Avon Valley School

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The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College
Headteacher	Mr Don O'Neill
Specialism	Arts College
Location	Newbold Road Rugby Warwickshire CV21 1EH England
LEA	Warwickshire
Ofsted number	125764
Students	830
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11 to 16
Website	http://www.avonvalleyschool.org/
Coordinates: 52°23′06″N 1°16′25″W / 52.38485, -1.27350

The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College is a self-governed specialist school in the British town of Rugby, Warwickshire. The school is non-selective, catering for students aged 11-16.

The school opened on its current site on Newbold Road in 1956 as Newbold Grange High School. Until the early 1990s, under the rule of Mr Turbayne, the school was subject to much criticism, with a relatively bad reputation^[1].

In September 1992, Mark Braine took over as Headmaster.^[1]^[2] at which point the school was renamed The Avon Valley School. Since then, the school has grown in number, and is today one of the best schools in the area. Unfortunately, on 28 June 2004, the school fell victim to a huge fire, which reduced the entire school to rubble.^[3] From the following September it moved into temporary class rooms.

In October 2004 Mark Braine took leave of absence^[4], left the school's employment in April 2005^[2], and on 27 September 2006 a disciplinary order was made against him by the General Teaching Council, taking effect on 11 October 2006.^[2]

In 2006 Don O'Neill, who had been Deputy Headteacher under Mark Braine and acting Headteacher after October 2004^[1], became Headteacher. In September 2007, the school reopened in brick buildings for the first time since the fire, this time, as The Avon Valley School and Performing Arts College