Aldercar High School

Aldercar High School is a comprehensive, mixed secondary school for ages 11–19, on Daltons Close in Aldercar, Derbyshire, England.[1]

Aldercar High School
Address
Daltons Close

Aldercar

Derbyshire
,
NG16 4HL

England
Information
TypeCommunity school
Local authorityDerbyshire
Department for Education URN112939 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalMrs Claire Hatto
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment676 as of April 2016
Websitehttps://www.aldercarhighschool.co.uk/

It is close to the A610 and Langley Mill Junior School, and is next door to Aldercar Infants School.

Admissions

The school's catchment area includes the village of Aldercar, Langley Mill and Heanor. Many students attend from towns as far away as Ilkeston, Eastwood, Codnor and Ripley As of 2008, the school had around 800 students. As of 2011, the school had around 600 students.

History

The school opened in September 1955 as a secondary modern school. It became Heanor Aldercar Comprehensive School, then Aldercar School. The school has been awarded specialist Language College status, and was named Aldercar Community Language College for a time before being renamed Aldercar High School.

In 2009, the new Phoenix Centre Sixth Form building opened, offering many courses for ages 16–19.

Notable former pupils
  • "Rocket" Ron Haslam, world champion motorcycle racer
  • Paris Simmons, footballer
  • Andrew Brown, cricketer, cricket coach
  • Nick Wright, footballer
  • Paul Reece, footballer
  • Chanel Cresswell, actress
  • Adam Asling, EMR's finest mechanic
  • Zachary Moore, actor best known for his role as 'Rocky Raccoon from American Adventure'
  • Tom Meakin, finest lorry bodger this side of the A610

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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