Guilsborough School

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Guilsborough School and Technology College
Motto Striving for Excellence
Established 1958
Type Community comprehensive school
Headteacher Mrs C Staley[1]
Chair A Carter[2]
Specialism Technology College
Location West Haddon Road
Guilsborough
Northamptonshire
NN6 8QE
England
LEA Northamptonshire[3]
Ofsted number 122061
Students 1325[3]
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11 to 18
Website www.guilsboroughschool.com
Coordinates: 52°21′18″N 1°01′34″W / 52.355, -1.026

Guilsborough School and Technology College is a co-educational comprehensive school in Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, England. It educates around 1,325 students from the ages of 11-18 (years 7-13). The school became a Technology College specialist school in 1998. The headteacher is Mrs C Staley.

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[edit] History

The school was founded in 1958 as Guilsborough County School and many of the buildings on the 28 acre site were built at that time or in the 1970s. The most recent addition of new buildings was in September 2004, which cost £1.3 million and included a state of the art sixth form centre opened by Kettering MP Phil Sawford.[4]

[edit] Academic standards

Guilsborough uses online resources to test the more able students in mathematics and provide feedback.[5]

The school also had the highest year 11 pass seen in the Daventry district (Northamptonshire) after the 2007 GCSE Tests.

In the report of the Ofsted inspection carried out in February 2008, they graded the school as 'good' or 'outstanding' across the board, describing the school as "good and improving... with some outstanding features".[6]

[edit] Awards

[edit] Sport

[edit] Other Activities

  • Student Adam Gravely is currently representing the school and the local area as the Deputy Member of the UK Youth Parliament. [12]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ Contact Us. Guilsborough School. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
  2. ^ Governors. Guilsborough School. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
  3. ^ a b Guilsboruough School - Inspection Report. Ofsted. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
  4. ^ "State of the art sixth form opens", BBC News, 22 September 2004
  5. ^ "It's revision, but not as we know it", The Guardian, 7 March 2006
  6. ^ "Top class report for school in inspection", Daventry Express, 13 March 2008
  7. ^ "Awards for very special children", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 26 February 2003
  8. ^ Guilsborough School, eTeach.com
  9. ^ a b Awarded schools - Awards database. Artsmark. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.
  10. ^ a b "Educational Achievements", Lifelong Learning and Education Scrutiny Committee, Northamptonshire County Council, 16 March 2005
  11. ^ "Radburn named England Under 16 A captain", Hugh Godwin, Rugby Football Union, March 18, 2008, accessed 19 March 2008
  12. ^ "Adam is the voice for our young people", Steve Mills, Daventry Express, March 13, 2008

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