Type Academy Chair Ernest Hardy Ofsted Reports Number of students 1,082 | Headteacher Keith Binks DfE URN 106787 Tables Phone +44 1709 864100 | |
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Location Tait Avenue
Edlington
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN12 1HH
England Address Tait Ave, New Edlington, Doncaster DN12 1HH, UK Similar Balby Carr Community Academy, Hall Cross Academy, Minsthorpe Community College, Doncaster College, The Birley Academy Profiles | ||
Sir Thomas Wharton Community College (formerly Edlington School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Edlington, Doncaster, England. It accepts pupils from the surrounding areas including Edlington, Warmsworth, Tickhill, Loversall, Wadworth, Micklebring and Braithwell. Its feeder schools are: Warmsworth Primary, Edlington Hilltop, Edlington Victoria, Wadworth Primary, Tickhill Estfeld and Tickhill St Mary's.
Sir Thomas Wharton operates a tutor group system. In the past groups contained pupils of all ages, but in 2009 new tutor groups were formed which included two to four members of each year group, including members of the Sixth Form. Form groups were then changed again at the start of the 2014 school year to include only students up to year 11. Sixth Form students now have their own specialised form groups.
The school operates a house system, introduced at the same time as mixed age tutor groups. All pupils and members of staff are separated into one of four houses. Each house has its own pastoral care team which deals with student issues. The four houses are named after country halls: Cusworth, Brodsworth, Chatsworth and Wentworth. Different coloured ties are used to identify to which house students belong.