Meadowhead School
Entrance to the new school building (2009) | |
Motto | Learning and Achieving Together |
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Established | 1987 |
Type | Academy |
Headteacher | Steve Fowler |
Location |
Dyche Lane Sheffield South Yorkshire S8 8BR England 53°19′33″N 1°28′10″W / 53.325725°N 1.469532°WCoordinates: 53°19′33″N 1°28′10″W / 53.325725°N 1.469532°W |
DfE URN | 138545 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Students | 1,670 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Ages | 11–18 |
Website |
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Meadowhead School is a mixed secondary school and Language College with academy status in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. There are currently around 1,876 students on roll, about 120 teaching staff and approximately 50 non-teaching staff.
History
Meadowhead School was created when the two schools of Jordanthorpe Comprehensive School and Rowlinson School merged in 1987. The school remained on two sites approximately 0.25 miles apart until January 2007 when the new building was opened on land in between the two sites of Jordanthorpe. Rowlinson became Norton College. The previous school sites of Jordanthorpe were demolished. The site where the North Building once stood became a Gilders Volkswagen and Audi showroom and the area where the South Building was became the new school's playing fields. The new building was built just to the south of where the original North Building stood.
School Specialism
It has been a Specialist Language College since 2001 and was re-designated as such in 2005. The school converted to academy status in 2012.
Academic
In 2015, the GCSE (A*–C) pass rate, including English and Maths, was 66%, which was well above the average for Sheffield (54%) and for the UK (53.8%).
32% of students at Meadowhead School achieved the English Baccalaureate, compared with 22.7% in Sheffield and 22.9% nationally. [1]
Post-16
Meadowhead gained Trust status in September 2009, and now offers post-16 courses.
In October of 2017 Meadowhead School Academy Trust opened their new 6th form building. The building has been in the plan to be built for many years and the opening has led to much interest in their 6th Form
School Logo
The School's logo is a phoenix, representing Meadowhead School rising from the ashes of Jordanthorpe Comprehensive School and Rowlinson School. There is a large statue of a phoenix in the central area of the school.
Alumni
Meadowhead School
- Elizabeth Henstridge Actress
- Harrison Carter, spokesperson, British Medical Association
Jordanthorpe School
- Helen Sharman OBE, chemist and astronaut
- Fraser Digby, footballer
- Joanne Catherall, singer
- Susan Sulley, singer
Rowlinson School
- Colin Crorkin MBE, Ambassador to the Gambia since 2014
- Candida Doyle, keyboard player in Pulp
Rowlinson Technical School
- Chris Watson (musician) of Cabaret Voltaire
- Chris Stainton of Joe Cocker, [The Grease Band (1966–1969)], etc.