Bluecoat Beechdale Academy (formerly Hadden Park High School, and prior to 2001 Glaisdale Comprehensive) is an 11–16 mixed

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with academy status in

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, England. It is part of the Archway Learning Trust. There was a £11m refurbishment by Inspired Spaces. Hadden Park High School had 10.7% absence in total (8.6% locally, 7.3% nationally) and 12.6% persistent (8.7% locally, 5.9% nationally). Since its launch as Bluecoat Beechdale Academy, attendance has risen above local and national averages, fixed-term exclusions have fallen by more than 50%, the projected budget deficit has been addressed and student numbers have risen sharply after many years of decline. The school became an academy on 1 April 2014.http://www.nottinghampost.com/Head-steps-school-academy/story-20430563-detail/story.html 11 Jan 2014

Sponsor

The Bluecoat Beechdale Academy is sponsored by

Bluecoat Academy Bluecoat Aspley Academy is a Church of England secondary school and sixth form located in the Aspley area of Nottingham, England, dating back to 1706. In 2007, the school had 1550 students aged six to eighteen, including 250 Sixth form st ...

and was formerly named as Hadden Park High School, In April 2014

Department for Education The Department for Education (DfE) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for child protection, child services, education (compulsory, further and higher education), apprenticeships and wider skills in England. A Department ...

(DfE) made and renamed Hadden Park High School into Bluecoat Beechdale Academy sponsored by Bluecoat Academies Trust. The school is now sponsored by Archway Learning Trust.

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* Secondary schools in Nottingham Academies in Nottingham {{Nottinghamshire-school-stub