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'{{Infobox UK school | name = The Polesworth School<br>'''<small>A Specialist Language College</small>''' | image = 3D Sheild Rendering 190.jpg | size = | latitude = 52.61052 | longitude = -1.62051 | dms = dms | motto = | motto_pl = | established = 1881 no! 1912 stupid | approx = | closed = | c_approx = | type = Academy Trust | religion = | president = | head_label = Headmaster | head = Mr stupid Hamilton | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | founder_pl = | specialist = [[Language College]] | specialist_pl = | street = Dordon Road | city = [[Tamworth]] | county = [[Staffordshire]] | country = [[England]] | postcode = B78 1QT | LEA = [[Warwickshire]] | ofsted = yes | urn = 125736 | staff = +160 | enrollment = +1300 | gender = [[Coeducational]] | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | houses = Arden, Kenilworth, Stratford, Warwick | colours = | publication = | website = http://www.thepolesworthschool.com | website_name = www.thepolesworthschool.com}} '''The Polesworth School''' is a [[Warwickshire]] based school which specialises in [[languages]]. It was originally known as Polesworth High School until July 2006 but changed its name to “Polesworth International Language College” when it received [[Specialist Language College]] status. ''The Polesworth School - A Specialist Language College'' was then born in September 2009, The current Headmaster is Mr P. Hamilton.<ref name="Mr P. Hamilton">[http://thepolesworthschool.com/profiles/profiles/hamiltonp.htm Mr P. Hamilton], staff profile page.</ref> ==History== The Polesworth School was founded in 1881 as an elementary school taking students between the ages of three and fourteen. It became a [[Secondary Modern]] in 1944, a Warwickshire High School in 1957, a 12 – 18 [[comprehensive school|Comprehensive]] in 1976 and an 11 – 18 school in 1994. In 2006 it was awarded Specialist [[Language College]] status.<ref name="School Links">[http://www.polesworth-ilc.com/life/BBCSchoolreport/reports.htm Language College Status information], please scroll down to the ''School Links'' section.</ref> It now has reached Academy status, although the name remains the same. ==College today == [[Image:Polesworth ILC.jpg|thumb|left|Polesworth-ILC]] The school occupies a {{convert|10|acre|m2|adj=on}} site in the Polesworth area. Its facilities include a Sports Centre whose use is shared with the community, a Drama Studio and a separate [[sixth form]] block with its own teaching, study and social areas. A further building programme was recently completed to be used as an International Centre designed for 21st century language teaching.<ref name="Aerial View">[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=polesworth+school&sll=52.598573,-1.620665&sspn=0.386197,1.234589&ie=UTF8&ll=52.61096,-1.621347&spn=0.001427,0.004823&t=h&z=18&iwloc=C Aerial View of the school], please note that the image is slightly outdated.</ref> ==Houses== On entering the school, all students and staff are allocated to one of four houses. These are: *[[Arden, Warwickshire|Arden]] - Green *[[Kenilworth]] - Blue *[[Stratford-upon-Avon|Stratford]] - Yellow *[[Warwick]] - Red Recently, the [[Vivo Miles|VivoMiles]] system has been introduced at the school to replace the old rewards system where students would gain House Points to earn rewards such as half-price prom tickets or stationary. Students are now placed into tutor groups where all students are in the same house. This is different to how it was previously (where students were placed into tutor groups with mixed houses). ==International Centre== [[Image:IcBuilding.jpg|thumb|left|The new International Centre]] The International Centre was built in 2007 and houses the Language department. It includes seminar and interview rooms, plus a multi-use area and classrooms. ==Tomlinson Hall== [[Image:Tomlinson hall.jpg|thumb|Tomlinson Hall]] [[File:Tomlinson_Hall_Shaded_button_size.jpg‎]] The Polesworth School Sixth Form at Tomlinson Hall, previously Tomlinson Hall Sixth Form, is the [[Sixth Form Centre]] at The Polesworth School. It houses around 200 students in year 12 and 13, who carry out A Level courses.<ref name="Sixth Form">[http://www.polesworth-ilc.com/TomlinsonHallSixthForm/About%20us/index.htm Sixth Form About Page], find out more information about Tomlinson Hall Sixth Form.</ref> ==References== <references/> ==External links== *[http://www.thepolesworthschool.com The Polesworth School: - A Specialist Language College Online] *[http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=125736 Ofsted Entry and Inspection Report] *[http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_05.pl?Code=&No=937&Type=&Reg=&Mode=Z&School=9374112&back= DfES Performance Tables] {{Schools in Warwickshire}} [[Category:Language Colleges in England]] [[Category:Academies in Warwickshire]]'