Nottingham Girls' Academy

Nottingham Girls' Academy
Address
Map
Robin's Wood Road
Aspley

Nottingham
,
Nottinghamshire
,
NG8 3LD

England
Coordinates52°58′02″N 1°12′05″W / 52.9671°N 1.2014°W / 52.9671; -1.2014
Information
TypeAcademy
Department for Education URN137184 Tables
OfstedReports
GenderGirls
Age11 to 19
Websitehttp://www.nottinghamgirlsacademy.org/

Nottingham Girls' Academy (formerly Manning Comprehensive School) is a girls' secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Aspley area of Nottingham in the English county of Nottinghamshire.[1]

History

Grammar schools

Manning Grammar School for Girls, was originally part of the High Pavement Grammar School until 1931, when it moved into new buildings on Gregory Boulevard. High Pavement had previously been coeducational from 1898.[2] It opened in April 1931.[3] It was evacuated with High Pavement to Mansfield in the war.[4][5] The two schools had joint theatre productions in the 1960s and 1970s. And there were marriages.[6] It moved in 1983 to a former school, when local schools closed.[7][8][9]

Nottinghamshire Education Committee bought the Brincliffe School for Girls in 1920 for £3,400.[10] In 1960 there were plans to rebuild the school as a £195,547 three-form technical grammar school.[11] Many parents protested, in 1973 and 1974, about the planned closure planned for 1975. Nottingham's schools now are the second-lowest at GCSE in England.[12][13][14]

Comprehensive

Previously a community school administered by Nottingham City Council, Manning Comprehensive School converted to academy status on 1 September 2011 and was renamed Nottingham Girls' Academy. The school is sponsored by the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust,[15] however Nottingham Girls' Academy continues to coordinate with Nottingham City Council for admissions.

Nottingham Girls' Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils,[16] while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.[17]

Alumni

Notable alumni are categorised from the school's former names.

Peveril Bilateral School

Brincliffe Grammar School for Girls

Manning Grammar School

Manning Comprehensive School

References

  1. ^ "Home - Nottingham Girls' Academy". Nottinghamgirlsacademy.org. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  2. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Saturday 25 November 1972, page 6
  3. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Wednesday 18 March 1931, page 6
  4. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Tuesday 5 September 1939, page 7
  5. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Tuesday 12 September 1939, page 6
  6. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Thursday 23 March 1961, page 6
  7. ^ Stapleford & Sandiacre News Thursday 19 May 1983, page 24
  8. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Friday 24 May 1985, page 9
  9. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Monday 15 December 1986, page 4
  10. ^ Nottingham Journal Wednesday 28 January 1920, page 8
  11. ^ Nottingham Guardian Friday 23 December 1960, page 3
  12. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Wednesday 7 March 1973, page 8
  13. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Saturday 10 March 1973, page 6
  14. ^ Nottingham Evening Post Thursday 11 April 1974, page 1
  15. ^ "About Us - Nottingham Girls' Academy". Nottinghamgirlsacademy.org. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  16. ^ "Curriculum - Nottingham Girls' Academy". Nottinghamgirlsacademy.org. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  17. ^ "Sixth Form - Nottingham Girls' Academy". Nottinghamgirlsacademy.org. Retrieved 13 February 2014.


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