Court Moor School

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Court Moor Secondary School

Motto	Caring to Achieve
Established	May 11th 1960
Type	Comprehensive
Chairman	Mrs. Beverly Stevens
Students	Approx. 1100
Location	Fleet, Hampshire England
Colours	Red and Blue
Website	Court Moor School Website

Court Moor School is one of two secondary schools in the town of Fleet, in Hampshire (UK). The age of the pupils is 11-16.

The school was last inspected by OFSTED in 2006, where it received a rating of "good" overall. The Department for Education and Skills (DFES) records that in 2000 some 70% of all pupils leaving the school that year had attained five or more GCSE pass results, well above the national average of 49%. League Tables for 2005, indicate that 76% of all pupils taking exams that year gained 5 or more A*-C results. For GCSE and GNVQ attainment, the BBC's league table for 2005 ranked the school 24th out of 85 in the area and for 2002, 857 of 3571 in England and Wales.

1 History
2 Notes
3 See Also
4 External links

[edit] History

The 15.7 acre site for the school was purchased in 1957 for £3,810 by Hampshire County Council. Fleet Secondary Modern School, the earliest school in the town, moved into the site in 1960, and reopened as Court Moor School on May 11. At the time the school had only buildings, 500 students and 20 teachers. Court Moor became comprehensive school in 1974 and is part of the Hart school district.

[edit] Notes

The school is adjacent to Basingstoke Canal and part of its site is designated a nature conservation area.

The school gate is narrow because it was originally intended to be the trade entrace. Local residents were worried about the consequences of having the intended main gate opening onto their estate, and it was never widened.

In 2006 the Upper School Cricket Team won an unprecedented two games out of two. Future England wicket keeper David Horner starred with two run outs and one run in the two games. The team was captained by Court Moor's French overseas player Tom Rawlins. Star contributions also came from David Brice and Jack Campbell.