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Eckington School

Field	Value
name	Eckington School
coordinates
established	1978
type	Academy
trust	Chorus Education Trust
head_label	Headteacher
head	Richard Cronin
address	Dronfield Road
city	Eckington
county	Derbyshire
country	England
postcode	S21 4GN
ofsted	yes
urn	149825
enrolment	1,273
gender	Coeducational
lower_age	11
upper_age	18
houses	Artemis, Athena, Zeus, Poseidon, and Apollo
colours	Red, Blue and Gold
website	https://www.eckington.chorustrust.org/

Eckington School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Eckington, Derbyshire in England, next to the B6056 road. It has around 1,250 pupils. The school is an academy, and is part of the Chorus Education Trust.

History

Previous to the opening of the school, there was the Eckington County Secondary School, which opened in Halfway (in Derbyshire before 1967) in 1930, and became the Eckington Grammar School in 1945. In Eckington was also the Eckington Secondary Modern School on School Street; when the grammar school became Derbyshire's first comprehensive school - the Westfield School - in 1957, this became Eckington Junior School. The current site started construction in 1978 and opened to students a few years later in 1983.

Admissions

The school catchment area includes surrounding areas such as Killamarsh, Renishaw, Beighton, Ridgeway and Mosborough. Despite the school being closer to several Sheffield residential areas (including Beighton and Mosborough) than other Derbyshire ones, the admissions policy is set in such a way to favour pupils coming from the Derbyshire feeder schools in areas such as Killamarsh, Ridgeway and Renishaw. This is because most students from the Mosborough and Beighton area attend Westfield School.

Academic performance

Eckington Comprehensive was designated a specialist engineering college. This title was removed from the school.

In June 2022, the school was given an "Inadequate" rating by Ofsted.

Notable former pupils

Chris Pritchard 1999, Represented Scotland at 2010 Commonwealth Games Track Cycling
Millie Bright, footballer
Ruth Amos, entrepreneur and inventor
Adam Duffy, professional snooker player
Members of While She Sleeps Mat Welsh, Sean Long, Aaran McKenzie and Adam Savage. Their music video for "Our Legacy" was filmed at the school.

References

"Derbyshire schools admissions policy".
(2022-07-25). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". Ofsted Communications Team.
(November 2018). "England Lionesses star Millie Bright on the pitfalls of social media as international looms at Rotherham United".
(28 January 2016). "BTS: While She Sleeps ‘Our Legacy’".

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