Fearnhill School

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Fearnhill School
Headteacher Jeremy Whelan
Specialism Maths and Computing College
Location Icknield Way West
Letchworth
Hertfordshire
SG6 4BA
England
LEA Hertfordshire
Ofsted number 117504
Students 1108
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11 to 18
Website Fernhill School
Coordinates: 51°58′35″N 0°14′51″W / 51.97634, -0.24746

Fearnhill School is a comprehensive school located in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England. It is a specialist school and a Maths and Computing College. It educates over 1,000 students and is one of a minority of high schools with a sixth form. The school is part of the Letchworth Sixth Form Consortium with The Highfield School.[1]

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[edit] Academic standards

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The school is notable for leading the way in personal finance education.[2] The GCSE results announced in August 2005 were the best since 2001. 59% of the students achieved A*-C grades.[3]

[edit] Sport

Fearnhill has very successful athletics teams. In April 2008 the school won the inaugural combined boys' and girls' North Herts schools' senior athletics finals.[4] This follows on from being the overall winners at the North Herts Schools' District Athletics Championships in June 2006.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Fernhill School", Fearnhill School, Ofsted, accessed 29 May 2008
  2. ^ "Fearnhill School leads the way in teaching students how to better manage their money ", Ofsted, 12 March 2008
  3. ^ "North Herts GCSE Results", The Comet 24, 26 August 2005
  4. ^ "Fearnhill claim inaugural schools' title", The Comet 24, 1 May 2008
  5. ^ "Fearnhill School from Letchworth were the overall (Grand Prix) winners at The Comet sponsored North Herts Schools' District Athletics Championships.", The Comet 24, 26 June 2006

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