Quarrydale School
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| Quarrydale School | |
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| Type: Community | |
| Location: Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom | |
| LEA: Nottinghamshire | |
| Ofsted number: | |
| School Category: Comprehensive | |
| Headteacher: Mr Craig Weaver | |
| Staff: | |
| Students: 972 | |
| Age Range: 11-18 | |
| Gender: Mixed | |
| Website: www.quarrydale.notts.sch.uk | |
Quarrydale School is a comprehensive secondary school located in the ex-mining and textile community of Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Around 30% of the students achieve 5 A*-C in GCSE; the England average is 54%.[1]
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[edit] School Day
The school day starts at 8:40am, and finishes at 3:15pm, with 5 one hour lessons, a 15 minute break between second and third lessons, and a 50 minute dinner break between third and fourth lessons. Each year group has 6 tutor groups (with the exception being the lower years, with more tutor groups being added as the number of students increased), Q, U, A, R, Y and D. In years 7, 8, and 9, these years classes are split into two "halfs". One "half" contains Q, U and A, while R, Y and D are in the other "half". Each half has their classes together, but split into ability groups for various subjects. For years 10 and 11, the "halfs" are joined for their GCSE's.[2]
[edit] Sixth Form
The Sixth Form is relatively small, with around 25 students in year 13, and 40 in year 12. There is a range of AS/A2 courses available to take, and the classes are small. As of September 2006, the Quarrydale Sixth Form have entered into a programme where several of their students travel to Kirkby College for some of their courses (e.g. Chemistry), and vice versa, were students from Kirkby College travel to Quarrydale for various courses (e.g Biology). The sixth form is a close community, with the students having spent five years in mainstream school together, and now an additional two more in the sixth form. Everyone knows each other, and old social groups have dissappered after the rest of the students leaving in year 11. The school has recently received a grant in order to refurbish the ground floor of the Sixth Form block.
[edit] School
The school has recently undergone redecoration in several areas. The science block has had its classrooms refurnished, and modernised. And other classrooms have been converted into new computer rooms. Several of the subject blocks have been moved around, with only English, P.E, Science, Technology and the Sixth Form building being exempted from this re-arrangement.
The school has 6.9% authoristed absences which is marginally above the national average. It also experiences 3% unauthorised absences which is over three times the national level.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ dfes report
- ^ Quarrydale School OFSTED report (PDF). Office for Standards in Education (2001-02-16). Retrieved on 2006-07-11.
- ^ BBC education table
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