Vale of Ancholme School
Encyclopedia
Vale of Ancholme Technology College is an English
co-educational comprehensive secondary school on Grammar School Road in the market town of Brigg
, North Lincolnshire
.
. It became a comprehensive
in September, 1976 and a Music and Technology College in 2007.
, is also in Brigg; the two operate together as the Brigg Sixth Form College to spread the workload rather than duplicating curriculum.
In 2011 the Vale had GCSE results of 56% grades A*-C, which was close to the local education authority's average of 52%. However, Sir John Nelthorpe School achieved 65% A*-C.
England
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co-educational comprehensive secondary school on Grammar School Road in the market town of Brigg
Brigg
Brigg is a small market town in North Lincolnshire, England, with a population of 5,076 in 2,213 households . The town lies at the junction of the River Ancholme and east-west transport routes across northern Lincolnshire...
, North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....
.
History
The school was once a secondary modernSecondary modern school
A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils - those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination...
. It became a comprehensive
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 September, 1976 and a Music and Technology College in 2007.
Curriculum
Years 7-11 have about 150 pupils per year. Vale of Ancholme is one of three schools in North Lincolnshire which have a sixth-form, another of which, Sir John Nelthorpe SchoolSir John Nelthorpe School
The Sir John Nelthorpe School is a comprehensive school on Grammar School Road in Brigg, North Lincolnshire.-Admissions:The is for ages from 11 to 18. The is on Wrawby Road.-Grammar school:...
, is also in Brigg; the two operate together as the Brigg Sixth Form College to spread the workload rather than duplicating curriculum.
In 2011 the Vale had GCSE results of 56% grades A*-C, which was close to the local education authority's average of 52%. However, Sir John Nelthorpe School achieved 65% A*-C.