http://www.wakefield.co.uk/airedale/

(click on red dots, and when picture loads, move ur mouse around inside of it)

Ok, get out the tissues, no im not masturbating, more a trip down memory lane. Post up sites of your school if your school has one.

Dance hall area- Them fuckin red walls were meant to be soundproof but i could normally hear me mates on the otherside, and i hated dancing with the windows open view like that.

Learning support- That's where i used to go for math support cuz i was so bad at it. Used to sit next to a girl who used to stroke her pencil case whispering " everyone is special ".

Science- see the stairs?..that's where the explosions took place..i was like Dee Dee in dextors lab.

Dining Hall- Back in 2002 the walls were full of Eminem posters n shit..that's when Without Me was a school classic..and i liked him.

Art- Ahh the art area, if you look outside the window its the science block, and my art was up on one of the shelves somewhere, cuz i did an art installation, oh the days.

Humanities- If you see the steps, it's where i used to do my work when i got done in class, and the pencil wars ensued.

English- Survival of the fittest, only the strong survive..and i never made it through a lesson without being bombed with flying calculators and mysteriously flying scissors. Oh and even worse..paper balls dipped in ink.

Learning resource centre- Damn i miss the old days when i didn't have a comp and me n my mates checked out wrestling websites and porn sites n shit.

Technology Block- Oh damn was this the greatest place or what..i used to get sent out in the computer lounge for musbehaving...stupid teacher should never put a bored n horny student near a comp. We'd all walk into each others lesson with fake sick notes and then go on a 'tour' around school.

Maths Block- Wow, they didn't get a shot of the class but yea it's through the door on the right. My maths teacher allowed us to play music during lesson, back then me n my teacher were big fans of The Clash and Led Zepplin..no hip hop allowed..bad bad lyrics!

Music- If you wanna hear music sounding like cats being raped then come to my music class, back then i hit random notes and it was nice at least...i had to sing once, and it was embarrasing..il post up the lyrics i wrote later.

Upper sports hall- This is where i go to gym now, but back in school i just played 5 a side football in the sport centre. Once we played badminton, and my partner swung for the shuttlecock and cracked me on the nose with the racquet.

Reception- This is where i used to go when feeling sick or had gotten into a fight. The nurse was fuckin shit, she used to ALWAYS give you a cup of water and a polo..wtf!!!!..we all used to hang outside of it like O.G's.

Lol im gonna get hate for this, but yea, what was your school like, and does it have any sites?.

this doesnt belong here hunnikins.

*moves*

daaaamn that gym is tiny as fuck!!!

www.csudh.edu

I went to 3 different high schools/colleges.

1st one - Wellington Girls College http://www.wellington-girls.school.nz/
2nd one - Doesn't have a site. It was a shitty little school in Sydney, Australia.
3rd one - Onslow College http://www.onslow.school.nz/

I loved Wellington Girls College! It was pretty stirct, and the D.P. was constantly calling the police in for random drug searches (we quite often had 'important people' visit our school, so we had to keep a good reputation =/), but I loved that school none-the-less.

*le sigh* Then I moved to Sydney. The school I went to there was alright. The education level was low, the uniform sucked (red mini skirt + white shirt for Jrs., grey mini skirt + white shirt for snrs.), and the other students were some of the most stupid people i'd ever come across, but I met some wicked as mates there.

[Then back to Wellington]Onslow was cool. It was the first non-uniform school i'd ever been to. I didn't like that there were so many fuckin' international students, or that it was in the suburbs rather than the city (I had to travel 20 mins to get there everyday. Thats 20 bloody mins less sleep!), but I loved the relaxed atmosphere.

=]

Yeah...

Darwen Moorland, 1 of only 3 high schools in my immediate area... Place is an absolute shithole, even more so since I left. Got put on some government scheme in 2004 to try and turn it round, that failed now they're building some big centre of excellence or something and closing Moorland down. Many happy memories but it was a real dump

Read some of this, just some segments from the official "ofsted" inspection report from 2003... Told you it was a dump.

LMAO read the bit about the area it serves, thats my home :(

Darwen Moorland is an 11 to 16 comprehensive, mixed, community school, catering for 1081 pupils.
The area the school serves is socially and economically
disadvantaged with higher than average unemployment and a low proportion of the population with
higher education qualifications.
Over 21 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is above average and rising. The
vast majority of pupils come from a white, British, background. Approximately four per cent of the
pupils are from minority ethnic backgrounds, mainly Asian or Chinese. There are four refugees and
asylum seekers. Only five pupils are at an early stage of English language acquisition. An above
average 27 per cent of pupils are assessed by the school as having special educational needs
(mainly educational, social and behavioural difficulties) with two per cent having statements of
special educational needs, which is average for secondary schools.


The overall effectiveness of the school is poor and has seriously declined since the last
inspection. The school has gone through an extended period of staffing instability that became a
significant barrier to progress. Standards of achievement are unsatisfactory and the poor behaviour
and attitudes to learning of many pupils undermine the quality of education provided. In too many
lessons teaching is unsatisfactory and pupils fail to make satisfactory progress. The school provides
a satisfactory breadth of study, including good vocational courses and good opportunities for
enrichment after school. The leadership, governance and management of the school are
unsatisfactory, because they have failed to bring about improvement. As a result the school gives
poor value for money.

