Outwood Academy Newbold Explained

Outwood Academy Newbold
Coordinates:53.2525°N -1.4363°W
Type:Academy
Head Label:Principal
Head:Robert Southern
Address:Highfield Lane
City:Chesterfield
County:Derbyshire
Country:England
Postcode:S41 8BA
Local Authority:Derbyshire
Dfeno:830/4004
Urn:141377
Ofsted:yes
Capacity:1,139
Enrolment:937
Gender:Mixed
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:18

Outwood Academy Newbold (formerly Newbold Community School, and before that The Violet Markham and Newbold Green Schools pre-merger) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Chesterfield in the English county of Derbyshire.[1]

The school is operated by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, a multi-academy trust, and the current principal is Robert Southern.

Facilities at the school include a sports hall, dance studio, drama studios, recording studio and all-weather sports facilities.[2] The school also hosts the North East Derbyshire Music Centre.[3]

History

Newbold Community School was previously split across two locations known as Upper Site and Lower Site, which previously consisted of Newbold Green School and Voliet Markham School respectively. The school relocated to a combined site and new building in 2006.[4]

In November 2012, headteacher Jackie Overton was suspended, along with two other staff, for undisclosed reasons. Pupils were suspended for making 'malicious comments' regarding the incident.[5] Shortly afterwards, the school was placed in special measures under the ruling of an acting headteacher, Martin Ebbage.[6] [7]

In January 2015 the school converted to academy status and was renamed Outwood Academy Newbold. The school is now part of the Outwood Grange Family of Schools.

The school has broken the record for the highest number of exclusions locally.[8]

Academics

Outwood Academy Newbold offers GCSEs, BTECs and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils,[9] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Outwood Academy Newbold. get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Department for Education. 7 October 2017. en.
  2. Web site: Facilities . Newbold.derbyshire.sch.uk . 2014-02-02.
  3. Web site: NEDMC North East Derbyshire Music Centre . Nedmc.co.uk . 2014-02-02.
  4. News: Broomhead. Michael. Nearly 60 new homes to be built on Chesterfield site. 7 October 2017. Derbyshire Times. 1 November 2016. en.
  5. Web site: Pupils excluded from Newbold Community School. Derbyshire Times . 2014-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083550/https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/pupils-excluded-from-newbold-community-school-1-5194175. 1 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Weaknesses put secondary school on the failing list. The Star . 2014-02-04.
  7. Web site: Special Measures Monitoring Inspection of Newbold Community School. Ofsted . 2014-05-09 . 2014-09-25.
  8. Web site: Chesterfield school's academy take-over crackdown led to expulsions - Derbyshire Times . www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180708162740/https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/chesterfield-school-s-academy-take-over-crackdown-led-to-expulsions-1-9231763 . 2018-07-08.
  9. Web site: Key Stage 4 . Newbold.derbyshire.sch.uk . 2014-02-02.
  10. Web site: Sixth form entry procedure . Newbold.derbyshire.sch.uk . 2014-02-02.

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