Manor High School (Oadby)
Encyclopedia
Manor High School is a community middle school
for boys and girls, aged 10 to 14 years (school years 6 to 9). The school serves a suburban area to the south of the City of Leicester
, although it falls outside the city's administrative boundaries, within the district of Oadby and Wigston
in Leicestershire
. The school has specialist technology status. With over 900 students, it is the largest middle school in the country.
in the core subjects of English, Mathematics and Science after just eight months at the school.
The school also has an unusual element of selection in its curriculum for older students, offering elective subjects such as GCSE Gujarati or GCSE Statistics.
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
for boys and girls, aged 10 to 14 years (school years 6 to 9). The school serves a suburban area to the south of the City of Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, although it falls outside the city's administrative boundaries, within the district of Oadby and Wigston
Oadby and Wigston
Oadby and Wigston is a local government district and borough in the English county of Leicestershire.-Geography:It is composed of the areas of Oadby, Wigston Magna and South Wigston. It is predominantly urban, and runs directly into Leicester, to the north-west...
in Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
. The school has specialist technology status. With over 900 students, it is the largest middle school in the country.
History
Manor High School originally opened in 1968 taking children from 11 to 14 years of age, just the 3 academic years. The first year there was only 2 of the 3 years in attendance, the full complement of pupils not being attained until 1969. The first Head Master was Mr Walter Higgins O.B.E. JPCampus
The school is situated on a campus shared with the neighbouring Brookside Primary School in the north-east of the borough of Oadby along with Pebbles Nursery.Curriculum
The school is one of only eight of its kind in England in providing education for students aged 10 to 14. It is part of the system introduced in Leicestershire to provide for the introduction of comprehensive secondary education in the 1970s. Students transfer from primary schools at the age of 10, and sit National Curriculum TestsNational Curriculum assessment
National Curriculum assessments are a series of educational assessments, colloquially known as Sats or SATs, used to assess the attainment of children attending maintained schools in England...
in the core subjects of English, Mathematics and Science after just eight months at the school.
The school also has an unusual element of selection in its curriculum for older students, offering elective subjects such as GCSE Gujarati or GCSE Statistics.