The Hollins

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The Hollins
Hollins School (geograph 3221119).jpg
View of the school grounds (November 2012)
Address
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Hollins Lane

Accrington

Lancashire
,
BB5 2QY

England
Coordinates53°44′17″N 2°21′16″W / 53.73817°N 2.35443°W / 53.73817; -2.35443Coordinates: 53°44′17″N 2°21′16″W / 53.73817°N 2.35443°W / 53.73817; -2.35443
Information
TypeCommunity school
Local authorityLancashire
Department for Education URN119757 Tables
OfstedReports
Head of schoolSamantha Haydock
HeadteacherStephen Campbell
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Websitewww.thehollins.com

The Hollins (formerly known as The Hollins Technology College until 2017) is a coeducational secondary school which is located in Accrington in the English county of Lancashire.[1] It is a community school which is currently administered by Lancashire County Council. The school has also been previously awarded specialist status as a technology college under headteacher Frank Havard. This effect took place in September 2001.[2]

The current headteacher is Stephen Campbell who replaced Mark Jackson who was appointed headteacher of Haslingden High School in March 2011.[3] Jackson took over from his predecessor Frank Havard in September 2004. Havard took over as headteacher in 1994 after being deputy headteacher for five years.[4] The school made the 100 Most Improved list of schools in February 2008 under the leadership of Jackson.[5]

The school was recognised for “exceptional” progress in GCSEs for the second year running in June 2016.[6]

In 2015 and 2016, one group of pupils from the school took part in one large project called “Beyond Labels: In Young Men’s Shoes” which saw a release of both a coffee book and album.[7] The project was nominated and later won the SLYNC Award in the category “Young Artists Of the Year” in March 2017.[8]

They were also nominated for the Fusion Award in the Youth Leadership Category on 13 May 2017.[9] The project was also named “Film of the Month” for February 2017 by Into Film whom work with the BAFTA.[10]

The school took part in the programme by Channel 4 in the summer of 2015, Sex in Class, which saw sex therapist Goedele Liekens visit the school and give some very graphic sex education classes. She was aiming to improve the subject overall, but the show and the school's participation in it was controversial and divisive.

Some, including local community leaders, strongly criticised it as inappropriate while others argued that it reflected what teenagers really do in terms of sexual activity.[11] The school also saw a visit from children's author Tom Palmer in April 2017.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.thehollins.com/[bare URL]
  2. ^ "Power breakfast to mark status success". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 8 February 2001. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Top head to say tearful goodbye to Haslingden High". rossendalefreepress.co.uk. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Head bids farewell after decade at helm". accringtonobserver.co.uk. 27 May 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Hollins in 100 most improved schools list". accringtonobserver.co.uk. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Hollins recognised for 'exceptional' GCSE progress for second year running". accringtonobserver.co.uk. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  7. ^ "BEYOND LABELS: IN YOUNG MEN'S SHOES". superslowway.org.uk. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. ^ "The Hollins CTC on Twitter". Twitter. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Hollins on Twitter". Twitter. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  10. ^ Film, Into (6 February 2017). "'Beyond Labels: In Young Men's Shoes' is December's Film of the Month". www.intofilm.org. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  11. ^ "School slammed over 'inappropriate' role with explicit Channel 4 show discussing hard-core porn and sexual pleasure". lancashiretelegraph.co.uk. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Tom Palmer Vised The Hollins Wed 26th April 2017 - The Hollins Technology College". The Hollins Technology College. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

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