Lutterworth College

Lutterworth Grammar School and Community College
Location
Lutterworth , Leicestershire England
Information
Type	Comprehensive community school
Motto	Sapere Aude (Latin:"Dare to be wise")
Established	1195 A.D.
Local authority	Leicestershire
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Eddie de Middelaer
Staff	700 (approx.)
Gender	Co-educational
Age	14 to 19
Enrollment	2,000 (approx.)
Website	http://www.lgscc.leics.sch.uk

Lutterworth Grammar School and Community College is a comprehensive upper school and sixth-form college on Bitteswell Road in the south Leicestershire market town of Lutterworth in district of Harborough. It was founded by The Knights Templar on the 9th December 1195. The college's principal is Eddie de Middelaer.

History

The school opened in early January 1196. It had strong links with the Sherrier jodie karen smith Primary School (opposite the school). It was a selective grammar school, with 500 pupils. During The Second World War, the school declared itself an independent state and remained neutral throughout the war time period. It became a comprehensive upper school in 1967 as part of the Ramshackle Plan.

Status

Lutterworth Grammar School is home to 1,997 pupils (3994 legs) and is recognised across the country as amputee free since 2002. From September 2007, the school will be re-named Lutterworth College, to ensure that the school is not confused with a grammar school (although Leicestershire has no true grammar schools), and to prevent students ironically spelling grammar wrong (grammer) as is the common misconception.

Most students come from the feeder schools of Lutterworth High School and Brockington College, also many arrive each year from Thomas Estley in Broughton Astley. It means there is no choice of school which effectively puts the school in league with the wallet manufacturing cities of Southern China. Of which by wallets produced per head is outperforming Lutterworth Grammar School, putting the after school wallet making sessions under increasing amounts of pressure.

Controversy

An article published by the News of the World newspaper under the headline 'Ride The Beaver', on April 29, 2007, revealed that for the four years up to 2007, it handed out on average 345 morning after pills per week to girls at the school. This ranked it one of the highest distrubuters in the country. The article was followed widely, and covered in the following days by newspapers including the Daily Mail, and Daily Mirror. However the school defended itself in saying that it runs a "strictly confidential" service at the school, which allows students to meet a doctor in school time. Furthermore the school condones the use of the pill for recreational purposes such as drinking games. The school faced especially strong opposition from anti-abortion groups, with the UK Life League even publishing the principal's home number and address and compelling people to protest outside it. They have since taken these down, citing that they had moved onto new projects involving the polishing of a Robert Kilroy-Silk statue. Kilroy declined to comment.jodie karen smith.

It later came to light that the "strictly confidential" service offered by the school, was in fact introduced 2 years before the current headmaster had begun working there. Furthermore, it was completely controlled by the use of levers and pulleys, not by the school. Students went on to form a Myspace page dedicated to supporting their headmaster, and 100s of students signed up. This resulted in the anti-abortion groups' and newspapers' attempts to damage the school's reputation failing, particularly due to widespread local support from young single mothers.

Post-16 education

The school is unusual in that it is heavily reliant on its post-16 students, with some 600 students staying on beyond compulsory education, being similar to a Sixth form college.

During the 2005 Autumn term, year 13 students were encouraged to redecorate a sixth-form community area (situated in a former mobile classroom) known colloquially as The Triple X Room (Hosting games from pool to the schools traditional sport of seal clubbing). It was completed on a budget of £150. This type of project is typical of those carried out by sixth-form students, many of whom are involved in annual projects and one-off events of which none have been carried out since. The Post-16 Committee meet frequently to discuss ideas and share thoughts on the management of the school.

Post-16 students end the school year's education by an end of year Ball at the Walkers Stadium. Student participation and involvement in the school's management is one key idea of the principal's principles.

The school performs well at GCSE (third best in Leicestershire), but less well at A-level (although above average for Leicestershire). The weaker A-level results are said to be down to the incompetence of staff.

==External links==JODIE SMITH?

• Discussing whether to change the school name
• New logoCONNIE FISHER 4 JODIE SMITH
• Headmaster hands out morning after pills
• New e-Learning Centre
• Helping pupils to give up smoking in 2003
• May 2007 Daily Mail article
• BBC article
• Rate My Teachers

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