ABSTRACT
Whittaker School is a grant maintained 12-18 mixed comprehensive serving a county town and surrounding villages. In 1993 the standard number was 244 and the number on roll 1,094 with 165 pupils in the sixth form. There are other LEA comprehensive schools in the vicinity and a large independent school nearby. The school has been admitting above its standard number and remains oversubscribed, although the overall number of pupils has declined: 263 were admitted in September 1992, 260 in September 1993 and 248 in September 1994.
