- Hurworth School
Hurworth School Maths & Computing College is a
comprehensive school situated inHurworth-on-Tees located on "Croft Road" in the borough ofDarlington ,England .Admissions
The school caters for around 650
student s aged 11-16. In 2006 93% of students achieved 5 or more A*-C grades in their GCSEs.History
In 1998, it started a new scheme to motivate disengaged male pupils by encouraging competition for grades and using a system known as "
assertive mentoring ".In July 2003, the school entered into the first-ever federation between schools with itself and the Eastbourne Comprehensive in Darlington (now an Academy) with plans to join the two as one Academy before this idea [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4817454.stm fizzled out] in March 2006.
In 2007 the school was featured in the national press when a high-achieving Year 11 student was barred from attending the end of year
prom for refusing to take part in after-schoolrevision classes. [cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/12/nschool112.xml|title= Girl banned from ball for skipping revision |author= Nigel Bunyan |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |date=2007-04-13 |accessdate = 2007-09-09]Close by is
Rockliffe Park , a football training ground.Academic performance
It gets the best GCSEs in the Darlington LEA, and the second best GCSEs in the North East after the
Emmanuel City Technology College inGateshead . It has no sixth form.References
External links
* [http://www.hurworthschool.org.uk Official site]
* [http://www.globe-nwg.org.uk/UKUK9999/GLOBE01.htm Northumbrian Water's current weather]
* [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/EstablishmentView.aspx?EstablishmentID=14301 EduBase]News items
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6546967.stm Pupil banned in April 2007]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4573552.stm Possible merger in 2006]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1550711/Tough-targets-help-boys-to-do-better.html Target setting in 1998]Video clips
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNDOd_S17pM Former Liberal leader Menzies Campbell visits in 2007]
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