Nottingham Girls' Academy (formerly Manning Comprehensive School) is a girls'

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and

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with academy status, located in the Aspley area of

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in the

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. Previously a community school administered by

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, Manning Comprehensive School converted to academy status on 1 September 2011 and was renamed Nottingham Girls' Academy. The school is sponsored by the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust, however Nottingham Girls' Academy continues to coordinate with Nottingham City Council for admissions. Nottingham Girls' Academy offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of

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and further BTECs.

Alumni

Notable alumni are categorised from the school's former names.

Peveril Bilateral School

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, actress

Brincliffe Grammar School for Girls

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, founder of Common Ground, known for

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* Dame

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, artist during World War II

References

External links

Nottingham Girls' Academy official website
Secondary schools in Nottingham Girls' schools in Nottinghamshire Academies in Nottingham {{Nottinghamshire-school-stub