Nottingham Bluecoat School
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| The Nottingham Bluecoat School and Technology College | |
| Established | 1706 |
| Religious affiliation | Church of England |
| Headteacher | Mr M Kay |
| Founder | Timothy Fenton |
| Specialism | Technology College |
| Location | Aspley Lane Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG8 5GY England |
| LEA | Nottingham |
| Ofsted number | 122894 |
| Students | 1585 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | Braithwaite Fenton Inglis Mellors Rippon Thorpe |
| Website | www.bluecoat.nottingham.sch.uk |
| Coordinates: | |
The Nottingham Bluecoat School (TNBS) is a Church of England voluntary aided secondary school in the Aspley area of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, whose history dates back to 1706[1]. In 2007, the school had 1550 students aged 11-18 including 250 Sixth form students[2]. The full title of the school is The Nottingham Bluecoat School and Technology College[3].
Since 2003, the school has had two campuses, one in Aspley and one in Wollaton.
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[edit] History
The school was founded in 1706 the first charity school in Nottingham. Under the guidance of the then rector of St. Peter's church, Timothy Fenton. Classes being taught in the porch of St. Mary's Church in the Lace Market area of Nottingham. On the 1st May 1707, the school moved to St. Mary's Gate.
In 1723, land that was given by William Thorpe on High Pavement in Weekday Cross was used and the school migrated there[4], remaining for over a century.
Between 1853, the school was cited in a purpose built building on Mansfield Road in Nottingham[5]. The building is now the International Community Centre, though a statue of a children in a latter-day Bluecoat uniform remains on the outside of the building. A road behind this site of the school is called Bluecoat Close.
In the period between the two World Wars the school became a Grammar School[citation needed]. During 1967 the number of the pupils increased to 350 and to the current premises on Aspley Lane in Aspley and two miles to the east of Nottingham. At the same time, the school assumed Voluntary Aided school.
By 1978 the number of students had grown to 900 with the new status as a comprehensive school catoring for 11-18 year olds. Two decades later a further status change took place with the school being aware Technology College status by the Department for Education and Skills enabling the school to get extra funding for development Science, Mathematics and Information Technology education.
In 2003 Bluecoat was "twinned" with[6], and then later took over the Margaret Glen-Bott School in the nearby Wollaton area. Margaret Glen-Bott was renamed as The Nottingham Bluecoat School and Technology College: Wollaton Park Campus with the main Bluecoat site becoming the Aspley Lane Campus. The two sites began to operate as a single school and share some administration resources including a single headteacher/principal for the two sites.
[edit] Future
Currently expansion projects totalling approximately £40m are underway across the two sites.
[edit] Aspley Lane
The Aspley Lane site received extensive redevelopment in 2006, gaining buildings. The total cost of construction was £20m, including £3m being raised and contributed from the school's Tercentenary Appeal. The new building contains specialised drama studios, art studio. This building included a new chapel area and prayer room in the centre surrounded by new classrooms for IT, music, social sciences and design technology.
The second phase has extensive special needs accommodation as well as modern foreign languages teaching facilities.
[edit] Wollaton Park
The Wollaton Park site on the site of the former Margret Glen-Bott school is due be extensively refurbished and rebuilt within the next couple of years.
[edit] Further Information on the School
The current site has space for fourteen tennis courts, two hard play areas, four full size pitches and two athletics tracks. There is a full-size sports hall and gyms, and access to Wollaton and Melbourne Parks for additional pitches. There are ten computer rooms. There is a library and learning resource centre that is also linked to our careers provision. Since 1997/8 there have been four new Science Laboratories built and Technology suites refurbished.
[edit] Curriculum
The school follows the National Curriculum. In years 7-9 there is no choice about what subjects to study. In years 10 and 11 students may choose some of the subjects they study; including language, humanities and technology subject choices. There is however no choice about subjects such as Maths, English, Science and Design Technology as these remain compulsory.
