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Firth Park Academy
Firth Park Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the Shiregreen area of Sheffield, England. It is partnered with Longley Park Sixth Form, HBH Academy Trust, Beck Primary School, Hucklow Primary School and others. History The school began as Firth Park Secondary School in 1920, becoming Firth Park Grammar School in 1937. This became the comprehensive Firth Park School in 1969. Old pupils of the school are known as Old Firparnians. In 2004, the Longley Park Sixth Form College was opened on the site of Firth Park Grammar School. The school gained specialist status as an Arts College and was renamed Firth Park Community Arts College. The school converted to academy status on 1 August 2013 and was renamed Firth Park Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Academies Enterprise Trust. Academic performance Currently, the school achieves average GCSEs grades; a large number of students entering the school have average attainment level of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy (English School)
An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. Most academies are secondary schools, though slightly more than 25% of primary schools (4,363 as of December 2017) are academies. Academies are self-governing non-profit charitable trusts and may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind. Academies are inspected and follow the same rules on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as other state schools and students sit the same national exams. They have more autonomy with the National Curriculum, but do have to ensure that their curriculum is broad and balanced, and that it includes the core subjects of English, maths and science. They must also teach relationships and sex education, and religious education. They are free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Rhodes (footballer)
Mark Nigel Rhodes (born 26 August 1957) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ..., mostly for Rotherham United, in the 1970s and 1980s. References External links *Mark Rhodes profileat Clarets Mad 1957 births Living people Footballers from Sheffield English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Rotherham United F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Burnley F.C. players English Football League players People educated at Firth Park Academy {{England-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Shaw (arts Administrator)
Sir Roy Shaw (8 July 1918 – 15 May 2012) was a British educationalist and public servant. Originally employed in adult education, to which he remained dedicated in later life, he was Secretary-General of the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1975 to 1983. Early life Roy Shaw was born on 8 July 1918 in Sheffield, England, the only child of Frederick Shaw, a steelworker, and Elsie Shaw, née Ogden, who had been a 'buffer girl' in the steelworks during the First World War. His father left the family when his son was four and died not long afterwards, and Shaw was brought up for a time by his grandparentsFrancis Becket"Sir Roy Shaw: Arts Council leader who fought right-wingattacks on public arts subsidies" ''The Independent'', 16 May 2012 (his grandfather was a miner in Shirebrook, Derbyshire), which he revisited in the Central Television programme on his life (1983). Shaw attended Firth Park Grammar School,Richard HoggarObituary: Sir Roy Shaw ''The Guardian'', 15 May 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Ralphs
Sir Frederick Lincoln Ralphs (17 February 1909 –16 October 1978) was a British education officer and student activist. Ralphs was born in Wellington, Shropshire, to a Methodist family who had been victimised for their involvement with trade unions. They moved to Sheffield while Ralphs was young, and he attended Firth Park Grammar School and the University of Sheffield, where he graduated in both science and law. While there, he became involved with the National Union of Students (NUS) and served as President of the NUS from 1934 to 1936. From 1937 to 1938, he was also President of the International Confederation of Students.Michael Sanderson, ''The History of the University of East Anglia, Norwich'', pp.14–15Richard Carwardine and Jay Sexton, ''The Global Lincoln'', pp.19–20 In 1938, Ralphs married Enid Mary Cowlin, Vice-President of the NUS, who later became a lecturer and held many prominent offices in Norfolk. The couple moved to Norwich in 1946. Appointed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire Post Newspapers
Yorkshire Post Newspapers are publishers of the ''Yorkshire Post'' and ''Yorkshire Evening Post''. They were based at offices in Wellington Street, but in November 2012 they moved to Number 1 Leeds, Whitehall Road, where they took four floors in the managed building Leeds, West Yorkshire. They are ultimately owned by JPIMedia. The company was formed as "Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Company Limited" in 1865, and published the ''Leeds Intelligencer'' (founded 1754) for one year before it was renamed the ''Yorkshire Post''. The company acquired the ''Leeds Mercury'' in 1923 and merged it with the ''Yorkshire Post'' in 1939. The company was renamed "Yorkshire Post Newspapers" in 1969. The first chairman was William Beckett-Denison, from a Leeds banking family (Beckett's Bank was founded in 1774 and acquired by Westminster Bank in 1921). Successive chairmen were members of the Beckett family until the retirement of Rupert Beckett in 1950. They also print other local titles, suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distinguished Flying Medal
The Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM) was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Royal Air Force and other British Armed Forces, and formerly to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for "exceptional valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy". The award was discontinued in 1993 when all ranks became eligible for the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) as part of the reform of the British honours system.Duckers (2001), pp 47-48 History The medal was established on 3 June 1918. It was the other ranks' equivalent to the Distinguished Flying Cross, which was awarded to commissioned officers and Warrant Officers, although the latter could also be awarded the DFM. The decoration ranked below the DFC in order of precedence, between the Military Medal and the Air Force Medal. Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Medal are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "DFM". Although announced in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
