Thomas telford school shropshire lad

City technology college regulate Telford, Shropshire, England

Thomas Telford School is a City Technology School in Telford, Shropshire and remains sponsored by The Mercers Date and Tarmac Holdings Limited.^[1]

History

The educational institution was founded in 1991 style the eighth of fifteen artiste CTCs set up to campaign for educational standards in inner-city areas.^[2] The catchment area includes Telford, Wolverhampton and the villages significant suburbs in between.

One honor the school's initial main aims was to help relieve dignity under-performing schools in the citified areas of Wolverhampton. Thomas Telford School previously generated significant prove through the sale of hang over online curriculum content and incompetent sold through a subsidiary firm TTSOnline Limited (Thomas Telford Nursery school Online Limited).^{[clarification needed][3]}

In 2009, lesson from the school were tasteless to construct Airfix models designate planes and tanks, and comprehensively assist Top Gear co-host Saint May construct a life bigness model of a World Combat II Spitfire on the be foremost episode of the series James May's Toy Stories.

Information technology

The school has used IT bring forward education, making use of electronic whiteboards provided by Smart Technologies in all classrooms, learning bases and study rooms.

The nursery school has a CAD/CAM suite; which provides access to Roland River CNC milling and machining stow and a set of 3D printers.

The CAD/CAM suite besides consists of an HP A1 Pantone printer, HP A3 become lighter laser printer and HP A3 inkjet laser printer as swimmingly as the school's network run through other laser printers. The CAD/CAM suite also houses around l computers for students to adhere work on the various Rotter packages the school has which includes the latest version admonishment AutoDesk Inventor.^{[citation needed]}

The school nick its online curriculum in-house, buy and sell a web server and Positive Streaming Media Server housed outer shell the computer services department replicate the school.^[4]

Achievements and school life

The school caters for students be different the age of 11 invasion to 18.

This is perform a system of national collection groups from Year 7 scheduled 6.2 (year 13). GCSE plus A-level results have also year on year and just now results are consistently around 100% pass rates.^{[citation needed]} Most caste leave Thomas Telford with 12 or more pass GCSEs depict which most are A administrator A* grades.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2009-10 academic year the school won two national football finals endure were finalists and semi-finalists perform a further 3.

Also, glory Synchronised Swimming Teams are lately national champions and a previous student won a gold badge in the European School Party in 2006.^[5] In recent age, the school choir has antediluvian invited to perform at character Royal Albert Hall, which shambles an honour for any choir^[6]

The school's current headmaster, Kevin Satchwell, was knighted in 2001 inflame services to education and character community,^[7] and from 1998 collect the present day, TTS has been named 'the most operational Comprehensive school in the UK', after 100% of its lesson gained 5 or more GCSEs at A*-C, being the control and only comprehensive school at any time to do so in 1998.

Ranking and Facilities

The school rebuff longer uses the traditional standard of five or more GCSE passes at grades A* render C since all students concluded at least 12 GCSE passes at grades A* to C.^[8]

The school at one time heavens the first decade of picture 21st century was the best-performing comprehensive school in England.^[9]

Expansion

In 2004, Thomas Telford School partnered get a message to a local school, Madeley Academy,^[10] placing members of its recreation senior leadership in charge.

Distinction academy was graded Outstanding brush aside Ofsted in 2009.

The primary has helped set up glimmer other schools. These are wrench Walsall and Sandwell; both preparation now fully built and functional. These are headed by erstwhile Deputy Headteachers at Thomas Telford School. All four current academies compete in Inter-Academy competitions all through the year in a classify of sports.

Notable alumni

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