Roundhay School

Infobox School
name = Roundhay School
name2 = Roundhay Technology College


imagesize = 175px
motto = “Courtesy, co-operation and commitment”
established = 1907
type=High School
address=
faculty = 120
students = 1,520
free_label = Sixth form
free_text = 280
location = Gledhow Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 1ND
country = England
information = 0113 393 1200
free_label2 = Email
free_text2 = [e-mail]
free_label3 = Fax
free_text3 = 0113 393 1201
free_label4 = Head Master
free_text4 = Mr. Neil Clephan
website = [http://www.school-portal.co.uk/Grouphomepage.asp?GroupId=21407 Roundhay School Website]

Roundhay School (also know as Roundhay School, Technology College) is a specialist Technology College in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

Admissions

It has about 1520 pupils and there are about 280 pupils in the sixth form. The current headmaster is Mr. Neil Clephan. The school grounds are based across 22 acres, and are directly opposite Roundhay Park near the [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/111623 Roundhay Hall] ( [http://www.spirehealthcare.com/leeds/ Spire Leeds] ) BUPA hospital.

History

Early History

Roundhay School was established in 1907 as an all boys grammar school.

During World War I and World War II many of the Roundhay pupils above the age of 16 served with the Yorkshire Regiment.

In 1972, along with many other grammar schools in the country, Roundhay Grammar School for Boys on "Old Park Road" and Roundhay High School for Girls on "Jackson Avenue" merged to form a mixed comprehensive secondary school under the Circular 10/70 introduced by Margaret Thatcher. Roundhay, like all other high schools in the city, changed from an 11-18 to a 13-18 school with the creation of the tier of Middle Schools - which were themselves abolished later when Roundhay became an 11-18 school again.

Construction Work

In the period 2000-4 much of the old school was torn down and rebuilt under a £7 million Private Finance Initiative. The frontage of the building was left largely untouched, though the central section was replaced in favour of an upper-floor staff room that looks over the fields at the front of the school. This, along with the omission of air conditioning in the new building, have been subject to some criticism, but the new building has been welcomed by the majority.

Specialist Status

Along with the new build Roundhay School became a specialist school of technology. All of the classrooms in the building now contain interactive whiteboards.

Extra-Curricular

Roundhay School runs various extracurricular activities for pupils to engage in during the lunch period and after school. Sport is an important part of extracurricular life at Roundhay, and the school enjoys large playing fields and indoor sports halls to facilitate this. Main sports include football, rugby union, netball, cricket and hockey. The school also partakes in the occasional tennis, athletics or swimming competition. There is also trampolining class'.

All pupils at Roundhay School are offered free instrumental lessons. More experienced musicians have the opportunity to play in the Roundhay Band. The school also runs a popular 'Battle of the Bands' competition on an annual basis.

Drama is another popular activity. Each year there is a school production in which pupils of any age can take part. In 2006 the Roundhay pupils did a successful production of "Sister Act".

School Trips

Roundhay School runs a number of trips abroad on annual and 2 year cycles. These include art trips to New York, Germany, and Barcelona. The school also runs a popular skiing trip to Canada. History trips take place every year to Skipton Castle, the Imperial War Museum and World War I battlefields. There are plans for a future art trip to China.Also recently Roundhay has taken interest in taking students abroad to countries such as Brazil to experience such activities as whale surfing, rabbit hurling and competitive farming to help students in their future career choices.

Success

Roundhay School receives consistently successful Ofsted reports, and external examination results are above the national average.cite web|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=269469&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\\school\\108\\s10_108076_20050113.pdf|title=Roundhay School Ofsted Report 2004] In 2007, the school got the best A level results in the city of Leeds, and the second best in the district after the St. Mary's School, Menston. The best schools in Leeds are in the north of the city, close to the outer ring road. At GCSE, it performs less highly, being eighth in the LEA, four places higher than the neighbouring Allerton High School.

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Alumni: [http://www.roundhegians.org/index.html Old Roundhegians]

Roundhay Grammar School for Boys

* Arthur Louis Aaron, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Mike Baxter, European & Commonwealth Games athlete
* John Michael Briggs Prolific session singer on television, radio and the stage — and the voice of the puppet piglet Perky
* Professor Noel Carr, expert on Cyanobacteria
* Tony Cunnane, Pilot and Author
* Edouard Lapaglie, formerly of Radio Leeds
* Edward Lyons, former Labour MP for Bradford East
* Professor Geoff Raisman, "The Miracle Worker"
* Geoffrey Richmond, Bradford City Football Club
* Louis Samuels, Graphologist
* Jack Shepherd, actor
* Eric Silver, former foreign correspondent of "The Guardian"
* Arnold Ziff, Businessman and philanthropist

Roundhay High School for Girls

* Joyce Gould, Baroness Gould of Potternewton

The Roundhay School

* Nick Gibb, Conservative MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

References

External links

* [http://www.school-portal.co.uk/Grouphomepage.asp?GroupId=21407 Roundhay School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=269469&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\\school\\108\\s10_108076_20050113.pdf Roundhay School Ofsted Report 2004]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V62tbJlcRaY&mode=related&search= Roundhay School on Channel 4 news] - YouTube video of Roundhay School pupils receiving their A-Level results
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_06.pl?No=3834063&Mode=Z&Type=SC&Phase=1&Year=06&Base=b DFES statistics for Roundhay School]
* [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=108076 EduBase]