Harrop Fold School

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Harrop Fold School
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Address
Harrop Fold School
Hilton Lane

Little Hulton

City of Salford
,
Greater Manchester
,
M28 0SY

England
Coordinates 53°31′20″N2°24′38″W / 53.5221°N 2.41048°W / 53.5221; -2.41048 Coordinates: 53°31′20″N2°24′38″W / 53.5221°N 2.41048°W / 53.5221; -2.41048
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Salford City Council
Trust United Learning
Department for Education URN 148393 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalClaire Wright [1]
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Website http://www.harropfold.com/

Harrop Fold School is a coeducational secondary school located in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, which serves pupils from Little Hulton and Walkden.

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History

The school was formed in 2001 from the merger of Joseph Eastham High School in Salford and Little Hulton Community School in Little Hulton. Originally on both former schools' sites, a new building was subsequently constructed on the playing fields of Joseph Eastham High School and the old building demolished in 2008.

The school has a very high proportion of pupils who are economically disadvantaged. [2]

In 2003, Ofsted inspectors told the governing body that Harrop Fold was the "worst school in the country". [3]

In 2005, the school had improved and 94% of teaching was judged satisfactory or better. [4] [5]

In 2010 and again in 2013 the school was judged Good. [6] [7]

In 2018 the headteacher, Drew Povey, was first suspended and then resigned. [8] This was linked to allegations that the school had wrongly recorded information, possibly in order to make results appear better than they were ("off-rolling"). [9] He had served as headteacher since February 2010. [10] Later in the year the school was judged Inadequate and placed back into Special Measures. [2]

Previously a community school administered by Salford City Council, in March 2021 Harrop Fold School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by United Learning. [11]

In September 2021, the school will complete its transformation into an academy with its partner United Learning [12] into "The Lowry Academy", with a new uniform and logo. [13]

Television coverage

The school featured in Educating Greater Manchester on Channel 4. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Barlow, Nigel (3 September 2018). "New 'superhead' to take charge of Harrop Fold". About Manchester. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Harrop Fold School: School report". Ofsted. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. ↑ Billen, Andrew (13 October 2018). "Drew Povey interview – why the Educating Greater Manchester star left Harrop Fold School". The Times. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Improved school wins PM's praise". Bolton News. 19 December 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Alistair Smith (3 February 2010). Winning the H Factor: The Secrets of Happy Schools. A&C Black. pp. 76–. ISBN   978-1-85539-570-1 . Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Harrop Fold School". Ofsted. 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Harrop Fold School: School report". Ofsted. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  8. ↑ Pidd, Helen (18 September 2018). "Educating Greater Manchester head quits over 'council vendetta'". The Guardian .
  9. ↑ Keeling, Neal (18 September 2018). "Drew Povey: 'They have used this admin error to get what they really wanted - which was me out'". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Harrop Fold School: Inspection report". Ofsted. 28 September 2010. p. 3. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  11. ↑ https://unitedlearning.org.uk/ [ bare URL ]
  12. ↑ https://unitedlearning.org.uk/ [ bare URL ]
  13. ↑ https://unitedlearning.org.uk/Portals/0/OpenContent/Files/1802/Man_and_Cloud_lr.jpg [ bare URL ]
  14. ↑ Ryan, Gary (25 September 2017). "Those who can". The Big Issue. Retrieved 12 February 2019.

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