The Elizabeth Woodville School, in Northamptonshire, England, is a secondary school with academy status, run by the Tove Learning Trust.[2] It was formed by the merger of Roade Sports College and Kingsbrook Specialist Business and Enterprise College (or Kingsbrook College) in 2011. It is located at two sites in the villages of Deanshanger, and Roade, both in South Northamptonshire. The merged school was named after Elizabeth Woodville, who was born in Grafton Regis, halfway between the two sites, and was Queen consort of King Edward IV.[3][4]
| Elizabeth Woodville School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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Deanshanger and Roade , , MK19 6HN England | |
| Coordinates | 52°02′59″N 0°52′54″W / 52.0496°N 0.8816°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Established | 2011 by the merger of Roade School (1956) and Kingsbrook School (1958) |
| Local authority | West Northamptonshire |
| Department for Education URN | 143421 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Hannah Jones and Emma Reed[1] |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 11 to 19 |
| Website | ewsacademy.org.uk |
The school's inspection report, latest results and related data are published in the Department for Education's national tables.[5]
History
editElizabeth Woodville School
editKingsbrook and Roade Colleges were merged and renamed to Elizabeth Woodville School in September 2011.[6][7][8] On 1 December 2012 the school became an academy, run by the Learning Schools Trust.[9] It was transferred to the Tove Learning Trust on 1 November 2016.[10]
Kingsbrook College
editThe catchment area of Kingsbrook College included Alderton, Cosgrove, Deanshanger, Furtho, Grafton Regis, Old Stratford, Passenham, Paulerspury, Potterspury, Pury End, Puxley, Wicken and Yardley Gobion.
The former Kingsbrook School was given specialist status in 2006, following a grant from the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT). In June 2009 an Ofsted inspection judged the school to be "satisfactory".[11]
In 2007 the school were runners-up in SSATs Student Voice competition,[12] and in March 2008, Kingsbrook held its first Student Voice Conference, and the first of the type held in the county. Schools from the local area such as Campion, Guilsborough and Road College, as well as those outside the area (i.e. Henley), attended the event and listened into the ways in which the idea of Student Voice can be and has been developed within the school.
Kingsbrook College was a member of the Luffield Group, which is a group of state and private schools in North Bucks and South Northamptonshire.[13]
On 14 March 2011 the school announced a proposed merger with Roade Sports College, citing falling roll, poor results and inadequate budget management.[citation needed]
The site covers approximately four square kilometres (1+1⁄2 square miles), and was the site of a Roman villa from the 1st century AD to the middle of the 4th century.[14]
The site has a TigerTurf "All Weather Pitch", which received a FIFA Recommended 1 Star rating.[15]
Roade Sports College
editLike Kingsbrook College, Roade was also a Sports College in Northamptonshire with about 1,150 pupils.[16]
The catchment area extended to Grange Park, Collingtree, Hackleton, Hardingstone, Blisworth, Stoke Bruerne and several other villages in the area. The school opened in 1956 as Roade Secondary Modern School, changing to a Comprehensive School in 1975.[17]
Notable alumni
editKingsbrook College
edit- David Capel, English cricketer[18]
- Gen Kitchen, Labour MP[19]
- Clare Nasir (1983–1988), meteorologist and GMTV presenter[citation needed]
Roade Sports College
edit- Derek Redmond, British Athlete, Olympian (Barcelona 1992), attended Roade Sports College, where a multi-use sports hall is named after him.
- Timothy Grayson, Poet-in-Residence at Belvoir Castle, published author, and board game creator, attended Roade Sports College.
References
edit- ^ "Get Information about Schools". Gov.uk. 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Our Academies". Tove Learning Trust. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Elizabeth Woodville Secondary School Archived 26 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine in Northamptonshire.
- ^ "Pupils play the name game as merger nears". Buckingham and Winslow Advertiser. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Elizabeth Woodville School". Find and Compare Schools in England. Gov.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Glitzy stadium launch for Elizabeth Woodville". Buckingham and Winslow Advertiser. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Principal of Elizabeth Woodville School announces she is leaving". Northampton Chronicle. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Kingsbrook (2003) to EWS (2011)". Ofsted. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Elizabeth Woodville School 2012 - 2016". Ofsted. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Elizabeth Woodville School (2016+)". Ofsted. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Inspection Report" (PDF). Ofsted. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Student voice 2007 winners announced". Specialist Schools and Academies Trust. 2007. Archived from the original on 21 March 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
- ^ "Luffield Group Home". Archived from the original on 6 February 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
- ^ "National Monuments Record – Monument No. 342874, Investigation History". English Heritage. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
- ^ "Kingsbrook College" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
- ^ "Elizabeth Woodville School at the northamptonshire County Council website". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ A History of Roade, from Volume V of "A History of Northamptonshire" at British History Online
- ^ "Profile – David Capel –". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ "The candidates set for Wellingborough by-election". BBC News. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2024.