Redhill Academy is a secondary school and

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with academy status, situated on Redhill Road in

Arnold, Nottinghamshire Arnold () is a market town and unparished area in the Borough of Gedling in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. It is situated to the north-east of Nottingham's city boundary. Arnold has the largest town ce ...

, England. The school has around 1,575 pupils, 360 of which are

AS/A2 level students. The

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is Mike Hardy.

Academic performance

The school teaches

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and

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. In 2008, Redhill Academy was confirmed as a high performing specialist school, specializing in

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and performing arts and containing exceptional scientific and theatrical courses. 2008 also saw the academy becoming rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. Redhill Academy is now a Lead Partner School. Last inspected 2013 resulted in a second 'outstanding' rating.

The Redhill Academy Trust

Staff and chair

•Andrew Burns (executive principal) •Steve Hopkins (chair of the Redhill Academy Trust) •Mike Hardy (HeadTeacher Of the Redhill Academy Trust))

Sponsoring

Sherwood E-ACT Academy Sherwood Academy (formerly Sherwood E-ACT Academy, The Gedling School and Gedling Secondary Modern) was a secondary school with academy status located in the village of Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England. At its peak, it educated almost 1000 s ...

(Formerly sponsored by

E-ACT E-ACT is a multi-academy trust responsible for 28 academies in England. As an academy trust, it is an exempt charity regulated by the Department for Education. E-ACT splits its 28 academies into two regional clusters called 'North' and 'South' ...

) (until 2016, when the Academy will close permanently) * The Carlton Academy *

Hall Park Academy Hall Park Academy (formerly Eastwood Comprehensive School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Eastwood in the English county of Nottinghamshire. Previously a community school administered by Nottinghamshire County C ...

(since 2014) * Forest High School (since 2014) * Big Wood School (since 2015)

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