William Farr Comprehensive School is a Church of England school for 11 - 18 year olds, located in the village of Welton, near Lincoln.
Facilities
In 2000, the school embarked on an ambitious £7m expansion programme to allow numbers to grow to 1500 (300 in the Sixth Form). This programme had included, in 2000 the ‘Wolfson Building’, a £750,000 ‘centre of excellence’ for Science, Mathematics and Business Studies with two further laboratories built.
In 2004, additional facilities for Mathematics were opened by Prince Edward, 2005 new accommodation for RE, an extension of the tennis courts, car park and new gymnasium.
In 2006, £1.7m building for Performing Arts and refurbishment and extension of the Art Department and catering facilities was opened.
In 2007, an addition to Wolfson provided a new ICT suite, high quality accommodation for Learning Support Education, a quiet room/chapel “The Lawres Chapel” and further Design and Technology facilities.
The final phase to link Art with Design and Technology and provide a completely re-modelled foyer was completed May 2008.
In 2012, the newly refurbished Physical Education facilities were opened by Baroness Sue Campbell.
This was shortly followed by an extension to the English and Science accommodation in 2015 with the building of a new Science laboratory and two classrooms.
In 2017, they added to the growing accommodation again, with a suite of student support rooms, and a further two new classrooms, thus also allowing the creation of a set of four dedicated ICT and Computing Rooms.
The value of physical and health education as a complement to academic study cannot be underestimated.
They are proud of continuing success in competitive sport and the reputation gained by the teams and individuals who represent school at county, regional and national level.
Pupils are encouraged to develop individual skills and teamwork and to strive for excellence regardless of their natural ability. They are committed to the values of competition, which develops team spirit and co-operation and teaches how to cope with the pleasure of winning and the disappointment of losing.
They are firmly committed to the Healthy Schools Initiative with policies on water access and healthy eating, revised school menus and the abolition of sweet carbonated drinks. At William Farr School they are committed to a Healthy School philosophy.
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