Eckington School

Eckington School
Address
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Dronfield Road Eckington , Derbyshire , S21 4GN England
Coordinates	53°18′28″N 1°22′41″W / 53.30775°N 1.37798°W / 53.30775; -1.37798Coordinates: 53°18′28″N 1°22′41″W / 53.30775°N 1.37798°W / 53.30775; -1.37798
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	"Achieving Excellence"
Established	1978
Trust	LEAP Multi academy Trust
Department for Education URN	145521 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Nick Melson
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	1,250 pupils
Houses	Ennis-Hill, Farah, Hawking, Mandela
Colour(s)	Red, Blue and Gold
Website	http://www.eckington.net

Eckington School is a very large comprehensive school in Eckington, Derbyshire in England, next to the B6056 road. It has around 1,250 pupils. As of the term beginning 9 April 2018 the school is part of the LEAP Multi Academy Trust.

History[]

Previous to the opening of the school, there was the Eckington County Secondary School, which opened in Halfway (in Derbyshire before 1967) in 1930, and became the Eckington Grammar School in 1945. In Eckington was also the Eckington Secondary Modern School on School Street; when the grammar school became Derbyshire's first comprehensive school - the Westfield School - in 1957, this became Eckington Junior School. The current site started construction in 1978 and opened to students a few years later in 1983

Admissions[]

The school catchment area includes surrounding areas such as Killamarsh, Renishaw, Beighton, Ridgeway and Mosborough. Despite the school being closer to several Sheffield residential areas (including Beighton and Mosborough) than other Derbyshire ones, the admissions policy is set in such a way to favour pupils coming from the Derbyshire feeder schools in areas such as Killamarsh, Ridgeway and Renishaw.^[1] This is because most students from the Mosborough and Beighton area attend Westfield School.

Academic performance[]

Eckington Comprehensive was designated a specialist engineering college. This title was removed from the school. Students attain results that are well above average at GCSE for Derbyshire (94% 5 A* - C, 63% including English and Maths in 2012). The results at A level are better than average.

Notable former pupils[]

• Chris Pritchard 1999, Represented Scotland at 2010 Commonwealth Games Track Cycling
• Mat Welsh, Sean Long and Adam Savage from the band While She Sleeps^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Eckington School
• EduBase^{[permanent dead link]}