Tupton Hall School
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| Tupton Hall School | |
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| Established | 1929 |
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| School type | Comprehensive. |
| Headmaster | Mr. P Cook BEd, MA(Ed) |
| Location | Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England |
| Colours | Blue and Gold |
| Website | [1] |
Tupton Hall School is one of the largest secondary schools in the North East Derbyshire district with a large body of students and one of the largest sixth forms in the county. The school is a specialist sports college and is one of the most modern school buildings in the county, being the tester school for the new school design permeating throughout Derbyshire and the East Midlands with many modern features. The school building is rented from the company that now owns it, Rentokil Initial who also manage the site. Tupton Hall regularly features as one of the top schools in the county for both A Level and GCSE grades, with 95% of students attaining grades above the national average. Recently, the school has been twinned with a school in Nigeria to further aid relations between Tupton and its twin village in Nigeria.
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[edit] History of Tupton Hall School
Tupton Hall was founded as a Grammar school in 1929 as a secondary school in the Clay Cross area.
[edit] About Tupton Hall School
In the village of Old Tupton in North East Derbyshire, Tupton Hall is situated about 4 miles from the centre of Chesterfield, the nearest large town, despite the school being relatively close to the town, Chesterfield itself is not in the school's catchment area, which focuses more on the villages to the south of Chesterfield, such as Wingerworth, Grassmoor, Clay Cross, North Wingfield and Ashover. Being a comprehensive school, Tupton Hall does not selectively choose it's students from applicants, and all comers are welcome, unlike certain schools in the area who shall remain nameless. This has earned the school a good reputation as a solid Open-Access school which offers the best education possible from ages 11 - 18. The school has a good reputation with the local people as being a good, safe place to send your children.
[edit] Uniform
The school uniform is defined as
- The School Sweatshirt (previously with logos in house colours (Gladwin Red, Cavendish Green, Hunloke Light Blue and Turbett, Purple), now all logos are gold)
- Black trousers
- Black shoes
- White collared shirt or Polo shirt
Sixth formers do not wear uniform and there is no dress code for them, although students are not allowed to wear caps and clothes must not be too revealing (For girls)
[edit] Sixth Form
Tupton Hall has one of the most populated sixth forms in the North East Derbyshire area, with over 250 students, the Sixth Form offers courses in many diverse subjects, such as Philosophy, alongside the more traditional subjects, such as Maths, English and Sciences
 Tupton Hall's newer site |
 The old Tupton Hall Site in the 1960's (Hunloke Block visible in the background) |
