Northgate High School formerly Northgate High School and Dereham Sixth Form College is an

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situated in

East Dereham Dereham (), also known as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the Breckland District of the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, about 15 miles (25 km) west of the city of Norwich and 25 miles (40&nb ...

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, England. It is a co-educational

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, for ages 11–18.Academy Website http://www.northgate.norfolk.sch.uk It is one of two high schools in the town. The Executive Headteacher is Mr Glyn Hambling, who took up his post in September 2011, after former temporary Headteacher Paul Mitchell left in June 2011.

History

The school converted to academy status in September 2014. In October 2016 Northgate announced its intention to form a Multi-Academy Trust, called the Unity Academy Trust. The Unity Academy Trust name was already in use elsewhere, therefore the trust was launched as the Unity Education Trust on 1 March 2017, comprising the following five establishments: * Northgate High School & Dereham Sixth Form College * Grove House Infant & Junior School * Kings Park Infant School * Beeston Primary School * Garvestone Primary School

Curriculum

Virtually all maintained schools and academies follow the

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, and are inspected by Ofsted on how well they succeed in delivering a 'broad and balanced curriculum'. The school has to decide whether

Key Stage 3 Key Stage 3 (commonly abbreviated as KS3) is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14. In Northern Ireland the ...

contains years 7, 8 and 9- or whether year 9 should be in

Key Stage 4 Key Stage 4 (KS4) is the legal term for the two years of school education which incorporate GCSEs, and other examinations, in maintained schools in England normally known as Year 10 and Year 11, when pupils are aged between 14 and 16 by August 31. ...

and the students just study subjects that will be examined by the

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exams at 16. Northgate High School has a three-year Key Stage 3 but pupils start their Key Stage 4 options at the Easter of Year 9.

Key Stage 3- Key Stage 4

In 2019, Key Stage 3 and 4 students studied:

Key Stage 5 - Sixth Form

Dereham Sixth Form College is a post-16

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centre in the

town of

Dereham Dereham (), also known as East Dereham, is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Breckland District of the England, English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, about 15 miles (25 km) west of the city ...

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. The centre is operated by Northgate High School, offering AS level, BTEC and

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courses. From 1977 to 2016 the college was jointly managed and governed by the two high schools in Dereham,

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and Northgate. Teaching was divided equally between both schools. Northgate High School, was awarded the college in July 2016 by Norfolk County Council following the declaration in February 2016 by the governing body of Dereham Neatherd High School that it desired to set up its own sixth form. Later, in the same month, Northgate announced that it was setting up a Multi Academy Trust with Dereham Sixth Form College. Most teaching is carried out within the college site, with some classes taught at Northgate. Students at the college are on the roll of Northgate High School, and the results of the college are claimed by Northgate. In January 2017 the college director announced her resignation.

Notable former pupils

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, actor, famous for role as

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in the ''Harry Potter'' films * Bobby Copping * Chris Baker (high jumper), *

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footballer.

References

External links

School websiteSixth Form website

External links

{{authority control Educational institutions with year of establishment missing Dereham Secondary schools in Norfolk Sixth form colleges in Norfolk Academies in Norfolk