Howden School and Technology College
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Howden School and Technology College is a secondary school located in Howden East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, England
England
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Students usually attend the school from Year Seven (aged 11) to Year Eleven (aged 16), but the school also offers a Sixth Form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...

 College for those wishing to take further education, working in conjunction with Goole High School in Goole
Goole
Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...



The school is also a college specialising in Technology and ICT

Special measures

The school was placed in "special measures" following an Ofsted inspection in July 2010. The inspectors said the school was failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education

They also said those responsible for leading, managing school were not demonstrating the capacity to secure necessary improvement.

The head teacher, Andrew Williams, left the school with immediate effect to be replaced by a Gary Garghan (Acting Head) and Dave McCready (Executive Head).

On 24 September 2011, Howden School was determined to be Satisfactory by Ofsted, and officially declared to be out of Special Measures.
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