Granville Academy

Granville Academy, formerly Granville Sports College is a comprehensive school on Burton Road (A511) in Woodville, Derbyshire maintained by the Derbyshire County Council.[2] It is part of the De Ferrers Trust.

Not to be confused with Granville Christian Academy.

Granville Academy
Address
Burton Road

Swadlincote
,
Derbyshire
,
DE11 7JR

England
Coordinates52°46′34″N 1°32′13″W
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityDerbyshire
Department for Education URN144533 Tables
OfstedReports
Headteacher[1]
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment702
HousesKedleston, Haddon and Chatsworth
Websitehttp://www.granvilleacademy.co.uk/

History

Granville received specialised Sports College status in January 2008. The county council was looking at a possible merger between the school and the William Allitt School.[3] but this is no longer on the cards.

The school is near the very busy A511 road, which has been the scene of accidents some involving pupils.[4] The traffic has increased since the Ashby-de-la-Zouch bypass opened in March 2002. Plans by the local council, Derbyshire County Council, aiming to improve road safety were rejected by Granville Academy with a spokesperson for the trust that runs Granville Academy suggesting this was because of "...concerns around site security and the safeguarding of its students".[5]

The current principal for the school is Jo Kingswood,[6] who replaced Sylvia Thomas.

Partner schools

Most of the school's students come from Belmont, Eureka, Hartshorne, Springfield, St. Edwards Netherseal and Woodville,[7] primary schools but also accepts some children from Leicestershire into its 830 available places.[8]

Academic performance

The school gets very good exam results for Derbyshire at GCSE, with very high results in the region and the highest between the three local schools in Swadlincote. Pingle and William Allit being those other schools. As of 2017, 69% of students achieved grade 4+ (previously grade C and above) at GCSE for both English and Maths. While 6% of students achieving the highest grade 9 (previously grade A**).[6]

See also

References
  1. "Contact us". Granville Sports College. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. Granville Sports College, web site, accessed 9 October 2008
  3. Possible school closure in November 2009, accessed 9 October 2010
  4. 13 year old cyclist killed in October 2007, accessed 9 October 2007
  5. "Councillors outraged and perplexed as school rejects plans to curb traffic chaos". DerbyshireLive. 25 September 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. Administrator. "Principal's Welcome - Granville Academy". www.granville.derbyshire.sch.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  7. Woodville Secondary School became Woodville C of E Junior School on High Street
  8. School Prospectus, 2008

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