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As with many older
British Secondary schools, The Nelson Thomlinson School has a prefect system drawn from the Sixth Form. However, instead of one Head Prefect or a Head Boy & Girl pair, there are five Head Prefects who each take charge on a particular day of the week. Former pupils of the school
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In 2014, Hayley
Southwell, a teacher at Nelson Thomlinson, was arrested and pleaded guilty to charges of having sexual activity with a girl aged between 16 and 18 while in a position of trust. Her victim was a pupil at the school, and the crimes took place between May 2013 and January 2014. She was
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In 2004, anti-social behaviour in the town centre by under-18s, many of whom were pupils at Nelson
Thominson School, prompted authorities to impose a curfew on youths in Wigton. The curfew ran through the 2004 Easter holidays and prohibited any unaccompanied children under the age of 16 from being
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Thomlinson are from Wigton and the smaller communities within a few miles of the town which fall within its catchment area. However, some pupils come from further afield, including smaller settlements like
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handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence and had to sign the sex offenders register for a period of ten years. During sentencing, the judge said that
Southwell's relationship with her victim showed "a degree of grooming".
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out on the streets between 21:00 and 06:00. During the curfew, instances of anti-social behaviour, such as intimidation and broken shop windows, dropped by as much as 75%. However, the curfew was not repeated after 2004.
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examinations. Around 70% of pupils achieve 5 or more A*-Cs each year in GCSE examinations, and in terms of A-Level results, the school has been rated in the country's top 40 comprehensive school since 1997 . In a 2006
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16:A secondary school in Wigton, England
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493:The Nelson Thomlinson School website
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1018:St Benedict's Catholic High School
330:The school enters students in the
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1182:Barrow-in-Furness Grammar Schools
1013:St Bernard's Catholic High School
472:- Current England Netball Player.
422:David S. Northwood (2012–Present)
1028:St Joseph's Catholic High School
380:Nelson Thomlinson Grammar School
314:the price was £13.50 per week.
122:Fide et Opris (Faith and Works)
1058:Ulverston Victoria High School
988:Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
229:located in the market town of
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1177:Aspatria Agricultural College
963:Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
211:http://www.nts.cumbria.sch.uk
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1003:Richard Rose Central Academy
903:Beacon Hill Community School
625:Ofsted Report, November 2006
416:Peter M. Ireland (1988–2007)
368:The Thomlinson Girls’ School
24:The Nelson Thomlinson School
1053:Ullswater Community College
1008:Richard Rose Morton Academy
113:Voluntary controlled school
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882:Holme St Cuthbert School
419:Janet Downes (2007–2012)
220:Nelson Thomlinson School
146:Department for Education
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388:secondary modern school
384:Wigton Secondary School
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1073:The Whitehaven Academy
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1078:William Howard School
958:Kirkbie Kendal School
913:Cartmel Priory School
453:- British newsreader.
427:Notable former pupils
254:include TV presenter
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1092:Independent schools
653:on 15 November 2018
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1083:Workington Academy
1068:West Lakes Academy
948:John Ruskin School
923:Cockermouth School
644:nts.cumbria.sch.uk
476:Jarrad Branthwaite
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139:Cumberland Council
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1227:Salterbeck School
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891:Secondary schools
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127:Established
104:Information
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66:Coordinates
39:High Street
1287:Categories
1269:Cumberland
637:"Archived"
499:References
482:footballer
464:John Jones
431:See also:
173:Headmaster
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264:Anna Ford
199:Enrolment
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746:BBC News
720:BBC News
447:- Artist
308:Carlisle
300:Maryport
296:Aspatria
249:Students
862:England
857:Cumbria
480:Everton
363:History
336:A-Level
312:Dalston
304:Silloth
292:Mawbray
280:Allonby
239:England
235:Cumbria
207:Website
167:Reports
59:England
55:CA7 9PX
50:Cumbria
29:Address
1303:Wigton
657:10 May
341:Ofsted
290:, and
231:Wigton
181:Gender
162:Ofsted
155:Tables
152:112397
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