Ludlow Church of England School is a
coeducational
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Church of England
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secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
located in
Ludlow,
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...
, England.
The school achieved the
Technology College
In the United Kingdom, a Technology College is a specialist school that specialises in design and technology, mathematics and science. Beginning in 1994, they were the first specialist schools that were not CTC colleges. In 2008, there were 59 ...
specialisation in 2003, and later also became a
Sports College
Sports Colleges are senior secondary schools which promote sports alongside secondary education.
United Kingdom
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, holding the
Sportsmark
Sportsmark is Sport England's accreditation scheme for secondary schools. The scheme recognises a school's out of hours sports provision. award.
The 2006
Ofsted
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report called it "a happy school which is improving well," and rated the progress of
special education
Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...
students as "exceptional". It was judged Good in its 2015 inspection. In 2008 the school achieved 56% of students with 5 A*-C grades (including English and maths) on their
GCSE
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s.
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Previously a
voluntary controlled school
A voluntary controlled school (VC school) is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust (usually a Christian denomination) has some formal influence in the running of the school. Such schools have less autonomy than ...
administered by
Shropshire Council, in April 2017 Ludlow Church of England School converted to
academy status. The school is now sponsored by the
Diocese of Hereford Academy Trust.
See also
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Ludlow College
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References
External links
Ludlow CE School Shropshire Council
Secondary schools in Shropshire
Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Hereford
Ludlow
Academies in Shropshire
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