Littleover Community School

Littleover Community School

Motto	Bene Consulendo
Established	1949
Type	Comprehensive community school
Headteacher	Mr Ashok Venkatesh
Specialism	Maths, Science and Language College
Location	Pastures Hill Derby Derbyshire DE23 4BZ England
Local authority	Derby
DfE URN	112956
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	103
Students	1342
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Colours	Black, Red & White
Website	www.littleover.derby.sch.uk

Coordinates: 52°53′59″N 1°31′32″W / 52.89971°N 1.52563°W / 52.89971; -1.52563

Mr Ashok Venkatesh

Littleover Community School is a coeducational secondary school situated on Pastures Hill, Littleover, Derbyshire in England, with an age range of pupils from 11–18^[1].

It is a mixed non denominational school which educates over 1,500 pupils from in and around Derby. It is a Science Mathematics and Languages specialist school and boasts high academic results, both at GCSE and A-Level.

The current headteacher is Ashok Venkatesh, replacing David Nichols in September 2010 on a temporary basis and then being made permanent in the role in March 2011.

The school has a joint sixth form centre, The Millennium Centre, with neighbouring school Derby Moor Community Sports College Trust, which opened in 1999.

Buildings

The original main building, now C & D Block, was designed by a cinema architect and built in the 1950's^{[citation needed]}. The school has undergone many extensions as the number of pupils has grown. Namely steel and concrete prefabricated blocks in the 1960's (A & B Block). More recently other temporary and brick built buildings have been constructed, most notably J Block. This has meant the school covers a vast amount of area. The different block contain separate subject areas:

• A Block: Science
  
• B Block: Humanities and ICT
  
• C Block: Art, Technology and Music
  
• D Block: English and Maths
  
• E Block: Languages
  
• J Block: Technology
  
• K Block: IT Suites
  
• L Block: Religious Education and Languages and PSHE
  

The naming of the blocks is alphabetical, however some letters have been omitted. It is thought^[who?] that J block was named after Ian Jennison, a long-serving technology teacher at the school who retired in 2008^{[citation needed]}.

Notable alumni

• Karen Martin, silver medal winner at 1998 Commonwealth Games
• Lewin Nyatanga, football player currently playing for Bristol City
• Matthew Richards, football player currently playing at Glen Hoddle Academy
• Des Coleman, news and weather reporter, currently reporting for East Midlands Today and The One Show
• Maria Fowler, currently starring in The Only Way Is Essex

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