The Wells Academy is a co-educational secondary school for 11-16 yr olds, located in the St Ann's area of Nottingham in the English county of Nottinghamshire.[1]
| The Wells Academy | |
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| Location | |
Ransom Drive , , NG3 5LR England | |
| Information | |
| Type | Comprehensive Academy |
| Established | 1966 |
Local authority | Nottingham City Council |
| Trust | Greenwood Academies Trust |
| 147456 Tables | |
| Ofsted | Reports |
Principal | George Coles |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Website | www |
History
editElliott Durham School was established at the current school site in 1966. It was designed as an 11 to 16 co-educational school housed in its own purpose-built accommodation on a very attractive site. The sports facilities included a sports hall with a full size of basketball court, four badminton courts and areas for gymnastics, indoor football, netball and hockey, and a small carpeted hall for dance and aerobics. Outside there are four tennis courts, two floodlit astro-turf fields, extensive playing fields and pool. The school was not popular with parents and though having a capacity of 1350, it had only 353 students on roll on 2003.[2]
It had just 21% A* to C grades at GCSE in 2007, including maths and English, though that was a rise on the 7% two years previously; considerably down on the 47.6% average for secondary schools in England. It was a classified as a "national challenge" school, ones where fewer than 30% of pupils achieve five GCSE passes including in maths and English, it was told to rapidly improve or close down.[3]
In 2009 it formally merged with Greenwood Dale School and The Jesse Boot Primary School to form Nottingham Academy, a new City Academy which was located over the former three school sites. Nottingham Academy was sponsored by the Greenwood Academies Trust.[4] The former Elliot Durham School site was then renamed The Nottingham Academy Ransom Campus and refurbished.
In November 2018 the Greenwood Academies Trust announced plans to de-merge the two secondary school sites, with The Nottingham Academy Ransom Campus becoming a separate school.[5] The changes took effect from September 2020: The Nottingham Academy Ransom Campus becoming 'The Wells Academy'.[6]
The school
editReferences
edit- ↑ "The Wells Academy - Home".
- ↑ "Elliott Durham School Nottingham: Read Parent Reviews & Rankings". www.schoolsnet.com. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑ "First day of term at Nottingham Academy - the largest school in Europe". The Guardian. 7 September 2009.
- ↑ "Greenwood Academies Trust - Home".
- ↑ "Greenwood Academies Trust - Consultation launched on school plan to raise standards further for almost 4,000 pupils at the Nottingham Academy".
- ↑ "The Wells Academy - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
- ↑ "The Wells Academy - Alternative Provision".