Idsall School is a

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secondary school with academy status located in the town of

Shifnal Shifnal is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about east of Telford, 17 miles (27 km) east of the county town of Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of the city of Wolverhampton. It is near the M5 ...

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, England. Idsall has its own

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Centre, which offers a range of

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subjects.

The House Cup

When joining the school, pupils are assigned a house (usually, two tutor groups belong to each house) during their first week. The houses are named after four Shropshire hills (

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, Longmynd, Ragleth and

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). They take part in sports (and others, including scrabble) competitions throughout the year. Every year at the end of summer term, there is a whole school assembly. At this assembly the house that has collected the most points throughout the year is the winner and is awarded the Finney Shield.

Field trips

The school holds annual residential trips to Plas Caerdeon (in Wales) for year 7, respectively, and skiing trips in

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for years 8,9,10,11 12 and 13. Also once pupils have taken their options in year 10, they will have the opportunity to go on non -residential field trips subject to their options (Trips to a Church for RE, Museums for Art, etc.). They will also have the opportunity to go on residential trips subject to the options they took, for example Art trips to either New York, Florence,

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and Paris happen every year and a Geography trip to

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goes ahead every two years. During year 8, pupils take part in the year 8 challenge, which acts as a foundation to the Duke of Edinburgh's bronze award, and includes a walk up the 'House Hill' amongst other things such as activities that will help their local community.

The Sixth Form

Idsall Sixth Form has about 200 students, separated roughly in half into years 12 and 13. Sixth Form lessons are taught primarily in the Sixth Form Centre, an annex of the school which also houses the common room, although some lessons are taught in the main school, due to timetabling conflicts or special subject requirements (for example, Biology, Chemistry and Physics are usually taught in one of the schools science labs, and Drama in the school hall).

Notable former pupils

Due to its proximity to the FA's former youth academy at Lilleshall, many professional footballers, including several England international, attended the school during their time at Lilleshall. The school also has a prolific music department. * Nicky Barmby (footballer) * Shaun Bailey (politician- Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West) *

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(footballer) *

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(footballer) *

Jamie Carragher James Lee Duncan Carragher (; born 28 January 1978) is an English football pundit and former footballer who played as a defender for Premier League club Liverpool during a career which spanned 17 years. A one-club man, he was Liverpool's v ...

(footballer) * Andy Cole (footballer) *

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(footballer) *

Jermain Defoe Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He also played for the England national team. Defoe began his career with Charlton Athletic, joining their youth team aged 14, be ...

(footballer) * Rob Edwards (footballer) *

Jon Harley Jon Harley (born 26 September 1979) is an English former professional association football, footballer. A left-back, he played for Chelsea F.C., Chelsea and Fulham F.C., Fulham in the Premier League, Wimbledon F.C., Wimbledon, Sheffield United ...

(footballer) * Steve Haslam (footballer) * Andy Johnson (cricketer) *

Michael Owen Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, as well as for the England national team. Since r ...

(footballer) *

Scott Parker Scott Matthew Parker (born 13 October 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Club Brugge in Belgium. Parker began his career at Charlton Athletic, and ...

(footballer) *

Nick Pickering Nicholas Pickering (born 4 August 1963 in South Shields) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Sunderland, Coventry City, Derby County, Darlington and Burnley. He was capped once for the E ...

(footballer) * Adam Shimmons (cricketer)''Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998'', page 38. *

Ben Thatcher Benjamin David Thatcher (born 30 November 1975) is a former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He played for a number of English clubs, and has featured in more than 300 English league games, all of which were in the top two ...

(footballer) * Alison Williamson (Archer - Olympic Bronze medalist)

References

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