Cottingham High School
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Cottingham High School is a large secondary school, situated in Cottingham
in the East Riding of Yorkshire
, England. The school has been awarded specialist Arts College
status, and has modern facilities for media arts, music, drama and dance. In July 2011, the school became an Academy.
for Student Halls of Residence.
Due to the increased numbers of students attending the school, the original building was no longer large enough and by September 1975 a new Science / Technical block was completed along with a second gymnasium and new sports hall. In 1978 a new Humanities / Modern Languages block was completed along with a Sixth Form block. In 2000 a new Drama and Music block was built, and a Business Studies block was completed in 2003.
and Hessle High School
.
Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
Cottingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies just to the north-west of the city of Kingston upon Hull...
in the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...
, England. The school has been awarded specialist Arts College
Arts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
status, and has modern facilities for media arts, music, drama and dance. In July 2011, the school became an Academy.
School history
Cottingham High School was originally named Cottingham Secondary School and was established in 1955 as a Secondary Modern school. The school site is located on what was formerly Cottingham Grange, built in 1802. Part of the land which belonged to Cottingham Grange is now part of 'The Lawns', owned by the University of HullUniversity of Hull
The University of Hull, known informally as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
for Student Halls of Residence.
Due to the increased numbers of students attending the school, the original building was no longer large enough and by September 1975 a new Science / Technical block was completed along with a second gymnasium and new sports hall. In 1978 a new Humanities / Modern Languages block was completed along with a Sixth Form block. In 2000 a new Drama and Music block was built, and a Business Studies block was completed in 2003.
Media Arts status
Since September 2004 Cottingham High School is a Specialist in Media and Performing Arts. This provides students at the school with new opportunities across all subject areas, extra equipment and facilities, including a Recording Studio, Film Editing Suite and extensive ICT facilities across the school.Haltemprice Consortium
Since September 2009, Cottingham High School has been part of the Haltemprice Consortium along with Wolfreton SchoolWolfreton School
Wolfreton School and Language College is a large state secondary school in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.It is situated five miles to the west of Kingston upon Hull city centre. It is split over two sites, one in Willerby and one in Kirk Ella...
and Hessle High School
Hessle High School
rightHessle High School is a high school in Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire near Hull, England.The school is split over two sites. Years 7 and 8 are located on Boothferry Road, with years 9 and above on Heads Lane....
.