| Motto | An Exciting Education Is On Your Horizon |
|---|---|
| Type | Community secondary school |
| Principal | Stephen Playford |
| Chair | P. Ryan[1] |
| Specialism | Arts College[2] |
| Location | SK13 7DR Glossop Derbyshire SK13 7DR England |
| Local authority | Derbyshire |
| DfE URN | 112957 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www.youtube.com |
Glossopdale Community College is a secondary school in Glossop, Derbyshire, England.
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The school used to be the Glossop Grammar School from the 1920s, being on Talbot Road since 1959, becoming Glossop Comprehensive School in 1965 when it merged with West End Secondary Modern (on Sunlaws Street and Chadwick Street and opened in 1913 as Glossop Independent Council School). These are now sites of the same school.
In 1989, the former Hadfield Comprehensive School on Newshaw Lane in Hadfield (former Castle Secondary Modern school before 1971) merged with the Glossop School to form the Glossopdale School. The Chadwick Street site is next to the St Philip Howard RC School (Glossop's other secondary school) on St Mary's Road.
The school is spread over three sites; Hadfield, Glossop and Talbot House. The youngest students attend Hadfield site on Newshaw Lane, Hadfield. When the students move into year 9 they move to Glossop Site on Talbot Road, Glossop. There is also a Sixth Form College in Talbot House, also situated on Talbot Road. The school is part of a pilot scheme called C3 involving the year 7 and 8 students taking part in a project based curriculum. Glossopdale has also taken part in several teachers' television documentaries. Stephen Playford was appointed as the principal in 2008, replacing John Hart. [2]
In 2002 the school successfully applied to become a Specialist Arts College.
Glossopdale Community College has a Music Department, which reflects the school's status as a Performing Arts College. It has a large selection of bands as well as the choirs. There is award-winning Big Band, Wind Band, Brass Band, Flutz and Training Band. Training Band is for year 7 and 8 students to help them get used to playing in bands before moving up to one of the other bands. Glossopdale Community College has a choir - it is split over the Hadfield Site and Glossop Site. Over the years, the choirs have performed at festivals and won awards, and also made appearances on BBC television series All the Small Things in 2008. The Music Department go on a number of trips abroad, the most recent of which being Paris, Salzburg, and Barcelona.
The school was given the lowest overall rating of 4 (inadequate) by Ofsted in its most recent inspection. Inspectors' response to their own question "Overall effectiveness: how good is the school?" was "inadequate". The school was also scored as "inadequate" in response to the inspectors' question "Outcomes for individuals and groups of pupils". In addition, a further eight areas were regarded as inadequate by the OFSTED inspectors. Thus the school was given 'notice to improve'.[3].[1]