- Sir Henry Cooper School
Sir Henry Cooper School is a coeducational,
secondary school on "Thorpepark Road" inKingston upon Hull ,England . It is in the Orchard Park Estate.History
It opened in September 1967. It suffered an arson attack in February 2007.
chool future
It is planned to turn it into an Academy, to be known as the Northern Academy and [http://www.hull.ac.uk/news/feb08/hull_academy.html?mode=interactive sponsored] by the
University of Hull . However local residents are [http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/Residents-pledge-a-fight-to.4104799.jp unhappy] about the plans as it may affect flooding.Academic performance
It gets GCSEs well under the England average and the minimum expected of comprehensives. It does not have a sixth form like virtually all secondary schools in Hull.
Alumni
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Dave Hemingway
*Hugh Whitaker External links
* [http://www.sirhenrycooper.hull.sch.uk School website]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_05.pl?Mode=Z&Code=&School=8104250&Type=&back=&No=810 UK Department for Education and Skills statistics]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=118105 UK Ofsted inspection report]
* [http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,548445&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Plans for an Academy]
* [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/EstablishmentView.aspx?EstablishmentID=18087 EduBase]News items
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/6330613.stm School fire on February 2 2007]
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