Kimberley School

Kimberley School
Established 1946
Type Academy
Headteacher Andrew George
Chair of Governors JG Wilson OBE
Location Newdigate Street
Kimberley
Nottinghamshire
NG16 2NJ
England
Coordinates: 52°59′53″N 1°15′23″W / 52.998°N 1.2563°W / 52.998; -1.2563
DfE number 891/4226
DfE URN 138641 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Staff 85
Students 1350
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Website Kimberley School

Kimberley School (formally Kimberley Comprehensive School) is a secondary school in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England. It has academy status.

International

The school has links with another in Burkina.[1] The schools in Burkina Faso, like in England, are free but the government cannot afford to deliver this assurance to all the Burkinabé children.[2] Unlike England you are much more likely to receive an education if you are a boy.[2]

BBC School Report

Some Year 8's from Kimberley School have taken part in the BBC's school report project, for the past few years. They have been visited by such local personalities as: Francis Finn, local radio presenter from BBC Radio Nottingham.

Entrance (2007)

Family of schools

Kimberleys school family is Awsworth Primary, Gilthill Primary, Hollywell Primary, Horsendale Primary, Kimberley Primary, Larkfields Junior, Larkfields Infant and Mornington Primary. Details of the admission rules to the school and its sixth form are published.[3] However the school has room for 1500 pupils.[1]

Notable staff

References

  1. 1 2 Official site, accessed 13 October 2008
  2. 1 2 "Burkina Faso". 2005 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor (2006). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Admission arrangements, 2009-2010
  4. Paul Rowan, LibDems.org.uk, accessed 13 October 2008

External links

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