Improvements since the last inspection
The school has declined significantly since the last inspection. Standards of attainment are lower,
there are increased instances of poor behaviour and many pupils show unsatisfactory attitudes to
learning. Many of the key issues from the last inspection have shown insufficient improvement. The
monitoring of classroom practice has not ensured consistent quality of teaching, and assessment is
not contributing to improved learning outcomes in many subjects. Spiritual provision is better in
subjects such as religious education and art, but is still patchy overall. The school still does not
provide the statutory daily act of collective worship. Discrete information and communication
technology (ICT) provision has improved, but there is still too much variability in the way ICT is used
in other subjects.
In accordance with section 13(7) of the school inspections act 1996 I am of the opinion, and
HMCI agrees, that special measures are required in relation to this school.
STANDARDS ACHIEVED
all schools
similar
schools
2001 2002 2003 2003
Performance in GCSE/GNVQ at
the end of Year 11 examinations
compared with
D E E E
Key: A- well above average; B – above average; C – average; D – below average; E – well below average
Similar schools are those whose pupils attained similarly at the end of Year 9.
Darwen Moorland High School - 8
Pupils’ achievements are unsatisfactory overall. .
Standards at GCSE have declined from the time of the last inspection and the percentage of pupils
gaining five or more A*-C grades fell from 29 per cent in 2002 to 23 per cent in 2003. Pupils’ GCSE
examination results, in 2003, show they have made satisfactory progress from a very low base of
poor results when they were in Year 9. However, standards in the school are well below average
when compared with schools with similar Key Stage 3 results. The work seen in the school is
generally below average and the school’s targets for 2003 were missed by a considerable margin.
Girls perform better than boys, but the difference in performance mirrors the national picture.
Pupils’ progress in Years 7 to 9 is well below average. Despite a very large rise in the results in
2003, pupils’ attainment remains well below average in the national tests for 14 year olds. Their
achievement, taking into account their prior attainment, is well below average. Boys and girls achieve
similarly in mathematics and science, but girls’ standards are much higher in English.
Overall, pupils show poor attitudes to learning and their progress and development are hindered by
the poor behaviour of a significant number. Some pupils, who are unmotivated in some lessons, are
well behaved in the subjects where teachers have established effective relationships. Behaviour
around the school is unsatisfactory, with pupils showing a lack of respect for others and the
environment. Attendance is satisfactory, but punctuality to lessons is unsatisfactory. As a result
spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is unsatisfactory overall.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
The leadership and management of the school are unsatisfactory. The headteacher and the
governing body have overseen a significant decline in the standards of education provided. During a
period of severe staffing difficulty the senior leadership became beleaguered and battered by the
problems of ensuring that teaching was consistently satisfactory. Unsurprisingly, school
improvement stalled and standards continued to decline. Governors were aware of the difficulties,
but were ineffective in shaping the vision of the school and holding the school’s management to
account. There are examples of effective leadership at both senior and faculty levels, and there is a
strong commitment to the professional development of teachers, but these strengths need to be
more effectively utilised to focus the school improvement strategy. Recent improvements are still
fragile in their nature and continued improvement is not certain, despite more stability in the teaching
force.

Lmao, your school must've been something like that Dangerous Minds film. Just with loads of white chavs instead lol. We got inspections and i remember a few ppl deliberatly getting into trouble to make the school look bad, it was friggin hilarious.

Lmao, your school must've been something like that Dangerous Minds film. Just with loads of white chavs instead lol. We got inspections and i remember a few ppl deliberatly getting into trouble to make the school look bad, it was friggin hilarious.

http://www.php.net/

Lmao, your school must've been something like that Dangerous Minds film. Just with loads of white chavs instead lol. We got inspections and i remember a few ppl deliberatly getting into trouble to make the school look bad, it was friggin hilarious.

It wasn't THAT bad when I was there, I mean it's always been a pretty rough school and education standards aint great, but it's gone steadily downhill since I left. To be honest in years 10 and 11 I could see it was gettin worse n worse, good thing it's gettin knocked down I suppose.

www.frederickgoughschool.co.uk

Malcolm Yates -Head of Department

il fuck him up!!!

Malcolm Yates -Head of Department

il fuck him up!!!

Lol go for it...

here go sumthin on my old school shows the diff. ethnic groups n shit all black anyway. the main site is down.


Strawberry Mansion HS North Philly
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/pa/other/2090

Pseudonym a couple of my friends are from the Blackburn and Darwen area, I never heard of the school though.

Check mine, Ribbleton Hall High, it has since changed its name to City Of Preston High.

Ribbleton Hall High School is a mixed comprehensive serving the east side of the city of Preston. It is smaller than average with 599 pupils on roll. Most pupils live near the school, an area characterised by large council estates, among the most deprived in the country. Unemployment is very high and over half the pupils are entitled to free school meals, the highest in Lancashire and well above the national average.

http://www.ribbleton-hall.lancsngfl.ac.uk/index.html