Cedars Upper School

Cedars Upper School
Established 1921[1]
Type Academy
Headteacher Steven Palmer
Location Mentmore Road
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 2AE
England
51°54′29″N 0°40′26″W / 51.907958°N 0.673969°W / 51.907958; -0.673969Coordinates: 51°54′29″N 0°40′26″W / 51.907958°N 0.673969°W / 51.907958; -0.673969
DfE URN 137462 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 1,300[2]
Gender Coeducational
Ages 13–18
Website School Website

Cedars Upper School is an upper school and sixth form with academy status, located in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.

History

The Cedars, location of the school from 1921 to 1973

Grammar school

The school was founded as a grammar school in 1921 in Church Square, at the end of the High Street in Leighton Buzzard. The house was formerly occupied by Mary Norton.

Comprehensive

In 1973 the school became a comprehensive school and moved to its current location on Mentmore Road. Leighton Middle School was founded at the former location.[1][3]

The school became a specialist Mathematics and Computing College in September 2006,[4] and due to the specialism, the school also became a Microsoft Sponsored School. The school then converted to academy status in September 2011.

Houses

The school now has four houses named after rivers; Orinoco, Lena, Danube and Zambezi after the school changed to a vertical tutoring system in 2010. In September 2016, the Murray house was removed.

The former houses were named after the patron saints of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales; George, Andrew, Patrick and David

Awards

  • David Heather, 2006, The Guardian regional award for "Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School.[5]

Alumni

Julie Hilling, Labour MP from 2010-15 for the marginal seat of Bolton West (she won by 92 votes in 2010)

References

  1. 1 2 Cedars Upper School 2008 Prospectus Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine., accessed 23 October 2008
  2. ↑ Ofsted Inspection Report 2006, accessed 23 October 2008
  3. ↑ Sheila Meekums - The history of Leighton Middle School
  4. ↑ https://secure.ssatrust.org.uk/registration/schoolsearch.aspx?id=8204011%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
  5. ↑ Phipps, Claire (2006-07-04). "Couldn't do better". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  6. ↑ Devlin, Amanda (9 October 2013). "Superhero vs a super waste of our money!". Leighton Buzzard Observer. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
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