Type Comprehensive Ofsted Reports Headteacher Jackie Cooper Number of students 985 | DfE URN 112938 Tables Ages 11–16 Phone +44 1283 216404 Motto Labor omnia vincit Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Location Sunnyside, Newhall
Swadlincote
Derbyshire
DE11 0TL
England Website www.williamallitt.derbyshire.sch.uk Address Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote DE11 0TL, UK Profiles | ||
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The William Allitt School or, as it is more commonly referred to; William Allitt, is a state school located in the village of Newhall, Swadlincote in South Derbyshire, England.
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- Overview
- GCSE Results
- Controversy
- Notable former pupils
- References
The School's head teacher, as of 2014, is Jackie Cooper. Mr McCandless was acting head teacher from September 2013 to April 2014 and previous to this the head teacher was Mr D Clarke. Mr Clarke took over after Mr John Crossley retired in 2010 having been Head at the school since 1996.
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Overview
The William Allitt School or, as it is more commonly referred to, William Allitt, is a state school located in the village of Newhall, Swadlincote in South Derbyshire, England. The school is a specialist Science and Arts College.
GCSE Results
William Allitt`s GCSE results have improved across the past three years as the percentage of pupils achieving a grade c in mathematics and English language has increased by 12% from 42% in 2014 to 54% in 2016. Although William Allitt ranks -0.78 on the newly introduced progress 8 scoring system, s 2016 GCSE results, which ranks it within the bottom 10% of schools in the country.
Controversy
In August 2014 Christopher Mallinson, the former head of performing arts at the specialist arts college, was banned from working with children for at least two years after he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a year 10 female student. He gave her a lift in his car on her own, kissed her on the forehead, hugged her and sat with her with his legs over hers. Mr Mallinson 57 was subsequently sacked from the William Allitt School and admitted the accusations but denied he had done anything wrong.
Also earlier in the year ,in June 2014,the school had faced controversy as claims came forward about a teacher sellotaping Year 7 student Elise Smiths mouth closed after she was being a "chatterbox" in lesson.The teacher apologized to the student and family and its believed he passed her the sellotape as a joke instead of a malicious action by the teacher However, the teacher was never suspended but has since left the school.