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Chellaston, Derby
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Derbyshire
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DE73 5UB

England
Information
Type Academy
MottoIntegrity,Care,Excellence
Established1977
TrustPeak Multi-Academy Trust
Department for Education URN 136360 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsA Wetherford
PrincipalPhill Smith
GenderCoeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1836
Capacity1650
Houses Alport (red), Eldon (yellow), Thorpe (purple), Kinder (blue), Stanage (orange) [1]
Colour(s)Green, white, black    
Trust UID 17218 [2]
Trust PartnersChellaston Junior School, Homefields Primary School, Chellaston Infant School [3]
Website www.chellaston.derby.sch.uk

Chellaston Academy (formerly Chellaston Foundation School) is a comprehensive school and Academy in Chellaston in the Derby area of England, United Kingdom. In 2019 the academy partnered with Chellaston Junior School, Chellaston Infant School and Homefields primary to form the coeducational Peak Multi Academy Trust (PSM). Phill smith assumed the role of Headteacher following his appointment in September 2023.

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Its catchment area traditionally includes Chellaston, Aston-on-Trent, Weston-on-Trent, Melbourne, Ticknall, Barrow upon Trent and other areas of South Derbyshire. Pupils' ages range from 11-year-olds in year 7, through to adults in the sixth form college. [4]

Background information

The school opened in 1977 [5] and its sixth form is the largest in Derby. [5] In 2005, the school had locked up a total of 1,580 students. The official capacity is now 1,650, though the school is oversubscribed. [6]

The school officially became an Academy on 1 December 2010. [6]

The school introduced a house system in November 2017, consisting of five houses, named after peaks within Derbyshire. [1]

History

The first build of the school started in 1975 and was finished in 1977, providing 450 places for students, and the second build, completed in November 1978, created another 300 places. In September 1994, an extension to the technology block was completed, facilitating the options of Art, Design, Wet and Dry Textiles along with other such technology facilities, while the Performing Arts Studio (in the main block) was converted from the Lecture Theatre. [7]

A £2.21m Sixth form Centre was opened in September 1995. Simultaneously, the library was extended. [7]

In 1997, the school was further extended to accommodate the growing number of students wanting to attend. A specialised, temporary Mathematics block was completed, containing eight classrooms. The sports hall was also completed. The Humanities block was built in 2000 along with another four science labs in a new building (loosely specialised for the teaching of biology), separate from the existing science block. In January 2003, the Humanities block was substantially extended, adding a Refectory (functioning as a substitute to the Main Hall as a canteen) and a large new IT suite. [7]

In September 2004, the Music and Drama block was built in order to accommodate the increasing applicants, allowing the school to hold approximately 1,700 students. Traditionally, the school catering was managed by the in-school catering team. However, in 2009 the management of student meals was outsourced to an independent company, as part of the Chellaston Academy Healthy Schools Programme. The construction of three new laboratories has recently been completed in September 2011, increasing the number of classrooms in the Science Block. Recently added has been an extension to the sports hall and an addition to the music and drama block providing a theatre for students to perform at events throughout the year. [7]

In mid-2016, A new £2,000,000 Mathematics block was added in replacement of the older, outdated one. This building has now been completed and features both mathematics and English classrooms and a dining area. [7]

Academics

The school works a 50-hour, two-week timetable on a comprehensive principal. In Key Stage 3, no child does a reduced curriculum. French and Spanish are taught, though two hours a fortnight can be diverted to literacy and English catchup. [8]

From the results in year 7, 8 and 9 pupils are banded to an academic yellow band following Ebacc subjects or a more vocational white band. [8]

Ofsted visited the school in 2019, three days after a member of staff had been arrested on over a serious breach of trust, [9] Ofsted did not examine the incident but did consider the senior managements response. Ofsted considered all areas in Key Stage 3 and 4 were good, but was concerned about monitoring and safeguarding in the sixth form, Key Stage 5. They mentioned the unmonitored absences in Year 12, and the amount of unsupervised work experience but were still impressed by the teaching standard and the outcomes the students achieved. [10]

Chellaston Uganda Project

Since 2006 Chellaston Academy have been running a project which raises money through various methods and then uses this to fund materials which are used by the students and staff who fly to Uganda to repair/improve an orphanage known as the John Dickins House. This building facility aims to provide clean water, food and shelter to children of Uganda who have no parents and are living off of waste in the streets. [11]

Every year a team of specially chosen sixth form students fly over to the country, along with staff, and spend a whole month over there. As well as building the orphanage, the students get to engage in a wide variety of activities, from bungee jumping over a river and white water rafting, to visiting homes created for the disabled. They also spend a lot of time bonding and socialising with the children who live in the orphanage. [12]

Over the course of the school year, students participate in various activities, all with the theme of raising money which helps to fund the project. The most popular of these activities is the "Chello Mile" in which students from all year groups run as many laps around the school's playing field as possible. These laps are then counted and the students go away to friends and family who have agreed to sponsor them by donating an amount of money depending on the distance completed. This money is then collected and usually sums up to more than £5,000 or 50,000 francs. [12]

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