Tapton School

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Tapton School
Address
Darwin Lane Sheffield , South Yorkshire , S10 5RG England
Coordinates	53°22′36″N 1°31′03″W / 53.3766°N 1.5174°W / 53.3766; -1.5174
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Valuing everyone, Caring for each other, Achieving excellence[citation needed]
Established	1959 – Crosspool, Sheffield
Local authority	City of Sheffield
Specialist	Formerly Science College & Arts Alliance
Department for Education URN	138069 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head Teacher	Kathryn Rhodes [1]
Staff	over 100
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	approx. 1,650[2]
Website	http://www.taptonschool.co.uk

Tapton School is a secondary school with academy status located in Crosspool, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is sited next to another secondary, King Edward VII School in Sheffield, and near to Lydgate Junior School in Crosspool, Lydgate Infant School in Sheffield and Notre Dame Catholic High School in Sheffield. Tapton School has approximately 1,650 pupils, aged between 11 and 18 years old.^[2] Tapton officially opened in 1960, but in 2000 the school was rebuilt under the Private Finance Initiative.^[3] Students and faculties officially moved to the new building in September 2001.