Woldgate College
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Woldgate College is a school and sixth form college
Sixth form college
A sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belize, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 18 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels, or school-level qualifications such as GCSEs. In Singapore and India, this is...

 on Kilnwick Road in Pocklington
Pocklington
Pocklington is a small market town and civil parish situated at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, approximately east of York....

, East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
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, England
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. The Headteacher is Mr. J. Bower.

History

The school was also awarded specialist
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...

 status and received a grant for developments in the area of "Performing Arts
Arts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...

". A new music block was built, with hi-tech equipment such as a recording studio, a dance studio, over 300 computers and numerous practice rooms.

Its library (Independent Learning Centre - ILC) has been converted into a room for homework help and computer access.

The RE rooms as they were from 1972-94 are now a gymnasium, containing the very latest in keep-fit equipment.

2003 arson attack

The school gained notoriety in 2003 when a group of youths committed an arson attack against the technology building.

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