Calder High School
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| Motto | Everybody, Everyday |
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| Type | Foundation comprehensive |
| Headteacher | Anthony Guise |
| Chair | Peter Buckley |
| Location |
Brier Hey Lane Mytholmroyd Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire HX7 5QN England 53°43′57″N 1°58′31″W / 53.73260°N 1.97530°WCoordinates: 53°43′57″N 1°58′31″W / 53.73260°N 1.97530°W |
| Local authority | Calderdale |
| DfE number | ???/4022 |
| DfE URN | 107562 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1277 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Light Blue & Navy Blue (Years 7 - 9) Navy Blue & Black (Years 10+) |
| Former name | Hebden Bridge Grammar School |
| Website | Calder High |
The Calder High School is a comprehensive school, with an associated sixth form. It specialises in technology, with nine dedicated technology rooms. Its uniform is currently a mix of Black Blazers with Blue ties (year 7), Blue jumpers (years 8-9), Black Blazers with Black and navy blue ties (year 10) and black jumpers with navy blue and black ties. This mixture of uniform is currently due to the transition to Blazers instead of jumpers, but only the joining year 7 and the new year 10 have to wear Blazers as they would be changing their uniform anyway. It is located in the village of Mytholmroyd, in the metropolitan district of Calderdale, in northern England.
As of the academic year 2006-7 it had 1,294 pupils. At the start of the 2010-1 term, Calder High had a total of 27 new teachers including the new Head Teacher Mrs Spillane.
From September 2013 the school has a new Head Teacher, Mr Anthony Guise.
It is situated in the middle of the village, north of the A646.
In the early 1950s, the school had around 350 boys and girls
Calder High opened in May 1952 as one of the first comprehensives in the country, replacing the older Hebden Bridge Grammar school. On 28 December 1969, Songs of Praise was shown from the school. By the 1970s it had 1200 boys and girls. Until April 1974, it was administered by the Calder Divisional Executive of West Riding County Council. In November 1994, thirteen-year-old Lindsay Rimer was murdered, which has not been solved.
In 1963, a new science block and bus bays were added. More recently, a new Sixth Form building was added and officially opened on 12 July 2004 by outgoing headteacher David Scott. At the start of the 2007 academic year, the Ted Hughes theater was opened and named under the consent of Ted Hughes's widow.
There was speculation about plans to rebuild the school on the present school field. Chris McCafferty MP said that this would only happen once Todmorden High School was rebuilt. On 11 December 2008, the school was visited by Nick Gibb MP (then shadow minister for schools) to discuss its rebuilding in the near future. During his visit, he became involved in a heated debate with a small group of students who challenged his negative views regarding comprehensive education and his advocation of a private sector role in schools.
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