Archbishop Temple School

Archbishop Temple Church of England High School is a voluntary aided Church of England secondary school, situated in the city of Preston in Lancashire, England. The Headteacher is Ivan Catlow. It has 782 pupils and 48 teachers.

Archbishop Temple Church of England High School
Address
St Vincent's Road

Preston
,
Lancashire
,
PR2 8RA

England
Coordinates53.7840°N 2.7020°W / 53.7840; -2.7020
Information
TypeVoluntary aided school
MottoFaith, Nurture, Service
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1963
Local authorityLancashire
Department for Education URN119814 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherIvan Catlow
Staffaround 40 teachers
Age11 to 16
Enrolment782
Houses  York
  Canterbury
  Winchester
  Durham
Named afterWilliam Temple
Websitehttps://www.archbishoptemple.com/

History

Archbishop Temple Church of England High School welcomed its first pupils in September 1963, as a secondary modern school serving the needs of inner city Preston. It was originally named "William Temple School", after Archbishop William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury 1940-1944.

Previous Headteachers

Mr Hattersley, Mr Dobson, Dr Shepherd, Dr Dennison, Mrs James, Mr Noble, Mr Hugill, Mrs Jackson.

School Motto

The school motto was conceived in 2008, when the Vicar of Preston, simply asked, in an assembly 'what is your motto'? He received an embarrassed silence, The Headteacher responded by consulting the student leadership and the Church of England. The motto Faith, Nurture and Service evolved out of a long debate, reflecting the schools foundation of faith, the devotion of the school to the nuturing and well-being of all its pupils and a reflection of its students service within the community.

School Song

"Here I am, Lord" was the school song sung at Prize evenings at the Minster Church of Preston, and other ceremonial occasions

During the Grant Maintained years, and up until 2011 the school enjoyed specialist college status, and had especially strong links with BAe systems and the Garfield Weston foundation. Students were incredibly successful in national technology competitions. In 2009 the school successfully bid to become a dual status school, with the added specialism of Humanities. In its Heyday the school was the highest achieving school in the North of England, as well as a school that through its Headteacher National Leader and support status worked with many schools facing difficulties helping them to turn around. In 2009 the school was accepted into the Woodard foundation – a prestigious group of both state and public schools.

Academic performance and inspections

In 2013 97% of pupils left the school with A*-C grades in Maths at GCSE. In 2019 83% of pupils left the school with five or more good GCSE qualifications including English and Maths. Archbishop Temple Church of England High School is the highest performing (non selective) school in Lancashire.

Ofsted rated the school as Outstanding in 2009; however since then the school through its lack of effective leadership and governance has moved from being the most highly rated school in Preston to a school Requiring Improvement. The most recent inspection in September 2022 indicates that the school now Requires Improvement and will need to be re-visited in the next 30 months to ensure the school improves.[1]

Ofsted visited the Maths department in 2010 and rated it as Outstanding.

In 2015 the school became a Teaching School, working within the Preston Teaching School Alliance. In 2009 the school became a National Support School, and again in 2017 the school was redesignated as a National Support School, and the Headteacher became a National Leader of Education.

See also

References
  1. "Inspection of Archbishop Temple School Church of England High School". files.ofsted.gov.uk. 22 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022.
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