Firth Park Academy

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Firth Park Academy
Location
Firth Park Academy
Fircroft Avenue

Sheffield
,
South Yorkshire
,
S5 0SD

England
Coordinates 53°25′33″N1°26′44″W / 53.42579°N 1.44548°W / 53.42579; -1.44548
Information
Type Academy
Department for Education URN 139334 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment1,019
Colour(s)Blue (light and dark), white
PublicationIn Touch
Website www.firthparkacademy.org

Firth Park Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, in the Shiregreen area of Sheffield, England.

Contents

It is partnered with Longley Park Sixth Form, HBH Academy Trust, Beck Primary School, Hucklow Primary School and others.

History

In 1920 Firth Park Secondary School opened at the Brushes Building at the junction of Barnsley Road & Horninglow Road. It became Firth Park Grammar School in 1937. The uniform of the grammar school was a red/maroon blazer with a matching red/maroon & green diagonal striped tie. As the uniform also included in the earlier years a red or maroon cap, the pupils were called Red Caps. Old pupils of the school are known as Old Firparnians. In 1969/70, following the Labour Government's national shake up of secondary education, the school merged with Hatfield House Secondary School, and became a comprehensive as Firth Park School. It operated from the original buildings of the former schools (Brushes & North buildings).

In 2003, following a period of closure and several arson incidents, the Brushes building was demolished. In 2004, the Longley Park Sixth Form College was opened on the site of Firth Park Grammar School. Firth Park School, now operating on the modernised site of the Hatfield House Secondary School on Fircroft Avenue two miles from the original Grammar School site, gained specialist status as an Arts College and was renamed Firth Park Community Arts College. The school converted to academy status on 1 August 2013 and was renamed Firth Park Academy. The school is now sponsored by Lift Schools.[ citation needed ]

Firth Park Grammar School Blazer Badge, pre-war. The motto reads "Each for All - All for Each" Firth Park Secondary School Blazer Badge 1934-40.jpg
Firth Park Grammar School Blazer Badge, pre-war. The motto reads "Each for All - All for Each"

Academic performance

Currently, the school achieves average GCSEs grades; a large number of students entering the school have average attainment level of around 85%.[ citation needed ] The sixth form college for Firth Park Academy is Longley Park Sixth Form.

Television appearance

From 2016 to 2021, Firth Park Academy appeared in the CBBC show, Our School . This showed the experiences of pupils joining Firth Park Academy.

Notable former pupils

Firth Park Grammar School

Firth Park Secondary School

References

  1. ↑ Battersby [ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Any ex Firth Park School lads n lassies out there?". www.sheffieldforum.co.uk. 16 March 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
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