- Crowlees Junior and Infant School
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Crowlees Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Junior and Infant School Religion Church of England Headteacher David B Hardcastle Location Springfield Park,
off Parker Lane
Mirfield
West Yorkshire
WF14 9PD
EnglandLocal authority Kirklees DfE URN 107725 Ofsted Reports Students 419 Gender Mixed Ages 5–11 Website Crowlees Junior and Infant School Coordinates: 53°40′36″N 1°41′18″W / 53.676575°N 1.688310°W
Crowlees Junior and Infant School is a voluntary controlled primary co-educational day school that educates around 420 children aged 5–11. It is situated at the far side of Springfield Park, off Parker Lane in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England. The school is a Church of England foundation and close links are maintained with St Mary’s Church.[1]
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History
The school is built on the site of Easthorpe Villa. Originally the home of the Hurst family, the house changed its name to Springfield in the 1940s and was subsequently demolished in the 1960s to make room for the Springfield Park private housing estate, Mirfield Showground and Crowlees Junior and Infant School.
In February 2007 a pupil at the school died in his home in a carbon monoxide incident that prompted a major advertising campaign.[2]
Academic standards
The results of tests in 2002 showed that the school was in the top 5% in the country.[3]
In the report of the March 2007 Ofsted inspection the school was assessed as 'Grade 1 - Outstanding'.[4] Ofsted described the school as "This is an outstanding school. It has maintained high standards and continued to improve since its last inspection. ... The leadership and management, including governance, are first rate. ... The quality of teaching is outstanding and pupils achieve very well during their time at Crowlees. ... The curriculum is outstanding with particular strengths in the development of literacy and numeracy skills."[5] Exceptionally, the school was also rated outstanding in every component part of the inspection.
Crowlees is a Healthy Schools Gold Award winner.[6] They won, in July 2008, the inaugural Arthur Halliwell Memorial Award for Kirklees Sustainable Schools.[7] In September 2008 the school secured the Eco-Schools Green Flag award.[8]
Notable connections
- Final year pupil Alex Trigg sang solo on BBC TV's Songs of Praise on 6 July 2003.[9]
- Laura Lockwood, whilst still a pupil at the school, was an actress in the TV programmes The League of Gentlemen and Innocence in 2001–02.[10]
- Patrick Stewart, actor, was a pupil.[11]
- Cecil Dormand, the English teacher credited with first encouraging Stewart to study Shakespeare, started his teaching career at Crowlees.[12]
References
- ^ "Prospectus", Crowlees C E (C) J & I School
- ^ "Bus posters warn of killer gas dangers", Joanne Ginley, Yorkshire Post, 12 February 2007
- ^ "Mirfield pupils among top 5% in country", Jane Yelland, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 1 February 2003
- ^ "11 schools awarded big plus by Ofsted", Hazel Ettienne, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 17 October 2007
- ^ "Crowlees Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School", Ofsted, 27 March 2007
- ^ "http://www.kirkleeshealthyschools.org.uk/schools_awarded.html "Healthy Schools Kirklees", Public Health Resource Service
- ^ "School celebrates first green award", Mirfield Reporter, 31 July 2008
- ^ "Schools Search ", Eco-Schools
- ^ "Schoolboy sings solo for TV hymn", The Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 30 June 2003
- ^ "Playing the part to make the grade", The Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 8 May 2002
- ^ "Heartfelt hello from an old pal... Hollywood star Patrick calls after message", Jenny Parkin, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 19 December 2003
- ^ "Theatrical story of awards trio", The Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 15 November 2004
External links
Categories:- Schools in Kirklees
- Primary schools in Yorkshire
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