Good Practice: Education in Lincolnshire -- School saved from the brink of closure

10 January 2011 3 mins read Education

A struggling school in Lincolnshire has made huge improvements by reinvigorating its staff and boosting integrated support for pupils.

Setting Mablethorpe Tennyson High School
Funding £175,000 from Lincolnshire County Council
Purpose To turn around a failing school

Background

Back in 2006, the end looked nigh for Mablethorpe Tennyson High School in the Lincolnshire coastal town of Mablethorpe. Fewer than one in five pupils attained five grade A* to C GCSEs. The poor results and plummeting pupil numbers created significant pressure to close the school. "We were told it was going to be a real struggle to survive," explains Lincolnshire director of children's services Peter Duxbury.

Closing the school and shifting pupils elsewhere would have been the easy option if the school had been located in an urban area.

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