Hanley Castle

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Hanley Castle is a village formed in Worcestershire, England, between the towns of Malvern and Upton upon Severn and a short distance from the River Severn. It lies in the Malvern Hills district.

Once there was a castle near the village but few traces now remain.

The village population is around 1500.

1 Hanley Castle High School
2 See also
3 Hanley Castle in fiction
4 External links

[edit] Hanley Castle High School

There is a secondary school, Hanley Castle High school, with a population about 1000 pupils and 200 teachers and staff and which serves Hanley Castle itself, the town of Upton, other local villages including Hanley Swan, Welland and Castlemorton and is one of three state secondary schools for Malvern children. The school hosts an anmual event known as the 'Hanley run' in which around 900 runners compete on a cross-country run. While the run is compulsory for junior students, everyone from year 10 and above, (including staff) may participate of their own free will. The school also has a self-contained sixth form college on site, with around 200 students studying for their A levels. The current headmaster is Robert Harring. The most recent graduation class is the class of '06, (high school students) and shows the largest number of students leaving the school altogether in many years, and the college students looking forward to a consistently high success rate. The school has a large 'Bebo' following of old and current students. The school has recently achieved the status of 'language college', meaning that aside from ordinary German and French, it will also now teach Spanish, Chinese and possibly Russian. Planning has been granted for work on a new £2 million music block to replace the old 'mobile office' ones.