Fearns Community Sports College

Fearns Community Sports College is a public co-educational secondary school in Bacup, Lancashire, England. The school caters to children of all abilities between the ages of 11 and 16 years. The school holds specialist Sports College status. The headmaster is Mark Smallwood, who has been in the job since 2003, replacing the retiring Neil Thornley.

Activities

The school offers clubs and extra-curricular activities. The college has multiple sports facilities.

School inspections/ratings

The school's education was rated Grade 3 (Satisfactory) by Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools. Some of the areas of improvement were:

* Improve the quality of all teaching by disseminating best practice across the school.
* Ensure that all teachers set challenging individual targets for pupils to support them in improving their learning.
* Improve the attendance and behaviour of the small minority of pupils with negative attitudes to learning. [ [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?event=getReport&urn=119745&inspectionNumber=280648&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\school\119\s5_119745_20060621.xml "Fearns Community Sports College School Inspection"] , Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools, Office for Standards in Education. ]

External links

* [http://www.fearns.lancs.sch.uk/ Fearns Sports college website]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_06.pl?Mode=Z&No=8884158&Type=LA&Num=888&Phase=1&Year=06&Base= School Statistics taken from UK government site]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?event=getReport&urn=119745&inspectionNumber=280648&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\school\119\s5_119745_20060621.xml Results of Fearns Community Sports College - School Inspection]

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