Nicholas Chamberlaine School

Nicholas Chamberlaine School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with an academy status, located in the town of Bedworth, Warwickshire, England. It has approximately 1,200 pupils between the ages of 11 and 18.[1]

Nicholas Chamberlaine School and Sixth Form
Address
Bulkington Road

Bedworth
,
Warwickshire
,
CV12 9EA

England
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoSuccessful Learners | Wide Horizons | High Achievement
Department for Education URN139936 Tables
OfstedReports
Head of SchoolPeter Gilbride
GenderCoeducational[1]
Age11 to 18[1]
Enrolment1252[1]
Capacity1593[1]
HousesEvans, Turing, Tubman, Curie
Colour(s)       
Red, green, yellow, blue
Websitewww.nicholaschamberlaine-gst.org

The head is Mr P Gilbride and the executive head is Ms A Ramsay.

Nicholas Chamberlaine VI Form is located in the Ada Lovelace building on the school campus with the current head being Rhona Bayliss. It offers BTEC and A-Level subjects.

The School is named after Nicholas Chamberlaine (1632–1715) who was a local benefactor of the small town and a prominent figure in the history of Bedworth.

History

The school officially opened in 1953 when the Headmaster was Gilbert Skinner; at this time NCS was a comprehensive school.

The school became a specialist technology college before transferring to an academy in September 2013, when it became affiliated with the Griffin Schools Trust. The school had been classified as "failing" and placed under special measures in late 1999.[2] but thereafter began a turnaround.[3][4] In 2015 the school received a "good school" rating from Ofsted, its first such rating in 60 years.[5]

The school was inspected again by Ofsted in 2019 and judged to Require Improvement.[6] In 2021 it was inspected again and again judged to Require Improvement.[7]

Previous headteachers
  • Gilbert Skinner[8]
  • Bryan Addison[8]
  • Lesley King[8][9][4]
  • Nick Smallman – former headmaster[10]
  • Louise Newman – former principal[11]
  • Justin Creasey – former joint headmaster with Mark Bland[11]
  • Mark Bland – former joint headmaster with Justin Creasey [11]
  • Paul Merrell – former headteacher

Academic performance

In 2022, 28% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs.[12] Because of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government recommends "Not making direct comparisons with data from previous years or between schools or colleges".[12]

In 2019, the school's progress score at A Level was "well above average".[13] The average result at the school was C-, compared to C+ in Warwickshire overall and C+ nationally.[13]

Qualifications at NCS

KS3:

  • Students in Key Stage 3 (Year 7–9) have the chance to study English, Maths, Science, Art, Cuisine, Woodwork, Graphics, PE, History, Geography, RE, Music, Drama, French and Computer Science. They also have an Accelerated Reader session once per week.

GCSE:

  • Compulsory: English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Combined Science (double award) or Triple Science (biology, chemistry, physics), French, History or Geography.
  • Optional: Art, Business, Beauty Business, Computer Science, Cuisine, Drama, Fashion and Textiles, Graphics, Geography or History (depending on what was chosen as a compulsory subject), Music, Photography, Product Innovation (Woodwork), PE or Religious Studies.

A-Level:

  • Art, Applied Science, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Criminology, Digital iMedia, English Literature, French, Further Mathematics, Forensics, Geography, History, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy and Ethics, Photography, Physics, Psychology, Sport, Sociology.

Notable former students

References
  1. "Nicholas Chamberlaine School". Get Information about Schools. Gov.UK. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. "'Failing' school put on special measures.", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 11 January 2000.
  3. "School Has Turned Failure on Its Head", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 5 February 2003.
  4. Whittaker, Martin (12 December 2003). "Friends should tell it like it is". Times Educational Supplement. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. "Bedworth's 'Nico' is rated officially good by the government" Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Nuneaton News, 16 July 2015.
  6. James, Deborah (2019). "Inspection of Nicholas Chamberlaine School". Ofsted. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  7. Stevens, Christopher (2022). "Inspection of Nicholas Chamberlaine School". Ofsted. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  8. Evans, Steve (14 June 2001). "Failure tag makes us more determined to succeed". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. "Head stays on to oversee a new dawn". Coventry Live. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  10. Malyon, Mike (4 March 2015). "Head of Nicholas Chamberlaine School steps down because of ill health". Coventry Live. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  11. Harrison, Claire (7 December 2019). "Bedworth school sets the record straight over headteacher rumours". Coventry Live. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  12. "Nicholas Chamberlaine School". Find school and college performance data in England. Gov.UK. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  13. "Nicholas Chamberlaine School". Find school and college performance data in England. Gov.UK. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  14. Malyon, Mike (10 December 2014). "Former Bedworth sports teacher dies, aged 81". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  15. Doherty, Jacqueline (2014). Pete Doherty: My Prodigal Son. Headline. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4722-2067-7.
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