Hall Park Academy Explained

Hall Park Academy
Coordinates:53.0197°N -1.3129°W
Type:Academy
Trust:Redhill Academy Trust (2014–)
Head Label:Executive Head
Head:Andrew Burns
R Head Label:Headteacher
R Head:David Crossley
Address:Mansfield Road
City:Eastwood
County:Nottinghamshire
Country:England
Postcode:NG16 3EA
Urn:140992
Ofsted:yes
Gender:Coeducational
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18
Houses:Astle, Collier, Erewash, Lawrence,
Website:http://www.hallparkacademy.org.uk/

Hall Park Academy (formerly Eastwood Comprehensive School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Eastwood in the English county of Nottinghamshire.[1]

Previously a community school administered by Nottinghamshire County Council, Eastwood Comprehensive School converted to academy status on 1 July 2014 and was renamed Hall Park Academy.[2] The school is now sponsored by the Redhill Academy Trust, however Hall Park Academy continues to coordinate with Nottinghamshire County Council for admissions.

Hall Park Academy offers GCSEs, BTECs and NVQs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.[3]

History

Technical school

The school was known as Eastwood Hall Park Secondary Technical School, a technical-grammar school, which opened in 1957.

Notable former pupils

Eastwood Comprehensive School

Hall Park Technical Grammar School

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Hall Park Academy . The Hall Park Academy . 2014-07-28.
  2. Web site: Eastwood Comprehensive School | Home . Eastwood-comp.notts.sch.uk . 2014-07-28.
  3. Web site: Eastwood Comprehensive School | Subjects List . Eastwood-comp.notts.sch.uk . 2014-02-09 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222172929/http://www.eastwood-comp.notts.sch.uk/163-Subjects-List.aspx . 2014-02-22 .