Nottingham Academy
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| Motto | "Be Inspired" |
|---|---|
| Established | 2009 |
| Type | Academy |
| Trust | Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust |
| Location |
Sneinton, Nottingham Greenwood Campus - NG3 7EB Ransom Road Campus - NG3 5LR Greenwood Campus Two - NG2 4GL |
| Local authority | City of Nottingham |
| DfE URN | 135881 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Capacity | 3780 |
| Students | 3600 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 3–19 |
| Colours | Purple And Black |
| Website | The Academy website |
Nottingham Academy is an academy school located in Nottingham, England. It is an all-through 3-19 school. The school is made up from three predecessor schools, Greenwood Dale 11-19, Elliott Durham 11–16 and The Jesse Boot Primary School 3–11.
The Nottingham Academy was founded in 2009 but formally opened during the year of 2011 when Greenwood Campus had completed construction, becoming the 'largest school in Europe', serving up to 3780 pupils ages 3–19. It is administered by a principal, and each site has a Head of School. The academy is sponsored by the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust (GDFT).
History
The Nottingham Academy is the result of the combination of the former Elliot Durham School, which was labelled the third worst performing school in the country in 2007, the Greenwood Dale School, which had been highlighted by Ofsted in 2009 as one of 12 outstanding schools serving disadvantaged communities. Also included was the Jesse Boot School.[1][2] The Academy was formed in 2009 as city academy.[3] [4]
Greenwood Dale school, in Sneinton was a maintained comprehensive that was popular with parents and was full to capacity and too full to take extra pupils, and the site was impossible to expand. It had previously been Greenwood Bilateral School, changing from being a bilateral, with its grammar stream, to a comprehensive school in 1972. It had not lost its kudos. It had failed some key Ofsted tests in 1992 but had raised these indicator results from 12% five A* to C, not including maths and English, in 1992, to 97% overall pass rate in 2007 and it had a 53% pass rate when including maths and English.[1]
Elliott Durham, was a deeply unpopular comprehensive which served one of Nottingham's poorest neighbourhoods, St Ann's. It had space for 1,350 pupils, but in 2007 had only 350. Families would rather bus their children out of the city than send them to Elliott Durham. Academically it had just 21% A* to C grades at GCSE in 2007, including maths and English, though that was a rise on the 7% two years previously; considerably down on the 47.6% average for secondary schools in England. It was a classified as a "national challenge" school, ones where fewer than 30% of pupils achieve five GCSE passes including in maths and English, it had been told to rapidly improve or close down.[1]
Jesse Boot, a primary school in Bakersfield down the road, urgently needed to replace its 1930s classrooms and do something about its falling rolls. It had 500 pupils on roll, but capacity for 630.[1]
Opening of the Nottingham Academy
Europe's biggest school catering for 3,600 pupils opened to the public on September 7, 2009.[5] The academy merged three schools. The academy had 200 teachers and more than 100 administrators and assistants on roll during its opening.
The Nottingham Academy was one of the Government's most costly schools building projects. It was among many 'all through' schools providing education for children aged 3 to 19.
Nottingham Academy was one of the first of its kind with a target to build more premium academies across the country.
Today Nottingham Academy is among 31 other academies just like it, all sponsored to the Greenwood Academy Trust.[6]
Governance
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| Campuses in Nottingham |
The Nottingham Academy is part of the Greenwood Academies Trust and is controlled by the trustees. There is no local governing body, just an advisory board. Each region has a liaising advisor. Individual schools do not have local governing bodies, but advisory panels.[7]
School structure
A central team from the trust provides support services for finance, ICT, procurement, human resources, catering, data, curriculum development, staff development, health and safety. The academy has control of 94.5% of the budget; the central team controls the other 5.5%.[7]
There are three sites representing the three former schools. They are grouped into two campuses.
The Greenwood Campus serves the Sneinton and Bakersfield areas and the Ransom Campus serves the Mapperley and St Anns areas. On the Greenwood Campus, the Greenwood Road site includes pupils from primary year groups from Nursery through to year 3 and secondary students in year groups 9 through to Post 16. The Sneinton Boulevard site includes primary year groups year 4 to year 6 and secondary year groups 7 and 8, like a traditional middle school.
On the Ransom Campus are a dedicated year 7 and 8, and years 9 to 11, like a traditional 11–16 comprehensive.[7]
| Cohort | Greenwood Campus | Ransom Road Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | 246 | 138 |
| Year 8 | 233 | 154 |
| Year 9 | 244 | 138 |
| Year 10 | 233 | 130 |
| Year 11 | 230 | 108 |
| Year 12 | 76 | -- |
| Year 13/14 | 99 | -- |
Buildings
The three sites have been given a £55m rebuild. The architects were Franklin Ellis Architects and the scheme was managed by Carillon.
