West Craven High School
School buildings (2006)
Address
Map
Kelbrook Road

Barnoldswick
,
Lancashire
,
BB18 5TB

England
Coordinates53°54′43″N 2°10′48″W / 53.9119°N 2.1799°W / 53.9119; -2.1799
Information
Former nameWest Craven High Technology College
TypeAcademy
Motto"Ad Vitam Paramus"
StatusOpen
Local authorityLancashire County Council
Department for Education URN142856 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherLynne Blomley
Staff74
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment748
Websitehttp://www.westcraven.co.uk

West Craven High School is a mixed 11 to 16 comprehensive school in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England.

School history

Funding to update the school's buildings had been agreed as part of the Building Schools for the Future project, but was cancelled in 2010.[1] £6 million was later spent on the buildings.[2]

The school became an academy in 2016, as part of the Pendle Education Trust.[3][4]

Ofsted judgements

As of 2020, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2019, with a judgement of Inadequate.[5][6]

Notable former pupils

This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (August 2020)

References

  1. ^ Holmes, Michael (14 October 2019). "A new schools project scrapped by the government will cost taxpayers in Lancashire £800 million". Lancashire Post. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Backbench Business — Summer Adjournment". They Work For You. mySociety. 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Academy conversion and predecessor schools". Ofsted. 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. ^ Robinson, Jon (31 March 2017). "West Craven High School headteacher resigns". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. ^ Crausby, Lisa (2019). "Inspection of West Craven High School". Ofsted. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. ^ Tate, Lesley (24 January 2020). "Principal of West Craven High School pledges to drive up standards following its 'inadequate' Ofsted". Craven Herald and Pioneer. Retrieved 8 August 2020.


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