Gleed Girls' Technology College
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This is a secondary school on Neville Avenue in Spalding
, Lincolnshire
, England
. It opened on 28 April 1941 as Spalding The Gleed Senior Council School and comprised boys' and girls departments which from 1946 were regarded as separate schools under the same management. From October 1946 to 1948 the two schools were known as Spalding Gleed Secondary Modern Schools. From October 1948 until at least 1974 they were again regarded as separate departments of the school which was known as Spalding Gleed County Secondary School. It became a Specialist Technology College in 2001.. From September 2009 it has been a combined Technology and Applied Learning Specialist College. The headteacher is Mrs Janet Daniels (previously at The Maltings Academy, Essex). The school's commitment to its staff was recognised by its redesignation as an Investors in People establishment.
The school achieved considerable publicity when an email sent by a member of staff to a parent was placed into the public domain. The email was alleged to contain 14 spelling or grammar errors.
The incident was covered by the national newspapers including The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Star, Metro, Yorkshire Evening Post etc. and TV including BBC News.
In November 2011 the school became a mixed school.
Spalding, Lincolnshire
Spalding is a market town with a population of 30,000 on the River Welland in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. Little London is a hamlet directly south of Spalding on the B1172 road....
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It opened on 28 April 1941 as Spalding The Gleed Senior Council School and comprised boys' and girls departments which from 1946 were regarded as separate schools under the same management. From October 1946 to 1948 the two schools were known as Spalding Gleed Secondary Modern Schools. From October 1948 until at least 1974 they were again regarded as separate departments of the school which was known as Spalding Gleed County Secondary School. It became a Specialist Technology College in 2001.. From September 2009 it has been a combined Technology and Applied Learning Specialist College. The headteacher is Mrs Janet Daniels (previously at The Maltings Academy, Essex). The school's commitment to its staff was recognised by its redesignation as an Investors in People establishment.
The school achieved considerable publicity when an email sent by a member of staff to a parent was placed into the public domain. The email was alleged to contain 14 spelling or grammar errors.
The incident was covered by the national newspapers including The Sun, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Star, Metro, Yorkshire Evening Post etc. and TV including BBC News.
In November 2011 the school became a mixed school.