The Ripley Academy | |
Coordinates: | 53.045°N -1.392°W |
Established: | 2014 |
Sister School: | John Flamsteed Community School |
Type: | Academy |
Head Label: | Head of school |
Head: | J. De Rijk |
R Head Label: | Head teacher |
R Head: | H Frost-Briggs |
Address: | Peasehill |
City: | Ripley |
County: | Derbyshire |
Country: | England |
Postcode: | DE5 3JQ |
Dfeno: | 830/5416 |
Urn: | 141259 |
Ofsted: | yes |
Gender: | Co-educational |
Lower Age: | 11 |
Upper Age: | 18 |
Houses: | Kinder, Dove, Monsal, Riber |
Colours: | Red, black |
Website: | http://www.ripleyacademy.org/ |
The Ripley Academy (previously known as Mill Hill School, before this, The Benjamin Outram Secondary Modern School) is a secondary school and sixth form located in Ripley, Derbyshire, England.[1] Ripley Academy opened on 8 September 2014 as part of the East Midlands Education Trust, which currently has fifteen schools[2] in the East Midlands. The Ripley Academy was a founding member, along with the West Bridgford School.[3]
In the late 1990s, under the leadership of headmaster Tony Stephens, Mill Hill School had a good reputation, with around 60% of students scoring 5 or more GCSE grades A*-C.