| The Long Eaton School | |
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| Type | Comprehensive |
| Specialism | Science and Applied Learning1 |
| Location | Derbyshire England |
| Students | 1,200 |
| Ages | 11 to 18 |
| Website | longeaton.derbyshire.sch.uk |
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The Long Eaton School is a secondary comprehensive school on Thoresby Road in Long Eaton located between Nottingham and Derby.
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History
The £14,900 school opened on October 29 1910 as the Long Eaton Higher Elementary School and Pupil Teachers' Centre on Tamworth Road.2 The first headmaster was Samuel Clegg. The school was created for Clegg on the recommendation of Prof. Michael Sadler (who was to go on and found universties)..2 In 1913, the school became known as Long Eaton County Secondary School. In 1916, school dinners were introduced, with most of the vegetables being grown on site. In 1918, school leaving age is raised from 12 to 14.
In 1945, it became the Long Eaton Grammar School. In 1972, it merged with the nearby Roper Secondary Modern School, built in 1964, to become a comprehensive school. In 1989, it was renamed the Long Eaton Community School, to return to being known as Long Eaton School in 1999.
New site
On February 14 2006, the former building which had been the grammar school on Tamworth Road (B6540), close to Long Eaton's centre, was closed. Part of the old buildings were demolished for housing. That part was previously used for years 10-11(ages 15-16) and also the Sixth Form. A brand new £15m school was built, under PFI funding by Babcock & Brown, adjacent to the former Roper School site, on the other side of the Erewash Canal. The new school is accessible via a footbridge over the canal. The former buildings of the Roper School were demolished. The new school is surrounded by a large security fence reminiscent of a prison. It was built under the same PFI contract as Newbold Community School in Chesterfield.
It is a specialist science college, with an Eco status.3 The school recently had a new building built in 2005 and was visited by Gordon Brown on November 10 2006 for the official opening.4 In September 2007, the school had to close for two days due to a water contamination of Legionnaire's disease,5 which was dealt with very efficiently and school resumed with clean water shortly after.
The school gets reasonable results at GCSE, and well-above average results at A level. It has around 1,200 pupils.
Former teachers
- Mr F.L. Attenborough6 - joined in 1913. Married Samuel Clegg's (the headmaster) daughter Mary. Their children would be Lord Attenborough, and Sir David Attenborough. Samuel Clegg remained headmaster until he died in 1930.
Notable students (as Grammar School)
- Kate Boyes (1918-), Chair, Civil Service Selection Boards, 19787
- Baroness Sue Campbell MBE, (1948-), Chairman: UK Sport8
- Sir Alec Clegg, (1909-86), Chief Education Officer, West Riding County Council9
- Sir Gordon Hobday (1916-), Chancellor, Nottingham University, 1979–92.10
- Prof. Arthur Henry LeFebvre, (1923-2003), Distinguished Reilly Professor of Combustion Engineering11
- His Honour Keith Matthewman QC, (1936-2008), Circuit Judge12
References
- ^ School web site, accessed 12 November 2008
- ^ a b History of former grammar school, accessed 12 November, 2008
- ^ Eco award in July 2007
- ^ Gordon Brown opens school in November 2006
- ^ Bacteria in September 2007, accessed 12 November, 2008
- ^ Attenborough, Frederick Levi’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 Nov 2008
- ^ ‘Boyes, Kate Emily Tyrrell, (Mrs C. W. Sanders)’, Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 Nov 2008
- ^ Campbell, Susan Catherine’, Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 Nov 2008
- ^ ‘Clegg, Sir Alec (Alexander Bradshaw Clegg)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 Nov 2008
- ^ Hobday, Sir Gordon (Ivan)’, Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 Nov 2008
- ^ Lefebvre, Prof. Arthur Henry, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 Nov 2008
- ^ MATTHEWMAN, His Honour Keith’, Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 15 Nov 2008
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