Guilsborough School

Infobox UK school
name = Guilsborough School and Technology College


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latitude = 52.355
longitude = -1.026
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motto = Striving for Excellence
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established = 1958
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type = Community comprehensive school
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Mr D. Barber [http://www.guilsboroughschool.com/contact.php Contact Us] . Guilsborough School. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.]
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chair_label = Chair
chair = A Carter [ [http://www.guilsboroughschool.com/gov/index.php Governors] . Guilsborough School. Retrieved on 2008-03-17.]
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specialist = Technology College
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street = West Haddon Road
city = Guilsborough
county = Northamptonshire
country = England
postcode = NN6 8QE
LEA = Northamptonshire
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gender = Co-educational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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Guilsborough School and Technology College is a co-educational comprehensive school in Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, England. It educates around 1,325 students from the ages of 11-18 (years 7-13). The school became a Technology College specialist school in 1998. The headteacher is Mr D. Barber

History

The school was founded in 1958 as Guilsborough County School and many of the buildings on the 28 acre site were built at that time or in the 1970s. The most recent addition of new buildings was in September 2004, which cost £1.3 million and included a state of the art sixth form centre opened by Kettering MP Phil Sawford. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/3678092.stm "State of the art sixth form opens"] , BBC News, 22 September 2004]

Academic standards

Guilsborough uses online resources to test the more able students in mathematics and provide feedback. [ [http://education.guardian.co.uk/evaluate/story/0,,1724912,00.html "It's revision, but not as we know it"] , The Guardian, 7 March 2006]

The school also had the highest year 11 pass seen in the Daventry district (Northamptonshire) after the 2007 GCSE Tests.

In the report of the Ofsted inspection carried out in February 2008, they graded the school as 'good' or 'outstanding' across the board, describing the school as "good and improving... with some outstanding features". [ [http://www.daventrytoday.co.uk/news/Top-class-report-for-school.3871383.jp "Top class report for school in inspection"] , Daventry Express, 13 March 2008]

Awards

* Diana Memorial Award, autumn 2002 [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98118181.html "Awards for very special children"] , Coventry Evening Telegraph, 26 February 2003]
* Investor in People [ [http://www.eteach.com/JobSeekers/RecruiterProfile.aspx?EmpNo=8835 Guilsborough School] , eTeach.com]
* 2004 Artsmark Silvercite web |url=http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/artsmark/index.php?location_id=94&rows=75&order_by=award&filter=Guilsborough |title=Awarded schools - Awards database |publisher=Artsmark |accessdate=2008-03-17]
* 2007 Artsmark Silver
* Northamptonshire Healthy Schools Silver Award [http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:HA0Nb7NVrCwJ:smartstore.northamptonshire.gov.uk/articles/dodownload.asp%3Fa%3Dsmartstore.northamptonshire.gov.uk.8.3.2005.16.2.49.doc%26i%3D121610+%22Guilsborough+School%22+%22Healthy+Schools%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=uk "Educational Achievements"] , Lifelong Learning and Education Scrutiny Committee, Northamptonshire County Council, 16 March 2005]
* Sportsmark

port

* Student Sam Heygate played for the England Under 16 A rugby union side in season 2007-08. [ [http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.England_Detail/StoryID/19381 "Radburn named England Under 16 A captain"] , Hugh Godwin, Rugby Football Union, March 18, 2008, "accessed 19 March 2008"]

Other activities

* Student Adam Gravely is currently representing the school and the local area as the Deputy Member of the UK Youth Parliament. [ [http://www.daventrytoday.co.uk/news/Adam-is-the-voice-for.3870280.jp "Adam is the voice for our young people"] , Steve Mills, Daventry Express, March 13, 2008] [ [http://www.ukyouthparliament.org.uk/profiles/east_midlands/gravely_adam.html "Adam Gravely's MYP Profile"] ]

Notable alumni

* Ian Alexander Fraser, broadcaster
* Richard Stearman, footballer
* Tommy Wright, footballer

References

External links

* [http://www.guilsboroughschool.com/index.php Official site]