Hornsea School and Language College

{{Short description|School in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox school

| name = Hornsea School and Language College

| image =

| coordinates = {{coord|53.91388|-0.17402|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}

| motto = Non Nobis Solum Nati
(We are not born for ourselves alone)

| established = 1958

| type = Community school

| head = S Ostler

| address = Eastgate

| city = Hornsea

| county = East Riding of Yorkshire

| country = England

| postcode = HU18 1DW

| ofsted = yes

| urn = 118082

| enrolment = 1,252

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 18

| publication =

| website = https://www.hslc.co.uk

}}

Hornsea School and Language College is situated in the small seaside town of Hornsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is a secondary comprehensive and takes pupils from Hornsea and the surrounding area.

The school was built in 1958{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-47118901 |title=School labelled 'Hell on Earth' on Google Maps |work=BBC News |access-date=9 February 2019}} on the site of Hornsea House, with 500 pupils. This included an institute of further education. By 1971 the school population had grown to over 1,000 and became a Comprehensive School.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16153 "Hornsea"]. British History Online It has a student support centre to help students with bullying and social issues. The sixth form college was built on a part of the school playing fields as a self-sufficient building comprising a common room, a library and computer room, a conference room and several teaching rooms.

Hornsea School & Language College achieved specialist Language College status in 2004,[https://web.archive.org/web/20041213092023/http://www.cilt.org.uk/languagecolleges/collcontact.htm "Language Colleges - Hornsea School"], National Centre for Languages and holds the Healthy Schools Award [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_providers/full/(urn)/118082/(type)/8192/(typename)/Secondary%20schools "Hornsea School and Language College"]. Ofsted

Alumni

Hornsea School and & Language College has dedicated part of a school corridor to illustrating successful former students.