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Hellesdon High School
Hellesdon High School is a secondary school and, on site, is a sixth form with Academy (English school), academy status in Hellesdon, Norfolk, England. The school is part of the Wensum Trust. The school changed its logo in March 2025. The headmaster duties are handled by Mike Earl and Helen Watts as of 2025. The school incorporates 1,581 pupils with a capacity of 1290. As of October 2023, the school holds a 'Requires Improvement' OFSTED rating. House system Hellesdon High School has a house system; all students are split into 5 different houses, each led by a Head of House. Students can compete in House Competitions all academic year, and a trophy is presented to the winning house at the end of the summer term. Expansions Over the years, there have been numerous expansions to the school buildings, which include: * 3G Pitch (2006) * Expansion of G Block (2007) * Bike shelter (2007) * Sports Hall (2007) * Creation of K Block (2018) * Expansion of K Block (2022) Sixth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy (English School)
An academy school in Education in England, England is a State school, state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. 80% of secondary schools, 40% of primary schools and 44% of special schools are academies Academies are self-governing non-profit Charitable trusts in English law, charitable trusts and may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind. Academies are inspected and follow the same rules on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as other state schools and students sit the same national exams. They have more autonomy with the National Curriculum for England, National Curriculum, but must ensure their curriculum is broad and balanced, and that it includes the core subjects of English, maths and science. They must also teach relationships and sex educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Wright (cyclist)
Sophie Kate Wright (born 15 March 1999) is an English racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Wright is a former junior national mountain biking champion and has represented Great Britain in the UCI Road World Championships. Early life Wright grew up in Horsford in Norfolk. She attended Hellesdon High School. Career In 2016 Wright won the junior women's cross-country mountain biking championship which was held in Sweden. Also in 2016, Wright finished in third place in the Women's Junior Road Race of the 2016 European Road Championships, finishing behind Liane Lippert and Elisa Balsamo. In 2017 Wright underwent two heart surgeries to cure a condition that threatened to derail her career. In 2018 Wright decided to concentrate on road cycling. She joined professional WorldTour team and won the Tour of the Reservoir. She also rode in the women's road race event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships held in Innsbruck, Austria Austria, formally the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Sutton (footballer)
Michael John Sutton (5 October 1944 – 26 December 2020) was an English professional footballer. He played in the Football League for three clubs. Two of his sons, Chris and John, have also played professionally. Playing career Sutton began his career in his home city of Norwich with Norwich City, with whom he turned professional in September 1962. He made more than 50 league appearances over the next five years and then joined Chester. This followed successful efforts by Chester manager Peter Hauser to persuade a disillusioned Sutton not to go ahead with his plans to quit football. Sutton played in all league games over the next three seasons (including one substitute appearance) before moving to Carlisle United for £10,000 at a time when Chester were in financial difficulties. Unfortunately, Sutton was forced to retire from playing professional football two years later due to injury.'Player Memories', Chester City v. Crewe Alexandra matchday programme; 19 October 1993; p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Sutton
Christopher Roy Sutton (born 10 March 1973) is an English former professional football player and manager. He later became a pundit, commentator and presenter of football coverage on television and radio. Sutton played from 1991 to 2007 for Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Celtic, Birmingham City and Aston Villa. Sutton scored over 150 career goals in over 400 league appearances spanning 16 years in the English and Scottish Premier Leagues. Initially a defender, while at Norwich, he successfully moved to playing as a striker. He won the Premier League in 1995 with Blackburn Rovers and was capped once by England. He was also known as one of the foremost exponents of the glancing header, scoring many goals with this technique, which made him particularly effective from set-pieces. In September 2009, Sutton was appointed manager of Lincoln City, but he resigned for personal reasons twelve months later. In 2012, he came out of retirement briefly and featured for non-le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory authority to guarantee the fighters' safety. Most high-profile bouts obtain the endorsement of a sanctioning body, which awards championship belts, establishes rules, and assigns its own judges and referees. In contrast with amateur boxing, professional bouts are typically much longer and can last up to twelve rounds, though less significant fights can be as short as four rounds. Protective headgear is not permitted, and boxers are generally allowed to take substantial punishment before a fight is halted. Professional boxing has enjoyed a much higher profile than amateur boxing throughout the 20th century and beyond. History Early history In 1891, the National Sporting Club (N.S.C), a private club in London, began to promote professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Sexton
