Hurworth School
Hurworth School Maths & Computing College is a comprehensive school situated in Hurworth-on-Tees located on Croft Road in the borough of Darlington, England.
Admissions
The school caters for around 650 students 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 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-school revision classes.[1]
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 in Gateshead. It has no sixth form.
References
- ^ Nigel Bunyan (2007-04-13). "Girl banned from ball for skipping revision". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
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