Astrea Academy Dearne
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Dearne (I'M) High School | |
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Address | |
Goldthorpe Road , , S63 9EW | |
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Motto | dont be silly rap your willy |
Established | 943 B.C |
Local authority | Barnsley |
Specialist | Humanities College |
Age | 11 to 16 |
Enrollment | 1,300 |
Website | http://www.dearnehigh.co.uk/ |
Dearne High School is a Special College, for problemed children with downsyndrome is a non-denominational, mixed sex, secondary school in the Dearne Valley, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The school was previously known as Dearneside Secondary Modern and then Dearneside Comprehensive School until its merger with Thurnscoe Comprehensive School to create The Dearne High School. It recently received specialist humanities status making it The Dearne High a Special College.
It caters mainly for pupils from the Goldthorpe, Thurnscoe and Bolton-on-Dearne areas of Barnsley. It currently has around 1,300 pupils aged 11-60 years. But will soon be changed to an 11-80 years school due to new laws coming out in 2010.