| 词条 | Weald of Kent Grammar School |
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| name = Weald of Kent Grammar School | image = File:Weald of Kent Grammar School, Tudeley Lane - geograph.org.uk - 1234244.jpg | image_size = | coordinates = {{coord|51.184|0.281|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | motto =We embrace differences | established = 1982, previously Tonbridge Technical High School for Girls founded 1947 | closed = | type = Academy selective | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = | head = Mrs Bone | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | address = Tudeley Lane | city = Tonbridge | county = Kent | country = England, UK | postcode = TN9 2JP | ofsted = Outstanding | dfeno = | urn = 136455 | staff = 109 (including administration, premises, student services and technical support) | enrolment = 1,400 | gender = Girls (coed sixth form) | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | houses = Europe, Australasia, Asia, Africa, America, Antarctica | colours = Maroon and Gold | publication = | free_label_1 = | free_1 = | free_label_2 = | free_2 = | free_label_3 = | free_3 = | website = http://www.wealdofkent.kent.sch.uk/ }} Weald of Kent Grammar School is a selective or grammar school with academy status in Tonbridge, Kent, England, for girls aged 11–18 and boys aged 16–18. Selection is by the Kent test. The head teacher is Mrs E Bone. The school holds specialisms in languages and science. BuildingsWeald of Kent is a fairly modern school with many additional extensions. In 2003, a canteen operated by independent catering contractors was built called 'La Wokerie' - a pun derived from the school's name "WOK". In 2006, a new English and Humanities Block was built, referred to by most students as 'the new building' It offered larger classrooms, some of which have false walls between two of them which can open up to create one large room. A new Arts and Drama suite was completed in early 2008. In the beginning of 2014, another two storey building was built for Maths and Examinations, and an extension to 'La Wokerie' was added by converting the adjacent classroom into a diner style restaurant with extra seating and a salad bar. Following the conversion of the old gymnasium into the 'Sixth Form Hub', accompanying the 'Sixth Form Café', the school opened a new sports hall towards the end of 2016. The opening was attended by British gymnast Max Whitlock.[1] Sevenoaks annexeOn 15 October 2015, Nicky Morgan, the Education Secretary, announced that government would give permission for the school to create an "annexe" in Sevenoaks, which has no grammar schools.{{sfn|BBC News|2015a}}{{sfn|Adams|2015a}} The site for the 'annexe' is that of the former Wildernesse School on Seal Hollow Road, preparations started on the site soon after planning permission was granted in 2014.{{sfn|Rusbridge-Thomas|2014}} The decision is controversial as 1998 legislation barred any new school from adopting selective admissions.{{sfn|Adams|2015b}} This is seen as a way round this legislation. It is supported by Kent County Council and an active group of parents, but opposed by others.{{sfn|Walker|2015}} An earlier attempt was rejected by the then Education Secretary Michael Gove in December 2013, as a single-sex school could not legally open a co-educational annexe. Parents were balloted on whether the school should change its status and they chose to remain a girls only school. Kent County Council revised the scheme so the units became modular, and the application was resubmitted. It is this application that has been approved.{{sfn|BBC News|2013}} The annexe opened in September 2017. ResultsExam results for the 2013 academic year showed that 100% of pupils attained 5 GCSE grades A* to C (including English and maths). 99.1% of the A level grades were A* to E. The school has been judged by OFSTED to be academically 'outstanding' continuously since 2007. It has National Teaching School status since 2014.[2] Alumni
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1. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2016-11-18/gymnast-max-whitlock-takes-a-tumble-in-tonbridge/|title=Gymnast Max Whitlock takes a tumble in Tonbridge|work=ITV News|access-date=2018-05-13|language=en}} 2. ^School Prospectus 2015
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