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Type
  
Academy

DfE URN
  
136127 Tables

Ages
  
11–18

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

DfE number
  
830/6905

Ofsted
  
Reports

Phone
  
+44 1623 742722

Location
  
Common Lane Shirebrook Derbyshire NG20 8QF England

Address
  
Common Ln, Shirebrook, Mansfield NG20 8QF, UK

Similar
  
The Bolsover School, The Brunts Academy, Tupton Hall School, The Samworth Church A, The Manor Academy

Profiles

Shirebrook Academy (formerly Shirebrook School) is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Shirebrook in the English county of Derbyshire.

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Previously a community school administered by Derbyshire County Council, the school converted to academy status in September 2010 and was renamed Shirebrook Academy. The school is sponsored by Sheffield Hallam University, but continues to coordinate with Derbyshire County Council for admissions.

Shirebrook Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. The school has joined a consortium with The Bolsover School]], Heritage High School and Springwell Community College to form Aspire Sixth a sixth form provision that has operated across all the school sites since September 2014.

Shirebrook Academy relocated into new buildings in April 2013. The building is shared with Stubbin Wood School, a special school for children ages 2 to 16 who have learning disabilities.

Notable former pupils

  • Roger Baker, Chief Constable from 2005-09 of Essex Police
  • Mason Bennett, footballer
  • Shirebrook Grammar School

  • Prof Margaret MacKeith CBE FRGS FRSA FRTPI, former Professor of Town Planning at the University of Central Lancashire, and Preston Polytechnic
  • Colin Tarrant, actor who played Inspector Andrew Monroe in The Bill
  • Shirebrook Central Selective Boys School

  • Ray Wilson (English footballer), member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, playing at the time at left back for Everton F.C.. In the final he gave the ball to Helmut Haller, who scored the opening goal for West Germany
  • References

    Shirebrook Academy Wikipedia


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