Lakers School
Coordinates: 51°48′32″N 2°36′32″W / 51.809°N 2.609°W
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| Motto | "Creating success for all through challenge and support" |
|---|---|
| Established | 1985 |
| Type | Foundation school |
| Headteacher | Mrs Alison Elliot |
| Location |
Five Acres Coleford Gloucestershire Gl16 7QW England |
| DfE URN | 115774 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 672 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | Phoenix, Gryphon, Dragon, Hydra |
| Colours | |
| Publication | Lakers Link |
| Website | Lakers School |
Lakers School is a secondary school in Five Acres area of Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. Alison Elliott is the head teacher. The school's mission is "Creating success for all through challenge and support".
History
The school opened in 1914 as Five acres school . The school grew steadily as other small secondary schools closed, with students arriving from Joys Green and Lydbrook; to accommodate the extra students the school was largely composed of wooden sheds.
Berry Hill grew to become one of the largest secondary modern schools in Gloucestershire. In 1985 re-organisation took place and Lakers School was formed. If you would like to know more look at 'Teacher in the Forest' by D.Keith.Wilks
As of May 2014 now displayed on the website, instead of being Lakers School Business and Enterprise College they are now Lakers School-'A member of Better Learning Together, Our Cooperative Trust'. Also recently the letter headers and footers have been changed. More importantly too the mission of Lakers has been changed, it is now 'Creating success for all through cooperation challenge and support'.
About Lakers
The School has around about 700 pupils. As it is situated on the same site as Gloucestershire College it shares sports facilities such as the Forest Of Dean leisure centre which buildings are owned by the college. The schools PE Department owns and has access to a 400m redgra with a area to play sports such as football and softball as well as their own sports hall which they are looking to expand. In more recent the years the school has been being worked on so they can get ready to accommodate Berry Hill Primary School. This has involved the Ten Block being re-designed and is currently being used as a classroom base for the PE department. Currently there are also plans to keep re-developing the site so that the all age campus is a success but it is still just plans. Lakers celebrated 100 years of education on the same site on 1 April 2014 as the school first opened on 1 April 1914. The school labeled it a 'Century of Success'. The school has been renamed a number of times from Five Acres to Berry Hill Secondary Modern and more recently Lakers Secondary School. The school currently places students into tutor groups depending on the houses they are in, these are; Dragon, Gryphon, Hydra and Phoenix.
Awards
- International Schools Award 2007-2010,
- Princess Diana Award-for great community work 2010,
- Princess Diana Award-for great community work 2011,
- Princess Diana Award-for great community work 2012,
- Investors in People Gold Award 2013,
- Gloucestershire Healthy School, Living and Learning Award for excellent practice in supporting Young Carers 2014.
Lakers School is the only school or organisation to win the Princess Diana Award three times in a row. Lakers is also now the only school to have won the Young Carers award, in Gloucestershire.
Lakers School-2015/2016
PROPOSED ACADEMY STATUS
In early 2015, through a publication of the school newsletter, The Lakers Link, the federated governing body of both Lakers School and Berry Hill Primary School have announced that they are in consultation talks to become a 'Cooperative Academy'. [1]