Archbishop Holgate's School

Archbishop Holgate's School
Established 1546
Type Academy
Religion Church of England
Headteacher Andrew Daly
Founder Robert Holgate
Location Hull Road, Tang Hall
York
North Yorkshire
YO10 5ZA
England
Coordinates: 53°57′09″N 1°02′28″W / 53.9524°N 1.0411°W / 53.9524; -1.0411
DfE number 816/4500
DfE URN 136617 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1037
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–18
Website Archbishop Holgate's

Archbishop Holgate's School is a coeducational Church of England secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in York, North Yorkshire, England.

Admissions

The current headmaster is Andrew Daly. It is situated in the east of York, on the A1079, just east of the University of York in the parish of St Paul, Heslington.

History

The school was founded as Archbishop Holgate's Grammar School in 1546 by Robert Holgate, the then Archbishop of York. The link between the school and successive Archbishops of York has been continuous throughout the school's history,[1] and as recently as 2004, the Archbishop of York held the post of Chair of Governors for the school.[2]

Grammar School

The original grammar school was in Ogleforth near York Minster. In the 1800s it was referred to as "The Rev. Shackley's School", and Thomas Cooke taught there.[3]

In 1858 the school moved to Lord Mayor's Walk (now occupied by York St John University) in 1858, and moved again in 1963 to its present purpose-built £180,000 home in Badger Hill, off Hull Road. It was administered by the City of York Education Committee.

Arthur Holderness M.Sc, F.R.I.C, was senior chemistry master after the Second World War and he, along with John Lambert, wrote the highly successful and celebrated O-level chemistry text book School Certificate Chemistry and later New Certificate Chemistry.

Comprehensive

Until 1985, it was an all-boys' grammar school. With the reorganisation of education in York in 1985, the school changed its name to Archbishop Holgate's School, and became a co-educational [comprehensive] school. During this transition period the outdoor swimming pool was converted to an indoor pool, a new sports hall was built, and upgrades were made to music, design and technology, home economics and other facilities. The school's facilities now include an indoor heated swimming pool, a chapel and a boathouse on the River Ouse. In 2009 a £4.3 million[4] two-storey learning centre with landscaping, parking and bike storage, called the LearningCentre@AHS was built,[5][6] and now serves as the home of the school's sixth form facilities.

Academy

On 1 April 2011, Archbishop Holgate's School officially gained academy status. The school built new two-storey English block which opened in late April 2014. The new block will teach English with the current English rooms to be converted to new science rooms. The school development is for expansion due to a larger intake of students because of the closure of Burnholme community college and new housing estates.

Former headteachers

Recent headmasters have included Donald Frith OBE (1959–1978), Dr J M Frost (1979–1984), and Alan Walker, an old boy and former English teacher at the school (1984–92), all of whom have since died. Dr Frost went on to become principal of the then-new York 6th Form college (now York College (York)), established in the building previously occupied by Ashfield Secondary Modern School, and opened as part of the reorganisation in 1985. The last headmaster was John Harris (1992–2010), who joined the school when it had the lowest results in York, and saw it through expansion from 439 students in 1992 to almost 900 and the best exam results in the school's history before his retirement in 2010.[7] The current headmaster is Andrew Daly, who prior to joining the school, held a position in the senior leadership team at St Wilfrid's Catholic School and Sixth Form College in Wakefield.[8]

Academic performance

In 2007 the school was inspected by Ofsted and was judged as "outstanding".[9] Similar to most secondary schools in York, it gets well above-average GCSE results,[10] with 70% of Year 11 students achieving five or more A*-C grades including English and Maths in 2009 (87% achieved five or more GCSE passes at grade C and above).[11]

Notable former pupils

Archbishop's Holgate Grammar School

Archbishop Holgate's School

Sports and Extra Curricular

References

  1. ↑ Archbishop Holgate's School, Newsletter to Parents 141, "Visit of His Grace the Archbishop of York", March 2006. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  2. ↑ Archbishop Holgate's School, Newsletter to Parents, "Farewell to the Archbishop" (archived copy), December 2004. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  3. ↑ White's Directory, entry of "professions and trades" for York, 1840.
  4. ↑ Stephen Lewis, Staying power of new sixth-form centre at Archbishop Holgate’s School, York Press, 14 September 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  5. ↑ Haydn Lewis, "£4 million plan for York school building", York Press, 18 April 2008. Accessed 18 April 2008.
  6. ↑ "Lessons start at Archbishop Holgate's School's £4m new learning centre (From York Press)". York Press. 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  7. ↑ Julie Hayes, Last day for Archbishop Holgate’s CE School head teacher John Harris, York Press, 23 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  8. ↑ Dan Bean, New head teacher, Andrew Daly, of Archbishop’s Holgate School [sic] looks to the future, York Press, 16 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  9. ↑ Terry Holland HMI for Ofsted, Section 5 Inspection (23/01/2007), HM Government, 13 February 2007. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  10. ↑ DSCF, Achievement and attainment tables 2009: Archbishop Holgate's School, HM Government 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  11. ↑ Haydn Lewis, Students in York receive 2010 GCSE results, York Press', 25 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-20.

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