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| Wilsthorpe Business and Enterprise College | |
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| Type | Comprehensive |
| Motto | "be the best you can be" |
| Specialist | Business and Enterprise |
| Headmaster | Mr J.Crofts |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 1050 |
| Infant School | Parklands |
| Junior School | Harrington |
| Sixth form | 100 |
| Website | http://www.wilsthorpe.derbyshire.sch.uk/ |
Wilsthorpe Business and Enterprise College [1] is a comprehensive school, in Long Eaton which is in Derbyshire, but close to Nottingham.
History
It opened in 1954 as the Wilsthorpe Secondary Modern School. Neighbouring the school was the Parklands County Secondary Modern School, which became an infants school. During the Eighties it was known as Wilsthorpe Community School and still retains the 'community school' status.
The school gained Business and Enterprise status in 2005. It is currently piloting an Enterprise Award scheme in partnership with the local council, Erewash Borough Council.
The secondary school shares its site with Parklands Infants School and Harrington Junior School, allowing children to stay on the same site from their first year of school all the way to Sixth Form of approximately 100 pupils. On the same site is also Brackenfield Special School and English Martyrs RC Junior School.
Wilsthorpe, along with a number of 'primary partners', is involved in an Independent State School Partnership with nearby Trent College. ISSP is a government-funded initiative.
Wilsthorpe was the first school in the UK to offer facilities for a community policeman on site in 2003.[2]
Film
The school was involved in the filming of Shane Meadows' film "This Is England" in 2005.[3] The school is the location for the opening sequence in the film.
Wilsthorpe has gained a nation-wide reputation for film-making in recent years, receiving commissions from various organisations, such as Chatsworth House, Derbyshire Constabulary and the National College for School Leadership, to make documentary and training films for them. In 2008, a group of students led 'break-out' sessions at the Tate Britain Education Conference at the Liverpool Tate.
Facilities
A new headteacher started at the school in January 2008 when the previous head left to lead The Dukeries College.[4] The new headteacher is Jonathan Crofts, a former teacher at the school, who was Deputy Headteacher at Chellaston School prior to the appointment.
Academic performance
The school's performance at GCSE has been steadily improving over recent years and in 2008 exceeded the local and national average (64% of students achieved five or more higher grades). The school is part of the Long Eaton Area Partnership (LEAP), a collaboration with the nearby Friesland and Long Eaton Schools, which enables them collectively to offer a wide range of courses at 16+.
Notable Staff
- Sir Brian Smedley, Judge, taught here briefly in 1957[5]
- Allan Baker, Wilsthorpe's head was awarded a CBE in the 1977 Queen's Birthday honours for "services to education".
References
- ^ Wilsthorpe site accessed August 14 2007
- ^ School gets own policeman, 14 April 2003 accessed 8 December 2007
- ^ BBC News report 12 September 2005
- ^ Dukeries College and Complex accessed 8 December 2007
- ^ Sir Brian Smedley Obituary The Times, May 10th 2007, accessed August 14th 2007
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