Eckington School

Eckington School is a very large comprehensive school in Eckington, Derbyshire in England, next to the B6056 road. It has around 1600 pupils.

History

Previous to the opening of the school, there was the Eckington County Secondary School, which opened in Halfway (in Derbyshire before 1967) in 1930, and became the Eckington Grammar School in 1945. In Eckington was also the Eckington Secondary Modern School on School Street; when the grammar school became Derbyshire's first comprehensive school - the Westfield School - in 1957, this became Eckington Junior School.

Admissions

The school catchment area includes surrounding areas such as Killamarsh, Renishaw, Beighton, Ridgeway and sometimes Mosborough. Despite the school being closer to several Sheffield residential areas (including Beighton and Mosborough) than other Derbyshire ones, the admissions policy is set in such a way to favour pupils coming from the Derbyshire feeder schools in areas such as Killamarsh, Ridgeway and Renishaw.^[1] This is because most students from the Mosbrough and Beighton area attend Westfield School.

Uniform

The school's uniform has recently been changed to a more formal style consisting of black shoes, black tailored trousers, a white shirt and an Eckington school blazer.

Academic performance

Eckington Comprehensive is designated a specialist engineering college. Students attain results that are well above average at GCSE for Derbyshire (94% 5 A* - C, 63% including English and Maths in 2012). The results at A level are better than average.

Notable alumni

• Ruth Amos, 2008, Owner, StairSteady Ltd
• Chris Pritchard 1999, Represented Scotland at 2010 Commonwealth Games Track Cycling
• Mat Welsh and Sean Long of the band While She Sleeps

References

External links

• Eckington School
• EduBase