Forge Valley School is a

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and

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located in

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England. It replaced

Myers Grove School Myers Grove School was a secondary school (11–16) in the north-west of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The school was bidding to become a businesses and enterprise college. It has now merged with Wisewood School & Community Sports Co ...

and Wisewood School & Community Sports College. The Headteacher is Dale Barrowclough. The school has its own sports centre which is used by the school and community. The school converted to Academy status in September 2014, sponsored by the

Tapton School Tapton School is a secondary school with academy status located in Crosspool, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is sited next to another secondary, King Edward VII School in Sheffield, and near to Lydgate Junior School in Crosspool, ...

Academy Trust.

Ofsted

In May 2013 it was reported by local newspaper ''

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'' that the school had been placed under special measures by

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after being deemed 'inadequate'."Sheffield’s Forge Valley school judged ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted"
''Sheffield Star'', 20 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013 The report, which was based on an inspection in March 2013, rated the school Grade 4 overall and in all areas, the lowest possible value in a scale from 1 to 4. Head teacher Diane McKinlay responded to the report by stating that Forge Valley was a new school "which is still developing and improving" results. In late November 2013 Forge Valley received a short inspection from Ofsted.

Events

Forge Valley has presented five productions: *2011-2012 – ''

Oliver! ''Oliver!'' is a coming-of-age stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before op ...

'' *2012-2013 – ''We Will Rock You'' *2015-2016 – ''Aladdin'', ''

Blues Brothers The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on ''Saturday Night Live''. Belushi and Aykroyd fronted the band, in character, respective ...

'', ''

Bugsy Malone ''Bugsy Malone'' is a 1976 gangster musical comedy film written and directed by Alan Parker (in his feature film directorial debut). A co-production of United States and United Kingdom, it features an ensemble cast, featuring only child actors ...

'', ''Lion King'' and ''Wizard of Oz'' *2016-2017 – ''Matilda'', ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''

Into the Woods ''Into the Woods'' is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tale A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story ...

'' *2017-2018 – ''Mary Poppins'', ''Les Miserables'', ''Little Shop of Horrors'' and ''

Shrek The Musical ''Shrek The Musical'' is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film ''Shrek'', along with elements of its sequels: ''Shrek 2'', ''Shrek Forever After'' a ...

'' In September 2016, a 41-year-old teacher at the school, Lynsey Haycock, died from medical complications after breaking her leg in a fall while putting up a classroom display.

References

External links

Official website
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