Hartford Church of England High School is a

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on Neot Road in

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, for students aged between eleven and sixteen. The school has dual specialist college status in both languages and sports. The school performs to an above-average standard, particularly with ‘outstanding’ achievement in physical education, and above-average attainment at

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Location

Situated in the village of Hartford,

, Hartford High School educates students from the local villages of Barnton, Greenbank, Castle, Winnington, Weaverham, Cuddington and the local town,

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. The school has the capacity to cater for 1,050 students from the age of eleven through sixteen. The school is a split-site school, with the two main buildings being the old 'West Building' and a new replacement building now on the West site. In addition to the two main buildings, there is a Science & Administration Building located in the East site, and Music and Art Blocks located in the West site.

History

The school was founded in 1978 by the merge of two single-sex schools under the name 'Hartford High School'. The school then became a

secondary school at the end of the 2012 academic year. In this process, the school

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was changed to "Caritas et veritas" (love and truth) and the logo had a representation of a cross added to it. Until the end of the 2019 academic year, the school was a split-site school, with the two main buildings being the 'West Building' and the 'East Building'. Located approximately 200 metres apart, the two buildings were linked by a secure path for students, separate to public realm areas. The 'East Building' has been replaced with a £7m new building on the West site. Upon demolishing the 'East Building' the school is now on one site with the exception of the small Science & Administration Building located on the East site.

References

Hartford High School A Specialist Languages and Sports College

External links

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Ofsted web page
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