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Knights Templar School is a co-educational secondary school with academy status located in the market town of Baldock in North Hertfordshire, England. In a February 2006 Ofsted report, the school was described as "outstanding", one of only eight secondary schools in Hertfordshire to be so recognised.〔Guardian Unlimited, ("Inspectors name outstanding schools" )〕〔(Ofsted report ), February 2006〕〔( Performance as reported on BBC website )〕 It retained its "outstanding" status following a further Ofsted inspection in February 2009.〔(Ofsted Inspection Report February 2009 )〕 The Knights Templar School gained academy status on 1 April 2011. Following an Ofsted inspection in October 2012 the school was categorised as "good".〔(Knights Templar School OFSTED report - published November 2012 )〕 In September 2014 the school celebrated its 75th anniversary. ==History== The school claims no connection with the Masonic order of Knights Templar or with ''The Da Vinci Code'' – rather, it is named after the chivalrous medieval order of the Knights Templar, who founded Baldock and built the original 12th-century parish church of St. Mary the Virgin〔(Hertfordshire Genealogy: Baldock )〕 in the town. The motto of the Knights Templar School is "Courage and Courtesy". The school opened the day after the start of the Second World War in 1939 as the Baldock County Council School and within a week of opening had welcomed evacuee children from Stratford in London; in 1944 a photographer from the Ministry of Information took a series of pictures of students at the school to show the positive way that a typical country school was adjusting to life during wartime. These images showed students having medical examinations, taking part in sports and domestic science lessons, cooking over open fires and cultivating the school's playing field to grow food.〔('Country School: Everday Life at Baldock County Council School (1944)- the Imperial War Museum Collection )〕 By 1949 the school was known as Baldock Secondary Modern School, at which time His Majesty's Inspector for Schools (HMI) found it to be flourishing under the 'dynamic personality' of the Headmaster, Mr Frank Hancock MBE, who had created a 'very happy and active school' with overseas trips, school camps, Sports Days and strong links with the local community. However, the inspectors found the syllabuses to be too ambitious with the school moving forward too quickly, with teaching staff confused by arrangements which were complicated and difficult to manage.〔(Parker, David ''John Newsom - A Hertfordshire Educationist'' University of Hertfordshire Press (2005) pg 130 ''Google Books'' )〕〔PRO ED109/8828 HM Inspectors' report on Baldock County Secondary Modern School; Inspected 16-18/11/49〕 Finally, the school was renamed ''The Knights Templar School'' by Vivian Crellin, the then headmaster of the school and a scholar of Baldock's medieval history.〔(Vivian Crellin, ''Baldock's Middle Ages'' )〕 Since that time the school has been greatly extended with several new buildings and ever increasing pupil numbers, leading to oversubscription every year. As of September 2013 there are 1350 pupils, with 103 teachers and 60 support staff. Also in September 2013 a new purpose-built Sixth Form block with specialist classrooms, tutor meeting rooms and computer suites was opened. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Knights Templar School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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