Aldercar High School is a

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and

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located in Aldercar,

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, England. It is close to the

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and Langley Mill Academy, and is next door to Aldercar Infants School.

Admissions

The school's catchment area includes Aldercar,

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and

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. Students from

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, Eastwood,

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and Ripley also attend. As of 2021, the school had around 600 students.

History

The school opened in September 1955 as a

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. It became Heanor Aldercar Comprehensive School, then Aldercar School. The school has been awarded specialist

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status, and was named Aldercar Community Language College for a time before being renamed Aldercar High School. In 2009, the Phoenix Centre Sixth Form building opened, offering courses for ages 16–19. Previously a community school administered by

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, in October 2022 Aldercar High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Embark Multi Academy Trust.

Notable former pupils

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, world champion motorcycle racer * Paris Simmons, footballer * Nick Wright, footballer *

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, footballer *

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, actress *Adrian Hobson,

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References

Department for Children, Schools and Families School Verification
* ''Aldercar, the Story of a School'', Mary and John Sheppard, December 2006,

External links

Aldercar High School

Searching for knives in October 2007

Deputy head attacked by pupils from Eastwood School in December 2005

Designing school uniforms in March 2002

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