Phoenix School
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Phoenix School is a comprehensive secondary school
in Dawley
, Telford
, UK with approximately 850 students on roll. Its predecessor Dawley Modern School was opened at Pool Hill in 1956 to take children over 11 from four contributory primary schools; there were c. 500 pupils on the roll. However, parts of Dawley modern school were burnt down in a fire in the 1960s. By 1965 when comprehensive secondary education was introduced the school was renamed the Phoenix School (its name coming from idea that it 'rose from the ashes' of its predecessor). The number of pupils had risen to 1,159 by 1980.
The school
was at one point in special measures, but standards have improved to the point where in 2007 the school gained a 'good' Ofsted report. GCSE A*-C rates are below the national average but the school has been commended for the high amount of progress pupils make between Year 7 and 11. Its current head master is Neil Stonehouse.
From: 'Dawley: Education', A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11: Telford (1985), pp. 133–135. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18096&strquery=dawley Date accessed: 11 November 2009.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Dawley
Dawley
Dawley is a small town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Today it forms part of the new town of Telford...
, Telford
Telford
Telford is a large new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, approximately east of Shrewsbury, and west of Birmingham...
, UK with approximately 850 students on roll. Its predecessor Dawley Modern School was opened at Pool Hill in 1956 to take children over 11 from four contributory primary schools; there were c. 500 pupils on the roll. However, parts of Dawley modern school were burnt down in a fire in the 1960s. By 1965 when comprehensive secondary education was introduced the school was renamed the Phoenix School (its name coming from idea that it 'rose from the ashes' of its predecessor). The number of pupils had risen to 1,159 by 1980.
The school
School
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was at one point in special measures, but standards have improved to the point where in 2007 the school gained a 'good' Ofsted report. GCSE A*-C rates are below the national average but the school has been commended for the high amount of progress pupils make between Year 7 and 11. Its current head master is Neil Stonehouse.
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From: 'Dawley: Education', A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11: Telford (1985), pp. 133–135. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18096&strquery=dawley Date accessed: 11 November 2009.