St George's Academy | |
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Westgate , , NG34 7PS | |
Coordinates | 53°00′00″N 0°24′50″W / 53.000°N 0.414°W |
Information | |
Type | modern (non-selective) |
Motto | Aim High |
Established | 1908 |
Founder | Mr. H H Godfrey, 1908 |
Specialist | Maths and Computing |
Ofsted | Reports |
Governor | Mr. Graham Arnold |
Principal | Mr. P F Watson |
Staff | 327 (19 Sept 2011) |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrollment | 1,888 (19 Sept 2011) |
Houses | Godfrey, Rooksby, Phipps, Logan, Lovell |
Website | http://www.st-georges-academy.org |
St. Georges College of Technology is an English secondary school in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. [1] It was founded in 1908 and has now moved sites to the 32 acre land it is currently on. In 1994 the School gained specialist schools status as a Technology College. [2]The school's facilities include a recently opened childcare centre. [3]
The School has over one thousand, eight hundred pupils attending in the secondary school (Years, 7 to 11), and nearly four hundred students in the St George's part of the Joint Sixth Form, spanning two years (Lower and Upper Sixth). The school day for students begins at 8:40 and ends at 3:25. It is on the site of Westholme house, a 19th century Gothic building, which is said to be haunted. It now acts as the sixth form base.
The school opened on 4 May 1908 and was known as Sleaford New Council Schools and was built on Church Lane. Male and female lessons were conducted separately. [4] [5] Soon after it became Sleaford County Secondary School. In 1957, the school opened a series of new buildings at Westholme Park as Sleaford Secondary Modern School [6]. Being in rural Lincolnshire, there were many lessons on agriculture with livestock being kept on the site. In 1984, the Church Lane site was demolished and turned into housing. The school changed its name to become the St George's Technology School and it features the dragon on its badge. The agricultural lessons were dropped and the school became one of only twelve Technology Colleges (a specialist school) in England in February 1994. [7] Being a technology college also meant more money from the government. The Stable Blocks originally used for keeping horses still exist, and the school has a relatively large playing field on-site with eight tennis courts. The Brealey Languages Centre opened in 1985, the library and resource centre opened in 1999, the sports hall was opened in January 2001 by the Bishop of Grantham and a new science block and construction academy opened in 2005. * In the 2007/2008 academic year, the school made national news when there was a minor leak of Sulphur Dioxide in the science block, leaving several students needing medical attention after collapsing. [8]
In 2007 a new house was created, with the temporary name 'house' at first until a vote between 'Mason' (the first teacher on roll) and 'Lovell' (the first student on roll) declared Lovell the new name of the so called '5th house'. Its colour is purple.
The school is situated just south of Tesco.
Opened in 1985, the Brealey Language Centre was hailed as one of the most advanced in the United Kingdom and was constructed using the funds that the school governors had authorised. There intention was to create a languages centre that was to be unique to the UK. The centre had a satellite dish fitted that could pick up signals from Russia. What really made the Braley Centre special was it's large Lab, located in the heart of the block.
Once opened the Lab housed 30 BBC computers (complete with audio stations) and a special hub for teachers to monitor the class. In those days, the favoured software was 'Fun With Texts' (which is still used now to some extent). All of the PCs in the lab were networked but unfortunately the lab was not networked to the rest of the school, with few means of computerised communication.
During the early 1990s A-level Computing for the whole of Sleaford Sixth Form was hosted at the Brealey Centre, the programming language of choice being Turbo Pascal 6.0.
In 1994 St. George's received it's Specialist Status and it was decided to connect the languages centre to the main school and adopt a complete network. This revolutionised ICT and computers in the college. Even today the centre still houses the main server to the school. Software and teaching methods changed as technology advanced and Microsoft Windows was installed in the 1990s.
Now the main Lab has been divided in two and the hub removed, with flat screen monitors and Windows 2003 installed it is considerably modern but St. George's are still trying to find more ways to improve. [9]
Ref: [13] Case Report on the Brealey Language Centre.
St. George's started planning to form an academy in 2008. It will merge with the Avelands School, located in Billingborough and Cotelands School, located in Ruskington. [10] It has been confirmed recently that the college will become an academy as from January 1st 2010. [11]
The school has a college council system, which allows students to pass on their ideas to the college, is made up of students in the following hierarchy system: Every form (10 per year) elects 2 Form Representatives who meet with the other reps in their year on a specified day every other week. The year group elect two college councillors at the beginning of the year and one chairman for the year group. They sit in at the 'year group meetings' with the Form Reps. The College Councillors then have a meeting to discuss the matters raised in these meetings with the other three councillors from each year group on every other Tuesday. There is Chairman of the entire council as well.
There are also other roles in the school:
St. George's is a secondary modern school in Lincolnshire, England, which was first opened in 1908. It is located on Westholme off Westgate in the town of Sleaford. St. Georges contrasts with the other secondary (grammar) schools in the town, being the only one accepting both male and female students from the age of 11 until 18. It is one of the largest schools in Lincolnshire, with about 1600 pupils.
At A level, some pupils may be allowed to transfer to either grammar school, but many A levels are taught in a joint fashion via the Sleaford Joint Sixth Form [12]. The school also has links with the William Alvey CE primary school.
The school's GCSE results are:
The College has gained numerous awards during its history. The following are some of the current awards:
The school has many other awards too, but these are the recent and major awards.
