General Information about the school and the local area

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When you access the above map of Grimethorpe, use the arrows to move around the village. You can also use the + and - signs to zoom in and out and to change the scale of the map.

The School
Willowgarth is a mixed, community school occupying a large open site set in extremely pleasant countryside between the villages of Grimethorpe and Brierley. Having approximately 891 pupils, it is small enough to ensure that no child will be overlooked, and yet it enjoys many advantages owing to its generous accommodation.

We are especially proud of our state-of-the-art computer rooms; our provision for science; design technology; and visual and performing arts; our special needs area (The Link); our learning support unit; our library; our conference room and, last but certainly not least, our dining area.

The school suffered major damage from a fire in February 2005. Having worked through difficult times since the fire the school has taken ownership of a new block containing brand new science laboratories, computer suites and other teaching rooms.

 

At the same time the school has been able to claim back a large hard play area and a purpose built sports facility for hockey, volleyball and five-a-side football.

 

Security and safety of our pupils is a prime concern of the school and consequently, we have upgraded and extended the CCTV coverage of the site both internally and externally.


Willowgarth is the first school nationally to have a nursery on site. Not only does the nursery provide quality childcare for the local community, the school is able to use this tremendous facility for realistic work placements for our pupils.

 

"The headteacher, staff and governors work hard to create a climate in which all students are valued and able to achieve to the best of their ability".  (OfSTED Report 2007)



We hope you find this web site both informative and interesting. We attempt to keep it as up to date as possible. Please keep us informed if you wish to have certain information displayed here.

Our school serves the villages of Brierley, Cudworth, Grimethorpe, and Shafton. Some children from outside of this area also attend our establishment.

The school is situated just south of Brierley in South Yorkshire. The A628 road passes through Brierley at Cross Hill. Our local area (click on this link):-
http://uk2.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=441500&Y=410000&gride=&gridn=&width=700&height=400&client=M6&db=&scale=10000&scale=25000
On this map we are the school (sch) on Windmill Hill between Brierley and Grimethorpe. Barnsley is located about 6 miles to the south-west of the school.

The Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Local Education Authority web site is http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/ . Their web site contains a lot of information on this area, including maps and links to web sites with a Barnsley theme. We have a presence on the Barnsley Intranet for Learning. http://learningnet/. (You must be inside the Barnsley intranet for this link to work.)
We are part of the National Grid for Learning http://www.ngfl.gov.uk/ . Most of the new computers coming into our school are connected to this. For a full screen view, use the right button to open the site in a new window, or access the site from our Links. We are currently developing a web presence. We are listed on the major search engines such as
http://www.altavista.com
http://www.ukplus.co.uk
Local Education Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Telephone Number : 01226 770770
Other Government sites:- http://www.open.gov.uk/index/orgindex.htm
You will find us at:Brierley Road, Grimethorpe, Barnsley, S72 7AJ
PHONE 01226 711542 (3 lines)
FAX 01226 711560
All departments may be contacted by dialling the General Office Number.
WEBSITE ADDRESS http://www.willowgarth.ik.org
GENERAL ENQUIRIES EMAIL ADDRESS mailto:willowgarth@willowgarth168.freeserve.co.uk
HEADTEACHER: Mr. A.W. Loveday
ASSISTANT HEAD: Mr. C. Heseltine
ASSISTANT HEAD: Mr. M. Bunce
ASSISTANT HEAD: Miss. K. Drewery
ASSISTANT HEAD: Mrs. S. Young
School Office Personnel
Head of Non-Teaching: Mrs. J. Fletcher - mailto:willowgarth@willowgarth168.freeserve.co.uk

Head of Finance: Mrs. S. Bennett

Finance Assistant: Mrs. J. Haworth
Curriculum Officer: Mrs. D. Chisholm
Clerical Assistants: Mrs. S. Considine, Mrs. A. Monk, Mrs. L. Ward
Faculty Assistants: Mrs. M. Atherton, Miss. L. Gillott.
School Receptionist: Miss. K. Smith

CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNORS: Mr. P. Doyle
EXAMINATIONS OFFICER: Mrs. S. Cutts

LIBRARIAN: Mrs. J. Carrie

►Pupil Development Leaders: Miss. B. Vosper/Mr. D. Riley

►Year 7 Achievement Coordinator: Miss. B. Vosper

►Year 8 Achievement Coordinator: Mr. M. Rooke

►Year 9 Achievement Coordinator: Mr. L. Chadburn
►Year 10 Achievement Coordinator: Mr. D. Riley
►Year 11 Achievement Coordinator: Mrs. S. Riley

►TECHNICIANS:Mrs A. Ruddy (Laboratories), Mrs. S Gash (Technology), Mr. J. Walker (Technology), Mr. D. Fletcher (Science/Media).
►CARETAKERS: Mr. N. Fenton, Mr. G. Hill and Mr. D. Wassell

EDUCATION WELFARE OFFICER: Mrs. K. Dudley

PARENT SUPPORT ADVISOR: Miss. S. Wooller
Kitchen Telephone: 01226 711564
Community Learning: Contacted at The Eldon Centre 01226 245381

Information/Dates and Events
It is our policy to keep parents fully informed of events, curricular initiatives and the life of the school in general. During the course of the year you will receive a number of communications on individual issues. There is much more information about our school which is available to parents which we simply cannot afford to duplicate and publish (to do so would divert money from teaching the pupils). Several documents - e.g. Governors' policy statements, minutes of Governors' meetings, examination results, syllabuses, schemes of work - are available for inspection at the school on request. Much documentation has already been placed on this web site. If there are any documents missing that you would like to see published, let us know.

As of 15th October 2008, there were 891 pupils on roll, equally split between boys and girls.

 
 
 
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