2 0 0 9 ▁B ect a ▁Ex cell ence ▁I CT ▁Award ▁for ▁the ▁best ▁whole ▁school ▁in ▁York shire ▁and ▁the ▁H umber ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁has ▁won ▁other ▁awards ▁including ▁a ▁national ▁award ▁at ▁the ▁Special ist ▁School s ▁and ▁Academ ies ▁Conference ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁and ▁again ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁in ▁recognition ▁of ▁this ▁work . ▁A ▁new ▁environmental ▁learning ▁centre ▁website ▁has ▁been ▁set ▁up ▁and ▁an ▁e co - class room ▁has ▁been ▁built ▁by ▁the ▁on ▁site ▁Hall am ▁C LC ▁in ▁the ▁school ▁wood land ▁area ▁which ▁makes ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁latest ▁technology ▁to ▁enh ance ▁learning ▁and ▁set ▁an ▁example ▁for ▁sust ain able ▁buildings ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁sust ain able ▁schools ▁strategy . ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁The ▁GC SE ▁( A * – C ) ▁rate ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁was ▁the ▁strong est ▁in ▁school ' s ▁history ▁with ▁the ▁ 8 0 % ▁bar rier ▁of ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁pup ils ▁gain ing ▁ 5 ▁good ▁GC SE ▁being ▁broken ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time . ▁The ▁figure ▁including ▁English ▁and ▁math s ▁was ▁well ▁above ▁average ▁for ▁She ff ield ▁with ▁ 7 0 % ▁of ▁ 5 th ▁Year ▁( Y 1 1 ) ▁pup ils ▁att aining ▁these ▁gr ades , ▁compared ▁with ▁She ff ield ' s ▁average ▁of ▁ 3 9 . 9 %. ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁second ▁highest ▁for ▁She ff ield ▁in