Whitcliffe Mount School
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| name = Whitcliffe Mount School
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| motto = Together, we are proud to be our best
| established = {{Start date|1908|09|22|df=y}}
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| type = Comprehensive
Academy
| trust = SHARE Multi Academy Trust
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| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Rebecca Hesmondhalgh
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| medium = English
| address = Turnsteads Avenue
| location = Cleckheaton
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| postcode = BD19 3AQ
| county = West Yorkshire
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.7265|-1.7282|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}
| local_authority = Kirklees
| urn = 149162
| ofsted = yes
| capacity = 1250
| enrolment = 1,237 {{As of|2023|10|lc=on}}
| gender = Mixed
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 16
| houses = Wadsworth, Whiteley, Mowat, Clough, Grylls
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| website = https://www.whitcliffemount.co.uk/
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Whitcliffe Mount School is a mixed secondary school located in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England.{{cite web|url=https://www.whitcliffemount.co.uk/|title=Home|work=whitcliffemount.co.uk|access-date= 31 October 2015}}
History
It was established as Cleckheaton Secondary School in 1908 in temporary premises on Brooke Street. The school moved to its current location in the town in 1910 and was renamed Cleckheaton Secondary and Technical School. Under the Education Act 1944 the school became Whitcliffe Mount Grammar School, and when the school became comprehensive in 1973 it was renamed Whitcliffe Mount School.{{cite web|url=https://www.whitcliffemount.co.uk/information/default.aspx|title=Information|work=whitcliffemount.co.uk|access-date= 31 October 2015}}
Previously a voluntary controlled school administered by Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council,{{cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/107780 |title=Whitcliffe Mount School – GOV.UK |publisher=Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=1 October 2022}} in September 2022 Whitcliffe Mount School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the SHARE Multi Academy Trust.{{cite web|url=https://www.sharemat.org/page/?title=Our+Academies&pid=7 |title=Share Multi Academy Trust – Our Academies |publisher=Sharemat.org |date= |accessdate=1 October 2022}}
Academics
Whitcliffe Mount School offers GCSEs, BTECs and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils.{{cite web | url=https://www.whitcliffemount.co.uk/Curriculum/The-Curriculum/ | title=Whitcliffe Mount School – the Curriculum |accessdate=1 October 2022}}
Notable former pupils
- Wendy Holden, writer and novelist
- Sarah Holt, athlete{{cite news|url=http://www.batleynews.co.uk/community/meet-olympic-torch-bearer-sarah-holt-1-4662771 |title=Meet Olympic Torch bearer Sarah Holt |newspaper=Batley and Birstall News |date=21 June 2012 |access-date=12 March 2020}}
- Paul Whitaker, cricketer
- Nigel Scrutton, academic and biotechnology innovator
- Reginald C. Sutcliffe, meteorologist, first Director of Research for the Meteorological Office
- Lois Toulson, diver {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jinrEkePtNw|title=Lois Toulson Diving – BBC Look North Thurs 18 June 2015|via=www.youtube.com}}
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- Jeff Butterfield, international rugby player
- Nigel Weatherill, academic
References
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External links
- [https://www.whitcliffemount.co.uk/ Whitcliffe Mount School official website]
{{Schools in Kirklees}}
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Category:Secondary schools in Kirklees
Category:Educational institutions established in 1908