Withernsea High School | |
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Address | |
Hull Road , HU19 2EQ England | |
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Type | Community school |
Established | 28 April 1955 |
Local authority | East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
Department for Education URN | 118075 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Mark Crofts |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11to 16 |
Enrolment | 737 as of May 2022 [update] |
Website | Withernsea High School |
Withernsea High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Withernsea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. [1]
The school was officially opened on Thursday 28 April 1955 by Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. [2] In December 2014 works began on a rebuild and refurbishment of the school buildings, with the works completed in summer 2016. [3]
Today it is a community school administered by East Riding of Yorkshire Council. [4]
Withernsea High School offers GCSEs and Cambridge Nationals as programmes of study for pupils. [5]
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Holderness was a local government district and borough in northern England, named for the Holderness peninsula.
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Withernsea Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station located in the town of Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is one of four RNLI stations in the East Riding of Yorkshire, with another five in North Yorkshire.
Coordinates: 53°43′55″N0°01′26″E / 53.7320°N 0.0240°E