Barnwood Park School

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Barnwood Park School
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Barnwood Park School
Address
Barnwood Park School
St Lawrence Road

Barnwood

Gloucester
,
Gloucestershire
,
GL4 3QU

England
Coordinates 51°51′25″N2°12′34″W / 51.8570°N 2.2094°W / 51.8570; -2.2094
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Gloucestershire
Department for Education URN 115720 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherS Derry
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment833 as of January 2023
Houses  Parks
  Attenborough
  Jenner
Website http://www.barnwood-park.gloucs.sch.uk/

Barnwood Park School is a coeducational secondary school located in the Barnwood area of Gloucester in the English county of Gloucestershire. [1]

It was originally known as Barnwood Park High School for Girls, but was then awarded specialist status as an Arts College the school was renamed Barnwood Park Arts College. The school achieved the Artsmark Gold from the Arts Council of England in 2009. [2] From September 2018 the school became coeducational and was renamed Barnwood Park School. Today it is an academy and part of Greenshaw Learning Trust.

Barnwood Park School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. [3]

Research for her 2006 novel Wicked! led author Jilly Cooper to teach several English classes at the school. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Barnwood Park School". Barnwood-park.gloucs.sch.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Arts Status". Barnwood-park.gloucs.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Curriculum - KS4". Barnwood-park.gloucs.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jilly Cooper goes back to school - Telegraph". web.archive.org. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2025.


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