Kirkbie Kendal School
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Kirkbie Kendal School is a comprehensive school and known as a Business and Enterprise College
in Kendal
, Cumbria
, England
, and serves the area around the town and rural countryside. Kirkbie Kendal School operates as a Foundation school
, and has been regularly oversubscribed, accepting students based on a designated hierarchy. The school had 1,005 pupils on roll, ages 11–18.
. The school works with local businesses, colleges and universities to provide students with the skills needed to progress into higher or further education and employment or entrepreneurship. The school was re-designated as a Business and Enterprise College in 2008.
The school has taken steps to alert students and parents to potential dangers of social networking websites
, after an incident of cyber-bullying
involving students at the school.
that were awarded specialist status by the Department for Education and Skills, entitling the school to its share of more than £2m worth of investment.
A team from the school won the regional final of the Institute of Physics
2004 Paperclip Physics Competition. The Kirkbie Kendal School team was recognized from among six finalists for its efforts in explaining concepts of density and buoyancy.
A student at the school was one of 25 regional winners in the 2006 Audi Innovation Awards competition, a national design competition for students ages 11–14. Over 4,000 entries were submitted to the competition from more than 200 schools.
For 2006, Kirkbie Kendal School was the North East Regional winner of the Charter Standard Secondary School award for outstanding achievement in providing football
opportunities for their students. The school was also recognized in 2004.
in 2001, but the school has been inspected more recently, on the 7 and 8 March 2007. The school received several outstanding and the rest were in the category below.
Business and Enterprise College
Business and Enterprise Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields...
in Kendal
Kendal
Kendal, anciently known as Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish within the South Lakeland District of Cumbria, England...
, Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, 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...
, and serves the area around the town and rural countryside. Kirkbie Kendal School operates as a Foundation school
Foundation school
In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools....
, and has been regularly oversubscribed, accepting students based on a designated hierarchy. The school had 1,005 pupils on roll, ages 11–18.
Programs and curriculum
As a Business and Enterprise College status, Kirkbie Kendal School focuses on raising levels of attainment in business studies and related courses, mathematics and information technologyInformation technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
. The school works with local businesses, colleges and universities to provide students with the skills needed to progress into higher or further education and employment or entrepreneurship. The school was re-designated as a Business and Enterprise College in 2008.
The school has taken steps to alert students and parents to potential dangers of social networking websites
Social network service
A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, who, for example, share interests and/or activities. A social network service consists of a representation of each user , his/her social...
, after an incident of cyber-bullying
Cyber-bullying
Cyber-bullying is the use of the Internet and related technologies to harm other people, in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner. As it has become more common in society, particularly among young people, legislation and awareness campaigns have arisen to combat it.-Definition:The term...
involving students at the school.
Awards and recognition
In 2003, Kirkbie Kendal School was one of 14 schools in the North-East and CumbriaCumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
that were awarded specialist status by the Department for Education and Skills, entitling the school to its share of more than £2m worth of investment.
A team from the school won the regional final of the Institute of Physics
Institute of Physics
The Institute of Physics is a scientific charity devoted to increasing the practice, understanding and application of physics. It has a worldwide membership of around 40,000....
2004 Paperclip Physics Competition. The Kirkbie Kendal School team was recognized from among six finalists for its efforts in explaining concepts of density and buoyancy.
A student at the school was one of 25 regional winners in the 2006 Audi Innovation Awards competition, a national design competition for students ages 11–14. Over 4,000 entries were submitted to the competition from more than 200 schools.
For 2006, Kirkbie Kendal School was the North East Regional winner of the Charter Standard Secondary School award for outstanding achievement in providing football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
opportunities for their students. The school was also recognized in 2004.
Academic performance
The school gets GCSE results at the England average and A-level results slightly above the England average.OFSTED inspections
The school was inspected by OFSTEDOffice for Standards in Education
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
in 2001, but the school has been inspected more recently, on the 7 and 8 March 2007. The school received several outstanding and the rest were in the category below.
