Shirebrook Academy (formerly Shirebrook School) is a

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secondary school with academy status, located in Shirebrook in the

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, and is part of the Aston Community Education Trust. Previously a community school administered by

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, the school converted to academy status in September 2010 and was renamed Shirebrook Academy. An official opening occurred in November, 2010 with Lord Winston, then Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University, as guest speaker, lecturing a class about DNA and taking questions from the student council. The school is sponsored by

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, but continues to coordinate with Derbyshire County Council for admissions. Shirebrook Academy relocated into a new building on Common Lane in April 2013. The building is shared with ''Stubbin Wood School'', a

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for children ages 2 to 19 who have

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including those on the

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, which moved in April 2013 from its previous location in Burlington Avenue,

Langwith Junction Langwith Junction is a suburb of Shirebrook, in Derbyshire, England. Its name derives from the former Shirebrook North railway station, which was on the now-defunct Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway The Lancashire, Derbyshire and ...

, a part of Shirebrook. Prior to relocation where the newer facility is three times the size, the school had a full quota of 133, and had a waiting list. The Stubbin Wood Nursery is still based at Burlington Avenue. In 2014 the school joined a consortium with

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, Heritage High School and

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to form 'Aspire Sixth Form', a

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provision that operated across all the school sites. Aspire Sixth Form closed in 2016 due to low pupil numbers. Principal Mark Cottingham took over from Julie Bloor in 2015.'Big shoes to fill' says new school leader ''Chad'', 16 September 2015, p.24. Accessed 26 February 2021 Associate Principal Lindsey Burgin took over from Mark Cottingham in September 2022. Shirebrook Academy offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

Notable former pupils

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, footballer

Shirebrook Grammar School

* Prof Margaret MacKeith CBE

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FRSA FRTPI, former Professor of Town Planning at the

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, and Preston Polytechnic

References

External links

Shirebrook Academy official websiteStubbin Wood School official website
Secondary schools in Derbyshire Academies in Derbyshire Sheffield Hallam University Shirebrook {{Derbyshire-school-stub