Redhill Academy is a

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

and

sixth form In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for A-l ...

with academy status, situated on Redhill Road in

Arnold, Nottinghamshire Arnold () is a market town and unparished area in the Borough of Gedling in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. It is situated to the north-east of Nottingham's city boundary ...

, England. The school has around 1,575 pupils, 360 of which are

AS/A2 level students. The head teacher is Mike Hardy.

Academic performance

The school teaches

GCSE The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a particular subject, taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. Private sc ...

and

A level The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational aut ...

. In 2008, Redhill Academy was confirmed as a

high performing specialist school The specialist schools programme (SSP), first launched as the Technology Colleges programme and also known as the specialist schools initiative, specialist schools policy and specialist schools scheme, was a government programme in the United ...

, specializing in

science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

and

performing arts The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...

and containing exceptional scientific and theatrical courses. 2008 also saw the academy becoming rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. Redhill Academy is now a Lead Partner School. Last inspected 2013 resulted in a second 'outstanding' rating.

The Redhill Academy Trust

Staff and chair

•Andrew Burns (executive principal) •Steve Hopkins (chair of the Redhill Academy Trust) •Mike Hardy (HeadTeacher Of the Redhill Academy Trust))

Sponsoring

Sherwood E-ACT Academy Sherwood Academy (formerly Sherwood E-ACT Academy, The Gedling School and Gedling Secondary Modern) was a secondary school with academy status located in the village of Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England. At its peak, it educated almost 1000 s ...

(Formerly sponsored by E-ACT) (until 2016, when the Academy will close permanently) *

The Carlton Academy The Carlton Academy is a secondary school in Nottinghamshire, previously known as The Wheldon School and Sports Academy. The school is sponsored by the Redhill Academy Trust, and was judged as being a good school by OFSTED in 2013. This was co ...

* Hall Park Academy (since 2014) * Forest High School (since 2014) *

Big Wood School The Oakwood Academy (formerly Big Wood School)' is a secondary school located on Bewcastle Road, Warren Hill, Nottingham, England. It is for 11- to 16-year-olds and is of mixed genders. The school specialises in business and enterprise and wa ...

(since 2015)

References

External links