The Bolsover School is a mixed secondary school located in

Bolsover Bolsover is a market town and the administrative centre of the Bolsover District, Derbyshire, England. It is from London, from Sheffield, from Nottingham and from Derby. It is the main town in the Bolsover district. The civil parish for th ...

in the English county of

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

. The previous buildings were closed in July 2010 and later demolished, replaced by a new-build nearby on the former

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. Ex-pupil

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attended an open day on 17 July 2010, where former pupils and staff could meet. The school was converted to academy status on 1 October 2012. It was previously a community school administered by Derbyshire County Council. The Bolsover School continues to coordinate with Derbyshire County Council for admissions. The Bolsover School maintains a number of links with partner school abroad including Highland Park High School in Texas, United States, Kong Jiang Middle School in Shanghai, China, Max-Planck-Gymnasium in

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, Germany and Evangelisches Gymnasium in Berlin, Germany. In 2014 the school joined a consortium with Heritage High School, Shirebrook Academy and Springwell Community College to form 'Aspire Sixth Form', a

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provision that operated across all the school sites. Aspire Sixth Form closed in 2016 due to low pupil numbers.

Notable former pupils

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References

External links

The Bolsover School official websiteAspire Sixth Form official website
Secondary schools in Derbyshire Academies in Derbyshire Bolsover {{Derbyshire-school-stub