The De Warenne Academy is a secondary school with academy status on ''Gardens Lane'' in

Conisbrough Conisbrough () is a town within the City of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is roughly midway between Doncaster and Rotherham, and is built alongside the River Don at . It has a ward population (Conisbrough and Denaby) of 14,333. ...

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, England. The Academy is sponsored by Delta Academies trust who also support many other schools in Doncaster.

History

The school changed its name (from Northcliffe School) in September 2009, when it became an academy and moved into a new building in 2013. Previously it had been Northcliffe School, a

secondary modern school A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland from 1944 until the 1970s under the Tripartite System. Schools of this type continue in Northern Ireland, where they are usuall ...

. The school was the centre of controversy in the early 2000s due to a proposal to convert it into an academy run by the Emmanuel Schools Foundation, a Christian charity. The proposal was withdrawn in 2004 after legal threats by the

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Doncaster Collegiate Sixth Form

The school is part of the Doncaster Collegiate Sixth Form which combines the

sixth form In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for A-l ...

offering from Ash Hill Academy, De Warenne Academy,

Don Valley Academy Don Valley Academy member of Delta Academies Trust (formerly Don Valley School and Performing Arts College) is a mixed 11–18 Academy located in Scawthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The school also has a Sixth Form centre. History ...

Rossington All Saints Academy Rossington All Saints Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Rossington, South Yorkshire, England. Originally known as Rossington High School, in 2001 it became a voluntary aided Church of England school and was ...

and

Serlby Park Academy Serlby Park Academy is a mixed all-through school and sixth form located in the twin villages of Bircotes and Harworth in North Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region o ...

References

External links

EduBase

News items

Teacher attacked September 2005 by former pupils

Pupil killed by air gun in May 2005

Academy plan dropped in October 2004

Parents put school on eBay in September 2004

Protest over Academy plan in June 2004

Placed in special measures in 2003
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