| Type | Academy |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | Barry Day |
| Local authority | City of Nottingham |
| DfE URN | 122904 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1262 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | Official Website |
The Nottingham Academy is a self funded Academy in Sneinton, Nottingham, England. It places an emphasis on technology, and is attended by 3600 pupils aged 3–19. The Nottingham Academy is a specialist technology college. The school is designated as a Leading Edge school and a National Support School.[1] The school is intended to become a city academy.[2] Prior to earning Academy Status, the Academy consisted of three separate schools, one of which was Greenwood Dale, well known for its 'Outstanding' Ofsted inspection results.
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In 2009 Greenwood Dale was granted permission to become an academy, and with funding from Experian, they merged with Jessie Boot School, also in Sneinton, and The Elliot Durham school. Elliot Durham was part of a deal whereby Greenwood agreed to take over a failing school in order to be granted Academy status. The new Greenwood Road building was opened in September 2011 by Michael Gove, the secretary of state for education.
Each site has a head of school and then an Executive Principal, Jackie Simpson. The academy is sponsered by the Greenwood Academies Trust which now has three other academies under its' name. CEO of the trust is Barry Day, former head teacher of Greenwood Dale School. Manning school for girls has now been turned into Nottingham Girls Academy, Weston Favell school is now Weston Favell Academy in Northampton and also the Skegness Academy is now open in Skegness, respectively.
Ofsted inspected the school's predecessor Greenwood Dale in September 2007 and awarded a rating of Outstanding, the highest available, commenting "Greenwood Dale is an outstanding school. It serves a community facing significant challenges and turns out young people who achieve highly and develop into well rounded, ambitious young people, equipped in all respects for a modern, diverse society. Seventeen years ago, going through the school was described by the current Chair of governors, then a new parent, as 'like walking through a war zone'. Since then the school has been transformed, in its appearance as well as its effectiveness."[1][3]
The school was rated the sixth best in 2006, in the UK, for improving pupils.[4] It sent its first pupil to Oxford University in 2005.[5]
Barry Day is the Principal of the Nottingham Academy. He was awarded the OBE in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours List.[6] Day was also appointed one of the National College for School Leadership’s National Leaders of Education in October 2007.[7]
In 2008, Barry received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Education from Nottingham Trent University in recognition of his outstanding work to raise the aspirations and attainment of young people in the city of Nottingham, reflecting not only his success in transforming Greenwood Dale School in Nottingham but also his broader influence in raising educational standards nationally.
Since the Opening of the Academy, he left his post as Head of Greenwood Dale (Now the site of the Academy's Sixth form College.) To become Principle of the Entire four site Academy.
Greenwood Dale won the State School of the Year award at the The School Sport Matters Awards 2006. The citation said "Greenwood Dale School, in one of the toughest communities in the country, in Nottingham, is a hotbed for sport in spite of having no grass pitches and limited facilities ... Exceptional."[8]
The standard of sport at the school has been described as "sporting excellence" and the students have won many individual awards.[9]
There was controversy in August 2004 over the decision of the headmaster to install full perimeter fencing, partly for security, but also to help stop pupils leaving the school at lunchtime.[10]
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