South Hunsley School
Secondary academy in Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College is a large secondary school and sixth form, situated in Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the A63. In April 2010, the school became an Academy.
| South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College | |
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East Dale Road , , HU14 3HS England | |
| Coordinates | 53°43′39″N 0°32′06″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary Academy |
| Motto | Inspire • Aspire |
| Established | 1956 |
| Department for Education URN | 136667 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Michaela Blackledge |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 2200 |
| Website | http://www.southhunsley.org.uk/ |
Admissions
As of 2013, the grouping systems were: Years (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) Houses (Indus, Draco, Pegasus, Orion, Hercules, Vela) Form (1-12 Formatted Year-Form (e.g. Year 7 form 3 is written as 7–3))
As of 2012 South Hunsley is a specialist Technology college. The school has public sporting facilities including a gymnasium, climbing wall and a 3G football pitch. The school had a large swimming pool and leisure facility until its closure in 2016.
In 2007, 69% of pupils gained 5 grade A-C GCSEs, including English and Maths, the best for state schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire, with almost 2000 students.[citation needed]
South Hunsley School is rated outstanding by Ofsted, and is placed in the top 3% of schools nationally.[1]
History
The school was founded as South Hunsley County Secondary School in 1956. It occupies 48 acres (0.19 km2), and has been expanded since opening.[2]
In late 1960s, money was raised for a swimming pool. In June 1968 a contract was signed for a heated pool. The pool opened in 1970, being officially opened in June 1972.
Over the half-term, in the early hours of Saturday 26 October 1991, a fire gutted the staff room. Police suspected arson by someone with a grudge, with £300,000 of damage.[3]
In 2014, the South Hunsley Primary was set to open in September 2015.
Headteachers
- 1956, Frank Makin[4], attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and taught at Burnley and Stretford grammar schools, he married in 1949, with three daughters; he died aged 66 on December 24 1984[5]
- April 1962, Mr Tom Gifford Daffern, retired July 1970, he came from Sandford, Somerset, and married a fellow teacher at St John the Evangelist Church, Ridgeway in August 1937[6]
- 1970, Mr Frederick Barrie Salt, a former RAF education officer
- 1988, Keith Chisholm
Alumni
- Harry Cardwell, footballer.[7]
- Sarah Cruddas, science broadcaster.
- Alex Deakin, Met Office weather presenter.
- Loz Hardy and Myles Howell of Kingmaker.[8]
- Daniel James, footballer.[9]
- Marc Pickering, actor
- Lynn Simpson, canoeist in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics[10]
- Debra Stephenson, actress.[11]
- Jess Park, footballer.[12]
- Keir Mather, MP[13]