Wath Comprehensive School - A Language College
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Wath Comprehensive School is a co-educational secondary school in Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, England. It is a specialist Language College, with approximately 1,800 pupils between the ages of 11 and 18. It is a specialist Language College. The simplified version of its arms features a torch and a river, while the full version also features a book and a tool. Its motto is Meliora Spectare.
Although the school has links to a seventeenth century school that existed in Wath, it was founded in 1923 as Wath-upon-Dearne Grammar School. The school was expanded with many new buildings in the early 1950s. In 1964, with the scrapping of the eleven-plus exam in the area, the school absorbed Park Road Secondary Modern School, although it was some time before it was designated a comprehensive school in 1972 and renamed as such in 1974. A major Private Finance Initiative rebuild in the last few years has seen the school mostly housed in brand new buildings, although the loss of the oldest buildings was not without controversy, particularly the traditional 1930s part of the school which was set around two quadrangles. The second phase of the rebuilding is about to commence, including the construction of a swimming pool.
The school has six houses, named after ancient cities.
Famous Alumni include the Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague MP and the poet and so-called Bard of Barnsley Ian McMillan.
