King Ecgbert School is a

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secondary school with academy status (age range 11–18) in the village of Dore in the south-west of

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. The headteacher (from January 2017) is Paul Haigh. The school is named in honour of King Egbert of Wessex, who became recognised as overlord of England at Dore in 829. Originally opened in 1957 on Furniss Avenue as a girls-only secondary technical school, King Ecgbert eventually became comprehensive in 1969 when it amalgamated with Abbeydale Secondary School and Greystones Secondary when they were closed down. About half its intake comes from local primary schools in Dore and

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(for example Dore Primary School, Totley All Saints and Totley Primary) and much of the remainder from the Sheaf valley, running from Dore and Totley to the city centre. Schoolside

The School celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019, and threw a party to celebrate the occasion along with former students being invited back to the school.

Features

After two years under construction, a new three-storey building was opened to students in Easter 2005. Previously the school had been split between two sites, 'Mercia' and 'Wessex'. The new building has space for the

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, a drama studio and an AstroTurf with an indoor sports hall. The school was given good grades in a recent Ofsted report, rising from 'good' to 'outstanding' in May 2013. The school also complies with the UK government's

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plan. The school used to be a Specialist

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, until it became an academy in 2012. In 2013, the school's

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was renamed to the 'Jessica Ennis Sports Hall', after its Alumna, the Olympic gold medallist

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DBE

The old 'Mercia' School site was demolished in 2005, and construction of a housing estate was completed on the site in 2019, however the school still uses the playing field which was left intact adjacent to the school's original position. School96

Integrated Resource

The "Integrated Resource" is a unit in King Ecgbert School where students with learning difficulties, problems with anxiety, problems with sociability or any special-needs in the autistic spectrum can go to if they need.

Notable alumni

* Matthew Beard, actor *

, athlete * Gina Higginbottom, academic and nurse * Paul "Silky" Jones, Boxer *

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, cricketer * Jon Shaw, footballer *

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, comedian and broadcaster

References

External links

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King Ecgebrt School's page on Ofsted website
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