New Mills School Business & Enterprise College
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2011) |
| Motto | Let Right Be Done |
|---|---|
| Established | 1912 |
| Type | Community school |
| Headteacher | Jesse Elms |
| Specialism | Business and Enterprise |
| Location | Church Lane, New Mills High Peak Derbyshire SK22 4NR England  |
| Local authority | Derbyshire |
| DfE number | ???/4057 |
| DfE URN | 112936 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 59 |
| Students | 824 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | North, East, South & West |
| Colours | Black |
| Former name | New Mills Grammar School |
| Website | Official Website |
Coordinates: 53°22′01″N 1°59′49″W / 53.367°N 1.997°W
New Mills School Business & Enterprise College is a comprehensive school, situated in the town of New Mills, in the northwest of Derbyshire within the Peak District.
Contents |
[edit] Admissions
The school teaches pupils from Year 7 to Year 13. The school was given its title as Business and Enterprise College in 2005 and this status was renewed in 2009.
The school's main feeder primary schools are New Mills, Newtown, St George's, Thornsett, Hayfield, Hague Bar and St Mary's.
[edit] History
[edit] Grammar school
The school was opened in 1912 as the New Mills Grammar School and celebrates its 100th birthday in 2012.[dated info] It had around 500 boys and girls in the early 1960s, then 600 by 1964, and 700 by 1969, with a sixth form of 200.
[edit] Comprehensive
The grammar school merged with Spring Bank Secondary Modern School in September 1970 to become a comprehensive of 1,200 pupils, known as New Mills School. By 1990, it had around 900 pupils, and a sixth form of 150. The school was the only member of the Peak 11 Federation to open on February 3, 2009.
[edit] Headteachers
- Philip Vennis 1962–71 (died 1999; Principal of Itchen College 1971–88)
- Jesse Elms, current headteacher
[edit] Subjects
There are 21 subjects at New Mills School, taught by by 59 teachers in 8 different buildings and 50 rooms: rooms 5–19, Music 1–2, Language 1–4, Maths 1–6, Sixth Form 1–5, Drama 1–2, Art 1–3, the Gym, Workshop 1–2, Food 1–2, 8 Science labs and a construction centre.
[edit] Alumni
[edit] New Mills Grammar School
- Thomas Brimelow, Baron Brimelow CMG OBE, Ambassador to Poland from 1966–9
- Prof Reginald Coates, civil engineer
- Sir Martin Doughty, chairman of Natural England from 2006, and of the Association of National Park Authorities from 1997–2001, and leader of Derbyshire County Council from 1992–2001
- Prof Geoffrey Gee CBE, Sir Samuel Hall Professor of Chemistry from 1955–77 at the University of Manchester, and President from 1969–71 of the Faraday Society
- Sir Brian Heap CBE, master of St Edmund's College, Cambridgefrom 1996–2004
- John Pilkington Hudson CBE GM, Professor of Horticultural Science at the University of Bristol and Director of the Long Ashton Research Station from 1967–75, and Professor of Horticulture from 1958–67 at the University of Nottingham
[edit] New Mills Secondary School
- Tess Daly, television presenter
