Caroline Chisholm School
| Caroline Chisholm School | |
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| Address | |
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Wooldale Road, Wootton , , NN4 6TP England | |
| Coordinates | 52°11′55″N 0°52′26″W / 52.198697°N 0.873928°W |
| Information | |
| Type | State, all-through Primary and Secondary School, Academy |
| Established | 2004 |
| Founder | Northamptonshire County Council |
| Department for Education URN | 137089 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair of Governors | TBD |
| Headteacher | .[1] |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 4 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1634 (2009)[2] 1841 (2012)[3] |
| Website | http://www.ccs.northants.sch.uk |
Caroline Chisholm School is a mixed all-through school with academy status, in south Northampton, England. It is named after Caroline Chisholm, a 19th-century social reformer.[4] The principal is David James.[1] The school was built in 15 months and cost £25 million.[1] The school added its final year, year 13, in September 2008.[5] In 2005 admission arrangements were changed to give brothers and sisters of children at the school greater priority for places.[6]
Design
The school has 6 blocks, A Block (Music, Drama and PE), B Block (Languages and Humanities), C Block (Maths and English), D Block (Technology and Science), E Block (ICT, Business and Art) and F Block (Primary Phase). It also has a cafeteria, takeaway area, numerous ICT suites, drama studios, gym, art display area, and public meeting rooms.
Distinctions
- This was the first through 4-18 state school in the UK.[7]
- The school was mentioned in the House of Lords when it was confirmed that this was one of just six schools in England defined as a middle school that educates year 11 pupils.[8]
- Education Secretary Ruth Kelly visited the school on 17 March 2005.[9][10][11]
Community involvement
The school is in the Wooldale Centre for Learning, a multi-use community facility.[1] Caroline Chisholm has been described as "unique and ground breaking" for the way it is linked into the community including offering sports and learning facilities for the whole community. Kajima Community manage the busy community activities during the evenings and weekends - www.ccs.schoolbookings.co.uk.[12]
Academic standards
Ofsted's report of 17 May 2006 describes the school as:
Caroline Chisholm is a good school with many outstanding features, a view shared by parents and reflected in the school’s self-evaluation. Outstanding features such as the quality and standards in the Foundation Stage, the progress made by pupils with a statement of autism spectrum disorders, the behaviour and attitudes of all pupils, and the personal development and well-being of pupils make Caroline Chisholm a unique school.
It had 'outstanding' outcome from its Ofsted report in July 2009, while they received a 'good' outcome from their Ofsted report in 2012. Caroline Chisholm school received 'requires improvement' in their latest Ofsted report in 2018.[13]
Catchment area row
Although the area is next to the large housing development of Grange Park, a proposal in January 2010 by Northamptonshire County Council to remove Woodland View Primary School in Grange Park as a feeder school provoked huge protest from Grange Park parents. The alternative schools proposed were Roade School Sports College and Abbeyfield School. (formerly Mereway Secondary School).[14]
References
- ^ a b c d "Pupils start at new £25m school", BBC News, 6 September 2004
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/137089
- ^ "Caroline Chisholm 1808 - 1877", BBC, January 2004
- ^ "Welcome to Caroline Chisholm School", Caroline Chisholm School
- ^ "ADJUDICATOR PUBLISHES DECISION ON PROPOSAL TO VARY THE ADMISSIONS ARRANGEMENTS FOR CAROLINE CHISHOLM SCHOOL, PRESTON HEDGES PRIMARY SCHOOL, WOOTTON PR " Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Office of The Schools Adjudicator (East Midlands), Government News Network, 15 July 2005
- ^ "Snap Tory leadership poll impossible", Matthew Temple, The Guardian, 27 May 2005
- ^ "Middle Schools", Hansard, House of Lords, 9 February 2005, Column WA118
- ^ "Ruth Kelly was here", Polly Curtis, The Guardian, 20 September 2005
- ^ "In a class of its own", Northampton Evening Telegraph, 18 March 2005
- ^ "Minister Opens "World Class" BDP School" Archived 7 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Building Design Partnership, 23 March 2005
- ^ "Building and Opening a 21st Century School" Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, The Northamptonshire Governor, Winter 2004
- ^ "Ofsted report 2006". Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
- ^ Chronicle & Echo, Northampton "Parents' plan may cause gridlock" 21 January 2010, accessed 4 March 2010