Quarrydale Academy (formerly Quarrydale School) is a

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with academy status located in the ex- mining and textile community of Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. In March 2017, Ofsted judged this to be a ‘good’ school on their 4-point scale

History

Stoneyford Road Secondary Modern School opened in 1958, as a four stream coeducational school., costing £105,000. Stanton Hill School opened in September 1955, a coeducational school with 200 in 6 classrooms.

Buildings

The school has recently undergone redecoration in several areas. The science block has had its classrooms refurnished, and

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. And other classrooms have been converted into new computer rooms. Several of the subject blocks have been moved around, with only English,

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, Science, Technology and the sixth form building being exempted from this re-arrangement. The school is now undergoing further improvements on blocks which didn't receive redecoration. The school has 6.9% authorised absences which is marginally above the national average. It also experiences 3% unauthorised absences which is over three times the national level. The proportion achieving five A* to C passes, including in English and mathematics, is well above average and continues to rise. Sutton Community Academy, a nearby ‘competitor’, is often shown worse than Quarrydale in the league tables and general image.

Notable former pupils

* Kris Commons, retired-footballer who formerly played for Celtic F.C. and Scotland international. *Daniel Tompkins, vocalist of progressive metal band Tesseract *

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, retired goalkeeper for Coventry City F.C. *

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, poet * Justin Walker (footballer)

References

{{authority control Academies in Nottinghamshire Sutton-in-Ashfield Secondary schools in Nottinghamshire