NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL AND SPORTS COLLEGE in West Yorkshire, Huddersfield
Education Centre Information: Newsome High School and Sports College:
Establishment Type:Community School
Phase of Education: Secondary
Status: Open
Local Authority: Kirklees
Boarders: No Boarders
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Urban/Rural Description: Urban > 10k - less sparse
Special Classes: No Special Classes
Religious Character: Does not apply
Nursery Provider: No Nursery Classes
Total Pupils: 541
Number of boys: 300
Number of girls: 241
Admissions: Comprehensive
Age Range: 11-16
Gender: Mixed
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Special Educational Needs:
SEN Priority 1:MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
SEN Priority 2:HI - Hearing Impairment
Background:
Newsome High School is a popular, secondary comprehensive school offering a quality educational opportunity for boys and girls aged between 11 and 16. The school is located on an attractive site, with ample playing fields and looks out over open countryside. The school building was completed in 1979. Facilities include science laboratories, specialist technology rooms for resistant materials, electronic control, craft, art and information communication technology. It also has a specialist music room with associated practice areas and a social area for older pupils. Sports facilities include a sports hall, gymnasium, fitness centre, floodlit synthetic turf multi-sports surface, a full-size porous pitch and a sailing/canoeing base. A wide range of sporting, musical and dramatic opportunities available at lunchtime, after-school and during the holidays are an attraction to pupils and recognised as strength of the school. These activities include athletics, dance club, fitness club, football, rounders, netball, hockey, gymnastics club, canoeing, computer club and technology club. The school aims to maintain a calm, warm, bright, visually attractive and welcoming environment.
Address:
Address: Castle Avenue
Postcode: HD4 6JN
West Yorkshire, Huddersfield.
Fax: 01484 226572
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