Kimberley School

Kimberley School (formally Kimberley Comprehensive School) is a secondary school in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England. It has academy status. Part of the East Midlands Education Trust, it has many feeder schools in the Kimberley/Nuthall area. It has opened a new multi-million pound sixth form centre in September 2020.[1] The school has 4 houses: Boot, Clough, Lawrence, and Nightingale all named after famous people from the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire area.[2]

Kimberley School
Address
Newdigate Street

Kimberley
,
Nottinghamshire
,
NG16 2NJ

England
Coordinates52°59′57″N 1°15′06″W
Information
Former nameKimberley Comprehensive School
TypeAcademy
Established1946
TrustEast Midlands Education Trust
Department for Education URN138641 Tables
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsJG Wilson OBE
HeadteacherAndrew George
Staff85
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1327
Capacity1375
HousesBoot, Clough, Lawrence, Nightingale
Websitehttp://www.kimberleyschool.co.uk/

International

The school has links with another in Burkina.[3] The schools in Burkina Faso, like in England, are free but the government cannot afford to deliver this assurance to all the Burkinabé children.[4] Unlike England you are much more likely to receive an education if you are a boy.[4]

BBC School Report

Some Year 8's from Kimberley School have taken part in the BBC's school report project, for the past few years. They have been visited by such local personalities as: Francis Finn, local radio presenter from BBC Radio Nottingham.

Entrance (2007)

Family of schools

Kimberleys school family is Awsworth Primary, Gilthill Primary, Hollywell Primary, Horsendale Primary, Kimberley Primary, Larkfields Junior, Larkfields Infant and Mornington Primary. Details of the admission rules to the school and its sixth form are published.[5] However the school has room for 1375 pupils.[3]

Notable staff

References
  1. "New Sixth Form Centre". Kimberley School. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021. At the Wayback Machine.
  2. "Code of Conduct & Houses". Kimberley School. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. "The Kimberley School - GOV.UK". www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. "Burkina Faso". 2005 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor Archived 2006-12-01 at the Wayback Machine. Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor (2006). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Admission arrangements, 2009-2010
  6. Paul Rowan Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, LibDems.org.uk, accessed 13 October 2008
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