Nottingham University Samworth Academy (formerly William Sharp School) is a

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and

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with academy status, located in the

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area of

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in the

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History

Bilateral school

Previously a community school administered by

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, William Sharp School, which began as a

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in 1955 (it had a grammar stream). William Sharp was the

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in 1949.

Academy

It converted to academy status on 1 September 2009 and was renamed Nottingham University Samworth Academy. The school is sponsored by the

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and businessman Sir David Samworth, and is supported by the Torch Academy Gateway Trust, a trust which oversees other Nottinghamshire schools, including

Meden School Meden School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England, with 860 pupils at the Ofsted report of 2014, of which 116 were sixth-formers. The school is a member of the Nova Education Trust, which include ...

and

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. However, Nottingham University Samworth Academy continues to coordinate with Nottingham City Council for admissions.

Admissions

Nottingham University Samworth Academy offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils. The school operates a small vocational sixth form for work-related courses, and there is also a provision for pupils with special educational needs who are deaf.

Notable former pupils

William Sharp Bilateral School

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, comedy writer and co-founder of

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, and co-wrote ''

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'' *

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, Manager from 2011 to 2015 of

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, and defender in the 1980s for

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References

External links

Nottingham University Samworth Academy official website
Academies in Nottingham Secondary schools in Nottingham University of Nottingham {{Nottinghamshire-school-stub