The Sixth Form offers a wide variety of subjects at National Qualifications Framework (NQF) levels 1 to 3, as well as a range of established AS/A2 level courses. A wider range of vocational courses were introduced in September 2006 including BTEC qualifications. Also taught is the relatively new DiDA (Diploma in Digital Applications) qualification in ICT.
Other academic options would include GCSE resits in Maths, English and combined Sciences.
The school participates in foreign exchanges with France, Romania, Italy (Cittadella) and Germany. As well as the exchanges, the Post-16 is expanding links into South Africa, having successfully linked up with Christ's Hope International in Namibia in 2005.
[edit] Houses
Students in the school are split up into different houses. Each student will remain with the same house throughout their stay at the school. There are six different houses, each with their own colour tie:
- Braithwaite - Blue
- Fenton - Green
- Inglis - Purple (since 1995)
- Mellors - Yellow
- Rippon - White
- Thorpe - Red
In 1993 the school expanded from a five house system to a six house system; this extra class of students was named "BC" (attached to Braithwaite), and the 1994 intake "MN" (attached to Mellors). The new "Inglis" house was established in 1995 combining the temporarily assigned houses with the new intake. Each year each house will decide on a charity to support in the local area, and throughout the year, culminating in the summer fair, raise money for the charity.
In year 7 all classes taken will be with the house, but after this setting will take place. Where students of similar abilities are taught together.
[edit] Clubs and Societies
There are clubs and societies that run during lunch times and after the school day. Currently, there is are a String Ensemble, Wind Band, Brass and Sax group, Recorder Ensemble, three choirs and various other activities. There is also a Chess club, a science club and a photography club. The school participates in The Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme.
The Wollaton Park Campus building is the home to Cornerstone Church, a large independent evangelical church, who have their offices within the school and meet at the school each Sunday.
[edit] The School Day
For many years the school operated on a two week timetable to better balance the time spent on minority subjects. In September 2007, the school system switched to a single-week timetable format and reformatted the timing and length of the school day. The system of six, fifty-minute lessons per day has been replaced by five, one-hour lessons—a system previously used up until the mid 1990s but now with an extra lesson allocated after normal school time.
- 08:30 - Morning Registration
- 08:40 - Act of Worship
- 09:00 - Period 1
- 10:00 - Period 2
- 11:00 - Morning Break
- 11:20 - Period 3
- 12:20 - Lunch Break
- 13:15 - Period 4
- 14:15 - Period 5
- 15:15 - End of Regular School Day
- 15:20 - Period 6 (allocated for AS/A2 courses and Key Stage 4 applied GCSE courses eg. ICT and Health and Social Care)
- 16:20 - End of School Day
Food and drink are provided by the school at morning break and lunch time. From the beginning of 2007, 50 students from both campuses with change will each other for their GCSE studies on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
[edit] Staff
Staff are attached to either the Wollaton Park or main Aspley Lane campuses but operate across both.
