Allestree Woodlands School

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Allestree Woodlands School (AWS)
Address
Allestree Woodlands School
Blenheim Drive

Derby
,
Derbyshire
,
DE22 2LW

England
Coordinates 52°57′15″N1°30′01″W / 52.95423°N 1.50020°W / 52.95423; -1.50020
Information
TypeConverter academy
MottoAspire and achieve
Established1956
FounderBob Woodland [ citation needed ]
Department for Education URN 137911 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherGemma Penny
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1350
Houses  Cedar
  Maple
  Oak
  Rowan
Website www.woodlands.derby.sch.uk

Allestree Woodlands School (formerly Woodlands School [1] ) is a coeducational academy secondary school and sixth form in Derby, England. [2]

Contents

Admissions

The academy currently has around 1,350 students on roll. The school enrols an average of 220 students each year.

History

The academy was opened as Woodlands Secondary Modern School in 1956. It became a comprehensive in 1975, and was awarded specialist status as a Technology College in September 2004. [3] It converted to an academy in 2012. [2]

The academy had buildings constructed under the CLASP system, [4] however these were demolished throughout 2016 as part of the academy's renovation.

In 2013, the academy was approved under the Priority School Building Programme, along with seven other Derby City schools. [5] The new buildings were designed by Maber [6] with a budget of £13.9 million.

Construction of the new site was managed by Bowmer & Kirkland. Demolition of parts of the old academy buildings began in late 2014, and construction of the new buildings beginning soon after.

Houses

The academy has four houses, named after different common woodland trees. [7] Each house represented by a colour.

The academy is managed differently to other schools with houses carrying much more than ceremonial roles. Secondary Students are required to wear a school tie with corresponding house colours and are assigned a Head of House who has extra disciplinary control over students, There are 8 forms in each year, each is numbered as: Year, first letter of house name, and either 1 or 2.

Academic performance

The academy usually obtains average or higher than average Secondary results. However, it has a lower than average Progress 8 score of -0.2. [2]

In a 2024 Ofsted inspection, the school was rated as Good, the second rating in the Ofsted four-point system. [8]

Notable alumni

Citations

  1. ↑ Ofsted Communications Team (24 September 2019). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Allestree Woodlands School (AWS) - GOV.UK". Find and compare schools in England. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ↑ Parker, Michelle. "Ofsted Inspection Report: Woodlands Community School", 2006 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Derby City Council – Environmental Information Response" (PDF). 22 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Allestree Woodlands School opens new campus". Academy Today. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Allestree Woodlands School". Maber. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "woodlandsderby - Heads Of House". www.woodlands.derby.sch.uk. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Allestree Woodlands School". Ofsted Reports. GOV.UK. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  9. ↑ Robert Waller; Byron Criddle (2007). The Almanac of British Politics. Taylor & Francis. pp. 348–. ISBN   978-0-415-37824-6 . Retrieved 17 January 2019.


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