Nicholas Chamberlaine School

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Nicholas Chamberlaine School
Address
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Bulkington Road

Bedworth
,
Warwickshire
,
CV12 9EA

England
Information
TypeAcademy
Department for Education URN139936 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherPaul Merrell
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,600+
HousesDrake, Livingstone, Cook & Kingsley
Websitehttp://www.nicholaschamberlaine-gst.org/

Nicholas Chamberlaine School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the town of Bedworth, Warwickshire, England. With approximately 1,700 boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 18, it is one of the largest schools in Warwickshire.

It is named after Nicholas Chamberlaine (1632–1715) who was a local benefactor and a prominent figure in the history of Bedworth. The school officially opened in 1953. The Headteacher was Mr. Skinner. At that time it was a comprehensive school.

The school became a specialist technology college before converting to academy status 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,[1] but thereafter began a turnaround.[2] In 2015 the school received a "good school" rating from Ofsted, its first such rating in 60 years.[3]

Notable former students and teachers[]

Current Libertines and Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty attended the school from 1992 to 1997.[4]

Footballer Ashley Cain attended Nicholas Chamberlaine School.

WWE Wrestler Manraj Gill also attended Nicholas Chamberlaine School.

The author of speculative fiction Graham Joyce also attended Nicholas Chamberlaine School in the late 1960s.[5]

The former Coventry City, Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday player Andy Blair went to the school in the 1970s.[6]

Former teacher, Alaric Bristow, posed as 15-year-old girl to groom boys. In January 2019, Bristow pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to 12 counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and 10 counts of making or possession of indecent images. He was sentenced to a five year custodial sentence with an extended licence period, during which time he will be monitored, of six years.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "'Failing' school put on special measures.", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 11 January 2000  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required).
  2. ^ "School Has Turned Failure on Its Head", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 5 February 2003  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required).
  3. ^ "Bedworth's 'Nico' is rated officially good by the government" Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Nuneaton News, 16 July 2015.
  4. ^ Jacqueline Doherty (2014). Pete Doherty: My Prodigal Son. Headline. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4722-2067-7.
  5. ^ "Graham Joyce, international award-winning writer", Derbyshire Life, 26 January 2011.
  6. ^ Mike Malyon, "Former Bedworth sports teacher dies, aged 81", Coventry Telegraph, 10 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Former Cov teacher posed as 15-year-old girl to groom boys". 12 May 2019.

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