Driffield School

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Driffield School & Sixth Form
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Established 1964
Type Secondary school with a Sixth form
Location Manorfield Road
Driffield
East Riding of Yorkshire
YO25 5HR
England
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DfE URN 118078 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1,890
Ages 11–18

Houses: Brontë, Fawcett, Mortimer, Johnson and Holtby

Former houses: Wilberforce
Website School site

Driffield School & Sixth Form is a coeducational comprehensive school which is situated on Manorfield Road in Driffield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The School has nearly 2,000 pupils aged 11–18,[1] who come from rural communities in the Yorkshire Wolds.

In the 2011 Ofsted inspection Driffield School & Sixth Form was classed as grade 2, 'good'. Overall effectiveness of post 16 provision was classified as grade 3, 'satisfactory'.[2] In 2016 Headteacher Simon Jones resigned following a visit from Ofsted, after which the school was placed in 'Special Measures'. The Governing Body of the school then sought support from Multi-Academy Trust The Education Alliance.

Headteachers

  • 1964 to 1991 – Mr John Harrison
  • 1991 to 2001 – Mr David Thacker
  • 2001 to 2004 – Mr Michael Chapman
  • 2004 to 2012 – Mr Martin Green
  • 2012 to 2016 – Mr Simon Jones
  • 2016 – Mr Dave McCreedy (acting headteacher until the end of the school year)

References

  1. "Driffield School", Directgov. Retrieved 11 May 2012
  2. "Driffield School". Ofsted report 2011. PDF download required. Retrieved 11 May 2012

External links


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