Aldercar High School

Aldercar High School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Aldercar, Derbyshire, England.[1]

Aldercar High School
Address
Daltons Close

Aldercar

Derbyshire
,
NG16 4HL

England
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoPhilip
Established1955
Local authorityDerbyshire
TrustEmbark Multi Academy Trust
Department for Education URN149364 Tables
OfstedReports
Head TeacherClaire Hatto
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 19
Enrolment676 as of April 2016
Websitehttps://www.aldercarhigh.co.uk/

It is close to the A610 and Langley Mill Academy, and is next door to Aldercar Infants School.

Admissions

The school's catchment area includes Aldercar, Langley Mill and Heanor. Students from Ilkeston, Eastwood, Codnor and Ripley also attend. As of 2021, the school had around 600 students.[2]

History

The school opened in September 1955 as a secondary modern school. It became Heanor Aldercar Comprehensive School, then Aldercar School. The school has been awarded specialist Language College status, and was named Aldercar Community Language College for a time before being renamed Aldercar High School.

In 2009, the Phoenix Centre Sixth Form building opened, offering courses for ages 16–19.

Previously a community school administered by Derbyshire County Council,[3] in October 2022 Aldercar High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Embark Multi Academy Trust.[4]

Notable former pupils

References
  1. "Home". Aldercar High School.
  2. "Aldercar High School". Get Information about Schools. Uk Government. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. "Aldercar High School - GOV.UK". Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  4. "Embark Federation". Embark Federation. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

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