Holgate School, Barnsley

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Holgate School was a state school in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It was closed in 2012, when it was merged with The Kingstone School to form Horizon Community College. After Holgate closed, it was demolished and the site was turned into a car park for Horizon Community College.

Holgate School Sports College
Address
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Shaw Lane

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S70 6EP

England
Coordinates53°33′01″N 1°29′41″W / 53.55035°N 1.49463°W / 53.55035; -1.49463
Information
TypeVoluntary controlled school
MottoFortiter Occupa Portam
(Bravely hold the gate)[nb 1]
Established1546
FounderRobert Holgate, Archbishop of York
Closed2012
Local authorityBarnsley
SpecialistSports
Department for Education URN106657 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsKay Thompson
Head TeacherMr Manderson and Mr Haynes
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Enrolment952
Colour(s)    Black, green, silver
Former nameHolgate Grammar School
Websiteholgatessc.org.uk

Admissions

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The school was awarded the status of Sports College in 2005 for its attention to sporting achievements.

History

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Opening of the new grammar school in 1912

Holgate School was founded in 1546 in Hemsworth by Robert Holgate, the Archbishop of York. In 1888 it was re-organised and moved to Barnsley, South Yorkshire.[1] The grammar school had around 850 boys and moved to its present site in 1912. The school has now closed due to the conjoining of the two Barnsley schools Holgate and Kingstone, coming together to form Horizon Community College.

In January 1981, Michael Parkinson said that Barnsley Grammar School was to his education what myxomatosis was to rabbits.[2]

Comprehensive

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In 1978 it became a fully co-educational comprehensive school, having first admitted its first comprehensive first year intake in 1973. The sixth form went soon after, in 1980.

Academic performance

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It got GCSE results under the England average but about average for Barnsley. Like all schools in Barnsley, except the Barnsley Academy, it had no sixth form, with A levels taken at Barnsley College.

Notable alumni

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Barnsley and District Holgate Grammar School

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Former teachers

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See also

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References

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Notes
  1. ^ A pun referring to the founder, Robert Holgate.
Footnotes
  1. ^ "Holgate School Sports College Barnsley: General Information", Schools Net
  2. ^ Michael Parkinson (14 May 2009). Parky - My Autobiography: My Autobiography. Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 45–. ISBN 978-1-84456-900-7.
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