Outwood Academy Newbold

Outwood Academy Newbold (formerly Newbold Community School, and before that The Violet Markham School) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Chesterfield in the English county of Derbyshire.[1]

Outwood Academy Newbold
Address
Highfield Lane Chesterfield , Derbyshire , S41 8BA England
Coordinates	53.2525°N 1.4363°W / 53.2525; -1.4363
Information
Type	Academy
Local authority	Derbyshire
Department for Education URN	141377 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Steven Roberts
Gender	Mixed
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	937
Capacity	1,139
Website	Official website

The school is operated by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, a multi-academy trust, and the current principal is Steven Roberts.[1]

Facilities at the school include a sports hall, dance studio, drama studios, recording studio and all-weather sports facilities.[2] The school also hosts the North East Derbyshire Music Centre.[3]

History

Newbold Community School was previously split across two locations known as Upper Site and Lower Site. The school relocated to a combined site and new building in 2006.[4]

Newbold Community School, viewed from Highfield Lane in 2006

In November 2012, headteacher Jackie Overton was suspended, along with two other staff, for undisclosed reasons. Pupils were suspended for making 'malicious comments' regarding the incident after allegations were made that she had a sexual relationship with a student.[5] Shortly afterwards, the school was placed in special measures under the ruling of an acting headteacher, Martin Ebbage.[6][7]

In January 2015 the school converted to academy status and was renamed Outwood Academy Newbold. The school is now part of the Outwood Grange Family of Schools.

The school has broken the record for the highest number of exclusions locally.[8]

Academics

Outwood Academy Newbold offers GCSEs, BTECs and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils,[9] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.[10]

References

1. "Outwood Academy Newbold". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Department for Education. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
2. "Facilities". Newbold.derbyshire.sch.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
3. "NEDMC North East Derbyshire Music Centre". Nedmc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
4. Broomhead, Michael (1 November 2016). "Nearly 60 new homes to be built on Chesterfield site". Derbyshire Times. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
5. "Pupils excluded from Newbold Community School". Derbyshire Times. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
6. "Weaknesses put secondary school on the failing list". The Star. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
7. "Special Measures Monitoring Inspection of Newbold Community School" (PDF). Ofsted. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
8. https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/chesterfield-school-s-academy-take-over-crackdown-led-to-expulsions-1-9231763
9. "Key Stage 4". Newbold.derbyshire.sch.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
10. "Sixth form entry procedure". Newbold.derbyshire.sch.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

External links

• Official website