Gleed Girls' Technology College
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Gleed Girls' Technology College, also known as Gleed Girls' School, is a secondary school on Neville Avenue in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. It opened in 1941 as Sir John Gleed Secondary Modern School for Girls with some 300 students aged 11-14. [1]It became a Specialist Technology College in 2001 [2] As of 2006 it had 799 students.[3]
In 2006, local MP John Henry Hayes, having visited the school, praised the school's "excellent work in respect of vocational education" and noted it was "looking at ways to work afresh with local further education and local industry".[4]
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The college’s commitment to its staff was also recognised by its redesignation as an Investors in People establishment.
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- ^ A golden era for school PeterboroughToday.co.uk; access 25 July 2007
- ^ More schools get specialist status (bbc.co.uk, accesses 25 July 2007)
- ^ DFES performance table
- ^ Westminster Hall debates; Thursday, 2 February 2006