Fortismere School is a mixed, community comprehensive secondary school in Muswell Hill, London, United Kingdom. It falls under the London Borough of Haringey Local Education Authority. The school is situated on an extensive site a little west of the town centre, with main entrances on Tetherdown (South Wing) and Creighton Avenue (North Wing). Used as a noun, comprehensive may be short for: Comprehensive layout Comprehensive school Comprehensive System This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. ... Muswell Hill is a suburb of north London in the London Borough of Haringey, situated 6. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The London Borough of Haringey is a London borough in North London, England, and forms part of Outer London. ... A Local Education Authority (LEA) is the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that councils jurisdiction. ...

History

The first school on the site was Tollington School, a private boys' school. After World War II, this became a state grammar school and the attached preparatory school became Tetherdown Primary School (this moved from the site in 1958 when it exchanged premises with the girls' grammar school). In the 1950s William Grimshaw Secondary Modern School opened on an adjoining site in Creighton Avenue. With the introduction of comprehensive education in Haringey in 1967, Tollington Grammar School and William Grimshaw Secondary Modern School were merged to form Creighton School.

In the early 1970s, Creighton school was to become the centrepiece of a Labour Party education experiment. Situated in the middle class extensibly white suburb of Muswell Hill it was decided to integrate a large number of Afro-Caribbean and other ethnic minority children into the school from distant parts of the borough in an attempt to maximise education choice and social interaction - a policy based heavily on the then United States system of Desegregation busing. The school principal who was charged with overseeing this experiment was Molly Hattersley, the wife of Labour Party minister Roy Hattersley.As a part of the debate about comprehensive schools, Creighton school became the subject of a series of articles in the Sunday Times and a subsequent book by Hunter Davies, "The Creighton Report". The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, PC (born December 28, 1932) is a British Labour Party politician, published author and journalist from Sheffield, England. ...

After further reorganization, Creighton School and another comprehensive, Alexandra Park School, were combined under the new name of Fortismere School. It opened in September 1983 and gained technology college status in 1997: this status has been extended to 2007. The school is now one of the most successful comprehensive schools in North London. Parts of the film Fever Pitch were shot at the school, and in 2006 it was featured in the BBC2 documentary, Don't Mess With Miss Beckles, in which under-achieving pupils were given a chance to reform. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Institute of technology, and polytechnic, are designations employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... This article is about the Nick Hornby book and related films. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and...

In the summer of 2006, the school's governors made a proposal to change the school's status to that of a foundation school. The governors argue that the increased autonomy from the LEA that foundation status provides would be beneficial to the school,^[1] which critics argue that the proposal is an attach on the school's comprehensive nature and would lead to a reduction in provision for pupils with special educational needs.^[2] As of April 2007, consultation on the proposal is on-going. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, School Governors are members of a schools Governing Body. ... In England and Wales, a foundation school is a type of school which enjoys a degree of independence from the local education authority. ... A Local Education Authority (LEA) is the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that councils jurisdiction. ... Special education is instruction that is modified or particularized for those students with special needs, such as learning differences, mental health problems, or specific disabilities (physical or developmental). ... // April 2007 is a common month and is the fourth month of that year. ...

References

1. ^ Fortismere School Governing Body. "Fortismere School – Foundation Status Informal Consultation" (PDF).
2. ^ Keep Fortismere Comprehensive campaign. Keep Fortismere Comprehensive. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.

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External links

• Fortismere School website
• Fortismere School Sixth Form
• The Old Tollingtonians Society