Darton High School

Darton High School

Established	1935
Type	Community Secondary
Headteacher	Mrs S Rossides
Specialism	Humanities
Location	Churchfield Lane Darton Barnsley South Yorkshire S75 5EW England
Local authority	Barnsley
Staff	130
Students	1,000
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11–16
Houses	Bretton, Cannon, Tankersley, Wentworth
Colours	Blue, Green, Yellow, Red
Website	Darton High School Homepage

Coordinates: 53°35′01″N 1°33′11″W / 53.58360°N 1.55317°W / 53.58360; -1.55317

Darton High School is a Secondary School in Darton in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is a specialist Humanities College. The school provides education for more than 1,100 pupils in Years 7 to 11.

History

Darton Hall Senior School was opened in the village of Darton in 1935, providing senior education for 560 pupils of both sexes. In 1957, buildings were opened at the current Kexborough site, which then became the boys' campus, with girls remaining at Darton.

In the 1970s, preparations for the changes to comprehensive education in the area, combined with the raising of the school leaving age led to considerable developments at the Kexborough campus. By this time, the school catered for 890 pupils, with the first two years being spent at Darton, before moving to Kexborough.

Further changes came in 1990 when the sixth form provision was moved to Barnsley College. All pupils remaining at the school were moved to the Kexborough site, with the school once again maintaining a single campus.

In February 2011 the old Darton High School closed, and staff and students moved to the new "Darton College" building.

Campus

The school is located to the north west of Barnsley in the village of Kexborough on the edge of the open countryside approximately one mile from junction 38 of the M1 motorway.

An innovative, state-of-the-art new building opened in February 2011, as part of the government's Building Schools for the Future programme, and the school was re-named Darton College.

Curriculum

Since 2005, the school has been a specialist humanities school. It continues to provide a full curriculum in accordance with the National Curriculum for all pupils.

Ofsted Inspection

On 20/21 January 2010, the school was inspected and placed into Special Measures by Ofsted,^[1] since then the school has made good progress.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Last Section 5 Ofsted Report - Special measures". Ofsted. https://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/118034. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 
2. ^ "Special measures: monitoring inspection of Darton High School". Ofsted. https://www.ofsted.gov.uk/layout/set/print/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/129680/(as)/106651_361021.pdf. Retrieved 10 May 2011. 

External links

• Darton College Website