Minsthorpe Community College
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Minsthorpe Community College is a secondary school in South Elmsall in West Yorkshire, for the ages eleven to eighteen. It is situated on Minsthorpe Lane, in the Minsthorpe district in the north of the town. It is in the Wakefield LEA.
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[edit] History
It was opened in 1969 by the Duke of Edinburgh as an upper school - Minsthorpe High School, when Wakefield LEA operated a three-tier education system. It had the Carnegie Centre (a community centre). From 1996, it began taking pupils aged 11-13 as well.
[edit] Facilities
Wakefield College has two adult education courses at the school, one being in Beauty Therapy. Minsthorpe Community College also has a day care centre on the site named "Happy Days Children's Centre" and a "Sports and Fitness Centre" open to the whole community as well as its students, who are aged 15 or above.
[edit] Alumni
- John Godber (1969-74 as Minsthorpe High) - also returned as a teacher, becoming Head of Drama.
[edit] Teachers
- David Hopkins (Humanities 1973-5) became Chief Advisor of School Standards at the DFES.
