Swallow Hill Community College
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| Motto | to make our best better |
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| Established | September 2009 |
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Mixed |
| Principal | Mrs Jill Atkins-Mackley |
| Location |
Whingate Road Leeds West Yorkshire LS12 3DS England 53°47′41″N 1°36′23″W / 53.7946°N 1.6064°WCoordinates: 53°47′41″N 1°36′23″W / 53.7946°N 1.6064°W |
| DfE URN | 139054 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Colours | Light/Dark blue |
| Website | Website Home |
Swallow Hill Community College is a educational secondary school Academy located in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is sponsored by Academies Enterprise Trust which is also known as AET.
Swallow Hill Community College was built to replace two former schools: West Leeds High School and Wortley High School. West Leeds High School opened in 1907 based at the Old School Lofts building on Whingate. West Leeds High School had separate Girls and Boys sites, with girls based initially on Congress Mount until they finally merged into a new school site in the 1940s.
In 2006 the local authority gained agreement from the Department for Children, Schools and Families to rebuild the schools. Construction begun in 2008, on the fields opposite to the West Leeds High School site and the £25 million build was completed by August 2009. It was decided to call the new school Swallow Hill, in order to reflect the local area of Swallow Hill (The area located between both predecessor schools).
In September 2009 Swallow Hill Community College opened with Bernard Knowles as the headteacher, using the two sites of West Leeds High School and Wortley High School. The main site with the older pupils was located on the fields of the previous West Leeds High school with a capacity for 1,200 students. The younger pupils (Years 7 and 8) were located at the site which had been previously the Wortley High School buildings, as the full school roll was 1600 pupils in 2009. Due to falling pupil numbers, in July 2011 the Wortley High School site was closed and all students were moved to the Upper Site, so that the school became a single-site school in September 2011. The old Wortley High School site was knocked down in 2013 and as of 2015 all that remains are the fields and tennis courts. By 2014 pupil numbers had dropped to 1,055 Pupil numbers continued to drop and in December 2015 the Academy recorded on its website that its pupil numbers were 908 students.
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