Northicote School
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Northicote School is a co-educational secondary school located in the city Wolverhampton
, West Midlands
, England
. The age range of the school is 1118. It had specialist status in mathematics and computing.
It was the first school in Britain to be condemned as "failing" by OFSTED
shortly after the organisation's creation in 1992, but within five years had been transformed to a "successful and over-subscribed school"—a remarkable turnaround that saw head teacher Geoff Hampton knighted for his services to education. Sir Geoff has since departed for a Professor's role at University of Wolverhampton
and the school is now under the leadership of Mr R. Davis.
The Northicote School was built as a secondary modern school during the 1950s to serve the expanding Bushbury
area of Wolverhampton
, though during the 1970s it converted to its current status of comprehensive. The school was informed in 2007 that it was being merged with Pendeford Business and Enterprise College to form an academy under controversial plans.
In the academic year 2010–11 it has merged with Pendeford High School to become the North East Wolverhampton Academy (N.E.W). The school currently remains at its previous site, but is now known as the N.E.W Northwood campus. The current princable is. Bal Pierpoint.
On 8 April 2011, there was a student strike against the academy, which made the front page in the Express & Star
and had made BBC Midlands Today
.
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
, West Midlands
West Midlands conurbation
The West Midlands conurbation is the name given to the large conurbation that includes the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the large towns of Dudley, Walsall, West Bromwich, Solihull, Stourbridge, Halesowen in the English West Midlands....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The age range of the school is 1118. It had specialist status in mathematics and computing.
It was the first school in Britain to be condemned as "failing" by OFSTED
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
shortly after the organisation's creation in 1992, but within five years had been transformed to a "successful and over-subscribed school"—a remarkable turnaround that saw head teacher Geoff Hampton knighted for his services to education. Sir Geoff has since departed for a Professor's role at University of Wolverhampton
University of Wolverhampton
The University of Wolverhampton is a British university located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. The city campus is located in Wolverhampton city centre with a second campus at Compton Park, Wolverhampton; a third in Walsall and a fourth in Telford...
and the school is now under the leadership of Mr R. Davis.
The Northicote School was built as a secondary modern school during the 1950s to serve the expanding Bushbury
Bushbury
Bushbury is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It lies two miles north-east of Wolverhampton city centre, divided between the Bushbury North and Bushbury South and Low Hill wards.- Place name and history :...
area of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
, though during the 1970s it converted to its current status of comprehensive. The school was informed in 2007 that it was being merged with Pendeford Business and Enterprise College to form an academy under controversial plans.
In the academic year 2010–11 it has merged with Pendeford High School to become the North East Wolverhampton Academy (N.E.W). The school currently remains at its previous site, but is now known as the N.E.W Northwood campus. The current princable is. Bal Pierpoint.
On 8 April 2011, there was a student strike against the academy, which made the front page in the Express & Star
Express & Star
The Express & Star is an evening newspaper based in Wolverhampton, England, published Monday to Saturday in nine different editions covering the Black Country, Birmingham and the wider West Midlands area from Tamworth to Kidderminster. It as widely perceived as being moderately right-wing...
and had made BBC Midlands Today
Midlands Today
Midlands Today is the BBC's regional television news programme for the West Midlands region, which covers the north of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands county...
.