South Hunsley School

Infobox UK school
name = South Hunsley School


motto =
phone = 01482 631208
fax = 01482 636703
established =
type = Secondary School
head =
street = "East Dale Road"
city = Melton
county = East Riding of Yorkshire
country = England
ofsted = 118077
enrollment = 1,806
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
publication =
website = http://www.shs.eriding.net/

South Hunsley School is a large secondary school, situated in Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England near the A63.

Overview

South Hunsley is currently a specialist Technology college. The school also has brand new sporting facilities including a swimming pool, gymnasium and a 3G football pitch. In 2007, 69% of pupils gained 5 grade A-C GCSEs including English and Maths, the best for state schools in the entire East Riding of Yorkshire, with almost 2000 students.

Location

You can see the Google Map of the school's location [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=HU14+3HS,+UK&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=15&ll=53.726576,-0.524426&spn=0.018941,0.054245 here.]

Buildings

Riding

Is the biggest building in the school and has two towers, both mainly English and Maths. Science labs are situated downstairs, Riding also exploits a music block based to the right of the building. There is a large hall, gym and also canteen also situated in Riding. For the start of the 07/08 year, the canteen was refurbished. The hall has recently been refurbished to include state of the art live performance facilities and also there is a Drama Studio on the first floor. Further developments over the coming year (2008) include the creation of a media recording suit as part of the music block to bring in potential for a media studies course at A level.

Kingston

The second largest building which has Geography, History, RE, IT, Science labs, and also an Art & Photography department.

Eastdale

Has English and Business classrooms. It also features a computer room and the Departmental Unit for which pupils who have been badly behaved are sent. As of late 2008/09 the school intend on relocating the english class rooms and fully refurbishing the block into state of the art business and economics building.

port Centre

Sport Department, with facilities such as a 3G football pitch (outdoor), gym, swimming pool, rock climbing and caving wall, and a large hall for racquet sports, volleyball, 5-a-side soccer, basketball, and indoor cricket. The hall also boasts a state of the art dance studio, and rooms for education. The sports centre also provides high standard changing facilities, and cafe/reception area, with vending machines throughout the centre.

Tech Block

Home of Technology. This building provides facilities for Textile Products, Resistant Materials, Graphic Products and Systems. The building also provides a computer facility, and CAD CAM technologies.

Humber

Has Modern Languages Department, and a medium sized hall areas. Humber also houses the learning support & disabilities department for the school. As of June 2008 the Library will be relocated back in this building to make room for 6th form prioritys.

(LLC)

Home of the Sixth form college with state of the art facilities, classrooms, and Lavazza Cafe Bar. As of summer 2008 the library will be located and a stae of the art 6th form study and research suit will be opened featuring vast amounts of work stations. The LLC is very disability friendly with lifts and ramps. The LLC is located to the front of the school, and has the main reception located within it.

Route Controversy

North Ferriby Route

Since the 2006/2007 regenerations of the A63 (the dual carriageway leading to/past the school), many temporary routes have been made for pupils coming from North Ferriby. These routes have been mainly improvised by Workers re-surfacing the roads, these routes commonly were coned off sections of road, or just a sign pointing in a general direction. The lack of clear indication of paths for their children to walk along to get to and from school, and lack of safety barriers on the paths the children had to walk along, created an uproar amongst parents. For three to four months, school pupils often had their route to school changed once or twice daily, before a final, 'official' route was issued in the form of maps and handed to pupils in July 2006. The final route took pupils safely across a designated foot path (with safety barriers) and across a foot bridge, this path lead pupils safely from the Melton area (where the school is situated) to North Ferriby.

Elloughton Route

Despite no road works taking place along the path to school from the Elloughton side of the A63, many complaints have been made a regarding the fact that students have to cross unguarded paths to get to and from school, sometimes in minimal light. Despite numerous complaints from parents and local residents, no action has been scheduled to take place to combat these problems.

Bus travel

Where there is sufficient transport available for all students the prices on majority of the routes are charged at a very high price, a return ticket for a child between Elloughton and Brough is just under £2 for less than 2 miles, once students are over 16 they have to pay full adult fare on school buses which is currently at £3 return.

Partnerships

Along with Wolfreton School, Cottingham High School and Hessle High School it forms a Consortium.

Alumni

* Alex Deakin, BBC weather presenter
* Malcolm Girling, first ever holder of the title 'The Times Mind of the Year' (1988)
* Marc Pickering, co-starred alongside Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow"

External links

* [http://www.shs.eriding.net The schools official site]