South Holderness Technology College
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| Established | 1954 |
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| Type | Secondary School |
| Headteacher |
Martin Graham Cooper (Unknown - 2015) Elizabeth Croft (2016 - Present) |
| Location |
Station Road Preston East Riding of Yorkshire HU12 8UZ England 53°45′04″N 0°11′46″W / 53.751120°N 0.196180°WCoordinates: 53°45′04″N 0°11′46″W / 53.751120°N 0.196180°W |
| DfE URN | 118080 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1,829 |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www |
Martin Graham Cooper (Unknown - 2015)
South Holderness Technology College is a secondary school in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, sometimes called SHTC. It receives extra funding due to its high curricular activity in technology, I.C.T. and science, for which it has been awarded Technology College status. The College consists of the secondary school, and the Sixth Form Centre which was built more recently.
The origins of the school date back to the middle years of the Second World War and the Beveridge Report. In 1942 the University of Oxford academic William Beveridge was asked to prepare a paper for the government outlining the problems that existed within British society. His report became the basis of the Housing Act and slum clearance, the National Health Service and most importantly the 1944 Education Act. South Holderness School came into existence as a direct result of the 1944 Act.
It was recognised that there was a need for a secondary school in the South Holderness area. Children were generally educated until 14 years in a senior department of their village school. From there they entered the world of work as apprentices, farm workers, shop and office workers and so on. The 1944 Act stated that all children should remain at school until they were 15 and that after 11 years old they should be divided up according to ability.
This resulted in a so-called Tri-partite System, where children had to take an examination called the 11-plus. According to how pupils performed in the examination they were offered a place at a Grammar school, a Technical school or a Secondary Modern school. The East Riding of Yorkshire Council provided grammar school places at Beverley Grammar School, Beverley High School and Bridlington School. A grammar school form was also provided at Withernsea High School.
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