Editing Acomb, North Yorkshire (section)

==Education==

After the system of grammar schools was discontinued in York in 1985, Acomb had three comprehensive schools: Oaklands Secondary School (Acomb Secondary Modern), Lowfields School and Manor Church of England School. In 2007, Oaklands and Lowfield were merged to form [[York High School, York|York High School]]<ref>{{cite web |  url = http://www.york.gov.uk/education/Schools_and_colleges/Secondary_schools_directory/YorkHigh/ | title=York High School|work=York High|publisher=City of York Council|access-date=9 October 2010}}</ref> with a new building on the Oaklands site in Cornlands Road. In 2009 Manor Church of England School moved out of Acomb from their site on Boroughbridge Road to Millfield Road in the parish of [[Nether Poppleton]]. York High School does not have a sixth form and students who wish to take 'A' levels go mostly to [[York College (York)|York College]]. The most recent addition to the school site includes a 56 place nursery, a sports hall and a swimming pool. The school has dedicated a section of its grounds to community allotments which featured on BBC Gardeners' World in December 2014.

Acomb has four primary schools. Carr Junior on Ostman Road was established in 1948 for Infants, with a Junior section added in 1950. Hob Moor Primary on Green Lane was opened in 1954 for Infants, and a Junior section was added a year later. In 2007 Hob Moor Primary School moved into a new school building with Hob Moor Oaks Special School and the two schools federated in 2009. Until 2011, Our Lady's Roman Catholic Primary was located on Windsor Garth. With its amalgamation with English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary in September 2011, the school became Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary, based at Hamilton Drive in Holgate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9234237.New_beginnings_at_York_primary_schools/|access-date=8 March 2012|title = New beginnings at York primary schools|work=York Press}}</ref> Westfield Primary Community on Askham Lane originally opened as an Infants' School in 1951 with the Junior section opening a year later.<ref>{{cite book|first=P.&nbsp;M.|last=Tillott|year=1961|title=A History of the County of York: the City of York|chapter=Schools and Colleges|pages=440–460|oclc=430564|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36381&strquery=acomb|access-date=15 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.schoolsnet.com/uk-schools/best-state-primary-school/top-york-schools/16180339/0/0/7/209.html|title = List of Acomb Schools|work=State Primary Schools in York|publisher=Schoolsnet|access-date =11 April 2010}}</ref> The former Acomb Primary School which has since moved to [[Holgate, North Yorkshire|Holgate]] was one of the oldest primary schools in [[North Yorkshire]]. It had been in its buildings since 1908 and was the second largest primary school in [[York]], with 575 pupils.