Wildern School is an 11–16 mixed

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with academy status in

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, England. It was formerly a

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that was established in 1933 and became an academy in 2011.

History

Wildern School was a

that was established in 1933 and became an academy in 2011. It became a multi-academy trust in 2018. In 2016, the school made national news when police were called because a student had viewed the

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website and an

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video. The school said it had called

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for advice, acting in line with extremism guidelines, and was referred to a specialist team who made the decision to arrange a meeting with the student and their parent. No further action was taken.

School performance

In 2012, the school was inspected by

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, with a judgement of 'Outstanding'. As of 2022, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2022. The report gave the school a judgement of 'Requires improvement'. It was noted that some pupils felt unsafe at school because of the behaviour of other pupils, including bullying behaviour. The report said pupils raised concerns about "discriminatory language becoming normalised among groups of their peers". In a 2012 report, the school was identified by Ofsted as an example of good practice in the way it teaches modern languages. The school's

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in 2019 was above average. The percentage of students at the school entered for the English Baccalaureate was lower than average. The percentage of children achieving Grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs was above average.

References

External links

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Wildern Leisure Centre
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