Fearnhill School

Infobox UK school
name = Fearnhill School


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head = Jeremy Whelan
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specialist = Maths and Computing College
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street = Icknield Way West
city = Letchworth
county = Hertfordshire
country = England
postcode = SG6 4BA
LEA = Hertfordshire
ofsted = 117504
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enrollment = 1108
gender = Coeducational
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upper_age = 18
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website = http://www.fearnhill.herts.sch.uk/index2.htm
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Fearnhill School is a comprehensive school located in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England. It is a specialist school and a Maths and Computing College. It educates over 1,000 students and is one of a minority of high schools with a sixth form. The school is part of the Letchworth Sixth Form Consortium with The Highfield School. [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?urn=117504&providerCategoryID=8192 "Fernhill School"] , Fearnhill School, Ofsted, "accessed 29 May 2008"]

Academic standards

The school is notable for leading the way in personal finance education. [ [http://nds.coi.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=359764&NewsAreaID=2 "Fearnhill School leads the way in teaching students how to better manage their money "] , Ofsted, 12 March 2008] The GCSE results announced in August 2005 were the best since 2001. 59% of the students achieved A*-C grades. [ [http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/news/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newscomnew&itemid=WEED26%20Aug%202005%2010%3A17%3A20%3A217 "North Herts GCSE Results"] , The Comet 24, 26 August 2005]

port

Fearnhill has very successful athletics teams. In April 2008 the school won the inaugural combined boys' and girls' North Herts schools' senior athletics finals. [ [http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/sport/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=SportAthletics&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=SportCMT&itemid=WEED01%20May%202008%2010%3A26%3A30%3A060 "Fearnhill claim inaugural schools' title"] , The Comet 24, 1 May 2008] This follows on from being the overall winners at the North Herts Schools' District Athletics Championships in June 2006. [ [http://www.thecomet.net/content/comet/sport/story.aspx?brand=CMTOnline&category=SportAthletics&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=sportcomnew&itemid=WEED29%20Jun%202006%2009%3A49%3A03%3A843 "Fearnhill School from Letchworth were the overall (Grand Prix) winners at The Comet sponsored North Herts Schools' District Athletics Championships."] , The Comet 24, 26 June 2006] One of the schools most notable former pupils is the Olympic and world champion track cyclist Victoria Pendleton. [http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/sport/Olympics-Pendleton39s-going-for-gold.4369841.jp]

References

External links

* [http://www.fearnhill.herts.sch.uk/index2.htm Official site]