Sam Sexton (born 18 July 1984) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2018. At regional level, he held multiple heavyweight championships, including the Commonwealth title from 2009 to 2010; the British title from 2017 to 2018; and won the Prizefighter series in 2008. Amateur career Sexton competed in the 2004 Norway Box Cup, losing by stoppage to eventual gold medalist, Vyacheslav Glazkov, in the semifinals. Professional career Early career Sexton started his professional career in September 2005, in his home town of Norwich when he defeated Paul Bonson over six rounds at Carrow Road. He ended up compiling a record of 7-0 before he was defeated by former ABA champion Derek Chisora at the York Hall. The referee stopped the fight with 26 seconds to go in the last round. A distraught Sexton said after the fight "Maybe the occasion got to me. I really don't know. I'll go back watch the fight probably have a week off. I'll be back straight. I just did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Fanthorpe
Robert Lionel Fanthorpe (born 9 February 1935) is a retired British priest and entertainer. Fanthorpe also worked as a dental technician, journalist, teacher, television presenter, author and lecturer. Born in Dereham in Norfolk, he lives in Cardiff in South Wales, where he served as Director of Media Studies and tutor/lecturer in Religious Studies at the Cardiff Academy Sixth form college.Fanthorpe's Profile on the Cardiff Academy website Biography Lionel Fanthorpe was educated at and Hamond's Gra ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taverham High School
Taverham High School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Taverham in the English county of Norfolk. As well as serving Taverham, the school has a catchment area that includes the adjoining villages of Drayton, Costessey and Ringland. The school was first established in September 1979, and was based at Hellesdon High School for its first academic year before relocating to the present campus. The school converted to academy status in April 2013, and was previously a community school under the direct control of Norfolk County Council with specialist Sports College status. The school continues to coordinate with Norfolk County Council for admissions. The school has its own sixth form provision. Taverham previously had a shared sixth form provision with Hellesdon High School, however this was phased out in September 2014. The sixth form now specialises in a wide range of subjects from the creative industries to the sciences with specialist teache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellesdon
Hellesdon is a village and civil parish in the district of Broadland in Norfolk, England. Hellesdon is located north-west of Norwich and south of Aylsham. History Hellesdon has signs of very early settlement. A variety of flint instruments have been unearthed in and around the suburb, thought to date back at least 4,000 years. A collection of bronze axe heads were found near Hellesdon Hall and a skeleton dating from around 600 AD was discovered next to Hellesdon Lodge, in Low Road. Hellesdon's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the hill of ''Haegal''. Hellesdon is recorded in tradition as the location where King Edmund was killed by Viking invaders in 869, although there is no consensus on the location of this event. In the Domesday Book, Hellesdon is listed as a settlement of 29 households hundred of Taverham. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of Godwin Healfdene. A medieval stone cross stands in St. Mary's Churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Form
In the education systems of Barbados, England, Jamaica, Northern Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago, Wales, and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for A-level or equivalent examinations like the International Baccalaureate or Cambridge Pre-U. In England, Northern Ireland, and Wales, the term Key Stage 5 has the same meaning. It only refers to academic education and not to vocational education. Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago In some secondary schools in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, the sixth and seventh years, are called Lower and Upper Sixth respectively. England and Wales ''Sixth Form'' describes the two school years that are called by many schools the lower sixth (L6) and upper sixth (U6). The term survives from earlier naming conventions used in both the state-maintained and private school systems. Another well known term is Year 12 and 13, carried on from the year g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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., both levels 2 and 3 of the International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED scale, but these can also be provided in separate schools. There may be other variations in the provision: for example, children in Australia, Hong Kong, and Spain change from the primary to secondary systems a year later at the age of 12, with the ISCED's first year of lower secondary being the last year of primary provision. In the United States, most local secondary education systems have separate Middle school#United States, middle schools and High school in the United States, high schools. Middle schools are usually from grades 6–8 or 7–8, and high schools are typically from grades 9–12. In the United Kingdom, most state schools and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
