Tasker-Milward VC School
| Tasker Milward VC School | |
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| Location | |
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Portfield Avenue, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA61 1EQ Wales |
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| Information | |
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Established | 1978 |
| Acting Headmistress | Mrs H Lewis |
| Staff | 45 |
| Years offered | 7-13 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 750 |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) |
Red and green |
| Website | Official website |
Red and green
Tasker Milward Voluntary Controlled School is an English medium secondary school in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South West Wales. It has 750 students on roll as of 2016, which is significantly fewer than in 2009 when 1,100 were on roll. It was ranked red by the Welsh government categorisation scheme in 2015, but has made considerable improvements in 2016.). The Sixth Form is a member of the "Haverfordwest federation", which links it with Sir Thomas Picton School and Pembrokeshire College.
Tasker-Milward School was created in 1978 after the closure of two separate schools, the Haverfordwest Grammar School and Tasker's School for Girls.
Haverfordwest Grammar School was founded by no later than 1488. Thomas Lloyd, of Cilciffeth near Llanychaer, endowed the school with property in his will dated 22 November 1612. This included farms, which earned a rental income, enabling the school to be free. The school also benefited from the will of John Milward in 1654, who also bequeathed to King's Grammar School, Birmingham. The grammar school was a boarding school until it moved to new premises in 1965. It was located where the town's library stands today. It was also, between 1938 and 1958, a Public School, its headmaster RS Lang being a member of the Headmasters' Conference
Tasker's Charity School was established by the Tasker Charity, which was set up by Mary Tasker (previously Miss Howard/Hayward, of 1 Flether Hill, Rudbaxton) in her will dated 1684, to educate poor children of both sexes, although it later became a school for girls. The old school buildings have since been turned into flats.
Tasker's School for Girls and Haverfordwest Grammar School ceased to exist in 1978, and pupils transferred to the new Tasker-Milward school.
Mrs M Haynes. became headteacher in September 2007. Following her recent departure, Mrs H Lewis has now stepped in as acting headteacher with immediate effect as of June 2014.
The school has three buildings located on site:
The Milward Building (Bottom School), housing the English, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Physical Education departments and the library; the Humanities Block (H Block), where the Geography, Geology, History and RE departments are based ("H Block" was built in 2001); and the Tasker Building (Top School), where the Welsh, MFL, Biology, ICT, Drama, Media Studies, Music, Technology and Art departments are based. This Tasker Building also caters for the Sixth Form, providing a computer/work area and a common room.
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