Honley High School

Honley High School
Established 1932
Type Foundation school
Headteacher Paul Greenough
Deputy Headteacher Heather Rogers
Location Station Road
Holmfirth
West Yorkshire
HD9 6QJ
England
Coordinates: 53°36′28″N 1°47′04″W / 53.6079°N 1.7845°W / 53.6079; -1.7845
Local authority Kirklees
DfE number 382/4038
DfE URN 107763 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1256
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–16
Website HHS

Honley High School is a secondary school situated on the edge of the village of Honley in the Holme Valley, West Yorkshire, England. The catchment area includes the neighbouring villages of Brockholes, Honley and Meltham. Honley High has around 1,250 pupils aged 11–16.[1] The school is a specialist school in Science and Mathematics, and has a specialist autism unit that takes children from the Kirklees area.

History

Grammar school

The School was established in September 1932. Sir James Hinchliffe LL.D, chairman of the West Riding County Council, officially opened the school at a ceremony held on Saturday 29 April 1933 at which the Bishop of Wakefield, Dr J Buchanan Seaton offered a prayer of dedication. The building was designed by architect Mr H Wormald, A.R.I.B.A. and was extended in the 1950s with the addition of new classrooms, including a Geography Room, Biology Lab and Music Room and a Dining Room and Kitchen, in the original style. At the time of the opening the school had a teaching staff of 14 and could accommodate 480 pupils.

Comprehensive school

In 1973 Holme Valley Grammar School became Honley High School and a new complex of modern buildings accompanied the changeover to a comprehensive education. These included a Sports Hall, Gymnasium, Music Rooms, Drama Studio and Art and Craft Rooms and workshops. In the Jubilee year of 1982 the school had a teaching staff of 82 and a pupil population of approximately 1300.

In February 2000 Honley High featured in a list of only 29 schools that Ofsted announced had "excellent" improvement since the first round of inspections[2] The 2005 Ofsted report described the school as 'good', complimenting its headteacher, pupils, teaching, and value for money, with reservations over the I.T department, marking procedures, and information to parents. Subsequent reports in 2008 and 2011 judged the school as Grade 2 "Good" for overall effectiveness. The 2013 report gave the school an overall Grade 3 "Requires improvement" judgment, with concerns over pupils' progress, inconsistent teaching and lesson planning, and inadequate pupil monitoring. Strengths noted were the good progress of pupils with special needs, good GCSE results, positive pupil involvement, and the focus of governors and leaders.[3]

The school was further extended in 2001-2002 providing new facilities for the mathematics and English departments. This new wing was named after alumni Roy Castle, following a poll of pupils.

In January 2011 Chris Sylge became the new Head Teacher.

Notable former pupils

Holme Valley Grammar School

Honley High School

References

  1. ↑ "Honley High School Prospectus 2007" (PDF). p. 5. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
  2. ↑ "Improved secondary schools", BBC News, 8 February 2000
  3. ↑ "Honley High School", Ofsted report
  4. ↑ Geoffrey Riley, GC. Condell, Diana; "Geoffrey Riley, GC - Schoolboy hero decorated for his bravery in a Yorkshire flood", The Guardian, 2 February 2005. Retrieved 4 November 2013

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