[edit] Management
- Principal: Mr Max Kay (currently suspended[7] as of 2008)
- Vice Principal - Head of Aspley Lane Campus: Mr C. Cuomo
- Vice Principal - Head of Wollaton Park Campus: Mrs S. Hampton
- Senior Deputy Head: Mr C. Simpson
- Deputy Head - Wollaton Park Campus: Mr S. Cox
- Deputy Head - Wollaton Park Campus: Mr S. Nicholls
- Assistant Headteacher: Mr J. Tickle
- Assistant Headteacher - Wollaton Park Campus: Miss N. Thomas
- Assistant Headteacher: Mrs K. Hobbs
- Assistant Headteacher: Mr D Hobbs
[edit] Arts
- Head of Faculty: Mr S. Collins
- Head of Drama: Mr J. Mansell
- Head of Art: Mrs S. Moynihan-Case
- Head of Music: Mrs V. Moroziuk (has left)
[edit] Teaching
- Mr B. Lee: Aspley Lane
- Mr D. Hobbs: Aspley Lane / Head of Year 10 / Assistant Head
- Ms L. Clayton: Aspley Lane
- Ms S. Gardner: Aspley Lane
- Ms V. Lewis: Aspley Lane
- Ms J. Hird: Wollaton Park
- Mr N. Gardner: Wollaton Park
[edit] Design and Technology
- Head of Faculty: Mrs L. Snow
- Assistant Head of Faculty: Mr P. Sandell
[edit] Teaching
- Ms N. Melhuish: Aspley Lane
- Ms C. Sketchley: Both
- Mr S. Cox: Wollaton Park / Assistant Headteacher / Line Manager 8 WPC
- Ms T. Harker: Wollaton Park
mrs rush : wollaton park
[edit] Technicians
- Mr S. Clarke: Aspley Lane
[edit] English
- Head of Faculty: Ms J. Naylor
- Assistant Head of Faculty: Ms H. Walsh
- Assistant Head of Faculty: Ms N. Ward
[edit] Teaching
- Ms C. Pearce: Aspley Lane
- Ms K. Cosford: Aspley Lane
- Ms K. Harvey: Aspley Lane
- Mrs K. Williams: Aspley Lane
- Ms L. Jenkinson: Aspley Lane / Assistant Head of Year 8 ALC
- Ms N. Rustam: Aspley Lane
- Mr P. Barber: Aspley Lane / Head of Year 10 ALC
- Ms R. Knight: Aspley Lane
- Ms D. O'Hare: Wollaton Park
- Ms L. McDonagh: Wollaton Park
[edit] Humanities
- Head of Faculty: Mr R. Gray
- Assistant Head of Faculty: Ms K. Roe
[edit] Teaching
- Mr C. Simpson: Aspley Lane / Senior Deputy Head / Line Manager 9 ALC
- Mr N. Flynn: Aspley Lane
- Mr N. Gallop: Aspley Lane / Advanced Skills Teacher
- Ms N. Tomlinson: Aspley Lane / Head of Year 8 ALC
- Ms S. Mitchell: Aspley Lane / Head of Year 11 ALC / head of humanities
- Mrs S. Webster: Aspley Lane
- Ms N. Lewis: Wollaton Park / Assistant Head of Year 7 WPC / Assistant Head of Year 9 WPC
- Ms N. Thomas: Wollaton Park / Line Manager 7 WPC / Head of Year 9 WPC
- Mrs S. Hampton: Wollaton Park / Vice Principal / Head of Wollaton Park Campus
[edit] Uniform
The uniform for boys includes charcoal grey trousers, blue shirt, navy blue blazer and a tie matching the student's house colours. Girls wear includes a navy skirt with, or without, black or navy unpatterned tights. Girls can also wear navy trousers. All students are expected to wear the uniform smartly at all times with ties and top buttons done up and shirts tucked in.
The blazer must be fitted with a badge featuring the school crest and "Excelsior" slogan. Optionally, a second school crest may be worn as a small lapel badge (to be worn on the left).
Sixth Form Students at the attached sixth form college have a much more relaxed dress code. They are allowed to wear what they wish as long as it is "smart casual," and "in keeping with a professional and educational environment and the Christian values of the school."
[edit] Awards
Awards the school has received include:
- Schools Achievement Award in 2002 and 2003
- The Sportsmark Award
- The Career Mark Award
- Investors in People Award
- Young People playing and performing at local, regional and national levels
- Artsmark Award
- Lord Mayors Award for Enterprise
- Healthy Schools Status
- International School Award 2007/8
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] References
- ^ Nottingham Bluecoat School, The School's History.
- ^ Nottingham Bluecoat School, Staff vacancies.
- ^ Department for Education and skills, establishment #22873.
- ^ Nottinghamshire History, An Itinerary of Nottingham: High Pavement (2), Weekday Cross.
- ^ Nottingham churches, Claves Regni "The online magazine of St. Peter's Church, Nottingham All Saints, Time to put the clock back!.
- ^ Nottingham City Council Inspectors take issue with city school.
- ^ Nottingham Evening Post, GOVERNORS QUIZZED AFTER HEAD SUSPENDED, 2008-01-08.
