Chipping Norton School is a mixed
secondary school with
academy status located in
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Chipping Norton is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about south-west of Banbury and north-west of Oxford. The 2011 Census recorded the civil parish population as 5 ...
, United Kingdom. It is attended by 1000 students, with 200 in Sixth Form. It has no specific religious denomination and is a non-boarding, Arts and Science college. The school joined the River Learning Trust, a multi-academy trust on 1 March 2017.
The current head teacher is Barry Doherty, who replaced Simon Duffy in September 2018.
New Science Block, 2011
The School extended to include a new 3-floor Science Block in 2011. It is next to the town's Leisure Centre and replaced a car park which used to be there.
The building of the new Science Block also came with the building of a new entrance.
Ofsted
Chipping Norton School has had three full inspections carried out by Ofsted since 2012.
* 2012: The school was judged to be 'Good' overall and achieved a '2' in every marking category (on a scale of 1–4, 1 being exceptional and 4 being inadequate). They determined that the Sixth Form was also 'Good', and that the headteacher, Simon Duffy, was clearly pushing to raise the school's rating further.
* 2015: This was the first inspection after the school had gained academy status, and was deemed to be 'Inadequate' overall, with the Sixth Form still being rated 'Good'. The report found that attendance was below national averages and attainment of students was also below expectations.
* 2017: The report now deemed the school to be 'Good' and the Sixth Form to be 'Outstanding'.
This was the last report under headteacher Simon Duffy.
Notable pupils
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Walter Padley
Walter Ernest Padley (24 July 1916 – 15 April 1984) was a British Labour Member of Parliament for Ogmore. He was also President of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers from 1948 to 1964.
Early life
Walter Ernest Padley was ...
(1916-1984), President of the
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is a trade union in the United Kingdom, consisting of around 360,000 members. Usdaw members work in a variety of occupations and industries including: shopworkers, factory and warehouse wo ...
1948–1964,
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
1950–1979,
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 1964–1967,
Labour Party chairman 1965–1966.
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Lloyd Sabin (born 1994), cricketer
Headmasters/headteachers
References
External links
Chipping Norton School websiteEx pupils website
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Secondary schools in Oxfordshire
Educational institutions established in 1928
1928 establishments in England
Academies in Oxfordshire
Chipping Norton