Archbishop Temple School

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Archbishop Temple School
Faith, Nurture, Service
School type	Secondary school Technology and Humanities College
Established	1960s
Head of School	Mr Darren Hugill
Staff	around 40 teachers
Students	around 750
Location	Preston, Lancashire  United Kingdom
Website	http://www.archtemple.lancsngfl.ac.uk/

Archbishop Temple School (full name Archbishop Temple Church of England Technology and Humanities College) is a secondary school, situated in the city of Preston in Lancashire, England. Its headteacher is Mr Darren Hugill and its deputy headteacher is Mr David Battarbee. It has around 750 pupils, 40 teachers and numerous other staff.

Contents 1 History 2 Achievements 2.1 F1 In Schools (2002 - 2003) 2.2 Lancashire Mathematics Challenge 2.3 Geronimo! 2.4 Sport 3 Subject list 4 External links

[edit] History

Archbishop Temple School was originally called William Temple School, after Archbishop William Temple. It became a Technology College in 1995 when the new British Aerospace Technology block was built. In 2006 the school became a Humanities college.

The school is one of the top 10 non-sixth form schools in England at GCSE.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] F1 In Schools (2002 - 2003)

In 2002 and 2003 a team from Archbishop Temple School entered a challenge to create a F1 style car using CAD/CAM software. The school won the challenge and the team got to travel to Silverstone and meet the Jaguar F1 team.

[edit] Lancashire Mathematics Challenge

In 2004, a team of four Year 7 pupils won the Lancashire Mathematics Challenge.

[edit] Geronimo!

In 2005 a team from Archbishop Temple entered a challenge for the BBC TV series Geronimo!. Their challenge was to build a sand digging machine. Once again Archbishop Temple School won the challenge, beating another local school (Fulwood High) and two adult teams.

[edit] Sport

Archbishop Temple School football team has won a number of competitions, including a Lancashire tournament. The school also has teams in netball, rounders, cricket and basketball.

[edit] Subject list

The following is a list of subjects offered at Archbishop Temple School. Unless otherwise indicated, subjects are taught throughout Key Stage 3. Pupils choose one technology subject and three other non-compulsory subjects to learn in Key Stage 4.

• Art
• Drama
• English (compulsory)
  • English Literature (GCSE only, compulsory for top set 2006-2007)
• Geography
• Health and Social Care (GCSE only)
• History
• Information Communication Technology (ICT)
• Leisure and Tourism (GCSE only)
• Mathematics (compulsory)
  • Statistics (GCSE only)
• Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)
  • French
  • Spanish
• Music
• Science (Double Award compulsory at GCSE; Triple Award (Chemistry, Physics, Biology) optional)
• RE/Citizenship
  • PSHRE (Key Stage 3 only)
  • Religious Studies (GCSE only)
  • RE/ Citizenship/ Careers (Key Stage 4 only; non-qualification; compulsory)
• Sport
  • Games (non-qualification; compulsory)
  • Physical Education (PE; GCSE only)
  • Sports Studies
• Technology
  • Key Stage 3
    • Core Technology
    • Food Technology
  • Key Stage 4
    • Food Technology
    • Graphic Products
    • Product Design
    • Resistant Materials
    • Textiles Technology

[edit] External links

• Archbishop Temple School - The school's website
• OFSTED report - OFSTED's report from their October 2005 inspection of the school.
• Faith inspection - a Diocese of Blackburn report of the school from November 2005