Tupton Hall School

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Tupton Hall School
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Address
Tupton Hall School
Station New Road

Chesterfield
,
Derbyshire
,
S42 6LG

England
Coordinates 53°10′56″N1°24′34″W / 53.18224°N 1.40951°W / 53.18224; -1.40951
Information
Type Academy
MottoAspire, Learn, Achieve
Established1929
Local authority Derbyshire
Trust Redhill Academy Trust (since 2019)
Department for Education URN 146099 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherAndrew Knowles
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolmentapprox 2000
HousesGladwin,
Cavendish,
Hunloke,
Turbutt,
Kenning
Colour(s)Gladwin - Red,
Cavendish - Green,
Hunloke - Blue,
Turbutt - Purple,
Kenning - Yellow,
Website http://www.tuptonhall.derbyshire.sch.uk/

Tupton Hall School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Chesterfield in the English county of Derbyshire. It is one of the largest secondary schools in the North East Derbyshire district, with a large body of students and one of the largest sixth forms in the county.

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History

Grammar school

Tupton Hall was founded as a Tupton Hall Grammar School in 1936 as a secondary school in the Clay Cross area on a site purchased by the Derbyshire Education Committee in 1929. In 1936, the school moved to its present site, formerly occupied by the mansion Tupton Hall. The original building was designed by G.H. Widdows, the county architect, [1] and it was opened by Oliver Stanley, the Secretary of State for Education.

Comprehensive school

The school before the millennium, showing the original running track, K, Sixth Form and, design and technology blocks. Tupton School before.jpg
The school before the millennium, showing the original running track, K, Sixth Form and, design and technology blocks.

From 1967 to 1969, many new buildings were constructed to prepare for the transformation to becoming a much larger comprehensive school (750 pupils at the grammar school became 1,800 at the new comprehensive). The new school opened in 1969. The remodelled school was well regarded as an architectural achievement using the CLASP system which allowed standard components for school construction. Nicholas Pevsner described it as "one of the best uses of the CLASP system for school buildings in the country ... creating a village type atmosphere" Architects were George Grey & Partners in association with D.S. Davies (county architect). [1]

The school was severely run down by the new millennium and the new school opened in Easter 2003.

New school

The school is a specialist sports college and is one of the most modern school buildings in the county, being the tester school for the new school design permeating throughout Derbyshire and the East Midlands with many modern features, built under a PFI scheme. [2]

The school has been twinned with a school in Nigeria to further aid relations between Tupton and its twin village in Nigeria. It has also gained the full International Schools Award.[ citation needed ]

Previously a community school administered by Derbyshire County Council, in September 2019 Tupton Hall School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Redhill Academy Trust.

About Tupton Hall School

In the village of Old Tupton in North East Derbyshire, Tupton Hall is situated about four miles from Chesterfield, the nearest large town, despite the school being relatively close to the town, Chesterfield itself is not in the school's catchment area, which focuses on the town of Clay Cross and the villages of Wingerworth, Tupton and Ashover. Tupton Hall is a comprehensive school, so does not selectively admit pupils.

For results at A Level and GCSE, 95% of students attain grades above the national average, and the exam results for the school as a whole are also above the England average.[ citation needed ]

Sixth form

Tupton Hall has one of the largest sixth forms in the North East Derbyshire area, with nearly 400 students.[ citation needed ]

Notable former pupils

As a grammar school

As a comprehensive

New school

Former teachers

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References

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