Lees Brook Community School

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Lees Brook Community School
Address
Lees Brook Community School
Morley Road
Chaddesden

, ,
DE21 4QX

Coordinates 52°56′02″N1°25′24″W / 52.9339°N 1.4232°W / 52.9339; -1.4232
Information
Type Academy
Department for Education URN 143934 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalClare Watson
Vice PrincipalKaty Heffern
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 19
Website http://www.leesbrook.co.uk/

Lees Brook Community School (previously Lees Brook Sports College) is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in the Chaddesden area of Derby, in the English county of Derbyshire. [1]

Previously a foundation school administered by Derby City Council, Lees Brook converted to with academy status in September 2011. However the school continues to coordinate with Derby City Council for admissions. The school moved to a new building on the same site in November 2014.

Lees Brook Community School offers GCSEs, BTECs and NCFEs as programmes of study for pupils. [2] The school also operates a vocational sixth form provision.

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References

  1. "Home". Leesbrook.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. "Curriculum". Leesbrook.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.