feeder primary schools included Langley Junior School, Mary Dean's CE Primary School, Southway Primary School and Tamerton Vale Primary School. The school closed in July 2001, largely as a result of falling student numbers. This was a decision that was opposed by many students, teachers and parents.

neg: Castlebrook High School Castlebrook High School Castlebrook High School is a comprehensive school located in Unsworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. A newly appointed Mrs S Armstrong is the new Academy Principal, due to start May 2017. The school opened in September 1971 and was originally called Unsworth Comprehensive School. Its initial enrollment was 146 pupils. In 1983, the school merged with Whitefield High School (aka Albert Road) and was renamed Castlebrook High School. It has a wide-ranging catchment area with some pupils travelling from central Manchester or neighbouring Bury and Salford. Some even come from as far as

neg: Thrybergh Academy to become Rotherham's only all-through school, catering for ages 3–16. Since the commencement of Ofsted inspections in September 1993, the school has undergone eight inspections: Thrybergh Academy Thrybergh Academy and Sports College is a coeducational all-through school with academy status in Thrybergh, South Yorkshire, England. The school was founded as a secondary modern school in the 1950s, with its own buildings being opened in 1956. It later became a comprehensive school. The school was awarded specialist sports college status in 2008, changing its name from Thrybergh Comprehensive School to Thrybergh School and Sports College. The school converted to academy status

neg: Defunct schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley Midlands, England. It was built around 1960 as a secondary modern school to serve the Wollaston area of the town, adopting comprehensive status in September 1975. By the 1980s, pupil numbers at the school were falling and Dudley MBC decided to merge High Park with nearby Longlands School. The merger was completed in September 1990, when Ridgewood High School opened within the High Park buildings. The Longlands School buildings were taken over by Stourbridge College. At the time of Ridgewood's formation, new buildings were added to the High Park site to accommodate the pupils from the old Longlands School. Homer

neg: Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi was the first comprehensive school in England and Wales, opening in 1949 as Holyhead County School. The school was formed in 1949 with the amalgamation of Holyhead Grammar and St Cybi Secondary school. Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones, Amlwch is said to claim the title of the first purpose built comprehensive. Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni is recorded as Britain's first comprehensive. There was a number of reasons for the school to be the first "comp". The headmaster Mr Hughes was retiring and he was to be replaced by an enthusiast for Comprehensive education, Trefor Lovett. The

neg: John Kyrle High School John Kyrle High School John Kyrle High School is a secondary school with academy status situated in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England. It is named after the philanthropist John Kyrle (1637–1724), known as "The Man of Ross". The school site was opened in 1953 and was Herefordshire's first secondary modern school. The Ross-on-Wye Grammar School and secondary modern school (the Overross School) were merged in 1979 to form a single comprehensive school called John Kyrle High School. In August 1979, the Lower School site, the former grammar school, was badly damaged by fire. This site was closed in 1997. The site of

neg: Camborne Science and International Academy Cornwall constituency. Camborne Science and International Academy Camborne Science and International Academy (formally Camborne Science & Community College) is an academy school and sixth form in Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK. The school teaches 1,267 11- to 18-year-olds. When the school opened on 18 April 1956 it was known as Treswithian Secondary Modern and was equipped for the use of 508 pupils. It expanded to become Camborne School and Community College at the introduction of the Comprehensive school system, absorbing the disestablished Camborne Grammar School. In 2003 it gained specialist status as a Science College, and the name again changed to

neg: Camborne Science and International Academy Camborne Science and International Academy Camborne Science and International Academy (formally Camborne Science & Community College) is an academy school and sixth form in Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK. The school teaches 1,267 11- to 18-year-olds. When the school opened on 18 April 1956 it was known as Treswithian Secondary Modern and was equipped for the use of 508 pupils. It expanded to become Camborne School and Community College at the introduction of the Comprehensive school system, absorbing the disestablished Camborne Grammar School. In 2003 it gained specialist status as a Science College, and the name again changed to reflect this.

