Joseph Whitaker School
53°06′52″N 1°07′13″W / 53.1144°N 1.1203°W / 53.1144; -1.1203
(Hope and faith)
Necktie: Navy Blue with Blue, Green, Red and Yellow stripes (according to students' house)
Trousers: Middle Grey
Joseph Whitaker School is a secondary school with academy status in Rainworth near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in England. The school takes its name from Joseph Whitaker, a naturalist who lived in Rainworth at Rainworth Lodge.[1][2]
History
Founded in 1963, the school expanded considerably in 1971, when it became an 11-18 years mixed comprehensive. [3]
A large fire gutted the building on Monday 19 March 1973, with £250,000 in damage.[4]
Comprehensive
An arson attack on the lunchtime of Monday 31 October 1994 caused £0.75m in damage, and destroyed the sports hall, laundry, gym, two squash courts, and changing rooms. The arson was featured in a Newsround documentary on arson in schools.[5][6]
Secondary modern school
In 2004, the school was awarded specialist sports college status and became a foundation school in 2006. The school gained academy status in 2011 and extended its specialism to include the performing arts in 2013.[3]
Structure
The school is part of the East Midlands Educational Trust (EMET) which it joined in September 2016.[7] The headteacher is Carey Ayres, who took over from David Bell in 2020.
The school has its own sixth form college for post-16 A-Level studies. In November 2012, the school's flagship £1,000,000 sixth form centre opened. It contains teaching rooms, a media suite, various study areas and a café. All post-16 students have access to the school's on-site fitness suite as part of their membership to the sixth form.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "History of Joseph Whitaker School". Joseph Whitaker School. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Joseph Whitaker, born in 1850". BBC Domesday Reloaded. BBC. 1986. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Vision and Ethos". Joseph Whitaker. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ 1973 fire
- ^ Nottingham Evening Post Friday 4 November 1994, page 3
- ^ Mansfield Recorder Thursday 9 November 1995, page 12
- ^ Village school delighted with academy move. Chad, 7 September 2016, p.12. Accessed 9 January 2022
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