Temple Moor High School Explained
| Temple Moor High School |
| Coordinates: | 53.7965°N -1.4614°W |
| Motto: | "Novae mentis templa colimus" |
| Established: | 1956 |
| Type: | Academy |
| Trust: | Red Kite Learning Trust[1] |
| Head Label: | Head Master |
| Head: | Matthew West |
| Address: | Field End Grove
Selby Road |
| City: | Leeds |
| County: | West Yorkshire |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | LS15 0PT |
| Local Authority: | City of Leeds |
| Urn: | 146247 |
| Ofsted: | yes |
| Enrolment: | 1,283 |
| Gender: | Coeducational |
| Lower Age: | 11 |
| Upper Age: | 18 |
| Publication: | Tempo (School Magazine/Newsletter) |
| Website: | https://tmhs.co.uk/ |
Temple Moor High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. In recent years, it has received 'Science College' status.[2] In 2017 an Ofsted inspection gave the school a Good rating.
History
The school was founded in 1956 in Leeds as a boys' Grammar school, a status it retained until 1973. At its inception, the school was male-only and competed in Rugby Union with Leeds' state boys' schools who competed in that code, as well as the private male-only Leeds Grammar School.[3] [4] The male-only structure was abandoned as times changed, and Temple Moor is currently a mixed gender institution (1992). The school was associated with notable local families, most credibly the DeLacy family, who are recognised in the Temple Newsam area.
On 16 May 2007 construction workers punctured a chlorine tank whilst demolishing the school's disused swimming pool, forcing evacuation of the school.[5]
Temple Moor is the first Leeds school ever to reach the Carnegie Champion Schools Final in its 30-year history.[6]
Previously a foundation school administered by Leeds City Council, in November 2018 Temple Moor High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Red Kite Learning Trust.
Admissions
The school is oversubscribed,[7] and currently has a roll of around 1,400 as of September 2018 pupils.
Temple Moor local feeder primary schools are: Temple Newsam Halton Primary School, Crossgates Primary School, Temple Learning Academy, Whitkirk Primary School, Colton Primary School, St. Peters Primary School and Austhorpe Primary School.
Ofsted
In its 2013 Ofsted inspection the school was rated as Grade 2 (Good), and this was also the school's rating in its 2017 Ofsted inspection.[8]
Former houses
The school's original houses were based on names of local historical families: Manston (red), Scargill (white), Smeaton (yellow) and Irwin (purple). The DeLacy family is associated with Temple Newsam, an estate and country house situated nearby, from which the school derived its name and its Templar Cross emblem.
The House System was reintroduced in 2006–2007, as part of the school's 50 year anniversary, with the houses named after stars appropriate to the school's Science College specialist status:
| House | Colour |
|---|
| Purple |
| Yellow |
| Silver |
| Red | |
The house system was discontinued in September 2017.
Former students
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Red Kite Learning Trust . Temple Moor High School . 22 April 2022.
- Web site: Hollywood Park Combined Nursery Centre. Ofsted. 19 December 2006. 4 December 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071204115945/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=summary&id=108064. dead. dmy-all.
- Book: Spooner, Bob . A Tale of Two Schools in One City: Foxwood and Cross Green . Slee . Roger . Weiner . Gaby . Tomlinson . Sally . School Effectiveness for Whom? . 1998 . https://books.google.com/books?id=PjSQAgAAQBAJ&dq=leeds+boys+grammar+temple+moor&pg=PA145 . 27 July 2021 . 145 . Routledge . 9781135713737 . ...building a boys' grammar school [in Leeds]... . Google Books.
- Web site: Secret Leeds . Leeds Rugby (Union and League) Clubs . 27 July 2021 . (...in those days, only played football and not rugby). Some of the more wealthy families sent their boys to the fee-paying Leeds Grammar School, near to Hyde Park, which was also a ‘rugby union’ school. My school mates who were unsuccessful in their scholarship exams (11+) mainly went to Blenheim, which was a ‘rugby league’ school, but some went to Woodhouse School or Meanwood School and I have no idea what sports were played there. From memory, a lot of the secondary schools in south Leeds, and Hunslet, all played Rugby League. I seem to remember that Cockburn was a football school, Temple Moor was a Rugby Union school, Roundhay was a Rugby Union School and West Park was a Rugby Union School....
- News: 16 May 2007. 16 May 2007. 'Deadly' gas leak at high school. BBC News.
- Web site: McConnell . J. . Temple Moor School through to Carnegie Champion Schools Final third year in a row . Leeds Rhinos Foundation . 28 July 2021 . 24 May 2012.
- News: Limited choice for Whitkirk families over alternative school places. Crossgates Today. 7 September 2007. 11 September 2007.
- Web site: Temple Moor High School Science College. Ofsted. 2013. 12 November 2013. PDF.
- Web site: Dr Ian McCormick . Academia.edu.
- News: Profile: Jonathan Caine - Theresa Villiers' right hand man. Kane. Alex. 11 October 2014. Belfast Telegraph. 24 April 2018.
- Web site: Dr Mark Taylor-Batty . University of Leeds School of English . https://web.archive.org/web/20170513212141/http://www.leeds.ac.uk:80/arts/profile/20040/458/mark_taylor-batty . 13 May 2017.
- Web site: Entrepreneur's Circle . 8 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110413075744/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/business-club-video/marketing-and-communications-se/8438109/Entrepreneurs-Circle.html . 13 April 2011 . The Daily Telegraph.
- Web site: Parkinson . J. . My Best Teacher;Interview;Andrew Morton . Tes. For teaching . 2021 . 27 July 2021 . The teacher who had the most influence on me was my history teacher at Temple Moor Grammar School in Leeds..Everyone in the sixth form collectively decided not to apply to Oxbridge because we felt that it was too elitist. We went for trendier universities and I chose Sussex...
