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Parklands High School, Seacroft
Leeds East Academy (formerly Parklands Girls High School) is a secondary school with academy status, in the Seacroft area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Previously, the school had been an all-girls school, being the last single-sex school in Leeds. With about 350 pupils, Parklands Girls High School was small for an urban secondary school: Leeds City Council, concluding segregated education was unpopular, made the school mixed-sex, renamed Parklands High School. The school is now an academy and has a partnership with Leeds West Academy and Leeds City Academy as part of The White Rose Academies Trust. Leeds West and Leeds East Academies were previously sponsored by E-ACT, however in 2014 the schools joined the White Rose Academies Trust with Leeds City College as their sponsor. The Trust are now part of the Luminate Education Group, which also oversees Leeds City College, Keighley College, and Harrogate College. The school moved to new buildings in April 2013. Ofsted A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy (English School)
An academy school in Education in England, England is a State school, state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. 80% of secondary schools, 40% of primary schools and 44% of special schools are academies Academies are self-governing non-profit Charitable trusts in English law, charitable trusts and may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind. Academies are inspected and follow the same rules on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as other state schools and students sit the same national exams. They have more autonomy with the National Curriculum for England, National Curriculum, but must ensure their curriculum is broad and balanced, and that it includes the core subjects of English, maths and science. They must also teach relationships and sex educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E-ACT
E-ACT is a multi-academy trust responsible for 38 Academy (English school), academies in England. Over 93% are now rated as “Good” or better by Ofsted. As an academy trust, it is an exempt charity regulated by the Department for Education. Recent Success In August 2019, David Moran stepped down as CEO. When he joined the organisation in 2013, 17% of E-ACT’s academies were rated good or outstanding by Ofsted. By the time of his departure, that figure was over 70%. E-ACT's Board of Trustees announced Deputy CEO Jane Millward as David’s successor. The trust continued to improve during her tenure. After 3 years in the role Milward stepped down as CEO at the end of 2022, and was replaced by Tom Campbell, previously Education Director at Greenwood Academies Trust, in January 2023. As of August 2023, the percentage of academies rated either Good or Outstanding by Ofsted stands at 93%, with 100% rated as either Good or Outstanding for leadership and management. Under the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Rennison
Louise Rennison (11 October 1951 – 29 February 2016) was an English author and comedian who wrote the '' Confessions of Georgia Nicolson'' series for teenage girls. The series records the exploits of a teenage girl, Georgia Nicolson, and her best friends, the Ace Gang. Her first and second novels, '' Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging'' and '' It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers'' were portrayed in a film adaptation called '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging''. Rennison also wrote a series of books about Georgia's younger cousin, ''The Misadventures of Tallulah Casey''. Her one-woman live show ''Stevie Wonder Felt My Face'' won acclaim in the 1980s; her other shows were ''Bob Marley's Gardener Sold My Friend'' and ''Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head''. Early life Rennison was brought up in Leeds, Yorkshire, in a three-bedroomed council house in Seacroft with her mum, dad, grandparents, aunt, uncle (Robin) and cousin. She attended Parklands High School, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartlepool (UK Parliament Constituency)
Hartlepool is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament by Jonathan Brash of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party from 2024. The constituency covers the town of Hartlepool plus nearby settlements. Labour won every contest for the seat since the first at the February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 election (and mostly won the predecessor constituency of The Hartlepools (UK Parliament constituency), The Hartlepools from the 1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 election onward) until Jill Mortimer won the 2021 Hartlepool by-election, 2021 by-election, becoming the first Conservative MP to represent Hartlepool since 1959 United Kingdom general election, 1959. However, she lost her seat back to Labour three years later, falling to third place. Boundaries 1974–1983 The County Borough of Hartlepool. Before 1974 the seat was known as The Hartlep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament (UK)
In the United Kingdom, a Member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Electoral system All 650 members of the UK House of Commons are elected using the first-past-the-post voting system in single member constituencies across the whole of the United Kingdom, where each constituency has its own single representative. Elections All MP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle, or when a snap election is called. Since the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, Parliament is automatically dissolved once five years have elapsed from its first meeting after an election. If a vacancy arises at another time, due to death or resignation, then a constituency vacancy may be filled by a by-election. Under the Representation of the People Act 1981 any MP sentenced to over a year in jail automatically vacates their seat. For certain types of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Mortimer
