Montgomery High School is a comprehensive school in Bispham, Blackpool

Bispham, Blackpool

Bispham is a village roughly one-and-a-half miles north of Blackpool town centre on the Fylde coast in the county of Lancashire, England.-Geography and administration:...

, Lancashire

Lancashire

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, England

England

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 that educates pupils

Student

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 age 11-16. There are 1400 pupils on the roll. The Headmaster

Head teacher

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 is Simon Brennand.

Academic performance

The school holds Specialist Language College

Language College

Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...

 status and is a Beacon school.

In February 2001, the Times Educational Supplement

Times Educational Supplement

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 listed Montgomery in a group of schools that had received outstanding inspection reports or achieved sustained excellent GCSE results.

In September 2005 it was notable for being awarded 'outstanding' assessments by Ofsted

Office for Standards in Education

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 in the following key areas:

• How well does the school work in partnership with others to promote learners' well-being?
• How good is the overall personal development and well-being of the learners?
• How well do the curriculum and other activities meet the range of needs and interests of learners?
• How well are learners cared for, guided and supported?

Parliamentary congratulations

Joan Humble

Joan Humble

Jovanka Humble is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Blackpool North and Fleetwood from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...

 and Stephen Twigg

Stephen Twigg

Stephen Twigg is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby since 2010. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 1997 to 2005, when he lost his seat. He came to national prominence in 1997...

 congratulated the school for its achievements in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 on 20 January 2005 and the school was then visited by the Secretary of State for Education

Secretary of State for Education and Skills

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 Ruth Kelly

Ruth Kelly

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.

Projects

Montgomery has been selected to take part in the Human Scale Schools project operating in collaboration with the Gulbenkian Foundation.

The school ran a survey on cycle usage on behalf of the Department for Transport

Department for Transport

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.

Sport

In 2003/4 the football team won the Harry Johnson Trophy (named after the former Blackpool player) with a 3-0 victory coming over neighbours Millfield. The team also took home the Lancashire Cup with a 3-1 victory in the final.

The 2004/5 football team reached the final of the National Cup, before being defeated 3-0 in the final at Selhurst Park

Selhurst Park

Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:...

.

Stephanie Findlay played football

Football (soccer)

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 for Blackpool Ladies whilst at the school and then was selected for the soccer roster at Webber International University

Webber International University

-External links:* -- Official web site* -- Official athletics web site* at -References:...

 in Florida

Florida

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, USA. It is very rare for someone to move from a UK school to a USA university on a sports scholarship.

External links

Official site