Shelley College
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Shelley College is an upper school
and sixth form college
on the border between the villages of Shelley
and Skelmanthorpe
, West Yorkshire
in England
.
Unlike most high schools pupils join Shelley College at Year 9, aged 13 because there is a middle school
system in the surrounding areas. The school has two main feeder schools, Kirkburton Middle School and Scissett Middle School
.
The school's sixth form has its own separate block which is named the Altitude Building. Inside there is a small café, study room (ICT suite), office and toilets.
The school has very good facilities including a large science department and a good design technology department as well
The school enjoys frequent good OFSTED
reports for both the school and the sixth form.
Upper school
Upper Schools tend to be schools within secondary education. Outside England, the term normally refers to a section of a larger school. There is some variation in the use of the term in England.-State Maintained Schools:...
and sixth form college
Sixth form college
A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 18 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, or school-level qualifications such as GCSEs. In Singapore and India, this is...
on the border between the villages of Shelley
Shelley, West Yorkshire
Shelley is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, 3 miles north of Holmfirth and 6 miles south east of Huddersfield. It sometimes appears as Shelley Woodhouse and has a population of 3,059 . It is part of the Kirkburton ward of the local council. Road transport links are...
and Skelmanthorpe
Skelmanthorpe
Skelmanthorpe is a village in West Yorkshire, England with a population of 4,198 according to the 2001 census. It is part of the parish of Denby Dale in the Kirklees borough....
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
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...
.
Unlike most high schools pupils join Shelley College at Year 9, aged 13 because there is a middle school
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...
system in the surrounding areas. The school has two main feeder schools, Kirkburton Middle School and Scissett Middle School
Scissett Middle School
Scissett Middle School is a 10–13 middle-deemed-secondary school situated in Scissett, near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It has a wide catchment area which includes the villages of Scissett, Clayton West, Birdsedge, Denby Dale, Skelmanthorpe, Flockton and Upper Cumberworth.It is a...
.
The school's sixth form has its own separate block which is named the Altitude Building. Inside there is a small café, study room (ICT suite), office and toilets.
The school has very good facilities including a large science department and a good design technology department as well
The school enjoys frequent good OFSTED
Ofsted
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 ....
reports for both the school and the sixth form.
Famous alumni
- Lena HeadeyLena HeadeyLena Headey is an English actress. Headey's performance in a one-off show when she was 17 caught the attention of a casting agent, who took a photo and asked her to audition and eventually she got a supporting role alongside Jeremy Irons and Ethan Hawke in the 1992 British drama film Waterland and...
who has starred in such films as St. Trinians and 300 (film)300 (film)300 is a 2007 American fantasy action film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller. It is a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant...
, and such TV programs as Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. - Jodie WhittakerJodie WhittakerJodie Auckland Whittaker is an English actress, perhaps best known for her work in the film Venus . She also starred in the ITV1 series Marchlands playing the young Ruth who had lost her daughter Alice.-Career:...
who also starred in St. Trinians and VenusVenusVenus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows... - Daniel KitsonDaniel KitsonDaniel Kitson is an English stand-up comedian.-Career:Born to a lecturer father and primary school head teacher mother, Kitson began performing comedy at the age of 16. He was a pupil at Scissett Middle School and Shelley College in Yorkshire, England...
, award winning comedian - Ed ClancyEd ClancyEdward Clancy MBE is an English professional track and road bicycle racer who rides for the team. On the track his specialist discipline is the pursuit. He won the first stage of the 2005 Tour of Berlin. He also won 2007 team pursuit world championship...
, member of the Gold Medal winning cycling team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. - Kate RusbyKate RusbyKate Anna Rusby is an English folk singer and songwriter from Penistone, South Yorkshire. Sometimes known as The Barnsley Nightingale, she has headlined various British national folk festivals, and is regarded as one of the most famous English folk singers of contemporary times...
, folk singer and songwriter.