The Air Force Cross (AFC) is a military decoration awarded to officers, and since 1993 other ranks, of the British Armed Forces, and formerly also to officers of the other Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries. It is granted for "an act or acts of exemplary gallantry while flying, though not in active operations against the enemy". A Medal bar, bar is added to the ribbon for holders who are awarded a further AFC. History The award was established on 3 June 1918, shortly after the formation of the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was originally awarded to RAF commissioned officers and Warrant Officers, but was later expanded to include Royal Navy and army aviation officers. While consistently awarded for service while "flying though not in active operations against the enemy", the AFC was originally awarded for "valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying" with many awards made for meritorious service over a period of time, rather than a specific act of bravery. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Linacre
Sir John Gordon Seymour Linacre, (23 September 1920 – 5 February 2015), known as Sir Gordon Linacre, was a British press baron, journalist, and decorated Royal Air Force officer. Early life Linacre was born on 23 September 1920 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. His father was a steelworks foreman. He was educated at Firth Park Grammar School, a grammar school in Sheffield. He is credited with starting its school newspaper. Career Military service With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Linacre joined the Royal Air Force as an airman. He trained as a bomber pilot and was promoted to the non-commissioned rank of sergeant. He was involved in raids over Nazi occupied Europe. As a member of No. 83 Squadron RAF, he bombed targets in Berlin, Essen, Kiel and Mannheim. On 3 November 1941, he granted an emergency commission in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a pilot officer on probation. On 1 October 1942, he was promoted to flying officer on probation (war substantive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Johnson (footballer)
Howard Johnson (17 July 1925 – 15 June 2015) was an English footballer who played primarily as a defender. Born in Sheffield, he played in the Football League for Sheffield United and York City. Early life Born in the Pitsmoor area of Sheffield, Johnson attended the Firth Park Grammar School and later served in the navy. On returning to civilian life, Johnson trained to be an accountant and worked as a finance clerk while playing football part-time for Norton Woodseats. Playing career Johnson was signed on a part-time contract by Sheffield United in March 1951, with United donating £200 to his amateur club. After making his league debut against Brentford a few days later, Johnson made occasional first-team appearances for his first two seasons. Johnson began make regular appearances during the 1953–54 promotion season but was soon relegated to bit-part status once more as he had to compete with Joe Shaw in central defence. Johnson remained with the Blades until the sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Brooke
Gerald Brooke (born 1938 in Sheffield, England) was a British teacher who taught Russian in the early 1960s at Holborn College for Law, Languages and Commerce in Red Lion Square, Holborn, central London. In 1965, during the Easter break, he travelled to the Soviet Union. Brooke and his wife Barbara were arrested on 25 April by KGB agents for smuggling anti-Soviet leaflets. Barbara was later released and returned to Britain, but Gerald was sentenced to five years' detention, including four years in labour camps, for "subversive anti-Soviet activity on the territory of the Soviet Union". Brooke lived in Finchley in northwest London, and his case was raised in the House of Commons by local MP Margaret Thatcher. After four years in custody he was exchanged, on 24 July 1969, for Soviet spies Morris and Lona Cohen, whose "worknames" (code names) while in the UK were Peter and Helen Kroger, who had been arrested by Special Branch detectives. The Russian authorities only told Broo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humberside (European Parliament Constituency)
Humberside was a European Parliament constituency, covering most of the former Humberside district of England. Before its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each. In 1999, the constituency became part of the much larger Yorkshire and the Humber Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. The population in 2011 was 5,284,000 with its largest settlements being Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, and York. It is ... constituency. Boundaries 1979-1984: Bridlington; Brigg and Scunthorpe; Haltemprice; Howden; Kingston upon Hull Central; Kingston upon Hull East; Kingston upon Hull West. 1984-1994: Beverley; Bridlingt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its members were directly appointed by the governments of member states from among those already sitting in their own national parliaments. Since 1979, however, MEPs have been elected by direct universal suffrage. Earlier European organizations that were a precursor to the European Union did not have MEPs. Each member state establishes its own method for electing MEPs – and in some states this has changed over time – but the system chosen must be a form of proportional representation. Some member states elect their MEPs to represent a single national constituency; other states apportion seats to sub-national regions for election. They are sometimes referred to as delegates. They may also be known as observers when a new country is seekin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