The Ransom Road buildings have been refurbished and subjected to new cladding. They have been linked at the upper floor level to create better flow.[8]
Sneinton Boulevard's (Greenwood Site 2) annex building was demolished during the academic year of 2016/2017 making way for a new primary building that was finished in 2017.[9]
Associated schools
The Jesse Boot School, Hereford Road
The Jesse Boot Infant and Juniors School is a primary school located in Hereford Road, Bakersfield, Nottingham. It provides education for students aged 3-11. It was closed during 2009, later becoming the Nottingham Academy, Greenwood Campus.[10]
Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent
Jesse Boot's father (John Boot) founded the Boots Company. Jesse Boot transformed the Boots company into a national retailer. The company branded itself 'chemists to the nation' before Jesse sold his controlling interest to American investors in 1920. Jesse He donated land to the University of Nottingham. He was knighted in 1909, and died in Jersey on June 13 1931.
In Jesse Boot's memory, Jesse Boot Infant and Junior School was opened in 1935. It opened with only two headteachers, A.J. Bates and E.A. Worsdall. Lord Trent, Jesse Boot's son, officially opened the school on 17 July 1936. He said, "There was no memorial that my father would have appreciated more than to have a school like this named after him."
Elliot Durham
Elliot Durham opened in 1966. Schoolsnet in 2003 described it as an 11 to 16 co-educational school, which is housed in excellent purpose-built accommodation on a very attractive site. It emphasises the sports facilities, which include a sports hall with a full size of basketball court, four badminton courts and areas for gymnastics, indoor football, netball and hockey, and a small carpeted hall for dance and aerobics. Outside there are four tennis courts, two floodlit astro-turf fields, extensive playing fields and pool. The school was not popular with parents and though having a capacity of 1350, it had only 353 students on roll.[11]
Nottingham Academy Pride
During the first week of July 2018, Nottingham Academy's 10SGI tutorial group led the LGBT+ awareness week campaign.
The pupils presented activities that ran throughout the week. These included tutorial tasks throughout the week which took an in-depth look at the Pride movement and the meaning behind LGBT+ while educating each individual on issues. The Academy invited a transgender woman into the campus to speak at an assembly and explain what being transgender truly means.
Within the week 10SGI ran a series of fundraisers including cake sales, ice pole sales, non-uniforms and face painting, all raising funds for Nottinghamshire Pride.
The non-uniform and face painting events allowed students to come together and celebrate their differences despite race, religion, colour, creed and sexuality while showing support to those apart of the LGBT+ community or those affected by homophobic abuse.[12]
Nottingham Academy Greenwood Campus become the first school in Nottingham and one of the few within the UK to incorporate pride into the classroom, educating students on LGBT+ while celebrating each other's differences.
LGBTQ+ Awareness Week
Along with the Pride celebrations Nottingham Academy tutorial group 10SGI distributed several educational tasks to staff within Greenwood Campus. Staff presented these tasks and presentations to pupils in their assigned tutorial group each morning. Each day's presentation was based around a different subject, which aimed to educate students on different aspects of the LGBT+ community. The presentations included 'Difference between Sex and Gender', 'What LGBT+ stands for', 'The Pride Movement', and 'The Science'. These tutorial tasks were backed by physical activities which included worksheets and social conversations with other pupils. These activities were themed and included 'How mescaline or feminine are you?', and 'What do the colours of the flag represent'.[12][13]
Notable alumni
- Tom Huddlestone, football player currently with Hull City A.F.C.
- Stefan Marciniak, Professor of Respiratory Science, University of Cambridge, since 2016 (Elliott Durham School)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Shepherd, Jessica (7 September 2009). "First day of term at Nottingham Academy - the largest school in Europe". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ↑ Twelve outstanding secondary schools - Excelling against the odds, Ofsted, 24 February 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ↑ "City's three academies win backing.", Europe Intelligence Wire, Financial Times, 22 December 2005
- ↑ "Old sneinton schools, greenwood, sneinton boulevard, sneinton trust,". Nottstalgia Nottingham Forums. 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ↑ "The Daily Mail - Opening of The Academy".
- ↑ "Greenwood Academies Trust".
- 1 2 3 4 "About us". www.greenwoodacademies.org. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ↑ "Ransom Road, Nottingham Academy Opens". www.franklinellis.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑ "Nottingham Academy Primary Information. (Greenwood Site 2)".
- ↑ "Jesse Boot Schoool - Info, GOVUK".
- ↑ "Elliott Durham School Nottingham: Read Parent Reviews & Rankings". www.schoolsnet.com. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- 1 2 "Nottingham Academy Pride".
- ↑ "Acadmey LGBTQ Awareness Week".
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