| Tupton Hall School | |
| Motto | Aspire |
| Established | 1929 |
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Headteacher | Mr Patrick Cook |
| Specialism | Sports College |
| Location | Station New Road Chesterfield Derbyshire S42 6LG England |
| LEA | Derbyshire |
| Ofsted number | 112933 |
| Students | approx 2000 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Houses | Gladwin, Cavendish, Hunloke, Turbutt |
| Colours | Gladwin - Red, Cavendish - Green, Hunloke - Blue, Turbutt - Purple |
| Website | http://www.tuptonhall.derbyshire.sch.uk/ |
| Coordinates: 53°10′56″N 1°24′34″W / 53.18224°N 1.40951°W | |
Tupton Hall School is one of the largest secondary schools in the North East Derbyshire district with a large body of students and one of the largest sixth forms in the county.
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History of Tupton Hall School
Grammar School
Tupton Hall was founded as a Tupton Hall Grammar School in 1936 as a secondary school in the Clay Cross area on a site purchased by the Derbyshire Education Committee in 1929. In 1936, the school moved to its present site, formerly Tupton Hall. The original building was designed by G.H. Widdows, the county architect,[1] and it was opened by Oliver Stanley.
Comprehensive school
From 1967-9, many new buildings were constructed to prepare for the transformation to becoming a much larger comprehensive school (750 pupils at the grammar school became 1,800 at the new comprehensive). The new school opened in 1969. The remodelled school was well regarded as an architectural achievement using CLASP system which allowed standard components for school construction. Nicholas Pevsner described it as "one of the best uses of the CLASP system for school buildings in the country ... creating a village type atmosphere" Architects were George Grey & Partners in association with D.S.Davies (County Architect).[1]
The school was severely run down by the new millennium and the new school opened in Easter 2003.
New school
The school is a specialist sports college and is one of the most modern school buildings in the county, being the tester school for the new school design permeating throughout Derbyshire and the East Midlands with many modern features, built under a PFI scheme.[2]–
The school building is rented from Babcock & Brown who own the building and is managed by Rentokil Initial. For results at A Level and GCSE 95% of students attain grades above the national average, although the exam results for the school as a whole are slightly under the England average.
Recently, the school has been twinned with a school in Nigeria to further aid relations between Tupton and its twin village in Nigeria.
About Tupton Hall School
In the village of Old Tupton in North East Derbyshire, Tupton Hall is situated about four miles from Chesterfield, the nearest large town, despite the school being relatively close to the town, Chesterfield itself is not in the school's catchment area, which focuses on the town of Clay Cross and the villages of Wingerworth, Tupton and Ashover. Tupton Hall is a comprehensive school, so does not selectively admit pupils.
Uniform
The school uniform is defined as
- The School Sweatshirt (previously with logos in house colours (Gladwin Red, Cavendish Green, Hunloke Light Blue and Turbutt, Purple), now all logos are gold)
- Black trousers
- Black shoes
- White collared shirt or Polo shirt
Sixth formers do not wear uniform and there is no dress code for them, although students are not allowed to wear caps and clothes must not be too revealing (For girls)
The school also runs projects such as Sports Leaders Award, as well as the Foreign Language Leaders Award (FLLA), where the selected students complete a course in teaching a modern foreign language, either French, Spanish or German, to younger students in local schools.
Drama at Tupton Hall
Tupton Hall has a long tradition of highly regarded drama. The school has produced two very succesful young actors - Ben Miles and Savannah Stevenson. There are regular plays produced at the school, which are often supported by the school orchestra. The school is currently rehearsing the play 'Bugsy Malone' with Years 7 - 10 and the orchestra.
Sixth Form
Tupton Hall has one of the largest sixth forms in the North East Derbyshire area, with nearly 400 students.The Sixth Form offers courses in diverse subjects including Philosophy, Law and Politics alongside the more traditional subjects, such as Mathematics, English and Science.
 Tupton Hall's newer site |
 The old Tupton Hall Site in the 1960's (Hunloke Block visible in the background) |
Alumni
As a grammar school
- Dennis Skinner, local MP for Bolsover[3]
- Sir Geoffrey Allen, chemist
- Emmanuel Cooper, potter[4]
As a comprehensive
- Mike McCarthy, Sky News & former Look North presenter/reporter.
- Ben Miles actor
- Savannah Stevenson actress
References
- ^ a b Derbyshire, Nicholas Pevsner
- ^ "Budget 2003–2004". Derbyshire County Council. p. p.18. http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/Images/Budget%20Book%202003-2004_tcm2-120921.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ^ Robert Waller; Byron Criddle (2002). Almanac of British Politics (7th edition ed.). Routledge. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-415-26834-9. OCLC 49238454. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=x4L4aQM4IVMC&pg=PA153&dq=%22tupton+hall%22&lr=&sig=ACfU3U3rJG6KZKV14UpYdtg5lojtqObAGg.
- ^ Who's who in Art: Biographies of Leading Men and Women in the World of Art. Art Trade Press. 2000. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-900083-18-1. OCLC 44865001. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oMNPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22tupton+hall%22&dq=%22tupton+hall%22&lr=&pgis=1.
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