Meadowhead School
| Motto | Learning and Achieving Together |
|---|---|
| Established | 1987 |
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Steve Fowler |
| Location |
Dyche Lane Sheffield South Yorkshire S8 8BR England Coordinates: 53°19′33″N 1°28′10″W / 53.325725°N 1.469532°W |
| DfE URN | 138545 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1,670 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website |
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Meadowhead School is a "larger than average"[1] mixed secondary school and Language College with academy status in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. There are currently around 1,670 students on roll, about 120 teaching staff and approximately a further 50 non-teaching staff.
History
Meadowhead School was created when the two schools of Jordanthorpe Comprehensive School and Rowlinson School merged in 1987. The school remained on two sites approximately 0.25 miles apart until January 2007 when the new building was opened on land in between the two sites of Jordanthorpe. Rowlinson became Norton College. The previous school sites of Jordanthorpe were demolished. The site where the "North Building" once stood – alongside Bochum Parkway – became a Gilders Volkswagen and Audi showroom and the area where the "South Building" was – further along Dyche Lane – became the new school's playing fields. The new building was built just to the south of where the original North Building stood. Ofsted inspected the school on the 7-8th October 2014 and found Meadowhead to be a "Good School", where "Standards continue to rise", students demonstrate good behaviour and enjoy coming to school.
Achievements
According to Ofsted, Meadowhead School is a "Good School", where standards continue to rise, teaching is good, students demonstrate good behaviour and enjoy coming to school.[2]
School Specialism
It has been a Specialist Language College since 2001 and was re-designated as such in 2005. The school converted to academy status in 2012.
Academic
In 2015, the GCSE (A*–C) pass rate rate, including English and Maths, was 66%, which was well above the average for Sheffield (54%) and for the UK (53.8%).
32% of students at Meadowhead School achieved the English Baccalaureate, compared with 22.7% in Sheffield and 22.9% nationally. [3]
Post-16
Meadowhead gained Trust status in September 2009, and now offers post-16 courses.
School Logo
The schools logo is a phoenix, representing Meadowhead School rising from the ashes of Jordanthorpe Comprehensive School and Rowlinson School. There is a large statue of a phoenix in the central area of the school.
Alumni
Jordanthorpe School
- Fraser Digby, footballer
Rowlinson School
- Colin Crorkin MBE, Ambassador to the Gambia since 2014
- Candida Doyle, keyboard player in Pulp
- Scott Wheway, Managing Director (Retail) from 2003-07 of Boots UK
Rowlinson Technical School
- Peter Broughton FREng FICE FIStructE, civil engineer for North Sea oil rigs in the 1970s and 1980s, on the Ekofisk II project, winner of the George Stephenson Medal
- Sir Garry Hawkes CBE, Chief Executive from 1978-98 of Gardner Merchant, Chairman from 2004-09 of Edge (educational foundation)
- Chris Watson (musician) of Cabaret Voltaire