[[Category:Secondary schools in Lincolnshire]]
St George's Academy | |
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![]() | |
Address | |
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Westgate , , NG34 7PS | |
Coordinates | 53°00′00″N 0°24′50″W / 53.000°N 0.414°W |
Information | |
Type | modern (non-selective) |
Motto | Aim High |
Established | 1908 |
Founder | Mr. H H Godfrey, 1908 |
Specialist | Maths and Computing |
Ofsted | Reports |
Governor | Mr. Graham Arnold |
Principal | Mr. P F Watson |
Staff | 327 (19 Sept 2011) |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrollment | 1,888 (19 Sept 2011) |
Houses | Godfrey, Rooksby, Phipps, Logan, Lovell |
Website | http://www.st-georges-academy.org |
St. Georges College of Technology is an English secondary school in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. [1] It was founded in 1908 and has now moved sites to the 32 acre land it is currently on. In 1994 the School gained specialist schools status as a Technology College. [2]The school's facilities include a recently opened childcare centre. [3]
The School has over one thousand, eight hundred pupils attending in the secondary school (Years, 7 to 11), and nearly four hundred students in the St George's part of the Joint Sixth Form, spanning two years (Lower and Upper Sixth). The school day for students begins at 8:40 and ends at 3:25. It is on the site of Westholme house, a 19th century Gothic building, which is said to be haunted. It now acts as the sixth form base.
The school opened on 4 May 1908 and was known as Sleaford New Council Schools and was built on Church Lane. Male and female lessons were conducted separately. [4] [5] Soon after it became Sleaford County Secondary School. In 1957, the school opened a series of new buildings at Westholme Park as Sleaford Secondary Modern School [6]. Being in rural Lincolnshire, there were many lessons on agriculture with livestock being kept on the site. In 1984, the Church Lane site was demolished and turned into housing. The school changed its name to become the St George's Technology School and it features the dragon on its badge. The agricultural lessons were dropped and the school became one of only twelve Technology Colleges (a specialist school) in England in February 1994. [7] Being a technology college also meant more money from the government. The Stable Blocks originally used for keeping horses still exist, and the school has a relatively large playing field on-site with eight tennis courts. The Brealey Languages Centre opened in 1985, the library and resource centre opened in 1999, the sports hall was opened in January 2001 by the Bishop of Grantham and a new science block and construction academy opened in 2005. * In the 2007/2008 academic year, the school made national news when there was a minor leak of Sulphur Dioxide in the science block, leaving several students needing medical attention after collapsing. [8]
In 2007 a new house was created, with the temporary name 'house' at first until a vote between 'Mason' (the first teacher on roll) and 'Lovell' (the first student on roll) declared Lovell the new name of the so called '5th house'. Its colour is purple.
The school is situated just south of Tesco.
Opened in 1985, the Brealey Language Centre was hailed as one of the most advanced in the United Kingdom and was constructed using the funds that the school governors had authorised. There intention was to create a languages centre that was to be unique to the UK. The centre had a satellite dish fitted that could pick up signals from Russia. What really made the Braley Centre special was it's large Lab, located in the heart of the block.
Once opened the Lab housed 30 BBC computers (complete with audio stations) and a special hub for teachers to monitor the class. In those days, the favoured software was 'Fun With Texts' (which is still used now to some extent). All of the PCs in the lab were networked but unfortunately the lab was not networked to the rest of the school, with few means of computerised communication.
During the early 1990s A-level Computing for the whole of Sleaford Sixth Form was hosted at the Brealey Centre, the programming language of choice being Turbo Pascal 6.0.
In 1994 St. George's received it's Specialist Status and it was decided to connect the languages centre to the main school and adopt a complete network. This revolutionised ICT and computers in the college. Even today the centre still houses the main server to the school. Software and teaching methods changed as technology advanced and Microsoft Windows was installed in the 1990s.
Now the main Lab has been divided in two and the hub removed, with flat screen monitors and Windows 2003 installed it is considerably modern but St. George's are still trying to find more ways to improve. [9]
Ref: [13] Case Report on the Brealey Language Centre.
St. George's started planning to form an academy in 2008. It will merge with the Avelands School, located in Billingborough and Cotelands School, located in Ruskington. [10] It has been confirmed recently that the college will become an academy as from January 1st 2010. [11]
The school has a college council system, which allows students to pass on their ideas to the college, is made up of students in the following hierarchy system: Every form (10 per year) elects 2 Form Representatives who meet with the other reps in their year on a specified day every other week. The year group elect two college councillors at the beginning of the year and one chairman for the year group. They sit in at the 'year group meetings' with the Form Reps. The College Councillors then have a meeting to discuss the matters raised in these meetings with the other three councillors from each year group on every other Tuesday. There is Chairman of the entire council as well.
There are also other roles in the school:
St. George's is a secondary modern school in Lincolnshire, England, which was first opened in 1908. It is located on Westholme off Westgate in the town of Sleaford. St. Georges contrasts with the other secondary (grammar) schools in the town, being the only one accepting both male and female students from the age of 11 until 18. It is one of the largest schools in Lincolnshire, with about 1600 pupils.
At A level, some pupils may be allowed to transfer to either grammar school, but many A levels are taught in a joint fashion via the Sleaford Joint Sixth Form [12]. The school also has links with the William Alvey CE primary school.
The school's GCSE results are:
The College has gained numerous awards during its history. The following are some of the current awards:
The school has many other awards too, but these are the recent and major awards.
[[Category:Secondary schools in Lincolnshire]]