Established 2004 Chair of Governors Mrs L Browett Phone +44 1604 669200 | Headteacher David James. DfE URN 137089 Tables Founded 2004 | |
Type State, all-through Primary and Secondary School, Academy Location Wooldale Road, Wootton
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN4 6TP
England Address Wooldale Centre for Learning, Wooldale Rd, Northampton NN4 6TP, UK Founder Northamptonshire County Council Similar Abbeyfield School, Northamp School for Boys, Preston Hedges Primary S, Northamp High School, Wootton Primary School Profiles | ||
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Caroline Chisholm School is a mixed all-through school with academy status, in south Northampton, England. It is named after Caroline Chisholm, a 19th-century social reformer The principal is David James. The school was built in 15 months and cost £25 million. The school added its final year, year 13, in September 2008. In 2005 admission arrangements were changed to give brothers and sisters of children at the school greater priority for places.
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Design
The school has 6 blocks, A Block (Music, Drama and PE), B Block (Languages and Humanities), C Block (Maths and English), D Block (Technology and Science), E Block (ICT, Business and Art) and F Block. It also has a cafeteria, takeaway area, numerous ICT suites, drama studio, gym, art display area, and public meeting rooms.
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Community involvement
The school is in the Wooldale Centre for Learning, a multi-use community facility. Caroline Chisholm has been described as "unique and ground breaking" for the way it is linked into the community including offering sports and learning facilities for the whole community. Kajima Community manage the busy community activities during the evenings and weekends - www.ccs.schoolbookings.co.uk.
Academic standards
Ofsted's report of 17 May 2006 describes the school as:
Caroline Chisholm is a good school with many outstanding features, a view shared by parents and reflected in the school’s self-evaluation. Outstanding features such as the quality and standards in the Foundation Stage, the progress made by pupils with a statement of autism or Asperger’s Syndrome, the behaviour and attitudes of all pupils, and the personal development and well-being of pupils make Caroline Chisholm a unique school.
It had 'outstanding' outcome from its Ofsted report in July 2009, while they received a 'good' outcome from their Ofsted report in 2012 .
Catchment area row
Although the area is next to the large housing development of Grange Park, a proposal in January 2010 by Northamptonshire County Council to remove Woodland View Primary School in Grange Park as a feeder school provoked huge protest from Grange Park parents. The alternative schools proposed were Roade School Sports College and Abbeyfield School. (formerly Mereway Secondary School).
ICT
It has over 450 curriculum machines for student access, every member of teaching staff have their own laptop as well and according to the prospectus every sixth form student is encouraged to have their own laptop. "Moodle" is used for virtual learning