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Outwood Academy Valley
Outwood Academy Valley (formerly Valley Comprehensive School) is a mixed secondary school with academy status, located in Worksop in Nottinghamshire, England. It had an enrolment of 1,550 pupils in 2017, with a comprehensive admissions policy. The school is operated by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, and the current principal is Dave Cavill. Alongside Outwood Academy Portland they publish a termly magazine called Outlook. History Valley Comprehensive School was a community school operated by the Local Education Authority. Prior to its conversion, Valley Comprehensive School was graded as an inadequate school with a Notice to Improve with 43% of students achieving the 5+A*-C measure including English and Maths in 2011, which was more than 10% below its target. In September 2011 Outwood Grange Academies Trust began its journey with Valley Comprehensive School. The school was converted and became part of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust and was renamed Outwood Academy Vall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy (English School)
An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. Most academies are secondary schools, though slightly more than 25% of primary schools (4,363 as of December 2017) are academies. Academies are self-governing non-profit charitable trusts and may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind. Academies are inspected and follow the same rules on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as other state schools and students sit the same national exams. They have more autonomy with the National Curriculum, but do have to ensure that their curriculum is broad and balanced, and that it includes the core subjects of English, maths and science. They must also teach relationships and sex education, and religious education. They are free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community School (England And Wales)
A community school in England and Wales is a type of state-funded school in which the local education authority employs the school's staff, is responsible for the school's admissions and owns the school's estate. The formal use of this name to describe a school derives from the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.School Standards and Framework Act 1998 Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Board School 
In the mid-19th century, government involvement in schooling consisted of annual grants to the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary Schools In Nottinghamshire
Secondary may refer to: Science and nature * Secondary emission, of particles ** Secondary electrons, electrons generated as ionization products * The secondary winding, or the electrical or electronic circuit connected to the secondary winding in a transformer * Secondary (chemistry), a term used in organic chemistry to classify various types of compounds * Secondary color, color made from mixing primary colors * Secondary mirror, second mirror element/focusing surface in a reflecting telescope * Secondary craters, often called "secondaries" * Secondary consumer, in ecology * An obsolete name for the Mesozoic in geosciences * Secondary feathers, flight feathers attached to the ulna on the wings of birds Society and culture * Secondary (football), a position in American football and Canadian football * Secondary dominant in music * Secondary education, education which typically takes place after six years of primary education ** Secondary school, the type of school at the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outwood Grange Family Of Schools
Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) is a multi-academy trust (MAT) that operates forty schools (twenty-eight secondary and twelve primary) across northern England and the East Midlands. It is an exempt charity, regulated by the Department for Education. The trust was founded in 2009, led by Sir Michael Wilkins who was principal of the trust's namesake, Outwood Grange Academy. Its current CEO is Martyn Oliver, who previously served as a principal of schools within the trust. The trust operates using an "80:20" principle, where about 80% of how its schools operate is standardised and 20% is open to local innovation. Windfall In 2015, the Conservative Education Minister, Nicky Morgan, announced she was giving five multi-academy trusts, including Outwood Grange Academies Trust, a million pounds each for “improving performance for pupils in some of the most challenging and disadvantaged areas of the country”. The money was awarded to raise standards in deprived areas in South Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Bentinck (K314)
HMS ''Bentinck'' was a during World War II. Named after John Bentinck commander of which participated in a number of engagements during the Seven Years' War including one in which HMS ''Niger'' defeated the French 74-gun ship of the line ''Diadem''. Originally destined for the US Navy as a turbo-electric (TE) type , HMS ''Bentinck'' was provisionally given the name USS ''Bull'' (later this name was reassigned to DE 693) however the delivery was diverted to the Royal Navy before the launch. Actions HMS ''Bentinck'' served exclusively with the 4th Escort Group taking part in operations in the Arctic ( Russian Convoys) and the North Atlantic. On 26 January 1945 the submarine was sunk in the Irish Sea south of the Isle of Man, at position by the frigates HMS ''Bentinck'', , and . ''U-1051'' was forced to the surface by the use of depth charges, then a gun battle ensued with ''U-1051'' finally sinking after it had been rammed by HMS ''Aylmer''. This action resulted in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Westwood
Lee John Westwood (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on five continents – Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Oceania – including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. Westwood has also won tournaments in four decades, the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. Westwood was named European Tour Golfer of the Year for the 1998, 2000, 2009 and 2020 seasons. He has won the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit, and the renamed 2009 and 2020 Race to Dubai. Westwood has frequently been mentioned as one of the best golfers without a major championship victory, with several near misses including three runner-up finishes. He has represented Europe in ten Ryder Cups. In October 2010, Westwood became the world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, ending the reign of Tiger Woods, and becoming the first British golfer since Nick Faldo in 1994 to hold that position. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Walker (table Tennis)
