The Nelson Thomlinson School
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| Headteacher | Mrs Janet Downes |
| Specialism | Maths and Computing College |
| Location | High Street Wigton Cumbria CA7 9PX England |
| LEA | Cumbria |
| Ofsted number | 112397 |
| Students | 1414 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Website | http://www.nts.cumbria.sch.uk |
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The Nelson Thomlinson School is a Comprehensive Secondary School located in the market town of Wigton, Cumbria, England.
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[edit] Motto
The school's motto is the Latin phrase "Fide et Operis", which translates to "Faith and Works". According to the school's website, their "achievements ([their] works) are the result of an act of group will (faith, if you like)".
[edit] Staff
The position of Headmaster is currently temporarily filled by the deputies Mr Ferriby & Mrs Downes following the retirement of Mr Ireland in July 2007, although Mrs Downes has recently been appointed permanent replacement and will take full charge in September 2008.
[edit] Students
As with many older British Secondary schools, The Nelson Thomlinson School has a prefect system drawn from the Sixth Form. However, instead of one Head Prefect or a Head Boy & Girl pair, there are five Head Prefects who each take charge on a particular day of the week.
[edit] Alumni
Former pupils of the school include TV presenter Melvyn Bragg and BBC newsreader Anna Ford.
[edit] Exam results
The school regularly performs well in the GCSE and A-Level examinations. Around 70% of pupils get 5 or more A*-Cs each year in GCSE examinations, and in terms of A-Level results, the school has been in the country's top 40 comprehensives since 1997. They have been in the top ten four times during this period.
[edit] Ofsted
In its recent 2006 Ofsted inspection it was judged to be an Outstanding school. An extract from their report said: “NTS is an outstanding school. It does everything in its power to maximise the life chances of its students by providing the highest quality teaching. Achievements and progress are outstanding, and the school has maintained its excellent results over many years.”
[edit] Young Enterprise
The school's teams have done especially well in the Young Enterprise competition over the past few years.
In 2003/04, the company "Panacea" won the Young Enterprise Carlisle Area Board prize for the first time in the school's history. Their awards included Carlisle Area Board Champions 2004, Best Trade Stand at the Easter Trade Fair, Best Company Report, Best Presentation, and First Place at the Exhibition Evening. A Panacea company member, Adam Scott, also won the Individual Achiever of the Year award. The team's gross revenue was £1610.58p, which was the highest gained by all known competitors that year.
Panacea then progressed to the Cumbria County Finals in Kendal, but did not progress to the next round.
In the 2006/2007 academic year, the Young Enterprise team "Eläin" won three awards in the North Cumbria round: "Best Company Report", "Best Trade Stand", and "Best Overall Company" as well as second place for "Best Company Presentation". In the county round, the team won "Best Company Presentation", the "ICSA Good Governance Award", and won third place for "Best Trade Stand". The team came third for "Best Overall Company" in Cumbria. Eläin focused primarily on personalised goods for families and pets and was the largest team the school had had before it, with eighteen members.
In the 2007/2008 academic year, NTS has entered "Bagcycle" as the Young Enterprise team. The team won first place at the December trade fair, but the most important achievement has been winning the north west finals on 19 March 2008. They will now join the runners up in the Cumbria finals presentation evening.
[edit] Post-school prospects
A notable feature of the school is the high number of sixth-formers who apply, and gain entry to, Oxbridge universities. Since 1994, there have been three or four entrants each year.
[edit] History
The Thomlinson Girls School (formed from Westmoreland House owned by Isaac Pattinson and named after the cotton manufacturer John Thomlinson, and now known as the Thomlinson Junior School on The Goose Market) and The Nelson School for Boys (formed from Floshfirld House), which were both grammar schools and had opened in 1899, merged in 1953 to form the Nelson Thomlinson Grammar School. This school merged with Wigton Secondary School (a secondary modern school) in 1969 to form the Nelson Thomlinson Comprehensive School.
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