Toot Hill School

Toot Hill School
Address
The Banks Bingham , Nottinghamshire , NG13 8BL England
Coordinates	52°56′56″N0°57′16″W / 52.948884°N 0.954427°W / 52.948884; -0.954427
Information
Type	Academy
Trust	Nova Education Trust
Department for Education URN	136878 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Executive Head Teacher	Sandy Paley
Head Teacher	Chris Eardley
Age	11to 18
Website	http://www.toothillschool.co.uk/

Toot Hill School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form, located in Bingham in the English county of Nottinghamshire, built in 1969. The school is a member of Nova Education Trust.

History

1989 arson attack

On Tuesday 8 August 1989 at 10pm, in an arson attack, six classrooms were destroyed, in a single-storey part of the school, for History and Religious Studies, with headmaster John Eagles. It cost £250,000. Firemen attended from Bingham and West Bridgford, who took half hour to put the fire out. It was investigated by West Bridgford CID, and Detective Superintendent Jim Smith and Detective Inspector Dave Blacknall. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Notable alumni

• Chris Urbanowicz - Guitarist from Editors
• Joe Heyes - Professional rugby union player for Leicester Tigers and England Rugby
• Daniel Taylor (journalist) - British football journalist
• Harrison Dowzell - West End Performer best known for appearing as Billy in Billy Elliot the Musical
• Julian Marshall - Head of music and podcasts content strategy at YouTube and former NME / BBC Radio 1 journalist
• Brent Di Cesare (Mark Goldbridge) YouTuber and radio presenter
• Andrew Hargreaves (Stig) - Vehicle Recovery Operative featured on 5Action show, Trucking Hell
• Barnaby Simpson - Senior Analytics Manager at Asda.

References

1. Nottingham Evening Post Wednesday 9 August 1989, page 3
2. Grantham Journal Friday 11 August 1989, page 30
3. Nottingham Evening Post Monday 14 August 1989, page 10
4. Central report 1989