- Walney School
Infobox UK school
name = Walney School
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longitude = -3.25855
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Mr Alan Dickenson
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street = Sandy Gap Lane
city =Barrow-in-Furness
county =Cumbria
country =England
postcode = LA14 3JL
LEA =Cumbria
ofsted = 112389
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enrollment = 720
gender =Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
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website = http://www.atschool.eduweb.co.uk/walney/site.main.htm
website_name =Walney School is a
secondary school onWalney Island inBarrow-in-Furness ,Cumbria .As a result of the
Education Act 1944 , Walney Island needed to have its own secondary school. The present Sandy Gap site was agreed in 1951 and the school built. [ [http://www.walney-island.com/walney_comprehensive_school_01.htm Walney Island Comprehensive School] at walney-island.com (accessed 11 April 2008)]Lord Cavendish opened the school's new Sensory Garden in 2003. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/image_galleries/walney_voices_05_gallery.shtml Walney School's Garden] at bbc.co.uk (accessed 11 April 2008)]
At GCSE and GNVQ, the school is ranked 33rd out of the forty-seven secondary schools in Cumbria. It has no
Sixth Form , so does not teach at 'A'-level. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/03/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/909_4259.stm Walney School] at BBC secondary school tables online (accessed 11 April 2008)]References
External links
* [http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_06.pl?Mode=Z&No=9094259&Type=P&Num=p015&Phase=k&Year=06&Base= Walney School] at dcsf.gov.uk (including location map)
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7375815.stm School closed in April 2008 after petrol bomb]
* [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/EstablishmentView.aspx?EstablishmentID=12374 EduBase]
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