Samuel Jake Walker (born 7 May 1995) is a British table tennis player. He competed for England in the men's team event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal. In March 2016, Walker was part of the England team, alongside Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall, which won bronze medals at the World Team Championships in Malaysia, England's first medal at that level since 1983 and the first time a newly promoted team had earned a podium place at the event. In June 2016, Walker was called up to the Team GB table tennis squad for the Rio Olympic Games. He featured in the team competition, sealing a 3–2 victory over France in the first round before GB were knocked out by China in the quarter-finals. In February 2018, Walker was part of the England squad alongside Paul Drinkhall, Liam Pitchford, David McBeath and Tom Jarvis which won bronze medals by reaching the semi-finals of the ITTF Team World Cup in front of a home crowd at the Copper Box Arena in London. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Hadfield
Andrew Hadfield (born 1984) is a former British slalom canoeist who competed from 1999 to 2012 in K1 individual and team events. He represented Great Britain at senior level in 2006, 2007 and 2008 alongside Campbell Walsh and Richard Hounslow winning Team Gold in 2007 at Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil and finishing 14th at the 2008 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Kraków, Poland. He also represented Great Britain at U23 level in 2004, 2006 and 2007, was British U18 Champion in 2002, U23 Champion in 2006 and 2007, British Universities Champion in 2006 and 2009 and Inter Services and RAF Champion in 2011. After three GB Olympic Selection campaigns in 2004, 2008 and 2012, he retired from competitive sport before pursuing a flying career with the RAF and more recently within the private sector. Personal and early life He was born in Worksop Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east-south-east of Sheffield, close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Bellamy
Gary Bellamy (born 4 July 1962) is an English former professional footballer. He began his career at Chesterfield, making over 150 appearances for the club before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1987. He helped the club to back-to-back promotions from Division Four to Division Two, as well as winning the Football League Trophy in 1988. He had a brief spell on loan at Cardiff City in 1982 before moving to Leyton Orient. Bellamy later joined Chelmsford City as player-manager and also managed Dover Athletic and Braintree Town. Career Chesterfield Bellamy had a spell at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club as a teenager, but decided to pursue a career in football instead, joining Chesterfield as a trainee. He broke into the first team and played seven seasons at Saltergate. He won the (old) Fourth Division championship in 1984–85 with the club and made a total of 207 appearances in all competitions for the Spirites, despite missing 15 months through injury. Following his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tutor Group
A tutor group is a term used in schools in the United Kingdom to denote a group of students whose pastoral and academic needs are looked after by one tutor. This will happen either through regular tutorials, or on a more casual basis. A group of students under one tutor are called tutees. Other terms, which are sometimes used synonymously, include form group and class. In secondary schools, tutor groups are usually the group with which a student is registered at the beginning or end of each school session, often before the first lesson and after lunch. If students are taught in a number of different sets for different subjects throughout the day, then a tutor group may comprise students with whom they do not have lessons. However, such groupings may be used for the teaching of some subjects in school. The term is broadly equivalent to the term '' homeroom'' used in the United States. Types of tutoring Horizontal tutoring The traditional way of organising a secondary school i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outwood Academy Portland
Outwood Academy Portland is a secondary school with academy status, in Worksop, North Nottinghamshire, on the site of the former Portland School. It has a mixed intake of over 1,200 boys and girls ages 11–16 with a comprehensive admissions policy. The school is operated by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, and the current principal is Danielle Sheehan, taking over from Godsway Dzoboku in January 2022. It publishes a newsletter alongside Outwood Academy Valley, ''Outlook Magazine,'' on a termly basis. History Prior to its conversion, Portland School was in Special Measures (the lowest category for an Ofsted inspection). Following a massive investment of time, support and finance from the local authority, it had managed to achieve 41% 5A*-C including English and Maths, which was more than 10% below its target. However, this had been a great accomplishment as previously the school had spent several years achieving results that were in the teens. In Sept 2011 Outwood Grange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outwood Grange Academies Trust
Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) is a multi-academy trust (MAT) that operates forty schools (twenty-eight secondary and twelve primary) across northern England and the East Midlands. It is an exempt charity, regulated by the Department for Education. The trust was founded in 2009, led by Sir Michael Wilkins who was principal of the trust's namesake, Outwood Grange Academy. Its current CEO is Martyn Oliver, who previously served as a principal of schools within the trust. The trust operates using an "80:20" principle, where about 80% of how its schools operate is standardised and 20% is open to local innovation. Windfall In 2015, the Conservative Education Minister, Nicky Morgan, announced she was giving five multi-academy trusts, including Outwood Grange Academies Trust, a million pounds each for “improving performance for pupils in some of the most challenging and disadvantaged areas of the country”. The money was awarded to raise standards in deprived areas in South Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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