Nicholas Chamberlaine School

Nicholas Chamberlaine School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with an academy status, located in the town of Bedworth, Warwickshire, England. It has approximately 1,200 pupils between the ages of 11 and 18.[1]

Nicholas Chamberlaine School + VI Form
Address
Bulkington Road

Bedworth
,
Warwickshire
,
CV12 9EA

England
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoSuccessful Learners | Confident Individuals | Responsible Citizens
Department for Education URN139936 Tables
OfstedReports
Executive HeadAlison Ramsay[1]
GenderCoeducational[1]
Age11 to 18[1]
Enrolment1252[1]
Capacity1593[1]
HousesCurie, Turing, Harriet, Evans
Colour(s)       
Red, green, yellow, blue
Websitewww.nicholaschamberlaine-gst.org

The Executive Headmistress of the school is Alison Ramsay.[1]

Nicholas Chamberlaine VI Form is located in the Ada Lovelace building on the school campus with the current head being Rhona Bayliss. It offers BTEC and A-Level subjects.

The School is named after Nicholas Chamberlaine (1632–1715) who was a local benefactor of the small town and a prominent figure in the history of Bedworth.

History

The school officially opened in 1953 when the Headmaster was Gilbert Skinner; at this time NCS was a comprehensive school.

The school became a specialist technology college before transferring to an academy in September 2013, when it became affiliated with the Griffin Schools Trust. The school had been classified as "failing" and placed under special measures in late 1999.[2] but thereafter began a turnaround.[3][4] In 2015 the school received a "good school" rating from Ofsted, its first such rating in 60 years.[5]

The school was inspected again by Ofsted in 2019 and judged to Require Improvement.[6] In 2021 it was inspected again and again judged to Require Improvement.[7]

Previous headteachers
  • Gilbert Skinner - former headmaster[8]
  • Bryan Addison - former headmaster[8]
  • Lesley King - former principal[8][9][4]
  • Jeremy Waxman - former headmaster
  • Nick Smallman - former headmaster[10]
  • Louise Newman - former principal[11]
  • Justin Creasey - former joint headmaster[11]
  • Mark Bland - former joint headmaster[11]
  • Paul Merrell - former headmaster and English teacher

Academic performance

In 2022, 28% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs.[12] Because of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government recommends "Not making direct comparisons with data from previous years or between schools or colleges".[12]

In 2019, the school's progress score at A Level was "well above average".[13] The average result at the school was C-, compared to C+ in Warwickshire overall and C+ nationally.[13]

Qualifications at NCS

GCSE:

  • Art, Biology, Business Studies, Citizenship, Chemistry, Computer Science, Drama, iMedia, English Language, English Literature, French, Geography, History, Mathematics, Music, Photography, Physics, Psychology, Religious Studies, Combined Science, Sociology, Health and Social Care.

A-Level:

  • Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, English Literature, Geography, History, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy and Ethics, Photography, Physics, Psychology, Sociology, Health and Social Care (single, double, triple), PE (single and double), Applied Science, Forensics and Criminal Investigation, Digital Media.

Notable former students

References
  1. "Nicholas Chamberlaine School". Get Information about Schools. Gov.UK. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. "'Failing' school put on special measures.", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 11 January 2000  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  3. "School Has Turned Failure on Its Head", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 5 February 2003  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  4. Whittaker, Martin (12 December 2003). "Friends should tell it like it is". Times Educational Supplement. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. "Bedworth's 'Nico' is rated officially good by the government" Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Nuneaton News, 16 July 2015.
  6. James, Deborah (2019). "Inspection of Nicholas Chamberlaine School". Ofsted. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  7. Stevens, Christopher (2022). "Inspection of Nicholas Chamberlaine School". Ofsted. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  8. Evans, Steve (14 June 2001). "Failure tag makes us more determined to succeed". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  9. "Head stays on to oversee a new dawn". Coventry Live. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  10. Malyon, Mike (4 March 2015). "Head of Nicholas Chamberlaine School steps down because of ill health". Coventry Live. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  11. Harrison, Claire (7 December 2019). "Bedworth school sets the record straight over headteacher rumours". Coventry Live. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  12. "Nicholas Chamberlaine School". Find school and college performance data in England. Gov.UK. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  13. "Nicholas Chamberlaine School". Find school and college performance data in England. Gov.UK. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  14. Mike Malyon, "Former Bedworth sports teacher dies, aged 81", Coventry Telegraph, 10 December 2014.
  15. Jacqueline Doherty (2014). Pete Doherty: My Prodigal Son. Headline. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4722-2067-7.
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