Motto "Students First" Principal Laura Eddery DfE number 808/4007 Date founded 11 January 2016 | Local authority Phone +44 1642 586262 | |
Location Harrowgate LaneStockton-on-TeesCounty DurhamTS19 8TFEngland Similar Ian Ramsey CE Acad, The Grangefie Academy, Our Lady & St Bede Catholic, Whitehou Primary School, Harrow Gate Primary A Profiles | ||
Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth (formerly Bishopsgarth School) is a mixed secondary school with academy status in the Bishopsgarth area of Stockton on Tees, England. It serves 548 pupils ages 11 to 16, and has a comprehensive admissions policy.
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The school is operated by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, and the current principal is Laura Eddery.
History
Bishopsgarth School was a community school operated by the local education authority. In November 2016 the school converted to academy status, joining Outwood Grange Academies Trust, and changed its name to Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth.
Pastoral support
Students are members of mixed-age tutor groups known as a Vertical Mentor Groups (VMG) that meet on a daily basis. Each mentoring group has students from every year group, 7 through 11, which leads to the groups evolving over time, as older students leave and are replaced by younger students entering the school.
VMGs are each named after a country, and split into houses named after the continents Africa, Asia, Americas, Australasia and Europe.