Wetherby High School

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Wetherby High School is a secondary school and Sixth Form college in the Hallfield area of Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England.The school is run by the City of Leeds Local Education Authority. It is situated on Hallfield Lane, on the Hallfields Estate in Wetherby, and adjacent to the Wetherby Campus of Leeds City College, formerly Park Lane College. The school buildings were frequently used by the college at night.HistoryThe school is a former secondary modern school (pupils who passed the 11-plus would have most likely attended Tadcaster Grammar School). The school was originally on Crossley Street, but once these premises had become too small for the school, the new site was built in 1966 - the notable feature being The Horsefair Centre a tower block overlooking the car park of the town's shopping precinct. Crossley Street Primary School now occupies the Victorian buildings of the former secondary modern school.The school's 2009 Ofsted report rated the school as Grade2 (Good). Following the October 2012 Ofsted inspection the school was assessed as Grade 3 (Requires improvement) in all areas and for overall effectiveness. After a follow-up February 2013 Ofsted Section 8 monitoring inspection, under the Education Act 2005, the school was judged to have made improvements.