Wetherby High School

This article is about the state school in Wetherby. For the independent school in London, see Wetherby School.

Wetherby High School

Motto	Confident, Creative, Caring
Headteacher	Lucie Lakin
Location	Hallfield Lane Wetherby West Yorkshire LS22 6JS England Coordinates: 53°55′46″N 1°22′51″W / 53.929437°N 1.380967°W / 53.929437; -1.380967
Local authority	City of Leeds
Website	www.wetherbyhigh.org.uk

Wetherby High School (formerly Wetherby Secondary Modern School) is a secondary school and Sixth Form college in the Hallfield area of Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England.

The school is run by the City of Leeds Local Education Authority. It is situated on Hallfield Lane, on the Hallfields Estate in Wetherby, and adjacent to the Wetherby Campus of Leeds City College, formerly Park Lane College. The school buildings were frequently used by the college at night.

History

The school is a former secondary modern school (pupils who passed the Eleven Plus would have most likely attended Tadcaster Grammar School). The school was originally on Crossley Street, but once these premises had become too small for the school, the new site was built in 1966 – the notable feature being The Horsefair Centre a tower block overlooking the car park of the town's shopping precinct. Crossley Street Primary School now occupies the Victorian buildings of the former secondary modern school.

The school's 2009 Ofsted report rated the school as Grade2 (Good). Following the October 2012 Ofsted inspection the school was assessed as Grade 3 (Requires improvement) in all areas and for overall effectiveness. After a follow-up February 2013 Ofsted Section 8 monitoring inspection, under the Education Act 2005, the school was judged to have made improvements.^[1]

Wetherby High School was a designated Technology College with an academic and vocational curriculum. In February 2010 it became a foundation school, and in partnership with the British Library and the University of York formed 'The Education Trust for Wetherby', a charitable trust that owns the school's land and buildings.

In 2014, The school partnered/federated with Carr Manor Community School. Their Headteacher, Mr. Simon Flowers, who took over from former Headteacher, Mrs. Andrea Barnes, changed a lot of the school, such as introducing 'Coaching Groups', houses, new school times and new fences to make the site more secure. The old Portakabins/Temporary Buildings were also removed. The college was also removed and replaced by new offices and a school community "link" room.

In 2015 the "link" room was changed to a Sixth Form Study Area.

The partnership from Carr Manor was set to expire in 2015, but is now extended until 2016.

Buildings

The buildings from the East

The buildings were built in the mid-1960s and are very much 'of their time'. Although typically 1960s, and similar to many schools across Leeds, such as East Leeds High School in Seacroft and the former Merlyn Rees Community High School in Belle Isle, they are not of a Brutalist nature. The site is dominated by a main tower block, linked to the school hall by two footbridges, with two protruding stairwells. The site contains a smaller number of older buildings left over from HMS Ceres Landship. Over the years the school's grounds have become considerably smaller with land being sold off for the redevelopment of the Horsefair Shopping Centre and for housing developments on McBride Way.

In 2013 work was undertaken to replace many of the original aluminium-framed windows in the main tower block.

Wetherby High School site seen from the East.

The school had a new sports hall built a few years ago. This was built away from the older buildings to facilitate future developments. The site is maintained in good condition, though now that the buildings are coming to the end of their life cycle the governors have been working with Leeds City Council on options for investment.

Temporary buildings make up a lot of the site to accommodate the schools expansion in the five decades since it moved to the Hallfield Lane site.
The single story home economics block

Notable pupils

Micah Richards — England and Manchester City footballer
Seb Hines — Middlesbrough footballer
Jessica Barden — actress; Coronation Street
Kadeena Cox — Parasport Athlete
Primrose Shipman Wife of Harold Shipman

References

↑ "Wetherby High School", Ofsted reports 2000-13. Retrieved 14 November 2013. Pdf download required.

External links

Official website

Schools in Leeds

Primary schools	Carr Manor Community School Roundhay School

Secondary schools	Abbey Grange CE Academy Allerton Grange School Allerton High School Benton Park School Boston Spa School Brigshaw High School Bruntcliffe Academy Cardinal Heenan RC High School Carr Manor Community School Cockburn School Co-operative Academy of Leeds Corpus Christi RC College Crawshaw Academy David Young Community Academy Farnley Academy Garforth Academy Guiseley School Horsforth School John Smeaton Academy Lawnswood School Leeds City Academy Leeds East Academy Leeds West Academy Morley Academy Mount St Mary's RC High School Priesthorpe School Prince Henry's Grammar School Pudsey Grangefield School Ralph Thoresby School Rodillian Academy Roundhay School Royds School St Mary's Menston RC Academy South Leeds Academy Swallow Hill Community College Temple Moor High School Wetherby High School Woodkirk Academy

Special schools	St John's RC School for the Deaf

Independent schools	Fulneck School Gateways School Grammar School at Leeds The Froebelian School Woodhouse Grove School

FE & sixth form colleges	Leeds City College Leeds College of Art Leeds College of Building Leeds College of Music Notre Dame RC Sixth Form College SLP College

Defunct schools	Aireborough Grammar School Brudenell School Lawnswood High School Leeds Girls' High School Leeds Grammar School Leeds Modern School Moor Grange County Secondary School West Leeds High School Wortley High School

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