Noel-Baker Academy (formerly Noel-Baker Community School) is a

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secondary school located in

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. The school takes students from the Alvaston, Boulton and Crewton areas of Derby. In September 2004, the school was awarded specialist school status as a

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by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). Previously a foundation school administered by

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, in February 2017, Noel-Baker Community School converted to academy status and was renamed Noel-Baker Academy. The school is now sponsored by the LEAD Multi-Academy Trust. The school was named after Olympic silver medallist, Derby South MP and Nobel Peace prize winner, Philip Noel-Baker.

Student Leadship Team

Noel-Baker Academy has started there new house systems and new student leader we have six House Captains, five House Vice Captains and twenty House Prefects each house or year . House Captains Lead –Erin Lee Empower –Kaleb Daborn Achieve –Lakeisa Moyo Drive –Muhammad Muntasir Excel –Janai Carr-Fearn House Vice Captains Lead –DiDi Njoke Empower –Rubie Watson Achieve –Harry Day Drive –Kirills Bulazs House Prefects Lead: Year 7 Esther Toindepi Year 8-Macey Rae Enright Year 9-Teegan Goodwin Year 10-Lillimae Wakefield Empower: Year 7- Cai Russell Year 8-Isabelle Meakin Year 9- Angelika Aleksandrowicz Year 10- Maddison McFarlane Year 11-Saskia Vernon Achieve: Year 7-Eric Mahaka Year 8-Bailey Bradshaw Year 9-Evelyn Hardy Year 10- Cody Marshall Drive: Year 7- Igor Skorupa Year 10- Learni Asri Year 11- Jacob Driscoll Year 8- Ashley Chinemo Year 9- Rhianna Hogan

New building

The old building, over 50 years old and now demolished, has been replaced with a new building constructed on the old playing fields. The new building was ready for the beginning of the school year in September 2012 at a cost of £34 million. The 1,150 pupils have combined with 90 pupils from St.Martin's Special School which educates special needs students.

Notable former pupils

* Dame

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- editor of US fashion magazine '' Harper's Bazaar'' *

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- Professor of Political Science,

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* Christopher Jackson geologist *

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- Birmingham City football club midfielder *

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- BBC sports presenter *

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- award winning cinema special effects artist * Tony Franklin - "The Fretless Monster" Bass Guitarist

References

External links

Noel-Baker Community School websiteOfsted Reports
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