Crofton High School

Infobox UK school
name = Crofton High School


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type = Community secondary school
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Jeremy Horsley
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chair = C. Stevenson
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specialist = Mathematics and Computing College
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street = High Street
city = Crofton, Wakefield
county = West Yorkshire
country = England Flagicon|England
postcode = WF4 1NF
LEA = Wakefield
ofsted = 108281
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enrollment = 1077cite web |url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/portal/site/Internet/menuitem.7c7b38b14d870c7bb1890a01637046a0/?event=getReport&urn=108281&inspectionNumber=288063&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\school\108\s5_108281_20070206.xml |title=Crofton High School - Specialists in Maths and Computing - Inspection Report |publisher=Ofsted |date=February 6 2007 |accessdate=2008-05-18]
gender = Mixed
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 16
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website = http://www.croftonhigh.wakefield.sch.uk/
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Crofton High School is a secondary school, located in the village centre of Crofton, West Yorkshire, England. The school is on the high street, directly opposite the row of shops.

History

A school has been on this site for the past 200 years, with Richmal Mangnall opening the Crofton school for young ladies, in the Crofton old hall, which is now part of the schools complex. The old high school was built in 1964, after the village rapidly expanded and saw a huge housing boom, which needed the demand for a large school. Many estates such as Manorfields, Meadowfields and Ashdene were built at this time, needing the demand for more schools. The school suffered a serious fire in August 1995, whilst headteacher Mr Myers was on holiday in the French Riviera. The school was rebuilt on the same site, and opened on October 30 1998. [ [http://www.croftonhigh.wakefield.sch.uk/history.php History] . Crofton High School. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.]

The school today

Today, Crofton has roughly 1500 pupils on roll, many coming from Crofton, and neighbouring villages such as Walton, Sharlston, Ryhill, Streethouse and Normanton. In 2005, assistant headteacher Jez Horsley took over after Mr Myers retired and in the summer of 2007, the school received its best GCSE results yet, putting it in the top 100 secondary schools in the country.

References

External links

* [http://www.croftonhigh.wakefield.sch.uk/ Crofton High School website]