Springwood High School, King's Lynn

Springwood High School is a secondary school with academy status in the town of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. It was formed by the merger of several schools when the government began to abolish the tripartite system in the mid-1960s. Springwood has over 1700 pupils, including a Sixth Form with over 300 pupils and has been designated a Specialist Performing Arts College.[1]

Springwood High School
Address
Queensway

King's Lynn
,
Norfolk
,
PE30 4AW

England
Coordinates52.7608°N 0.4330°E / 52.7608; 0.4330
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoA centre of excellence where imagination becomes reality.
Established1979
Local authorityNorfolk
SpecialistPerforming Arts
Department for Education URN136515 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherAndrew Jonson
Staff150~
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1700~
Websitehttp://www.springwoodhighschool.co.uk/

Ofsted consistently rate the school as "Good", the most recent inspection having been in February 2017.[2]

History

Springwood was formed in 1979 by the merger of the Alderman Catleugh Secondary School and the King's Lynn Girls High School. The name Springwood was chosen for the newly formed school due to the main site being adjacent to the Spring Wood.

There were three sites for the school, the old Alderman Catleugh at the end of Queensway with its two wings and in excess of 20 mobile classrooms, the new block of the girls High School also on Queensway and a smaller original site of the girls High School located in King Street in the town centre. The two main sites were used for 11 - 16 schooling whilst the town centre site was used for the Sixth Form, the King Street site eventually being sold off for a housing complex and the main two sites being upgraded and extended.

At the beginning of the 2010-11 academic year, Andrew Johnson took over as headteacher from Peter Hopkins, who had been part of the school since 1995.

Springwood is part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust, a group of four secondary schools and seven primary schools.[3]

Activities

Springwood offers the Duke of Edinburgh Award for motivated pupils. There are also various clubs and societies.

House System

Each student belongs to one of five houses, which are each named after a country house in Norfolk.

References
  1. "About Us". Springwood High School. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  2. enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk, Ofsted Communications Team (2018-12-28). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  3. "About Us". West Norfolk Academies Trust. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
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