Eckington School

Academy in Eckington, Derbyshire, England

Websitehttps://www.eckington.chorustrust.org/

Eckington School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Eckington, Derbyshire in England, next to the B6056 road. It has around 1,250 pupils. The school is an academy, and is part of the Chorus Education Trust.

History

Previous to the opening of the school, there was the Eckington County Secondary School, which opened in Halfway (in Derbyshire before 1967) in 1930, and became the Eckington Grammar School in 1945. In Eckington was also the Eckington Secondary Modern School on School Street; when the grammar school became Derbyshire's first comprehensive school - the Westfield School - in 1957, this became Eckington Junior School. The current site started construction in 1978 and opened to students a few years later in 1983.

Admissions

The school catchment area includes surrounding areas such as Killamarsh, Renishaw, Beighton, Ridgeway and Mosborough. Despite the school being closer to several Sheffield residential areas (including Beighton and Mosborough) than other Derbyshire ones, the admissions policy is set in such a way to favour pupils coming from the Derbyshire feeder schools in areas such as Killamarsh, Ridgeway and Renishaw.^[1] This is because most students from the Mosborough and Beighton area attend Westfield School.

Academic performance

Eckington Comprehensive was designated a specialist engineering college. This title was removed from the school. Students attain results that are well above average at GCSE for Derbyshire (94% 5 A* - C, 63% including English and Maths in 2012). The results at A level were better than average.

In June 2022, the school was given an "Inadequate" rating by Ofsted.^[2]

Notable former pupils

Chris Pritchard 1999, Represented Scotland at 2010 Commonwealth Games Track Cycling
Mat Welsh, Sean Long, Aaran McKenzie and Adam Savage from the band While She Sleeps^[3]
Millie Bright, footballer^[4]
Ruth Amos, entrepreneur and inventor
Adam Duffy, professional snooker player

References

^ "Derbyshire schools admissions policy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
^ "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Ofsted Communications Team. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
^ "BTS: While She Sleeps 'Our Legacy' - updates - Photographer - BTS: While She Sleeps 'Our Legacy'".
^ "England Lionesses star Millie Bright on the pitfalls of social media as international looms at Rotherham United". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. November 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2021.