Eckington School

Eckington School is a very large comprehensive school in Eckington, Derbyshire in England, next to the B6056 road. It has around 1,600 pupils. As of the term beginning 9 April 2018 the school is part of the LEAP Multi Academy Trust.

Eckington School
Address
Dronfield Road

Eckington
,
Derbyshire
,
S21 4GN

England
Coordinates53°18′28″N 1°22′41″W
Information
Motto"Achieving Excellence"
Established1978
Local authoritySheffield
Department for Education URN112943 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalMs A Burgess
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,600 pupils
HousesEnnis-Hill, Farah, Hawking, Mandela
Colour(s)Red, Blue and Gold
Websitehttp://www.eckington.net

History

Previous to the opening of the school, there was the Eckington County Secondary School, which opened in Halfway (in Derbyshire before 1967) in 1930, and became the Eckington Grammar School in 1945. In Eckington was also the Eckington Secondary Modern School on School Street; when the grammar school became Derbyshire's first comprehensive school - the Westfield School - in 1957, this became Eckington Junior School. The current site started construction in 1978 and opened to students a few years later in 1983

Admissions

The school catchment area includes surrounding areas such as Killamarsh, Renishaw, Beighton, Ridgeway and Mosborough. Despite the school being closer to several Sheffield residential areas (including Beighton and Mosborough) than other Derbyshire ones, the admissions policy is set in such a way to favour pupils coming from the Derbyshire feeder schools in areas such as Killamarsh, Ridgeway and Renishaw.[1] This is because most students from the Mosborough and Beighton area attend Westfield School.

Academic performance

Eckington Comprehensive was designated a specialist engineering college. This title was removed from the school. Students attain results that are well above average at GCSE for Derbyshire (94% 5 A* - C, 63% including English and Maths in 2012). The results at A level are better than average.

Notable former pupils

References
  1. "Derbyshire schools admissions policy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
  2. http://www.ryanchang.net/1397074/90753
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