The Dukeries Academy

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The Dukeries Academy
Address
The Dukeries Academy
Whinney Lane

New Ollerton
,
Nottinghamshire

England
Coordinates 53°12′33″N1°00′01″W / 53.2093°N 1.0004°W / 53.2093; -1.0004
Information
Type Academy
EstablishedSeptember 1964
Local authorityNottinghamshire
Department for Education URN 139062 Tables
Ofsted Reports
GenderMixed
Age11to 19
Website http://www.dukeries.attrust.org.uk/page/default.asp?title=Home&pid=1

The Dukeries Academy (formerly The Dukeries Comprehensive School and then The Dukeries College and Complex) is a secondary school, community college situated in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire.

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History

It opened in September 1964, with Kirkby in Ashfield Comprehensive School, the first Nottinghamshire county comprehensive schools; Fairham Comprehensive School in Nottingham had preceded these schools. The school was dedicated to 'community provision' at a time when the village and neighbouring Edwinstowe and Bilsthorpe, who attended the school, were thriving mining communities. The school/college/academy had its 50th anniversary in 2014.

It had a residential training centre, the Ollerton Educational Institute. It had a purpose-built theatre. [1] There were 1290 children.

The first headmaster was Mr John Ireland West, who was born in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and lived in Upton, Newark and Sherwood. [2] He had sons Nicholas and Jonathan. [3]

Extensions were constructed from 1967, to increase to the school to a ten-form entry, and to add a sixth form of 90, which would cost £153,563. [4] [5]

A Sub-Aqua Group was formed in January 1967. [6] In April 1969 it acquired a residential field studies centre in North Wales at Trawsfynydd, which was provided by Rexco smokeless fuels. This was opened on 4 July 1970 by Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh, former Minister of Transport. [7]

The new sixth form opened in February 1970. By 1971, there were 1800 at the school. There were too many children at the school in the early 1970s. [8]

In 1975 an arsonist set fire to the gym, needing 18 firemen. [9] In June 1975, the headteacher was awarded the CBE in the 1975 Birthday Honours. Two squash courts opened in April 1976. [10] [11]

In 2009, The Dukeries was included in controversial plans to cut funding. Nottinghamshire County Council proposed to cut £380,000 of the schools budget to save money. [12] There is a current campaign underway to stop these cuts from happening.

The attached Leisure Centre (owned by NSDC) received an extension to include a new swimming pool in 2020, and the structure was built and completed in 2021. The pool was officially opened by Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Adlington.

Curriculum

It offers education for students aged 11–19. ATTFE College, the school's sixth form, also offer a range of level 2 and 3 courses, including GCSEs and BTECs.

Visits

The Dukeries has been visited by Ed Balls, [13] Sebastian Coe [14] and Gordon Brown. [15]

Balls described it as "a school of the 21st century".[ citation needed ] The school received a "satisfactory" grade after an OFSTED inspection. [16] The school became an academy on 1 January 2013, and was renamed The Dukeries Academy. The Dukeries offers, a theatre, horse riding, on-site counselling, a construction block (opened in 2008), an astro-turf pitch, a youth club and a fire service training centre.

Former teachers

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References

  1. ↑ Retford Times Friday 12 November 1965, page 10
  2. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post Saturday 14 June 1975, page 7
  3. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post Monday 22 December 1975, page 6
  4. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post Friday 23 June 1967, page 17
  5. ↑ Retford Times Friday 30 June 1967, page 4
  6. ↑ Retford Times Friday 31 January 1969, page 1
  7. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post Wednesday 24 June 1970, page 12
  8. ↑ Retford Times Friday 7 May 1971, page 3
  9. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post Wednesday 4 June 1975, page 4
  10. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post Tuesday 27 April 1976, page 18
  11. ↑ Retford Times Friday 14 May 1976, page 19
  12. ↑ Published on Thursday 19 November 2009 17:25 (19 November 2009). "Dukeries chiefs slam county council cuts - Local - Mansfield and Ashfield Chad". Chad.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ "Government minister opens £1.6m Dukeries centre". Johnston Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  14. ↑ Archived September 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ "Video Gordon Brown on MP expenses at Ollerton's Dukeries College van Mansfield - Myspace Video". Vids.myspace.com. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  16. ↑ "Find an inspection report" (PDF). Ofsted. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
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