Noel-Baker Academy Explained

Noel-Baker Academy
Coordinates:52.8829°N -1.439°W
Established:1960
Trust:LEAD Multi-Academy Trust
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Ann Donaghy
Founder:Derby City Council
Address:Bracknell Drive
Postcode:DE24 0HR
Ofsted:yes
Urn:143853
Staff:72 plus 90 associated staff
Enrolment:1239
Houses:Lead, Empower, Achieve, Drive
Colours:Orange, Royal Blue, Blue, Burgundy
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:16
Website:http://www.noel-baker.derby.sch.uk

Noel-Baker Academy (formerly Noel-Baker Community School) is a co-educational secondary school located in Alvaston, Derby, England.

The school takes students from the Alvaston, Boulton and Crewton areas of Derby. In September 2004, the school was awarded specialist school status as a Language College by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).[1]

Previously a foundation school administered by Derby City Council, in February 2017, Noel-Baker Community School converted to academy status and was renamed Noel-Baker Academy. The school is now sponsored by the LEAD Multi-Academy Trust.

The school was named after Olympic silver medallist, Derby South MP and Nobel Peace prize winner, Philip Noel-Baker.

Student Leadship Team

Noel-Baker Academy has started their new house systems and new student leader. There are six House Captains, five House Vice Captains and twenty House Prefects each house or year.

House Captains

House Vice Captains

House Prefects

Lead:

Empower:

Achieve:

Drive:

New building

The old building, over 50 years old and now demolished, has been replaced with a new building constructed on the old playing fields. The new building was ready for the beginning of the school year in September 2012 at a cost of £34 million. The 1,150 pupils have combined with 90 pupils from St.Martin's Special School which educates special needs students.[2]

Notable former pupils

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Specialist Schools Home. DfES. December 2006. 21 February 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060803055309/http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools. 3 August 2006.
  2. Web site: THIS is the £34 million building which will house pupils from St Martin's Special School and Noel-Baker Community School by September 2012. | This is Derbyshire. https://archive.today/20130505141720/http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Pupils-staff-wait-building-163-34m-school-begin/story-11631441-detail/story.html%23axzz2SQaHto00. 5 May 2013. dead. 6 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Harper's Bazaar editor speaks of her childhood in Derby | This is Derbyshire. https://archive.today/20130505150054/http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Harper-s-Bazaar-editor-speaks-childhood-Derby/story-11636393-detail/story.html%23axzz2SQlGnQo7. 5 May 2013. dead. 6 October 2021.
  4. News: Noel-Baker . Derby Evening Telegraph . 1993 . Chris Jackson (15), year 11 pupil at Noel-Baker Community School, Alvaston.