Stopsley High School is a

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located in the

Stopsley Stopsley is a suburb in the north-east of Luton, in the Luton district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. The area is roughly bounded by the edge of Luton to the north, Vauxhall Way and Turners Road North to the south, Bradgers H ...

area of

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, England.

History

In September 2002 Stopsley High became a designated specialist sports college. It was re-designated in 2007 with Music nominated as its second subject. As a part of

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(BSF) programme the school's capacity was expanded from 990 to 1350. Previously a

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administered by

Luton Borough Council Luton Borough Council (also known as LBC, or Luton Council) is the local authority of Luton, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It is a member of the East of England ...

, in September 2021 Stopsley High School converted to academy status. It is now sponsored by the Middlesex Learning Trust.

Uniform

The main colours of the Stopsley High Schools uniform are black and blue. Boys wear black trousers and girls have the option of black trousers or a black skirt. The tie is black and blue with the school logo, but prefects wear special ties with their house logo replacing the school's. The shirt can be accompanied by a black jumper with the Stopsley motif on the left breast. The Stopsley High School sports kits is all black with the school's logo on it. Students have the option of wearing a t-shirt and shorts or a tracksuit in this style.

Curriculum

Stopsley High School teaches the following subjects: ;Compulsory, all years *Maths, English, Science, PE, PSHE and Philosophy and Ethics ;Compulsory KS3, option KS4 *French, Spanish, History, Geography, Music, Art, Dance, Ethics *Drama, Construction, Food Tech, DT, ICT ;Optional KS4 only *Sociology, Computer Science, BTEC Music, Health & Fitness and BTEC child development

Notable former pupils

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- television presenter and documentary filmmaker *

Monty Panesar Mudhsuden Singh "Monty" Panesar (born 25 April 1982) is a former English international cricketer. A left-arm spinner, Panesar made his Test cricket debut in 2006 against India in Nagpur and One Day International debut for England in 2007. In E ...

- cricketer who played for Northamptonshire, Sussex, Essex and England *

Bruce Rioch Bruce David Rioch (; born 6 September 1947) is a football manager and former player for the Scotland national team. His last managerial post was at AaB in the Danish Superliga in 2008. As a player, he made more than 550 appearances in the Fo ...

- professional footballer, football manager, Luton Town Football Club, Arsenal Football Club *

Neil Rioch Daniel Gordon "Neil" Rioch (born 13 April 1951) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. He played in the Football League for Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa, Yo ...

- professional footballer, Luton Town FC, Aston Villa FC, Portland Timbers FC, USA, England Youth international * Alan Slough - professional footballer, Luton Town FC, Fulham FC *

Rodney Bewes Rodney Bewes (27 November 1937 – 21 November 2017) was an English television actor and writer who portrayed Bob Ferris in the BBC television sitcom ''The Likely Lads'' (1964–66) and its colour sequel ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'' ...

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References

External links

Stopsley High School official websiteOFSTED Report
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