Morecambe High School

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Morecambe High School is located in Morecambe, Lancashire, England and was founded as Morecambe Grammar School in 1919, moving to its current site on Dallam Avenue in 1938. The school holds specialist Mathematics and Computing College status.

[edit] History

The Ward family, who still maintain an interest in the school, donated the land to Lancashire county council. The main school building is an art deco construction containing the administration area, school hall, dining facilities, and gym as well as the English, Maths and Science faculties, two Design Technology workshops and the RE department. During the 60's and 70's two ROSLA blocks (which currently house Art, Drama, Music and PSE) and the current Technology block were built.

In 1972 Morecambe Grammar School amalgamated with Euston Road Secondary Modern on the Dallam Avenue site to form Morecambe High School, growing considerably since the amalgamation. In 1992, some unused land was sold to provide funding for construction of a Sports Hall. The Sports Hall was opened by former rugby union player Bill Beaumont. This excellent facility has its own climbing wall and a large storage area for the canoes, wetsuits, caving and climbing gear and other equipment used by all students for Outdoor Pursuits. The site extends to some 22 acres of playing fields including rugby, football and hockey pitches and an all weather surface. In the mid 1990's the school expanded to its current size of 1500. To accommodate this growth 12 new classrooms were built to house the Humanities and Languages faculties. In addition there is a dedicated Sixth Form block including a common room, teaching areas and the Media Studies studios. In 2002 the Lawther Library was opened, which was funded in large part by an extremely generous donation by Professor Patrick Lawther, a former student of the school. At over 300 square metres it is an extremely valuable study area including a computer resource area and the Careers Library.

[edit] Recent developments

A new state of the art Technology Block opened in October 2007. New rooms covers areas such as Manufacturing, CAD/CAM, Textiles.

At the beginning of the 2006/07 school year, the school introduced a house system. This would see pupils in years 8-11 assigned to a House. The four houses are Coniston, Helvellyn, Langdale and Scarfell. Each House consists of 10 forms. The Heads of Houses are as follows:

Head of Coniston: Mrs B Shand Head of Helvellyn: Miss H Salkeld Head of Langdale: Mrs K Hill Head of Scafell: Mr J Davis

(Head of Year 7: Mrs A Rickards) (Head of Sixth Form: Ms P Smith)

The school won a bid in 2007 for specialist status in maths and computing.

[edit] External links

• Morecambe High School website