South Hunsley School
| South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
East Dale Road , , HU14 3HS England 53°43′39″N 0°32′06″W / 53.7275°N 0.5350°W | |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary Academy |
| Motto | Inspire • Aspire |
| Established | 1956 |
| 136667 Tables | |
| Ofsted | Reports |
Head teacher | Michaela Blackledge |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 2200 |
| Website | http://www.southhunsley.org.uk/ |
South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College is a large secondary school and sixth form, situated in Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the A63. In April 2010, the school became an Academy.
Admissions
As of 2013, the grouping systems were: Years (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) Houses (Indus, Draco, Pegasus, Orion, Hercules, Vela) Form (1-12 Formatted Year-Form (e.g. Year 7 form 3 is written as 7–3))
As of 2012 South Hunsley is a specialist Technology college. The school has public sporting facilities including a gymnasium, climbing wall and a 3G football pitch. The school had a large swimming pool and leisure facility until its closure in 2016.
In 2007, 69% of pupils gained 5 grade A-C GCSEs, including English and Maths, the best for state schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire, with almost 2000 students.
South Hunsley School is rated outstanding by Ofsted, and is placed in the top 3% of schools nationally.[1]
History
The school was founded as South Hunsley County Secondary School in 1956. It occupies 48 acres (0.19 km2), and has been expanded since opening.[2]
In late 1960s, money was raised for a swimming pool. In June 1968 a contract was signed for a heated pool. The pool opened in 1970, being officially opened in June 1972.
Over the half-term, in the early hours of Saturday 26 October 1991, a fire gutted the staff room. Police suspected arson by someone with a grudge, with £300,000 of damage.[3]
In 2014, the South Hunsley Primary was set to open in September 2015.
Headteachers
- 1956, Frank Makin[4], attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and taught at Burnley and Stretford grammar schools, he married in 1949, with three daughters; he died aged 66 on December 24 1984[5]
- April 1962, Mr Tom Gifford Daffern, retired July 1970, he came from Sandford, Somerset, and married a fellow teacher at St John the Evangelist Church, Ridgeway in August 1937[6]
- 1970, Mr Frederick Barrie Salt, a former RAF education officer
- 1988, Keith Chisholm
Alumni
- Harry Cardwell, footballer.[7]
- Sarah Cruddas, science broadcaster.
- Alex Deakin, Met Office weather presenter.
- Loz Hardy and Myles Howell of Kingmaker.[8]
- Daniel James, footballer.[9]
- Marc Pickering, actor
- Lynn Simpson, canoeist in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics[10]
- Debra Stephenson, actress.[11]
- Jess Park, footballer.[12]
- Keir Mather, MP[13]
References
- ↑ "South Hunsley School, North Ferriby". theeducationalliance.org. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ Sources:
- "South Hunsley School, North Ferriby". schoolsnet.com. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- "Success of South Hunsley School". Hull Daily Mail. 20 December 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2012 – via Europe Intelligence Wire.
- ↑ Yorkshire Post Monday 28 October 1991, page 16
- ↑ East Yorkshire Times Saturday 22 September 1956, page 1
- ↑ Times Saturday January 5 1985, page 10
- ↑ Derbyshire Times Friday 6 August 1937, page 5
- ↑ Buckingham, Philip (4 July 2014). "Hull City lose rising star Cardwell to Reading". Hull Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ↑ Campbell, James (18 October 2020). "Rise and fall of Hull's biggest Indie band once supported by Radiohead". Hull Live. Local World. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ↑ Buckingham, Philip (15 October 2018). "Former Hull City rookie Daniel James in line for full international honours with Wales". Hull Live. Local World. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ↑ "Simpson nets top national award". Hull Daily Mail. 2 December 1995. p. 38. Retrieved 19 March 2025 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Patron". Spin Off Productions. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ↑ "South Hunsley student, Jess Park, signs with Manchester City Women FC". South Hunsley School. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ↑ "New Undergraduates 2016" (PDF). Wadham College Gazette: 60. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2023.