Driffield School

Driffield School & Sixth Form

Established	1964
Type	Secondary school with a Sixth form
Location	Manorfield Road Driffield East Riding of Yorkshire YO25 5HR England Coordinates: 54°00′31″N 0°25′37″W / 54.008725°N 0.426950°W / 54.008725; -0.426950
DfE URN	118078 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1,890
Ages	11–18 Houses: Brontë, Fawcett, Mortimer, Johnson and Holtby Former houses: Wilberforce
Website	School site

Driffield School & Sixth Form is a coeducational comprehensive school which is situated on Manorfield Road in Driffield, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The School has nearly 2,000 pupils aged 11–18,^[1] who come from rural communities in the Yorkshire Wolds.

In the 2011 Ofsted inspection Driffield School & Sixth Form was classed as grade 2, 'good'. Overall effectiveness of post 16 provision was classified as grade 3, 'satisfactory'.^[2] In 2016 Headteacher Simon Jones resigned following a visit from Ofsted, after which the school was placed in 'Special Measures'. The Governing Body of the school then sought support from Multi-Academy Trust The Education Alliance.

Headteachers

1964 to 1991 – Mr John Harrison
1991 to 2001 – Mr David Thacker
2001 to 2004 – Mr Michael Chapman
2004 to 2012 – Mr Martin Green
2012 to 2016 – Mr Simon Jones
2016 – Mr Dave McCreedy (acting headteacher until the end of the school year)

References

↑ "Driffield School", Directgov. Retrieved 11 May 2012
↑ "Driffield School". Ofsted report 2011. PDF download required. Retrieved 11 May 2012

External links

School website

Schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire (including Kingston upon Hull)

Primary	Cottingham Croxby Primary School Eastfield Primary School St Nicholas Primary School

Secondary	Andrew Marvell College Archbishop Sentamu Academy Beverley Grammar School Beverley High School The Boulevard Academy Bridlington School Cottingham High School Driffield School Goole High School Headlands School Hessle High School Hornsea School Howden School Hull Trinity House Academy Kelvin Hall School Kingswood Academy Longcroft School Malet Lambert School The Market Weighton School Newland School for Girls St Mary's College Sirius Academy North Sirius Academy West The Snaith School South Holderness Technology College South Hunsley School Winifred Holtby Academy Withernsea High School Woldgate College Wolfreton School

Independent	Hull Collegiate School Hymers College Pocklington School

Further education	Bishop Burton College East Riding College Endeavour Learning and Skills Centre Hull College Wilberforce College Wyke College

Former	Hull Grammar School Sir Henry Cooper School

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