Joseph Whitaker School | |
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Warsop Lane , , NG21 0AG | |
Coordinates | 53°06′52″N1°07′13″W / 53.1144°N 1.1203°W |
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Type | Academy |
Motto | Spes et fides (Hope and faith) |
Established | 1963 |
Department for Education URN | 137628 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Head teacher | Carey Ayres |
Staff | 79 FTE teaching staff, ~30 support staff |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11to 18 |
Enrolment | 1,338 (as of 2024) |
Houses | Sherwood (Green), Rufford (Red), Clumber (Yellow), Newstead (Blue) |
Colour(s) | Blazer: Navy Blue Necktie: Navy Blue with Blue, Green, Red and Yellow stripes (according to students' house) Trousers: Middle Grey |
Website | www |
Joseph Whitaker School is a secondary school with academy status in Rainworth near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in England. The school takes its name from Joseph Whitaker, a naturalist who lived in Rainworth at Rainworth Lodge. [1] [2]
The school opened in 1963.
A large fire gutted the building on Monday 19 March 1973, with £250,000 in damage. [3]
An arson attack on the lunchtime of Monday 31 October 1994 caused £0.75m in damage, and destroyed the sports hall, laundry, gym, two squash courts, and changing rooms. The arson was featured in a Newsround documentary on arson in schools. [4] [5]
Headeacher John Loughton started in 1991 when there were 980 pupils, and retired in 2010 after the school had achieved specialist sports college status with 1230 pupils. [6]
The school is part of the East Midlands Educational Trust (EMET) which it joined in September 2016. [7] The headteacher is Carey Ayres, who took over from Demi-Jade Storey in 2020.
The school has its own sixth form college for post-16 A-Level studies. In November 2012, the school's flagship £1,000,000 sixth form centre opened. It contains teaching rooms, a media suite, various study areas and a café. All post-16 students have access to the school's on-site fitness suite as part of their membership to the sixth form.[ citation needed ]