Noel-Baker School

Noel-Baker School (formerly Noel-Baker Community School) is a mixed comprehensive secondary school in Alvaston, Derby, UK. The school takes students from the Alvaston, Boulton and Crewton areas of the city. In September 2004 the school was awarded specialist school status as a Language College, by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).[1]

Noel-Baker School
Address
Bracknell Drive

Derby
,
Derbyshire
,
DE24 0BR

England
Coordinates52°52′58″N 1°26′20″W
Information
TypeComprehensive school
Motto"Excellence In All Things" was the original motto but that has since been removed when the LEAD Academy Trust took over and the school no longer has a motto.
Established1960
FounderDerby City Council (DCC)
Department for Education URN112992 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMrs Ann Donaghy
Staff72 plus 90 Associated Staff
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment1239
Websitehttp://www.noel-baker.derby.sch.uk

New building

The new school building construction has now finished. The new school has been placed on the old playing fields. The old building, which was exceeding 50 years old, has been demolished. The new Noel Baker construction had been prepared for the beginning of the school year in September 2012 at a cost of £34 million. The 1150 pupils of Noel Baker have combined with 90 pupils from St.Martin's special school - a school which operates to educate special needs students.[2]

Notable former pupils

Christopher Jackson - Geologist Imperial College

References
  1. "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. December 2006. Archived from the original on 3 August 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
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