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 11-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 with Carr Manor Community School.[2]

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.

Notable pupils

References

  1. ↑ "Wetherby High School", Ofsted reports 2000-13. Retrieved 14 November 2013. PDF download required.
  2. ↑ "Wetherby High School", Wetherby News report, retrieved May 23rd 2014.
  3. ↑ "Wetherby High School", Handpicked Local Report. Retrieved July 7th 2015.
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