Garendon High School is a middle school

Middle school

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 located in Thorpe Acre, Loughborough

Loughborough

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, Leicestershire

Leicestershire

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, England

England

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, UK.
It contains three years (7, 8 and 9) and altogether there are 558 pupils (2008/2009). In September 2008 Garendon was awarded the status of Sports College.

The school is recognized in its most recent Ofsted

Ofsted

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inspection as "A good school with many outstanding features".

It has been designated as a "Lead School" by the Local Authority and has recently achieved International School Status Healthy Schools Accreditation and Artsmark Gold standard, nationally recognised awards reflecting not just academic success but the way in which the school provides for its students in terms of their personal development and extra curricular activities.