The Joseph Rowntree School is a comprehensive school on Haxby Road in
New Earswick
New Earswick is a model village and civil parish in the unitary authority of City of York in North Yorkshire, England, near the River Foss, north of York and south of Haxby. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,812, red ...
in the unitary authority
City of York
The City of York is a unitary authority area with city status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The district's main settlement is York, and it extends to the surrounding area including the town of Haxby and the villages of ...
, England.
Admissions
The school is just north of
Huntington, close to the A1237 bypass, the
Foss Walk, and the
River Foss
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. The school has a sixth form.
History
The
Joseph Rowntree Village Trust maintains the
model village of New Earswick, built by the
Quaker organisation. It is analogous to
Bournville and the
Cadbury family
The Cadbury family is a wealthy British family of Quaker industrialists descending from Richard Tapper Cadbury.
* Richard Tapper Cadbury (1768–1860) draper and abolitionist, who financed his sons' start-up business
** John Cadbury (1801–1889 ...
, who were also Quakers. The village of
Earswick is on the other side of the A1237 and the river, to the north-east. The primary school opened in 1912. The school was built when the area was in the North Riding Local Education Authority. It opened on 12 January 1942 to serve the Flaxton Rural District, comprising nineteen villages. It was officially opened on 7 July 1942 by
Rab Butler
Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, (9 December 1902 – 8 March 1982), also known as R. A. Butler and familiarly known from his initials as Rab, was a prominent British Conservative Party politician. ''The Times'' obituary c ...
. It had a capacity for 480, based on class sizes of 40. It was and built in West Huntington Park. From 1944, it was proposed to make the school
bi-lateral, with a technical school section of the school intake.
In 2016, the school was successfully sued for £180,000 due to disabled discrimination of a former employee.
Comprehensive school
The early 1970s were a period of change for the school. In 1973 the long planned raising of the school leaving age to 16 came into effect, in the same year North Riding Education Committee adopted the comprehensive system. As a result of the 1974 local government reorganisation of 1974 the school continued as a comprehensive under control of North Yorkshire County Council, with intake mainly from the Ryedale District Council catchment area. With 1973 being the first year with a full fifth form, by 1974 there were sufficient numbers for the creation of a sixth form, although initially only fourteen pupils took advantage. Five academic subjects were available with the first A Levels awarded in 1976.
Education in York was reorganised in 1985 and the school became a comprehensive. When the
York bypass was built in 1985, a subway was built for walking to Haxby from the school.
School reconstruction
Construction began on the £29 million reconstruction project in September 2008, and was completed in early 2010. It was built by
Carillion, with an energy efficient building with a
biomass boiler and 120-seat lecture theatre. The old school was demolished and used as foundation material for a car park.
The school has a main hall, playing fields, a sport centre, and an ASD unit. Each department is called a cluster, named after a famous topic or individual corresponding to the department's subject, such as Turing, Faraday and Vaudeville.
Academic results
Results at GCSE are at the England average. In 2009 72% of students achieved 5 or more passes at GCSE A*–C. At A-level in 2009, 99% of students achieved grade A to E, 90% achieved A to C and 60% of students achieved A's or B's.
Diplomas
Joseph Rowntree School offers the Society, Health and Development diploma for young people aged 14–19.
Former students
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Sam Byram
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Club career
Byram was born in Thurrock, Essex, before moving north, where he attended Ralph Butte ...
– professional footballer for
Norwich City
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*
Mark Addy
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– actor, ''
The Thin Blue Line'', ''
Game of Thrones'', ''
The Full Monty
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See also
*
Huntington School, York
Huntington School is a coeducational, comprehensive secondary school situated in Huntington, York, England, with approximately 1,500 pupils.
History
The school opened in September 1966 and became a comprehensive school in September 1973. ...
– nearby school
*
Bootham School
Bootham School is an independent Quaker boarding school, on Bootham in the city of York in England. It accepts boys and girls ages 3–19, and had an enrolment of 605 pupils in 2016. It is one of seven Quaker schools in England.
The schoo ...
– independent school set up by Quakers, and attended by the Rowntree family
References
External links
Joseph Rowntree SchoolNew Build proposalsJoseph Rowntree Housing TrustExpedition Kenya 2010Photographs of the area including the schoolEduBase
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Educational institutions established in 1942
1942 establishments in England
Secondary schools in York
Voluntary controlled schools in England