Bluecoat Beechdale Academy Explained

Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
Motto:Belong, Believe, Achieve
Address:Harvey Road, Bilborough
City:Nottingham
County:Nottinghamshire
Postcode:NG8 3GP
Country:England
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Former Name:Hadden Park High School
Type:Academy
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Local Authority:Nottingham City Council
Trust:Archway Learning Trust
Urn:140369
Ofsted:Yes
Principal:Sarah Bailey[1]
Gender:Mixed
Age Range:11–16
Enrolment:701 (2018)[2]
Capacity:900
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Bluecoat Beechdale Academy (formerly Hadden Park High School, and prior to 2001 Glaisdale Comprehensive[3]) is an 11–16 mixed secondary school with academy status in Bilborough, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.[4] It is part of the Archway Learning Trust.

There was a £11m refurbishment by Inspired Spaces.[5] Hadden Park High School had 10.7% absence in total (8.6% locally, 7.3% nationally) and 12.6% persistent (8.7% locally, 5.9% nationally).[6] Since its launch as Bluecoat Beechdale Academy, attendance has risen above local and national averages, fixed-term exclusions have fallen by more than 50%, the projected budget deficit has been addressed and student numbers have risen sharply after many years of decline.

The school became an academy on 1 April 2014.[7]

Sponsor

The Bluecoat Beechdale Academy is sponsored by Bluecoat Academy and was formerly named as Hadden Park High School, In April 2014 Department for Education(DfE) made and renamed Hadden Park High School into Bluecoat Beechdale Academy sponsored by Bluecoat Academies Trust. The school is now sponsored by Archway Learning Trust.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Principal's Welcome . Bluecoat Beechdale Academy . 23 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Bluecoat Beechdale Academy . Get information about schools . GOV.UK . 23 March 2019 . en.
  3. News: School has already been rebuilt and renamed. https://archive.today/20150425211138/http://www.nottinghampost.com/School-rebuilt-renamed/story-19269876-detail/story.html. dead. 25 April 2015. Nottingham Post. 13 June 2013. 25 April 2015. Hadden Park dead out school opened in September 2001, replacing the old Glaisdale Comprehensive..
  4. Web site: Home . bluecoatbeechdale.uk.com.
  5. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/profile-hadden-park-high-school-nottingham-1518553.html "Profile: Hadden Park High School, Nottingham"
  6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/09/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/892_4461.stm BBC News
  7. http://www.nottinghampost.com/Head-steps-school-academy/story-20430563-detail/story.html 11 Jan 2014