Jillian Wendy Mortimer (; born 20 March 1965) is a British Conservative Party politician, who as Member of Parliament (MP) represented Hartlepool from 2021 to 2024. Early and personal life Born on 20 March 1965 in Leeds, Jillian Sowerby's father was a builder and her mother was a greengrocer. She attended Parklands Girls High School before reading Law at Teesside University as a mature student at the age of 50, studying alongside two of her three children. One of her grandmothers grew up in Hartlepool. She is married to Nicholas Mortimer. Before entering the House of Commons, Mortimer was a farmer in Knayton, North Yorkshire, hand-rearing Dexter cows and selling the beef and lamb from the gate of the farm and also training to become a barrister. Today the farm operates as an upmarket B&B with planning permission granted for yurts and shepherd's huts to be added to the site. She announced her intention to buy a property in the Hartlepool following her election, however she d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of West Yorkshire
The mayor of West Yorkshire is a directly elected mayor responsible for the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire in England. The mayor chairs and leads the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, and assumes the office and powers of the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner. Based on the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016, the West Yorkshire devolution deal was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, in the March 2020 budget. It was formally signed by the UK Government and the region's five metropolitan borough councils (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield) and after a public consultation on the deal, it became law in January 2021. The deal is the biggest of its kind and transfers decisions about investment in transport, skills, housing and regeneration from Parliament to West Yorkshire. The mayoralty also incorporates the functions of the police and crime commissioner and is able to appoint a deputy mayor for policing and cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Lowe
Alison Natalie Kay Lowe is a British Labour politician and deputy mayor of West Yorkshire for Policing and Crime. She was the first black woman Leeds city councillor, serving from 1990 to 2019, and has served as the chief executive of Touchstone, a mental health charity based in Leeds, from 2004 to 2021. Lowe won the 2014 Forward Business Woman of the Year award and Stonewall Senior Champion of the Year in 2015.Stonewall Senior Champion of the Year: Cllr Alison Lowe , ''Vada'' (14 January 2015). Personal life Lowe was born in 1964. Her father had emigrated to Leeds from in 1956 and her Leeds-born mothe ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds City College
Leeds City College is the largest further education establishment in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England with around 26,000 students, 2,300 staff, with an annual turnover of £78 million.Ofsted report March 2010 Retrieved 29 June 2010 It officially opened on 1 April 2009. The College was granted official status in January 2009 and was formed from three large colleges, Park Lane College, Leeds Thomas Danby, Leeds Thomas Danby College and Leeds College of Technology. On 1 August 2011 the college expanded further with the merger of the three sites of Joseph Priestley College in Rothwell, West Yorkshire, Rothwell, Beeston, Leeds, Beeston and Morley, West Yorkshire, Morley. On the same day it also became the owner of a newly re-constituted Leeds College of Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds West Academy
Leeds West Academy is a secondary school with Academy (English school), academy status in Rodley, West Yorkshire, Rodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. History Leeds West Academy was founded in September 2009, and replaced Intake High School which was on the same site and had the same head teacher. The academy moved into new buildings on the site in September 2011. In 2019, the school formally closed its Sixth Form provision. Links with other schools The school has a partnership with Leeds East Academy and Leeds City Academy. The schools were previously sponsored by E-ACT, however in 2014 the schools joined the White Rose Academies Trust with Leeds City College as their sponsor. Leeds West Academy specialises in performing arts (following Intake High School's specialism in this area) and English. Academic results Its 2012 Ofsted report graded Leeds West Academy as "good"; however it found behaviour and safety of pupils only to be "adequate". Its 2019 Ofsted report gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seacroft
Seacroft is an outer-city suburb/township consisting mainly of council estate housing covering an extensive area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the LS14 LS postcode area, Leeds postcode area, around east of Leeds city centre. It sits in the Killingbeck and Seacroft (ward), Killingbeck & Seacroft ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency), Leeds East United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, parliamentary constituency. The population of the corresponding Leeds City Ward was nearly 18,000 in 2001Office for National Statistics 2001 census for Seacroft ward 17,725 on 29 April 2001 and fell to 14,426 in 2011. The name is often used as a catch-all for Seacroft and the neighbouring areas of Whinmoor and Swarcliffe, other large east Leeds council estates which merge into each ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed-sex Education
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to the 19th century, mixed-sex education has since become standard in many cultures, particularly in western countries. Single-sex education remains prevalent in many Muslim countries. The relative merits of both systems have been the subject of debate. The world's oldest co-educational school is thought to be Archbishop Tenison's Church of England High School, Croydon, established in 1714 in the United Kingdom, which admitted boys and girls from its opening onwards. This has always been a day school only. The world's oldest co-educational both day and boarding school is Dollar Academy, a junior and senior school for males and females from ages 5 to 18 in Scotland, United Kingdom. From its opening in 1818, the school admitted both boys and gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
