Belvidere School, Shrewsbury

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Belvidere School
Address
Belvidere School, Shrewsbury
Crowmere Road
Belvidere

Shrewsbury
,
Shropshire
,
SY2 5LA

England
Coordinates 52°42′39″N2°43′15″W / 52.71078°N 2.72082°W / 52.71078; -2.72082
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Shropshire Council
TrustCentral Shropshire Academy Trust
Department for Education URN 146506 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherRobin Rashid
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
HousesYellow(Ludlow), Green(Hopton), Blue(Stokesay), Silver(Whittington)
Colour(s)Green, Yellow, Silver, and Blue
Website www.belvidere.shropshire.sch.uk

Belvidere School is a coeducational secondary school located in the Belvidere area of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Belvidere draws 11- to 16-year-olds mainly from the surrounding areas of Monkmoor, Belvidere, Underdale, Abbey Foregate and Cherry Orchard. It is sited in grounds bordering open fields down to the River Severn.

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The school became a Technology College in 2003, [1] specialising in Technology, Science and Mathematics. In 2008 it received a second speciality as a Training School. [2]

Previously a community school administered by Shropshire Council, in January 2019 Belvidere School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Central Shropshire Academy Trust.

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References

  1. ↑ Specialism. "1,955 Designated Specialist Schools as of July 2004" (PDF). DfES Standards. p. 39. Retrieved 9 December 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Ofsted 2010 report Retrieved 12 October 2010
  3. ↑ Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. pp. 31, 54. ISBN   1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
  4. ↑ Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, pp.33, 55.
  5. ↑ "Football star Billy Jones visits his old school in Shrewsbury". Shropshire Star. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2019.


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