| Caroline Chisholm School | |
| Coordinates: | 52.1987°N -0.8739°W |
| Established: | 2004 |
| Head Label: | Headteacher |
| Head: | David James |
| R Head Label: | Principal |
| Chair Label: | Chair of Trustees |
| Chair: | Louise Samways |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | NN4 6TP |
| Ofsted: | yes |
| Urn: | 137089 |
| Enrolment: | 2043 |
| Lower Age: | 4 |
| Upper Age: | 18 |
| Houses: | Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney |
| Website: | http://www.ccs.northants.sch.uk |
Caroline Chisholm School is a mixed all-through school with academy status, in Wootton, south Northampton, England. It is named after Caroline Chisholm, a 19th-century social reformer.[1] The principal is David James. The school was built in 15 months and cost £25 million.[2] The school added its final year, Year 13, in September 2008.[3] In 2005, admission arrangements were changed to give siblings of existing students at the school greater priority for places.[4]
The school has 5 blocks, A Block (Music, Drama and PE), B Block (Languages and Humanities), C Block (Maths and English), D Block (Technology and Science), E Block (Sixth Form Centre, ICT, Business and Art). The school has a two-form entry Primary Phase with its own studio, multi-purpose room, 14 classrooms and playground area. The site also has a cafeteria, takeaway area, ICT suites, drama studios, gym, art display area, and public meeting rooms.
The school is in the Wooldale Centre for Learning, a multi-use community facility.[2] Caroline Chisholm has been described as "unique and ground breaking" for the way it is linked into the community including offering sports and learning facilities for the community.[10]
Ofsted's report of 17 May 2006 describes the school as:
It had 'outstanding' outcome from its Ofsted report in July 2009, while they received a 'good' outcome from their Ofsted report in 2012. Caroline Chisholm school received 'requires improvement' by Ofsted in 2018.[11] In their latest report in January 2020, the school received a 'good' rating with an 'outstanding' Early Years Foundation Stage.[12]
Although the area is next to the large housing development of Grange Park, a proposal in January 2010 by Northamptonshire County Council to remove Woodland View Primary School in Grange Park as a feeder school provoked huge protest from Grange Park parents. The alternative schools proposed were Elizabeth Woodville School (formerly Roade School Sports College) and Abbeyfield School. (formerly Mereway Secondary School).[13]