Priesthorpe Specialist Sports College

Infobox UK school
name = Priesthorpe Specialist Sports College


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type = secondary school
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Mr Ken Hall
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chair_label = Chair
chair = Mr I Featherstone
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specialist = Sport
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street = Priesthorpe Lane
city = Farsley
Pudsey
county = Leeds
country = England
postcode = LS28 5SG
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ofsted = 108087
staff = 86 "(2007)"
enrollment = 1205 "(2007)"
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lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = Key Stages 3,4,5
colours = Blue and White
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website = http://www.priesthorpe.com/
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Priesthorpe Specialist Sports College is a secondary school in Pudsey, England. It is a special sports school and is well known for producing athletes. Priesthorpe has had many sporting celebrities visit the school the latest being Dame Kelly Holmes two time Olympic medalist (2004). [cite web|url=http://www.farsleytoday.co.uk/schoolnews/Slideshow-The-day-Priesthorpe-School.3551452.jp/|title=The day Priesthorpe School welcomed an Olympic champion|publisher=Farsley Today 04 December 2007|accessdate=2008-02-08]

Overview

Organization

Priesthorpe Specialist Sports College is divided into Key Stages and Year Groups:
*Key Stage 3 - first 3 years of secondary education, Years 7, 8, 9
*Key Stage 4 - fourth and fifth years of secondary education, Years 10 and 11
*Key Stage 5 - Sixth Form, Post-16 Programme of Study

Curriculum

While emphasizing sport and athletics, the school offers a variety of study areas.

*Business
*Child Development
*English
*Expressive Arts
*Geography
*History
*Information Communication Technology (ICT)
*Languages
*Leisure and Tourism
*Mathematics
*Physical Education and Sport
*Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education (PSHCE)
*Psychology
*Religious Education
*Science
*Sociology
*Technology

Performance

The Office for Standards in Education rated the school "Satisfactory" in September 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?event=getReport&urn=108087&inspectionNumber=309595&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=%5C%5Cschool%5C%5C108%5C%5Cs5_108087_20071012.xml|title=Priesthorpe School Inspection Report September 25 2007|publisher=Ofsted|accessdate=2008-02-08]

The school has achieved the Investors in People award and the Inclusion Chartermark. [cite web|url=http://www.priesthorpe.com/|title=Welcome from the Headteacher|publisher=Priesthorpe School|accessdate=2008-02-08]

References

External links

* [http://www.priesthorpe.com/ School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?event=getReport&urn=108087&inspectionNumber=309595&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=%5C%5Cschool%5C%5C108%5C%5Cs5_108087_20071012.xml Ofsted report]