Wilsthorpe Business and Enterprise College
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| Motto | "be the best you can be" |
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Headmaster | Mr J.Crofts |
| Specialism | Business and Enterprise |
| Location | Derbyshire England |
| Students | 1050 |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Infant School | Parklands |
| Jinior School | Harrington |
| Sixth form | 100 |
| Website | Wilsthorpe B & E College site |
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Wilsthorpe Business and Enterprise College [1] is a comprehensive school, in Long Eaton which is in Derbyshire, but close to Nottingham. The school gained Business and Enterprise status in 2005 and was formerly known as Wilsthorpe Community School.
The secondary school shares its site with Parklands Infants School and Harrington Junior School, allowing children to stay on the same site from their first year of school all the way to Sixth Form of approximately 100 pupils.
Wilsthorpe was the first school in the UK to offer facilities for a community policeman on site in 2003.[2]
The school was involved in the filming of Shane Meadows' film "This Is England" in 2005.[3] The school is the location for the opening sequence in the film.
A new head started at the school in 2008 when the previous head left to lead The Dukeries College.[4] The new headmaster is John Crofts, a former teacher at the school, who was Deputy Headmaster at Chellaston School prior to the appointment.
[edit] Notable Staff
- Sir Brian Smedley, Judge, taught here briefly in 1957[5]
- Allan Baker, Wilsthorpe's head was awarded a CBE in the 1977 Queen's Birthday honours for "services to education".
[edit] References
- ^ Wilsthorpe site accessed August 14 2007
- ^ School gets own policeman, 14 April 2003 accessed 8 December 2007
- ^ BBC News report 12 September 2005
- ^ Dukeries College and Complex accessed 8 December 2007
- ^ Sir Brian Smedley Obituary The Times, May 10th 2007, accessed August 14th 2007
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