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| Wath Comprehensive School, A Language College | |
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| Address | |
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Sandygate , , S63 7NW | |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary School |
| Motto | Meliora Spectare (L. "Look to better things") |
| Established | 1923 |
| Local authority | Rotherham |
| Specialist | Language College |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Mrs. P. Ward (SLAG) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Enrollment | approx. 1,800 |
| Colour(s) | Maroon (yrs 7–11) / Black and Maroon (VI form) |
| Website | https://wathcomp.rgfl.org/Pages/Default.aspx |
Wath Comprehensive School is a co-educational secondary school on Sandygate in Wath-upon-Dearne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.
Admissions
It is a specialist Language College, with approximately 1,800 pupils between the ages of 11 and 18.
The school also has a sixth form which currently has around 300 pupils. The school also has a school council, which contributes to the decisions made by the head and speaks on behalf of all the students in all years.
Traditions
The simplified version of its arms, worn by the lower school, features a torch and a river, while the full version, worn by the Sixth Form only, also features a book and a tool. Its motto is Meliora Spectare, Latin for Look to better things.
The school has six houses, named after ancient cities - Carthage, Sparta, Rome, Troy, Athens and Thebes.
History
Although the school has links to a seventeenth century school that existed in Wath, it was founded in 1923 as Wath-upon-Dearne Grammar School, more popularly-known as Wath Grammar School. The school was expanded with many new buildings in the early 1950s. In 1964, with the scrapping of the eleven-plus exam in the area, the school absorbed Park Road Secondary Modern School, although it was some time before it was designated a comprehensive school in 1972 and renamed as such in 1974. The secondary modern building became the first year wing of the school, however was recently demolished.
PFI scheme
A major Private Finance Initiative (PFI) rebuild in the last few years has seen the school mostly housed in brand-new buildings, although the loss of the oldest buildings was not without controversy, particularly the traditional 1930s part of the school which was set around two quadrangles. In 2008 the rebuilding was completed with the addition of a public Leisure Centre including a swimming pool.
Academic performance
There is a huge disparity between its GCSE and A level results. At GCSE, it gets results under the England average but about average for Rotherham.[citation needed] At A level it gets the best results in Rotherham and the 21st best in the Yorkshire and the Humber region and well above the England average.[citation needed] There are also sporting facilities in the school grounds.
Former pupils
- Former Lara Croft model Lucy Clarkson.[1]
- Comedian Toby Foster
- Foreign Secretary William Hague MP,[2]
- Jonathan Holmes
- Tom Silverton
Wath-upon-Dearne Grammar School
- International show business biographer David Bret,[3]
- Prof Kenneth Burton, Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Newcastle
- Sir Charles Curran, Director-General of the BBC from 1969-77 (1933-40)
- Bryan Gray MBE, Chairman of the Northwest Regional Development Agency from 2002-8, Pro-Chancellor of Lancaster University 2003- (1964-71)
- Peter Hardy, Baron Hardy of Wath, Labour MP of Rother Valley from 1970-83 and Wentworth from 1983-97 (1942-9)
- Brian Key, Labour MEP from 1979-84 of Yorkshire South (1959-66)
- Maj-Gen Harry Knutton CBE, Director-General of the City and Guilds of London Institute from 1976-85 (1932-9)
- Dennis Maiden, Director-General of the Federation of Master Builders from 1991-7, Chief Executive of the CITB from 1985-90 (1943-50)
- Paul McCue, military historian, writer and author. (1969-70)
- Ian McMillan (poet), poet and broadcaster, the Bard of Barnsley [4]
- Kenneth Steer CBE (1925-32)
- Prof Kenneth Wallis, Professor of Econometrics at the University of Warwick from 1977-2001 (1949-56)
- Bradley Smith, first person to ever score negative on an IQ test
References
- ^ Lucy Clarkson EncycloCentral, viewed 14 November 2007
- ^ Two die of meningitis at Hague's old school The Observer 3 January 1999
- ^ David Bret
- ^ http://arts.independent.co.uk/books/features/article194850.ece Independent Online], viewed 1 December 2007