Education in Nottingham is governed by the unitary authority of

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

, overseen by its

Nottingham City Council Nottingham City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It consists of 55 councillors, representing a total of 20 wards, elected every four years. The council is led by David Mellen, of ...

Early years

The Nottinghamshire

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was created by the Education Act 1902. Nottinghamshire Education Committee took over from the

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s on 1 July 1903.

Schools

Until 1998, the schools were administered by

Nottinghamshire County Council Nottinghamshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Nottinghamshire in England. It consists of 66 county councillors, elected from 56 electoral divisions every four years. The most recent election ...

, based on the banks of the

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, in

Rushcliffe Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 111,129. Its councilRushcliffe Borough CouncilAspley that opened in 1965, now part of Trinity School, Nottingham * Cottesmore School for Girls * Ellis Secondary School, Basford * Farnborough Secondary School, in Clifton, now

Farnborough Spencer Academy Farnborough Spencer Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in the Clifton area of Nottingham in the English county of Nottinghamshire. The school offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils, with a small number of pupils attendi ...

* Fernwood School, now the comprehensive Fernwood School * Greenwood Bilateral Secondary School for Boys * St Bernadette's Catholic Secondary School * William Crane Secondary School for Boys, in Aspley, became

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, closing in 2003

Bi-lateral schools

* Claremont Secondary Bilateral School for Boys, previously Claremont Secondary Modern School * Haywood Bilateral School, Sherwood * Margaret Glen-Bott Bilateral School * Peveril Bilateral School * Sneinton Bilateral School

Comprehensive schools

* Fairham Comprehensive School, Nottingham's first comprehensive school in Clifton, Nottingham * Hadden Park High School

Grammar schools

* Bilborough Grammar School, opened in 1957, became Bilborough College in 1975 * Brincliffe Grammar School for Girls * Clifton Hall Girls' Grammar School, opened 1958, closed in 1976 * Forest Fields Grammar School * Henry Mellish Grammar School, opened in 1929, became a comprehensive and closed as the

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in 2009 * Mundella Grammar School, * Nottingham Bluecoat C of E Grammar School * Nottingham High Pavement Grammar School, became a sixth form college of New College Nottingham in 1975, now

Nottingham College Nottingham College is one of the largest further education and higher education colleges in the United Kingdom. Based in the city of Nottingham in England, it provides education and training from pre-entry through to university-degree level at i ...

since 2017 * St Catherine's Convent of Mercy Grammar School, later Loreto Grammar School for Girls, now Trinity School, Nottingham

Technical schools

* People's College Secondary Technical School, a former secondary technical school

School academic results

The

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has not excelled in recent years, but seemed to have elevated marginally in the results league tables. Unfortunately when the exam league tables were reformed (removing modules, and disallowing repeated re-sits) in 2014, to reveal the true extent of GCSE results, the LEA was fourth from bottom (148th) in England (out of 151) with 44.6% gaining five good GCSEs. Over twenty local authorities in England do not have of those sitting exams getting ''good'' results, including Nottingham. Around 1,500 ''superteachers'' (known as an

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) are to be sent into these areas to raise attainment. These twenty local authorities have typically had difficulties attracting suitably-qualified staff with relevant degrees.

Colleges

Further education

Central College Nottingham Nottingham College is one of the largest further education and higher education colleges in the United Kingdom. Based in the city of Nottingham in England, it provides education and training from pre-entry through to university-degree level at i ...

was formed in 2012. * New College Nottingham (NCN) was established in 1999. It has around 3,500 students, and about 900 apprentices. * The

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was established in 1994, and has since been bought by Nottingham Trent University.

Sixth form

* Bilborough Grammar School was opened in 1957 in the west of the district, becoming the much-renowned Bilborough College in 1975, when the Borough of Nottingham, in

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, went comprehensive.

Universities

There are around 62,500 students in Nottingham, who spend around £542m a year, an average of £11,000 each, according to Experian. * University College Nottingham was founded in 1881, and given a

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in 1948, whereby it had degree-awarding powers, and named itself the

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. In the

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for 2016, Nottingham comes 25th. It employs around 7,000 staff. * Nottingham Regional College of Technology opened in 1958, and from 1970 to 1992 was a polytechnic, becoming a

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(NTU) in 1992. NTU employs around 5,000 staff, who are mostly part-time. NTU has around 23,000 under-graduates and around 3,000 post-graduates. NTU's

Nottingham Business School Nottingham Business School is a full-service business school located in Nottingham, England. Formed in 1980, it is a part of Nottingham Trent University and in 2010 the school opened the regenerated Newton and Arkwright project. The redevelopme ...

has around 4,500 students. * The College of Law was founded in 1962, being granted degree-awarding powers in 2006. It received university status in 2012, changing its name to the

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. It opened its Nottingham campus in 2019.

References

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