Yateley School is the largest

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in North East

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. The school teaches over 1500 students aged 11 – 16, and the attached

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caters for ages 16–18. The school had its latest

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Report in 2018, where the school achieved a good rating, and the Sixth Form College achieved an outstanding rating. Yateley School consists of four houses named after significant British people: (Charles) Darwin, (Emmeline) Pankhurst, (Florence) Nightingale and (William) Wilberforce. In the 2008 Ofsted report, it is noted that the Sixth Form made significant improvements after a new Director of Sixth Form was appointed (shortly before the 2008 Ofsted inspection). In 2016, Year 11 had achieved the school's highest GCSE results in the past four years.

External Achievements

Yateley School's Dance Team won the UK Global Rock Challenge in 2015 after winning the national finals in Milton Keynes.

School Campus

Yateley School has a range of facilities including a swimming pool, drama studios, a library, a sports hall, a gymnastics hall, dance and music studios, tennis courts and three large playing fields. In April 2015 a new £1 million project was launched to improve the school's 'A Block' which consists of Science facilities and Humanities. The students were moved into temporary buildings placed along the A Block Playground until the refurbishment was complete. It was completed in April 2016. The school's main hall has also been renovated recently.

Notable former pupils

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, former

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, semi-professional footballer *Emma Stenning - internationally acclaimed Theatre Producer *Peter Morey - top Canadian DJ *Robin King - Film maker *David Crow - actor and writer of TV comedy * Victoria Lucass, Olympic synchronised swimmer * Max and Harvey Mills, pop singer duo *

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International synchronised swimmer * Andrew Willis, Olympic swimmer * Lloyd Macklin, Ex-Professional Footballers *

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References

External links

School websiteYateleysBBC Profile
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