The Holt School
Academy in Wokingham, Berkshire, England
51°24′56″N 0°50′37″W / 51.41564°N 0.8437°W / 51.41564; -0.8437The Holt School is a secondary school located on the outskirts of Wokingham, Berkshire, England, on Holt Lane.[1][2] It is a girls' school[3] and currently teaches over 1,200 girls ranging from age 11–18.[4] Boys are admitted to the sixth form.[5] There are eight houses: Broderers, Clothworkers, Goldsmiths, Haberdashers, Lacemakers, Spinners, Tanners and Weavers.
The school was founded in 1931, originally at Tudor House, and its first headmistress was G. M. Brown.[6][7] It is a specialized language and science college and is in the top 100 highest achieving schools in GCSE, AS and A level exam results.[8] The current co-headteachers are Anne Kennedy and Katie Pearce.[9]
In June 2020, James Furlong, a 36-year-old teacher who was head of history, government, and politics at the school, was stabbed to death in the 2020 Forbury Gardens stabbings in Reading.[10][11][12]
Notable alumni
- Bonita Norris (born 1987), youngest British female to climb Mount Everest[13]
- Celia Wade-Brown (born 1956), Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand[14]
References
- ^ "The Holt School Building Cleaning Contract 2013". 25 February 2013.
- ^ "Contact | the Holt School".
- ^ "Holt School | Wokingham Directory".
- ^ "About Us | the Holt School".
- ^ "Sixth Form Entry".
- ^ "About Us | the Holt School".
- ^ Clark, Terry (22 October 2012). Wokingham: A Town through the Eyes of Terry Clark. ISBN 9781291135381.
- ^ "Vacancies | the Holt School".
- ^ "Reading stabbings victim 'beautiful' son, says family". BBC News. 22 June 2020.
- ^ Murphy, Neil; Rampen, Julia; Bona, Emilia (21 June 2020). "'Kind and gentle' teacher from Liverpool killed in Reading attack". liverpoolecho.
- ^ Blackall, Molly (21 June 2020). "'Passionate' schoolteacher is first Reading attack victim to be named" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "Tributes paid to teacher from Liverpool killed in Reading terror attack". 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Woman, 22, to climb Mount Everest". 9 March 2010.
- ^ "New mayor for Wellington". The Dominion Post. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
External links
- Official website
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