Priesthorpe Specialist Sports College

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Priesthorpe Specialist Sports College
Type secondary school
Headteacher Mr Ken Hall
Chair Mr I Featherstone
Specialism Sport
Location Priesthorpe Lane
Farsley
Pudsey
Leeds
LS28 5SG
England
Ofsted number 108087
Staff 86 (2007)
Students 1205 (2007)
Ages 11 to 18
Houses Key Stages 3,4,5
School colours Blue and White
Website Priesthorpe School
Coordinates: 53°48′36″N 1°41′12″W / 53.809936, -01.686770

Priesthorpe Specialist Sports College is a secondary school in Pudsey, England. It is a special sports school and is well known for producing athletes. Priesthorpe has had many sporting celebrities visit the school the latest being Dame Kelly Holmes two time Olympic medalist (2004).[1]

Contents

[edit] Overview

[edit] Organization

Priesthorpe Specialist Sports College is divided into Key Stages and Year Groups:

  • Key Stage 3 - first 3 years of secondary education, Years 7, 8, 9
  • Key Stage 4 - fourth and fifth years of secondary education, Years 10 and 11
  • Key Stage 5 - Sixth Form, Post-16 Programme of Study

[edit] Curriculum

While emphasizing sport and athletics, the school offers a variety of study areas.

  • Business
  • Child Development
  • English
  • Expressive Arts
  • Geography
  • History
  • Information Communication Technology (ICT)
  • Languages
  • Leisure and Tourism
  • Mathematics
  • Physical Education and Sport
  • Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education (PSHCE)
  • Psychology
  • Religious Education
  • Science
  • Sociology
  • Technology

[edit] Performance

The Office for Standards in Education rated the school Satisfactory in September 2007.[2]

The school has achieved the Investors in People award and the Inclusion Chartermark.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The day Priesthorpe School welcomed an Olympic champion. Farsley Today 04 December 2007. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
  2. ^ Priesthorpe School Inspection Report September 25, 2007. Ofsted. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
  3. ^ Welcome from the Headteacher. Priesthorpe School. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.

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