neg: Frogmore Community College Frogmore Community College Frogmore Community College is a state secondary school based in Yateley, Hampshire, England drawing attendees from Yateley, nearby Blackwater, Darby Green, Sandhurst and Eversley. Formerly Frogmore Comprehensive School, then Frogmore Community School, it also used to include a Sixth Form College originally called the Blackwater Valley Centre (BVC) which was fully absorbed when the school took its present name at the end of the 1990s. The school opened "FCAS" (Frogmore Centre for Advanced Studies) in 2005, but the sixth form disbanded after only two years of practice, forcing a partnership with The Sixth Form College, Farnborough. The

neg: Golborne High School fields: Golborne High School Golborne High School is a coeducational foundation secondary school located in Golborne, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England. The oldest part of the school was opened in January 1954. This comprises the main corridor and its classrooms, and the Gymnasium. The school only admitted girls and was called the Girls' Secondary Modern School. In 1967 boys were admitted for the first time (having previously been educated at what later became Golborne County Junior School.) In 1969 Golborne became a Comprehensive School. New additions to the building included the Sports Hall (originally intended to be a swimming pool)

neg: Golborne High School Golborne High School Golborne High School is a coeducational foundation secondary school located in Golborne, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, England. The oldest part of the school was opened in January 1954. This comprises the main corridor and its classrooms, and the Gymnasium. The school only admitted girls and was called the Girls' Secondary Modern School. In 1967 boys were admitted for the first time (having previously been educated at what later became Golborne County Junior School.) In 1969 Golborne became a Comprehensive School. New additions to the building included the Sports Hall (originally intended to be a swimming pool) and

neg: Academy@Worden Academy@Worden Academy@Worden is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Leyland, in the South Ribble district of Lancashire, England. It opened in 1955 as Worden County Secondary School, and became Worden High School in 1972 with the introduction of the Comprehensive System to Lancashire and the abolition of the 11-plus examination. The school was renamed Worden Sports College when it became a specialist Sports College. The school converted to academy status in February 2013 and was renamed Academy@Worden. In the early 1990s, the ROSLA block was gradually sold off to the Westfield Centre, with a major extension to

neg: Toms River High School South Toms River High School South Toms River High School South is a comprehensive four-year public high school, and was the first high school established in Toms River (formerly Dover Township) in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Toms River Regional Schools. The original Toms River High School graduated its first class in 1891 and the current building opened for students in 1951. In 1969, when the high school was found to be too small, a second high school, Toms River High School North was opened and "South" was appended

neg: Oakwood School, Horley Oakwood School, Horley Oakwood School is a community secondary school located in Horley, Surrey, England. It is co-educational and caters for students in the 11-16 age range in that it does not have a sixth form. Oakwood was opened in 1989 following the merger of Court Lodge Comprehensive (shut down on the 31st August 1989) and Horley Comprehensive (Secondary Modern) School. The Headteachers follow: Andy Thompson: 1989 - 2007 Sue Child: 2007 - 2015 Simon Potten: 2015 - Current At the last Ofsted inspection in November 2013, the school was judged to be "Grade 2 - Good". This followed its

neg: John Kyrle High School level. The school has been given a Language College status. John Kyrle High School John Kyrle High School is a secondary school with academy status situated in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England. It is named after the philanthropist John Kyrle (1637–1724), known as "The Man of Ross". The school site was opened in 1953 and was Herefordshire's first secondary modern school. The Ross-on-Wye Grammar School and secondary modern school (the Overross School) were merged in 1979 to form a single comprehensive school called John Kyrle High School. In August 1979, the Lower School site, the former grammar school, was badly damaged by

neg: Trevelyan Middle School Trevelyan Middle School Trevelyan Middle School is a comprehensive middle-deemed-secondary school in Windsor, Berkshire, England, within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Local Authority. The school is attended by approximately 502 boys and girls aged between nine and thirteen. The school was officially opened on 26 March 1930 as the "New Windsor Council School" by Sir Charles Trevelyan, the President of the Board of Education. It was renamed "Trevelyan School" in his honour in 1954. Since 1979, it has been a co-educational comprehensive middle school, catering for pupils between the ages of nine and thirteen. In 1998, the Royal

neg: Bloxwich Academy Bloxwich Academy Bloxwich Academy is a mixed all-through school and sixth form located in Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, England. The school serves the south-western side of Bloxwich which includes the areas of Beechdale and Leamore. Frank F. Harrison School opened on the current school site in 1965, and expansion work took place in 1968 and again in 1971. It has had higher pupil numbers since September 1992, when it took in most of the pupils from the closing Forest Comprehensive School. The current school was formed from the merger of Frank F. Harrison Engineering College and Hatherton Primary School. The

neg: Greenshaw High School Greenshaw High School Greenshaw High School is a coeducational academy of some 1600 pupils situated in Sutton, England. The school was opened in the late 1960s as a purpose built Comprehensive School. The first Headmaster was Mr R B Whellock. Notable former pupils include Olympic gymnast Barry Winch, who represented Great Britain at two Summer Olympics, 100 meter sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey who medaled as part of 4x100 teams in both the Commonwealth Games and European Championships, Sam Ardley who appeared as 50 Pence in the first and second series of M I High, Tayler Marshall who played Kenzo in the