Todmorden High School
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Todmorden High School is a comprehensive school
in the West Yorkshire
town
of Todmorden
, in the Calderdale
LEA
. The school has specialist Arts College
status.
Typically students at Todmorden High transfer to the school from its six feeder schools
at the age of 11/12.
The school has 820 students on roll, approximately 120 of these in the sith form, 55 teaching staff and 80 non-teaching staff.
On entry students are placed into mixed ability tutor groups, and typically remain in that group for the five years of compulsory education. It is usual for form tutors to stay with their form throughout the school. Each year group has a head of year, who typically moves through the school with their year group. There is a separate Head of Sixth Form.
Academically the school is divided into nine faculties, each responsible for a major area of the curriculum. The school delivers the full range of National Curriculum subjects at Key Stage 3, and a range of options at Key Stage 4, including Vocational courses. Post-16 the school offers a variety of ‘A’ level and Vocational courses as well as an Intermediate programme. The staying on rate is static but the Sixth Form has a very good reputation. All students start in mixed ability teaching groups, but as students progress through the school many faculties set. There is Special Needs support within each faculty for students with learning difficulties.
The school offers a wide range of extra curricular activities and there is a flourishing High School Association. The school was first awarded IiP
in 1999 and has continued to meet the standard. In September 2003 T.H.S became a Specialist College for the Visual Arts, which has had a major impact on the school over the past few years. The school is also part of the Sports Co-ordinator Scheme and has gained International school Intermediate status. The school also holds the Healthy Schools Award, and is involved with Incredible Edible.
Recent statistics show that T.H.S. is the most improved in Calderdale at both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, and is a member of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust “Most Improved Club”. Against the Calderdale trend of falling ratings, it had a 35% increase in Year 7 intake for 2007/8.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in the 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....
town
Town
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of Todmorden
Todmorden
Todmorden is a market town and civil parish, located 17 miles from Manchester, within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Upper Calder Valley and has a total population of 14,941....
, in the Calderdale
Calderdale
The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name...
LEA
Local Education Authority
A local education authority is a local authority in England and Wales that has responsibility for education within its jurisdiction...
. The school has specialist Arts College
Arts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
status.
Todmorden High School
Todmorden High School and Visual Arts College is a six form entry, 11-18 co-educational comprehensive school, located in the West Yorkshire town of Todmorden.Typically students at Todmorden High transfer to the school from its six feeder schools
Feeder school
Feeder school is a name applied to schools, colleges, universities, or other educational institutions that provide a significant number of graduates who intend to continue their studies at specific schools, or even in specific fields....
at the age of 11/12.
The school has 820 students on roll, approximately 120 of these in the sith form, 55 teaching staff and 80 non-teaching staff.
On entry students are placed into mixed ability tutor groups, and typically remain in that group for the five years of compulsory education. It is usual for form tutors to stay with their form throughout the school. Each year group has a head of year, who typically moves through the school with their year group. There is a separate Head of Sixth Form.
Academically the school is divided into nine faculties, each responsible for a major area of the curriculum. The school delivers the full range of National Curriculum subjects at Key Stage 3, and a range of options at Key Stage 4, including Vocational courses. Post-16 the school offers a variety of ‘A’ level and Vocational courses as well as an Intermediate programme. The staying on rate is static but the Sixth Form has a very good reputation. All students start in mixed ability teaching groups, but as students progress through the school many faculties set. There is Special Needs support within each faculty for students with learning difficulties.
The school offers a wide range of extra curricular activities and there is a flourishing High School Association. The school was first awarded IiP
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in 1999 and has continued to meet the standard. In September 2003 T.H.S became a Specialist College for the Visual Arts, which has had a major impact on the school over the past few years. The school is also part of the Sports Co-ordinator Scheme and has gained International school Intermediate status. The school also holds the Healthy Schools Award, and is involved with Incredible Edible.
Recent statistics show that T.H.S. is the most improved in Calderdale at both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, and is a member of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust “Most Improved Club”. Against the Calderdale trend of falling ratings, it had a 35% increase in Year 7 intake for 2007/8.
Todmorden Grammar School
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from 1960-2 - John KettleyJohn KettleyJohn Graham Kettley is a British freelance weatherman.-Biography:Brought up on Commercial Street and educated at Todmorden Grammar School on Ferney Lee Road in Todmorden, he played cricket for Burnley and Todmorden. A geography teacher at his school sparked his interest in weather forecasting...
- weather forecaster - Robert ShackletonRobert ShackletonRobert Shackleton CBE was an English French language philologist and librarian.Shackleton was born in Todmorden, now in West Yorkshire. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford and taught French at Brasenose College, Oxford from 1946 to 1966. He also served as college librarian from 1948 to 1966...
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in 1973