The Nelson Thomlinson School is a Comprehensive Secondary School located in the market town of Wigton, Cumbria, United Kingdom.
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Motto
The school's motto is the Latin phrase "Fide et Operis", which translates to "Faith and Works". According to the school's website, their "achievements ([their] works) are the result of an act of group will (faith, if you like)".
Staff
The position of Headmaster is vacant at NTS, meaning Deputy Heads Mr. Ferriby and Mrs. Downes will run an interim Headship until the post is filled in the Spring of 2008.
Former pupils
Former pupils of the school include TV presenter Melvyn Bragg and BBC newsreader Anna Ford.
Exam results
The school regularly performs well in the GCSE and A-Level examinations. Around 70% of pupils get 5 or more A*-Cs each year in GCSE examinations, and in terms of A-Level results, the school has been in the country's top 40 comprehensives since 1997. They have been in the top ten four times during this period.
Ofsted
In its recent 2006 Ofsted inspection it was judged to be an Outstanding school. An extract from their report said: “NTS is an outstanding school. It does everything in its power to maximise the life chances of its students by providing the highest quality teaching. Achievements and progress are outstanding, and the school has maintained its excellent results over many years.”
Young Enterprise
The school's teams have always done reasonably well in the Young Enterprise competition, and in the 06/07 academic year, the Young Enterprise team "Eläin" won three awards in the first round: "Best Company Report", "Best Trade Stand", and "Best Overall Company". In the second, County round, the team won some awards, including "Best Presentation", but came 3rd overall and did not progress any further.
Post-school prospects
A notable feature of the school is the extremely high number of sixth-formers who apply, and gain entry to, Oxbridge universities. Since 1994, there have been three or four entrants each year.
History
The Thomlinson Girls School (formed from Westmoreland House owned by Isaac Pattinson and named after the cotton manufacturer John Thomlinson, and now known as the Thomlinson Junior School on The Goose Market) and The Nelson School for Boys (formed from Floshfirld House), which were both grammar schools and had opened in 1899, merged in 1953 to form the Nelson Thomlinson Grammar School. This school merged with Wigton Secondary School (a secondary modern school) in 1969 to form the Nelson Thomlinson Comprehensive School.
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| Comprehensive | Caldew School · Dallam School · Kirkbie Kendal School · Nelson Thomlinson School · Parkview Community College of Technology · Queen Katherine School · St Bernard's Catholic High School · Ullswater Community College · Ulverston Victoria High School · William Howard School · Wyndham school |
| Sixth Form Colleges | Barrow-in-Furness Sixth Form College |
| Further Education Colleges | Furness College, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Grammar | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith |
| Independent | Austin Friars St Monica's School · St Bees School · Chetwynde School · Sedbergh School · Windermere St Anne's School |
