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词条 Westfield Academy, Yeovil
释义

  1. History

     Grammar school  Comprehensive 

  2. Alumni

     Yeovil School 

  3. References

  4. External links

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| name = Westfield Academy
| image = Westfield Academy, Yeovil, logo (2012).jpg
| image_size =
| motto = Seeing the qualities in every child
| address = Stiby Road
| city = Yeovil
| county = Somerset
| postcode = BA21 3EP
| country = England
| coordinates = {{Coord|50.9501|-2.6512|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}
| type = Academy
| established = {{Start date and age|1975}}
| founder =
| closed =
| former_name = Yeovil School
| head_teacher = Simon Dallimore
| chair_label =
| chair =
| specialist = Science
| local_authority =
| trust =
| urn = 137203
| ofsted = Yes
| staff =
| enrollment = 836
| gender = Mixed
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 16
| houses = Galileo, Franklin, Darwin and Einstein
| colours =
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| website = {{URL|www.westfieldacademy.co.uk}}
}}

Westfield Academy (formerly Yeovil School) is a secondary school in Yeovil, Somerset, England. The school has 836 students aged between 11 and 16 years. In August 2011, it became an academy. It is situated north of Summerlands Hospital.

History

Grammar school

Yeovil School was a two form-entry grammar school for around 400 boys run by Somerset Education Committee.[1]

Comprehensive

The school was created as a comprehensive school in 1975 following the abandonment of Grammar School education in the Yeovil area.[2] The school was an amalgamation of the first to fifth forms of Yeovil High School, Yeovil School and Summerleaze Secondary Modern School. The Sixth Forms were relocated to Yeovil College. Westfield School utilised the buildings of the former Yeovil High School and Westfield Junior School, which were located on opposite sides of a large playing field. The displaced junior school moved to the Summerleaze site, and became Parcroft Junior School. In 2010 the schools combined to form Oaklands Primary School.[3]

In 2010, the school announced plans to build a number of sports field on the old Westfield Infants School, which will be demolished.

In the summer of 2011, the school announced its best ever GCSE exam results, with 79% of the school leavers achieving 5 GCSEs at A*-C. In addition, 56% of the students gained 5 GCSEs at grades A* - C including English and Maths. These results considerably outstripped the other secondary schools in Yeovil.

[4]

In 2012 the School secured just under £60000 of national lottery funding money to be used to update the tennis courts. These courts are now used by the students and outside sporting clubs.

Alumni

Yeovil School

  • Alfred Pippard MBE, engineer, President from 1958-9 of the Institution of Civil Engineers[5]
  • Prof Frederick Tompkins, Professor in Physical Chemistry from 1959-77 at Imperial College London[6]
  • Sir Graham Wilkins, Chairman and Chief Executive from 1975-84 of the Beecham Group, Chairman from 1985-9 of Thorn EMI, and President from 1969-71 of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry[7]

References

1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.schoolsnet.com/uk-schools/school-details-reviews/somerset/westfield-community-school/16180339/0/218367.html | title=Westfield Community School, Yeovil | publisher=Schools Net | accessdate=13 December 2010}}
2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.yeoviltown.com/directory/westfieldcommunity.aspx | title=Westfield Community School | publisher=YeovilTown.com | accessdate=13 December 2010}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.westfield-inf.somerset.sch.uk/ | title=Westfield Primary School | publisher=Westfield primary School | accessdate=13 December 2010}}
4. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/news/article-1620810-detail/article.html | title=Double celebration as two schools become one | publisher=Western Gazette | accessdate=13 December 2010}}
5. ^{{cite journal | jstor=769600 | title=Alfred John Sutton Pippard. 1891-1969 | work=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |year=1970| publisher=The Royal Society | pages=463–478 | doi=10.1098/rsbm.1970.0019 | volume=16}}
6. ^{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/obituaryprofessor-fc-tompkins-1582197.html | title=Obituary:Professor F.C. Tompkins | publisher=The Independent | accessdate=13 December 2010 | location=London | first=David | last=King | date=16 November 1995}}
7. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1149364.ece | title=Sir Graham Wilkins | publisher=The Times | accessdate=13 December 2010}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.westfield-school.co.uk/}}
  • {{Official website|http://oldyeovilians.co.uk/|Old Yeovilians}}
{{Schools in Somerset}}

5 : Academies in Somerset|Educational institutions established in 1975|Yeovil|1975 establishments in England|Secondary schools in Somerset

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