York High School is a mixed

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

. It has a comprehensive admissions policy, and in 2016 had an enrolment of 757 pupils ages 11–16.

History

York High School was established through the 2007 merger of Oaklands School and Lowfield School. The new school initially operated on the site of Lowfield School, expanded with temporary buildings, while a new school was constructed on the site of Oaklands School. The name of the school was chosen after a vote by pupils at the schools and the local community. York High School has achieved positive

Ofsted The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament. Ofsted's role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training ...

reports, and currently has a 'good' rating. Between 5–6 a.m. on the morning of Friday 3 October 2008, a third of the school buildings on the Dijon Avenue site were burnt down in a fire. Students were given the day off and local residents were advised to stay away from the site. Students were given a week off school while staff and local authority officials put into place alternative educational arrangements for the pupils, and during this week many sporting and community activities were laid on. The school's headteacher subsequently credited the fire as the turning point in the school's journey towards greater success. Subsequently, the Dijon Avenue site was closed and all pupils are in the newly built school. In April 2009 construction of its new buildings was completed, and the school relocated to Cornlands Road on the former site of Oaklands School. Previously a community school administered by York City Council, in May 2018 York High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the South Bank Multi Academy Trust. The South Bank Multi Academy Trust was later renamed to the Excel Learning Trust on 17 July 2024. It was announced on 13 February 2024 that Rod Sims would be stepping down from the position of headteacher at the end of the academic year, after 15 years in the role. On 22 May that year the school announced he would be replaced with Gavin Kumar who started as Principal in September at the start of the next Academic year. On 19 July 2024 the last "Message from the Head" post was made by Sims saying his goodbyes at the end of the Academic year. At the start of the following academic year Kumar started an equivalent "Principal's Weekly Post" where he similarly introduced himself.

References

External links

York High School web site
{{authority control Acomb, North Yorkshire Educational institutions established in 2007 Secondary schools in York Academies in York 2007 establishments in England