Carr Manor Community School (formerly Carr Manor High School) is a mixed all-through school located in

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

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, England. It was formed from a merger of Lawrence Oates Middle School and Stainbeck High School in 1992 under headmaster Terry Burgon. It is a specialist

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. For the new school year in September 2006, as part of a reorganisation of secondary education in Leeds, the school was rebuilt with new staff and a new headmaster, Simon Flowers. Carr Manor was set to lose its sixth form but gain extra buildings, however, the school retained its sixth form along with a new building. The school was earmarked for closure before the new school was built. However, after opposition from politicians, parents, staff and pupils, a new school was built to replace the old two buildings. The school was officially opened by Rt. Hon.

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, Prime Minister on 15 March 2007. The school opened a primary phase in 2012. In 2014 the school federated with

Wetherby High School Wetherby High School (formerly Wetherby Secondary Modern School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Hallfield area of Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England. The school is run by the City of Leeds Local Education Au ...

Academic standards

In the November 2005

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inspection the school was rated 'Satisfactory' Grade 3, on a four-point scale. However, in March 2006 the school was rated amongst the 100 most improved schools in the country. In the latest Ofsted inspection in February 2014 Carr Manor were rated as 'good'.

References

External links

Official site
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