Crofton High School

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Crofton High School
Type	Community secondary school
Headteacher	Jeremy Horsley[1]
Chair	C. Stevenson[1]
Specialism	Mathematics and Computing College
Location	High Street Crofton, Wakefield West Yorkshire WF4 1NF England
LEA	Wakefield
Ofsted number	108281
Students	1077[1]
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11 to 16
Website	www.croftonhigh.wakefield.sch.uk

Crofton High School is a secondary school, located in the village centre of Crofton, West Yorkshire, England. The school is on the high street, directly opposite the row of shops.

Contents 1 History 2 The school today 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

A school has been on this site for the past 200 years, with Richmal Mangnall opening the Crofton school for young ladies, in the Crofton old hall, which is now part of the schools complex. The old high school was built in 1964, after the village rapidly expanded and saw a huge housing boom, which needed the demand for a large school. Many estates such as Manorfields, Meadowfields and Ashdene were built at this time, needing the demand for more schools. The school suffered a serious fire in August 1995, whilst headteacher Mr Myers was on holiday in the French Riviera. The school was rebuilt on the same site, and opened on October 30, 1998.^[2]

[edit] The school today

Today, Crofton has roughly 1500 pupils on roll, many coming from Crofton, and neighbouring villages such as Walton, Sharlston, Ryhill, Streethouse and Normanton. In 2005, assistant headteacher Jez Horsley took over after Mr Myers retired and in the summer of 2007, the school received its best GCSE results yet, putting it in the top 100 secondary schools in the country.

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Crofton High School website