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Outwood Academy Ripon

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Type
  
Academy

Local authority
  
DfE URN
  
137412 Tables

Founded
  
2011

Principal
  
Stephen Merifield

DfE number
  
815/4203

Phone
  
+44 1765 604564

Motto
  
"Students First"

Location
  
Clotherholme RoadRiponNorth YorkshireHG4 2DEEngland

Address
  
Clotherholme Rd, Ripon HG4 2DE, UK

Similar
  
Ripon Grammar School, St Aidan's C of E High School, King James's School, Rossett School, Boroughb High School

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Outwood Academy Ripon is a small mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status situated in the city of Ripon, in North Yorkshire, England. It provides for children ages 11 to 18, and had an enrolment of 539 pupils in 2016.

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The school is operated by Outwood Grange Academies Trust and the current principal is Stephen Merifield.

Previously known as Ripon City School until 1999 and Ripon College until 2011, it is one of over 11 secondary schools in the local area, including nearby selective Ripon Grammar School, and the more distant Thirsk School and Sixth Form College and Boroughbridge High School.

In 2000 teacher James Kelly of the previous North Ripon College was the regional winner of a teaching award in the "Most Outstanding New Teacher" category.

On 11 November 2015, Up to 40 pupils at the school simultaneously fell ill and showed signs of "sickness and feeling faint sometime between 11:00 and 11.30", police said.

Staff and Departments

Principal Steven Merifield is assisted by a team of Senior Leadership Team.

List of Senior Leadership Team:

Maxine Harvey-Carpenter - Associate Assistant Principal and Second in Science

Craig Young - Vice Principal and Teacher of PE

Hazel Atherley - Associate Assistant Principal and Learning Manager

Kate Staniforth- Associate Assistant Principal and Head of ICT and Business Studies

Lindsay Carroll - Acting Assistant Principal and Teacher of ICT

Tom Gaunt - Associate Assistant Principal and Teacher of PE

Paul Martin - Assistant Principal and Teacher of Maths

Departments, Head of Departments and Second in Departments

Maths - Mr M Fannen 2nd Mr N Turner

English - Mrs T Fauntkane 2nd Miss L Overton

Science -Mrs L Winter 2nd Mrs M Harvey-Carpenter

Humanities - Mr Y Berland 2nd Mrs R Luscombe

Technology and Creative Arts -Mrs E O'Brien 2nd Mr D Kenway

ICT and Business Studies - Mrs K Staniforth 2nd Mr G Shann

Physical Education - Miss H Simpson 2nd Mrs L Baldrick

The academy has 21 Vertical Mentor Groups which assemble after second lesson and take part in different activities. The mentor groups contain pupils from all years including sixth form.

List of Vertical Mentor Groups and Tutors

Australia - Neil Turner,

Argentina - Yannick Berland,

Belgium - Joe Hunter,

Chile - Lynne Overton,

Fiji - Roma Luscombe,

France - Maxine Harvey-Carpenter,

Ghana - Helen Needham,

Kenya - Amy Firth,

Madagascar - Mel Brant-Smith, Jason Porteous, Katie Barrett and Lynda Baldrick,

Mexico - Claire Luscardi,

Morocco - Lucy Winter and Sally Fannen,

New Zealand - Linda Akitt,

Peru - Caroline Payette,

Poland - Rachael Horrocks,

Portugal - Julie Elsey,

Samoa - Simran Villkhu,

South Africa - Charlotte Hullah,

Spain - Hayley Simpson,

Switzerland - Darren Kenway,

Tonga - James Woollatt

USA - Guga Shann.

References

Outwood Academy Ripon Wikipedia