School Features
The school is medium sized and in total there are 6 buildings on the school grounds. Those being the main building, Humanities block, Languages block, Expressive Arts block, Technology block and the Science Maths and IT block.Alumni
- Three members (Neil and Scott Wilkinson, Matthew Wood) of the popular beat combo British Sea PowerBritish Sea PowerBritish Sea Power are an indie rock band based in Brighton, England, although three of the band members originally come from Kendal in Cumbria. Critics have likened their sound to a variety of groups, from The Cure and Joy Division to the Pixies and Arcade Fire. The band are famed for their live...
Kendal Grammar School
- Philip Wilson, former Liberal MP for St Pancras SouthSt Pancras South (UK Parliament constituency)St. Pancras South was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election. It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and...
(1886–93) - Sir Edward Bailey MCMilitary CrossThe Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
, geologist (1892-9) - Air Vice-MarshalAir Vice-MarshalAir vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...
Alan Martindale CBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
, Director General of Supply (RAFRoyal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
) (1941-8) - Carl WalkerCarl WalkerInspector Carl Walker, GC, is a former police officer who served in the Lancashire Constabulary until 1982 when he was forced to retire due to injuries sustained in a shooting in Blackpool, an incident after which he was awarded the George Cross.On 23 August 1971, when Walker was a constable, he...
, former policeman (1945–50) - Dr Michael Rutter CBE, vet and Chief Executive from 1990-2002 of the Veterinary Medicines DirectorateVeterinary Medicines DirectorateThe Veterinary Medicines Directorate is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs seeking to protect public health, animal health, the environment and promoting animal welfare by assuring the safety, quality and efficacy of veterinary medicines in the United...
(1952-9) - David StarkeyDavid StarkeyDavid Starkey, CBE, FSA is a British constitutional historian, and a radio and television presenter.He was born the only child of Quaker parents, and attended Kendal Grammar School before entering Cambridge through a scholarship. There he specialised in Tudor history, writing a thesis on King...
, English historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
(1956–63) - Peter GibbsPeter GibbsPeter Gibbs is a BBC Weather forecaster, who appears regularly on BBC News, BBC World News and BBC Radio, particularly BBC Radio Four. He has previously worked on the BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten and BBC Breakfast....
, BBC WeatherBBC WeatherBBC Weather is the BBC's department in charge of preparing and broadcasting weather forecasts and is now part of BBC News. The broadcast meteorologists are employed by the Met Office...
forecaster (1969–76) - Nigel Bell, Chief Executive of the NHS Information AuthorityNHS Information AuthorityThe NHS Information Authority was part of the UK National Health Service . It was established by an Act of Parliament in 1999. With headquarters in Birmingham, UK, its aim was to bring together four NHS IT and Information bodies to work together to deliver IT infrastructure and information...
from 1999-2001 (1970-7) - David WheatmanDavid WheatmanDavid Mark Wheatman was an English cricketer. Wheatman was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Kendal, Westmorland and was educated at Kendal Grammar School....
, cricketer - Tony Trimingham OAM- anti drug campaigner founder of Family Drug Support Australia (1959- 1964)
Kendal High School for Girls
- Muriel Brunskill, contraltoContraltoContralto is the deepest female classical singing voice, with the lowest tessitura, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. It typically ranges between the F below middle C to the second G above middle C , although at the extremes some voices can reach the E below middle C or the second B above...
(1911-8) - Patricia Heywood OBE, Worldwide President of the Mothers' UnionMothers' UnionMothers’ Union is an international Christian charity that seeks to support families worldwide. Its members are not all mothers or even all women, as there are many parents, men, widows, singles and grandparents involved in its work...
from 2001-6 (1954–61) - Paula Ridley CBE, former TV presenter on Granada TV (1956–63)
- Sarah Hinkley CBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(1961-8)