Frecheville Comprehensive
| Frecheville Comprehensive | |
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| Location | |
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Fox Lane, Frecheville, South Yorkshire S12 United Kingdom | |
| Coordinates | 53°20′55″N 1°24′28″W / 53.3485°N 1.4079°WCoordinates: 53°20′55″N 1°24′28″W / 53.3485°N 1.4079°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Secondary |
| Motto | Honestas Quam Munera (Honour before honours) |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Closed | July 1986 |
| Authority | City of Sheffield |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Campus size | 8.4 hectares (21 acres) |
| Feeder schools | Base Green Junior, Birley Spa Junior |
1950 Ordnance Survey map showing the location of Frecheville School (black buildings in centre of image)
Frecheville Comprehensive School was a secondary school located in Frecheville, South Yorkshire, England. When built, the school was in Derbyshire, but became a Sheffield city school following a boundary change in 1967.[1] The school opened in 1936, merged with the nearby Thornbridge School, now The Birley Academy, in 1986, and closed permanently in 1987. The site is now a housing estate.
Notable alumni[]
- Simon Beckett, author.
- Joanne Catherall, musician and member of synth-pop band The Human League. Attended the school between 1974 and 1979.[2]
- Geoff Dey, Sheffield United and Scunthorpe United football player.
- Mark Eklid, author and journalist
- Steve Faulkner, Sheffield United football player.
- Wayne Furniss, musician and early member of rock band Pulp.
- Mark Pearson, Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday, Fulham and Halifax Town football player
- Ian Reddington, musician and actor. Played Vernon Tomlin in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.[3]
- Susan Ann Sulley, musician and member of synth-pop band The Human League. Attended the school between 1974 and 1979.[2]
- Neil Warnock, Football manager and player[4]
- Alan Woodward, Sheffield United football player.
- Rodger Wylde, Sheffield Wednesday, Oldham Athletic, Sporting CP, Sunderland, Barnsley and Stockport County football player
Aerial photograph of Frecheville from 1939, with Frecheville School at centre-left. Source: Britain From Above https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EPW062835
Former site of Frecheville School and school fields (yellow line) on Google Earth, imagery from 2018.
Notable former teachers[]
- Veronica Hardstaff, Labour MEP from 1994 to 1999 for Lincolnshire and Humberside South, and married to Alan Billings, the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner since 2016, taught German from 1979 until the school's closure in 1986.[5][6]
- Alan Farmer, Historian and History Teacher, and Head of Sixth Form in 1970s. Authored dozens of definitive history text books, with a special interest in the United States Civil War.[7]
Film and television[]
BBC kids TV show The Best in Football, with football legend George Best, was filmed on Frecheville School playing fields in c.1971[8]
References[]
- ^ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARIES (SHEFFIELD) (Hansard, 27 February 1967)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Human League: Enduring appeal of the band that never went away". The Yorkshire Post. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Ian Reddy to come bouncing into view". Sheffield Star. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Neil Warnock at long last the new season is here; and it's guaranteed to be painfree". The Independent. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ Vacher's European Companion. A. S. Kerswil Limited. 1999.
- ^ Parliament, Great Britain (1994). Dod's Parliamentary Companion Guide to the Parliamentary and European Elections 1994. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. ISBN 978-0-905702-21-6.
- ^ "Alan Farmer". Goodreads. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "George Best: The Best in Football (TV series) (1972)". BFI. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
Categories:
- Defunct schools in Sheffield
- The Human League