Lady Lumley's School

Lady Lumley's School is in the market town of Pickering, home of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. The school has 900 students in Years 7-13 with 208 in the sixth form. I became headteacher at Lady Lumley's in September 2007 having been teaching since January 1983. I have experience in a w... ide range of schools and I can honestly say that Lady Lumley's is the friendliest, most welcoming and most exciting school in which I've worked. Obviously I have a vested interest in making the school sound as special as possible, but this really is a wonderful school. Because of its location and reputation, it is probably one of the most genuinely comprehensive schools in the country. We take students from every background and every ability and produce a community where relationships are excellent, aspirations are high and almost every child succeeds. In 2013 we (the students!) achieved 82% A* to C at GCSE and 71% A* to C at GCSE including English and Mathematics. The examination statistics are not the be-all and end-all of what we do, but they are an indication of how successfully we all work together to do the best for the students. And when I say we, I mean every member of the school community. Every member of staff is equally valued and we benefit massively from the excellent relations between teaching staff and support staff and the outstanding support we get from parents and carers and the governing body. The school has impressive classroom facilities in a relatively unimpressive main building (late 1950s style). Our computer literate staff are able to access interactive whiteboards in every teaching room and we are keen on further developing e-learning through the Fronter learning portal. We were inspected in December 2010 and were deemed by the HMI inspector to be a good school with elements of teaching that are outstanding and a good capacity to improve even further. We see this as a fair assessment and know we have the capability and desire to be even ...Read More