The Deepings School
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The Deepings School | |
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Park Road , , PE6 8NF England | |
Coordinates | 52°40′29″N 0°17′49″W / 52.67481°N 0.29689°W |
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Type | Academy |
Motto | "Dare To Excel" |
Established | 1958 |
Department for Education URN | 137873 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Headteacher | Kirstie Johnson |
Staff | 159 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1,400+ pupils |
Houses | Welland , Priory & Guthlac |
Colour(s) | Welland
Priory Guthlac |
Website | http://www.deepingschool.org.uk/ |
The Deepings School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located on Park Road in Deeping St James (near Peterborough) in Lincolnshire, England. As of April 2022[update], the school is attended by almost 1,500 pupils aged 11 to 18 taught by 90 teaching staff. It includes pupils from Stamford, Spalding, Langtoft, Baston, Bourne and the Deeping area.
Construction
The site was on nine acres, on the main Spalding to Market Deeping road. It had steel and reinforced concrete, faced with Stamfordstone bricks from Williamson Cliff Ltd. Structural steelwork was from Robert Stevenson Structural of Norwich[1]
The classrooms were decorated in soft pastels, so as not to distract, with stronger shades in the circulation areas of corridors and stairways. In the domestic science room were facilities for cooking on gas, electricity and solid fuel. On the ground floor was a general science room, with island benches. The gym was 16ft high, and had 2,800 sq ft, with mahogany herringbone sprung flooring.The assembly hall and dining room were combined, with the kitchens at the back of the hall; it was served around 200 meals a day. The practical handicraft room was joined to the main building with a concrete archway - it taught wood and forge work, metal turning and lathe operating.[2][3]
History
Secondary modern school
Deepings County Secondary Modern opened on Tuesday 9 September 1958 with 247 pupils.[4] It was opened by Kesteven Education Authority, based in Sleaford. It cost £100,000, and it was hoped to have around 300 boys and girls. The headmaster was Mr E Lamb. It was co-educational, which was Kesteven's policy. It took in those from Market Deeping, West Deeping, Deeping St James, Langtoft, Baston and Greatford.
Comprehensive
It became a comprehensive school from September 1972[5] with around 450 pupils. The Design Centre started construction in July 1973, to be completed by March 1974 and open by September 1974; it was a two-storey building, with two science laboratories and a staffroom, in preparation for a comprehensive intake.[6]
The headteacher from Easter 1972, 44-year-old John Sweet, lived in Uffington; he had taken over from Jack Lamb, and had been the deputy headteacher since 1964; John Sweet was previously head of English at a school in Devon, and was from South Wales.[7] John Sweet died on 2 October 1974 in a car accident.[8]
Academy
The school converted to academy status on 1 February 2012.
Buildings
Admissions rose to 360,[when?] with the addition of a rural science block, built away from the main building, to teach soil study and vegetable growing, and greenhouse cultivation.
In 1990 a new library and sixth form centre was built, opened in 1991.[citation needed] A language and mathematics block was built in 1997, and a drama studio in 1998.[citation needed]
In 2005 a Business and Enterprise block was built. A new staff room was built, and in 2011 a new school reception, sixth-form facilities, and conference centre were completed.[citation needed] A new sixth form block was completed in 2013.
In 2015 a new science centre was built after the original science classrooms were knocked down. In 2020, a new block, designed to be a replacement Art and Design department after the previous Business and Enterprise block was knocked down, was constructed. When students returned to school following the first national lockdown, final-year secondary students were allocated this block to have all of their lessons in. In 2022, this was later changed to function as its intended purpose. In 2022, a new sports hall was erected after the Deepings Leisure Centre closed down.
Reports
The 2010 Ofsted report for the 2009 inspection rated the school as grade 1 "outstanding" overall. In 2013 the school also achieved grade 1 "outstanding" from Ofsted.[9]
Staff
In 2011 school head teacher Chris Beckett became one of 100 UK teachers selected by the National College for Schools Leadership as a National Leader of Education.[10] In 2016, Richard Lord took over as headteacher. He resigned in August, 2022. In September 2022, Alun Ebeneezer, appointed as an interim headteacher by Anthem Trust, was appointed temporarily until December. In January 2023, Matthew Wattling was appointed by Anthem Trust, alongside Kirstie Johnson as the deputy headteacher. In April, Wattling became executive, and Johnson became headteacher.
Curriculum
School teaching provision is in line with National Curriculum, and includes the humanities, sciences, mathematics, English language and literature, technology, communications and foreign languages. Subjects can be taken towards GCSE and A-level examinations.
Notable alumni
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- Jade Etherington, Paralympian downhill skier
- Jonathan Foyle, architectural broadcaster[11]
- Johnathan Hoggard, BRDC British Formula 3 driver[12]
- Julie Hollman, heptathlete
- Jake Jarman, gymnast
- Ben Wright, footballer
References
- ^ CTS
- ^ Peterborough Advertiser Friday 5 September 1958, page 4
- ^ Peterborough Advertiser Tuesday 29 July 1958, page 11
- ^ "Celebrating Our 50th Anniversary 1958 – 2008". Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ Stamford Mercury Friday 3 March 1972, page 1
- ^ Stamford Mercury Friday 27 July 1973, page 2
- ^ Stamford Mercury Friday 4 February 1972, page 1
- ^ Nottingham Evening Post Thursday 3 October 1974, page 1
- ^ "The Deepings School"; Ofsted inspection report 2010; pdf download required. Retrieved 3 May 2012
- ^ "The Deepings School headteacher Chris Beckett lands top support role as National Leader of Education"; Rutland and Stamford Mercury; 21 June 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012
- ^ "TV expert to talk in Stamford". Rutland and Stamford Mercury. 29 August 2011.
- ^ "Sponsorship needed to help Weston Hills ace Johnathan begin his road to F1 – Spalding Voice". Retrieved 21 June 2019.
The Deepings School Year 11 pupil is hoping to debut at round six of the ten-race British Formula4 Series, which is at Snetterton on July 29 and 30.