Welcome to the website of the proposed Shirebrook Academy, where you can stay up-to-date with the plans and also send us your comments and ideas on the Academy’s development.
Academies are all ability schools which operate independently from the local authority.
Unlike other state schools they enlist the support of sponsors who bring their own expertise to support the school in raising achievement. The Sponsor also makes an investment of £2m for projects to benefit the students and local community.
Like other schools they follow the National Curriculum in Maths, English, Science and ICT. Each Academy also has its own specialism.
The proposal is that the Academy will open in the existing Shirebrook school buildings in September 2010, with students and staff transferring to the new Academy buildings in 2011. Students from the secondary years at Stubbin Wood Special School will share the same site.
We welcome your views on these proposals.
The proposed Academy will provide new opportunities for all students to reach their full potential, regardless of background and abilities. The Sponsor will build on and strengthen the existing Science specialism and add to it a new Construction specialism, giving students a great mix of academic and vocational choices.
Students will also benefit from a fully-equipped, brand new building which will create a 21st century learning environment for everyone who attends or works at the Academy.
Shirebrook School would change its status to an Academy from September 2010 and operate for the first school year, in the existing Shirebrook School building, before moving into a brand new Academy building on its completion in 2011.
Students from the upper school at Stubbin Wood Special School would share the same site.
The new Academy will welcome young people of all abilities and will have 900 places for students, aged 11-16. There will also be 60 places for 16-19 year olds.
It will be sponsored by ALLRoads, the highway contracting arm of Derbyshire County Council, County Property Services and Sheffield Hallam University as the education partner.
The Academy will work hard to raise the aspirations and achievements of young people and positively contribute to the improvements already taking place in Shirebrook.
The Sponsor is ALLRoads, Derbyshire County Council’s highways contracting arm and County Property Services, assisted by Sheffield Hallam University as the Academy’s education partner.
A culture of supportive learning, respect for all and self-discipline is at the heart of the Sponsor’s vision. AllRoads and County Property Services will provide a financial endowment of £2 million to the Academy to be used directly for student-based activities such as residential experiences at home and abroad, sponsorship to further and higher education, work experience opportunities and business mentors.
Already significant contributions are being made by ALLRoads through staff time and expertise, this will continue with the creation of the Academy’s Governing Body.
Sheffield Hallam University is also making significant contributions to the creation of the Academy in terms of staff time and expertise. The university already works closely with Shirebrook and will develop strong links with the Academy during and after its development by providing a range of learning and professional development opportunities for students and staff.
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We welcome your views and ideas, which will be taken into account before final decisions are made by the Sponsors and the Government to fund the proposed Academy.
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