Cottingham High School

Secondary school in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

53°47′20″N 0°25′56″W / 53.7890°N 0.4321°W / 53.7890; -0.4321InformationTypeSecondary school
AcademyEstablished1955SpecialistArtsDepartment for Education URN136921 TablesHead teacherJay KirbyAge11 to 18Enrolment1,429 pupilsWebsitehttp://www.cottinghamhigh.net/

Cottingham High School is a secondary school in Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The school has specialist Arts College status, with facilities for media arts, music, drama and dance for performing arts. In July 2011 the school became an Academy.

History

Cottingham High School was originally named Cottingham Secondary School and was established in 1955 as a Secondary Modern school. The school site is on what was formerly Cottingham Grange, built in 1802. Part of the land which belonged to Cottingham Grange is now part of 'The Lawns', owned by the University of Hull for student halls of residence.

Because of the increased numbers of pupils attending the school, the original building was no longer large enough, and by September 1975 a new Science and Technical block was completed together with a second gymnasium and new sports hall. In 1978 a new Humanities and Modern Languages block and a Sixth Form block was completed. In 2000 a new Drama and Music block was built, and a Business Studies block was completed in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2004 Cottingham High School gained Specialist in Media and Performing Arts status, which provided extra equipment and facilities, including a recording studio, film editing suite and ICT facilities.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2009 the school became part of the Haltemprice Consortium along with Wolfreton School and Hessle High School.^[1]

In July 2011 the secondary school became an Academy.^[2]^{[failed verification]}

In March 2012 Elizabeth Logan was suspended from her post as head of the school.^[3] She resigned from her post due to "personal and professional reasons" on 21 August 2012.^[4]

In May 2015 the school received a Grade 3 'Requires Improvement' rating from Ofsted.^[5]

Notable alumni

Andrew Davison – Regius Professor of Divinity at Christ Church, Oxford^[6]^{[failed verification]}
Stuart Pearson – professional footballer, England international and retired Football coach^{[citation needed]}
Ben Pipes – London 2012 Team GB Men's Volleyball Team Captain.^[7]^{[failed verification]}
Dave Stead – drummer with UK band the Beautiful South^{[citation needed]}
Will Rhodes- England U19 Cricket Team Captain.^[8]

References

^ "Sixth Form set to change". Cottingham High School. 2009. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
^ "Cottingham High School and Sixth Form College (academy converter) (URN: 136921, DfE No.: 8114058)". Ofsted. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
^ "Investigation starts as school confirms Cottingham High headteacher is suspended". This is Hull and East Riding. 19 March 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
^ "Suspended head quits: Elizabeth Logan leaves Cottingham High days before new term". This is Hull and East Riding. 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
^ "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". 8 October 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ "Appointment of Canon and Regius Professor of Divinity". 13 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Reading inspired by Pipes story". This is Hull and East Riding. 20 February 2010. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
^ "Will Rhodes | England Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 13 April 2014.