Northicote School
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Northicote School is a secondary school located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.
It was the first school in Britain to be condemned as "failing" by OFSTED shortly after the organisation's creation in 1992, but within five years had been transformed to a "successful and over-subscribed school" - a remarkable turnaround which saw head teacher Geoff Hampton knighted for his services to education. Sir Geoff has since departed for a Professor's role at University of Wolverhampton and the school is now under the leadership of Mr R Davis
The Northicote School was built as a secondary modern school during the 1950s to serve the expanding Bushbury area of Wolverhampton, though during the 1970s it converted to its current status of comprehensive.
