Cottingham High School

Cottingham High School is a secondary school in Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The school has specialist Arts College status, with facilities for media arts, music, drama and dance for performing arts. In July 2011 the school became an Academy.

1. History

Cottingham High School was originally named Cottingham Secondary School and was established in 1955 as a Secondary Modern school. The school site is on what was formerly Cottingham Grange, built in 1802. Part of the land which belonged to Cottingham Grange is now part of 'The Lawns', owned by the University of Hull for student halls of residence. Because of the increased numbers of pupils attending the school, the original building was no longer large enough, and by September 1975 a new Science and Technical block was completed together with a second gymnasium and new sports hall. In 1978 a new Humanities and Modern Languages block and a Sixth Form block was completed. In 2000 a new Drama and Music block was built, and a Business Studies block was completed in 2003. In September 2004 Cottingham High School gained Specialist in Media and Performing Arts status, which provided extra equipment and facilities, including a recording studio, film editing suite and ICT facilities. In September 2009 the school became part of the Haltemprice Consortium along with Wolfreton School and Hessle High School. In July 2011 the secondary school became an Academy. In March 2012 Elizabeth Logan was suspended from her post as head of the school. She resigned from her post due to "personal and professional reasons" on 21 August 2012. In May 2015 the school received a Grade 3 'Requires Improvement' rating from Ofsted.

1. Notable alumni

Andrew Davison – Regius Professor of Divinity at Christ Church, Oxford Stuart Pearson – professional footballer, England international and retired Football coach Ben Pipes – London 2012 Team GB Men's Volleyball Team Captain. Dave Stead – drummer with UK band the Beautiful South Will Rhodes- England U19 Cricket Team Captain.

1. References


1. External links

Official website

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The Lawns

The Lawns is a former student accommodation complex for the University of Hull, located in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It comprised seven halls of residence (Ferens, Lambert, Nicholson, Morgan, Downs, Reckitt and Grant) and the Lawns Centre. The latter was the complex's catering and social hub. The halls accommodated almost 1,000 students. With the exception of the older Ferens Hall, The Lawns was built in the 1960s to the designs of architectural firm Gillespie, Kidd and Coia. The halls are Grade II* listed buildings, though the site was closed as student accommodation at the end of the 2018/2019 academic year.

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Baynard Castle, Cottingham

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East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley

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Needler Hall

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