Temple Moor High School


Temple Moor High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. In recent years, it has received 'Science College' status. In 2017 an Ofsted inspection gave the school a Good rating.

History

The school was founded in 1956 as Temple Moor Grammar School, a status it retained until 1973. At its inception, the school was male-only. This approach was abandoned as times changed, and the school is currently a mixed gender institution. The school was associated with notable local families, most credibly the DeLacy family, who are recognised in the Temple Newsam area.
The school was built on several old mine shafts, possibly related to the coal mines at Temple Newsam. The mines were only recently rediscovered when constructing the new school building.
On 16 May 2007 construction workers punctured a chlorine tank whilst demolishing the school's disused swimming pool, forcing evacuation of the school.
Temple Moor is the first Leeds school ever to reach the Carnegie Champion Schools Final in its 30-year history.

Admissions

The School is oversubscribed, and currently has a roll of around 1,400 as of September 2018 pupils.
Temple Moor local feeder primary schools are: Temple Newsam Halton Primary School, Crossgates Primary School, Temple Learning Academy, Whitkirk Primary School, Colton Primary School, St. Peters Primary School and Austhorpe Primary School.

Ofsted

In its 2013 Ofsted inspection the school was rated as Grade 2, and this was also the school's rating in its 2017 Ofsted inspection. In recent years, at least 95% of students have achieved GCSE/GNVQs.

Former houses

The school's original houses were based on names of local historical families: Manston, Scargill, Smeaton and DeLacy. The DeLacy family is associated with Temple Newsam, an estate and country house situated nearby, from which the school derived its name and its Templar Cross emblem.
The House System was reintroduced in 2006–2007, as part of the school's 50 year anniversary, with the houses named after stars appropriate to the school's Science College specialist status:
HouseColour
Rigel Purple
Capella Yellow
Sirius Silver
Vega Red

The house system was discontinued in September 2017.

Former students

Dr. Ian McCormick
Jonathan Michael Caine, Baron Caine of Temple Newsam
Dr. Mark Taylor-Batty, Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies, University of Leeds
Nigel Botterill, Business Writer and Entrepreneur