Maltby School
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Maltby Community School (MCS) is a comprehensive school in the mining town
of Maltby in South Yorkshire
.
. It will become an academy in January 2010. This will involve building a £30m new school by September 2013 called the Maltby Learning Campus.
, the Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford
and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
. However, it was an incremental change (and possibly less disruptive) to becoming a comprehensive, with the school becoming fully comprehensive by 1974 once all former grammar school intakes had left.
The first (and only) Headmaster of Maltby Grammar School was Gerald Rush - who retired when it became Maltby Comprehensive School
). A level results are under the England average but average for Rotherham.
Maltby Main Colliery
Maltby Main Colliery is a coal mine situated on the eastern edge of the township of Maltby, South Yorkshire, some 7 miles east of Rotherham. It is presently the only colliery in production in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham.-History:...
of Maltby in South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
.
Admissions
The (comprehensive) school has a sixth form. The school is below capacity in its numbers. It is situated on Braithwell Road (B6376) close to the junction with the A631A631 road
The A631 is a road running from Sheffield, South Yorkshire to Louth, Lincolnshire in England. It passes through the counties of South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. The road has many towns on its route including Rotherham, Maltby, Gainsborough and Market Rasen. It is mostly single...
. It will become an academy in January 2010. This will involve building a £30m new school by September 2013 called the Maltby Learning Campus.
History
The co-educational Maltby Grammar School (MGS) was established in 1931, being built on the site of Rolleston Hall on Rotherham Road (A631). It was officially opened on (Saturday) 16 April 1932 by Sir Percy Jackson, the Chairman of the West Riding Education Committee. The Maltby Hall Secondary Modern School was on Braithwell Road.Comprehensive
Buildings were added in the 1960s to prepare the school to become a comprehensive. It became Maltby Comprehensive School, being officially opened on 7 October 1967 by Alan BullockAlan Bullock
Alan Louis Charles Bullock, Baron Bullock , was a British historian, who wrote an influential biography of Adolf Hitler and many other works.-Early life and career:...
, the Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford
St Catherine's College, Oxford
St Catherine's College, often called Catz, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its motto is Nova et Vetera...
and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. However, it was an incremental change (and possibly less disruptive) to becoming a comprehensive, with the school becoming fully comprehensive by 1974 once all former grammar school intakes had left.
The first (and only) Headmaster of Maltby Grammar School was Gerald Rush - who retired when it became Maltby Comprehensive School
Academic performance
Similar to most schools in Rotherham LEA (and most former coalfield areas), it gets GCSEs under the England average. Maltby's results are comparable to many schools nearby (such as DinningtonDinnington Comprehensive School
Dinnington Comprehensive School is a secondary school in Dinnington, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is a coeducational comprehensive school for day pupils between the ages of 11 and 18, and takes in approximately 1,500 pupils from Dinnington and surrounding...
). A level results are under the England average but average for Rotherham.
Maltby Grammar School
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Maltby Hall Secondary Modern School
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