South Holderness Technology College is a secondary school in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, sometimes called "SHTC". It receives extra funding due to its high curricular activity in technology, I.C.T. and science, for which it has been awarded "Technology College" status. The College consists of the secondary school and the Sixth Form Centre, which was built more recently. The origins of the school date back to the middle years of World War II and the Beveridge Report. In 1942 the University of Oxford academic William Beveridge was asked to prepare a paper for the government outlining the problems that existed within British society. His famous report became the basis of the Housing Act and slum clearance, the National Health Service and most importantly the Education Act (1944). South Holderness School came into existence as a direct result of the 1944 Act. It was recognised that there was a need for a secondary school in the South Holderness area. Children were generally educated until 14 years in a senior department of their village school. From there they entered the world of work as apprentices, farm workers, shop and office workers and so on.