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Ruskin High School, Crewe
Ruskin Community High School is a coeducational comprehensive secondary school in Crewe, Cheshire, England, for pupils aged 11 to 16 years. History The school was founded in 1902 as Crewe County Secondary School in rooms at the then Technical College in Flag Lane and moved to the new Ruskin Road building in 1909. The name changed to Crewe County Grammar School after the Education Act 1944. The last CCGS reunion was held in 2012 for pupils who entered the school in 1971 or 1972. When secondary education in Crewe was reorganised the school became the Ruskin County High School (and fully comprehensive) in 1978. It achieved a Specialist Schools status in 2002 after a successful application to the Specialist Schools Trust and sufficient fund-raising. Headteachers: Mr D. H. McCurtain (1902–1938) Mr A. J. Storey (1938–1942) Mr E. G. Hodgkinson (Acting Headmaster 1942-45) Mr H. M. Dowling (1945–1967) Mr Lucas (1968–1974) Mr J. R. Munks (1974–1994) Mr Mottershead (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community School (England And Wales)
A community school in England and Wales is a type of state-funded school in which the local education authority employs the school's staff, is responsible for the school's admissions and owns the school's estate. The formal use of this name to describe a school derives from the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.School Standards and Framework Act 1998 Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Board school In the mid-19th century, government involvement in schooling consisted of annual grants to the National Society for Promoting Religious Education and the British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) to support the "voluntary schools" that they ran, and monitoring inspections of these schools. The Elementary Education Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 75) imposed stricter standards on schools ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Hughes
Norman Hughes (born 30 September 1952) is an English former field hockey player who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and was a coach during the 1988 Summer Olympics. Biography Hughes was born in Nantwich, Cheshire, and attended Crewe County Grammar School for Boys. He was also a competent cricketer. He played club hockey for Wakefield Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League. He played at the 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup He was selected for the Great Britain team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but subsequently did not attend due to the boycott. He was however the captain of the England team at the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup. Hughes won a bronze medal with the Great Britain squad at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He was part of the bronze medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1984 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Karachi, Pakistan and the silver medal winning team the following year at the 1985 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
