Wakeman School

Infobox UK school
name = The Wakeman School


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motto = "Achievement through Caring"
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type = Comprehensive
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head = Mrs Karen Moore
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specialist = Arts College
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street = Abbey Foregate
city = Shrewsbury
county = Shropshire
country = ENG
postcode = SY2 6AA
LEA = Shropshire
ofsted = 123563
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enrollment = 677
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
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website = http://www.wakeman.shropshire.sch.uk/
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The Wakeman School is a co-educational comprehensive school located in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The school is the closest secondary school to the town centre, located just to the east of the English Bridge. There are about 600 pupils on roll and the age range is 11-16 years.

The school has recently been awarded the ‘Artsmark Silver’ by Arts Council England, [http://www.wakeman.shropshire.sch.uk/] and the development of a state-of-the-art recording studio for the school is scheduled for the summer holidays 2008. [http://www.wakeman.shropshire.sch.uk/Letters/letterpdfs/arts_coll.pdf]

Notable alumni

*Wilfred Owen

External links

* [http://www.wakeman.shropshire.sch.uk/ School website]
* [http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_04.pl?School=8934374 Dept for Children, Schools and Families data page.]