Westfield Sports College
Westfield Sports College was developed from the Eckington Grammar School that was opened in 1930.In 1957 it began its transformation into the first 11-18 comprehensive School in Derbyshire. In 1967 the school was transferred to the City of Sheffield, and now caters for 1350 students, from the local area.Westfield moved to its new buildings in January 2007. The new site on Eckington Road was funded through a private funded initiative (PFI). Our iconic building provides all the specialist accommodation for the delivery of the full curriculum range. There are state of the art ICT facilities, both cable and wireless, 4 dedicated ICT rooms, and interactive whiteboards.
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The Sports College has dedicated accommodation for special educational needs and also includes an Integrated Resource Unit for students with moderate learning difficulties. The sports facilities are second to none, and this is reflected in the high quality of provision for sport, both indoor and outdoor, which includes a 25 m swimming pool, large sports hall, fitness suite, activity centre, all weather floodlit pitches and hard games courts. These are being fully utilised by the local community as well as the college. |
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The College also has a residential centre, Greta Cottage at Cliburn in the Lake District, that is used extensively by groups from the College for both curriculum extension work and for adventurous outdoor activity.Westfield is concerned with the education of the whole person and while conventional academic progress is not neglected it will not be regarded as the only feature needed to prepare young people for the adult world.
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The Personal and Social Education and Citizenship programmes for example, help young people to understand themselves better as individuals and to consider their relationships with the society in which they live. The wide range of extra curricular activities gives opportunities for personal development, through involvement in sports and creative activities, such as drama and dance.
Students are also given the opportunity to influence decision making in the college through the School Council. Each tutor group elects representatives onto the council who meet regularly to raise concerns, ideas, and to make suggestions. The elected Committee also represent the student body to the Governors.
