Aldercar High School

Aldercar High School
Type	Community school
Principal	Mr Alan Johnson
Location	Daltons Close Aldercar Derbyshire NG16 4HL England
Local authority	Derbyshire
DfE number	830/4089
DfE URN	112939 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	676 as of April 2016
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–18
Website	School website

Aldercar High School is a comprehensive, mixed secondary school for ages 11–19, on Daltons Close in Aldercar, Derbyshire, England.^[1]

It is close to the A610 and Langley Mill Junior School, and is next door to Aldercar Infants School.

Admissions

The school's catchment area includes the village of Aldercar, Langley Mill and Heanor. Many students attend from towns as far away as Ilkeston, Eastwood, Codnor and Ripley As of 2008, the school had around 800 students.As of 2011, the school had around 600 students.

History

It opened in September 1955 as a secondary modern school. It became Heanor Aldercar Comprehensive School, then Aldercar School. The school has been awarded specialist Language College status, and was named Aldercar Community Language College for a time before being renamed Aldercar High School.

In 2009, the new Phoenix Centre Sixth Form building opened, offering many courses for ages 16–19.

Notable former pupils

"Rocket" Ron Haslam, world champion motorcycle racer
Paris Simmons, footballer
Nick Wright, footballer
Paul Reece, footballer
Chanel Cresswell, actress

References

↑ https://www.aldercarhighschool.co.uk/

Department for Children, Schools and Families School Verification
Aldercar, the Story of a School, Mary and John Sheppard, December 2006, ISBN 0-9554746-0-4

External links

Schools in Derbyshire (including Derby)

Primary	Al-Madinah School The Bemrose School Firs Estate School

Secondary	Aldercar High School Alfreton Grange Arts College Allestree Woodlands School Anthony Gell School Belper School The Bemrose School The Bolsover School Brookfield Community School Buxton Community School Chapel-en-le-Frith High School Chellaston Academy City of Derby Academy da Vinci Community College Derby Moor Community Sports College Derby Pride Academy Derby Manufacturing UTC Dronfield School Ecclesbourne School Eckington School Frederick Gent School Friesland School Glossopdale Community College Granville Sports College Hasland Hall Community School Heanor Gate Science College Heritage High School Highfields School Hope Valley College John Flamsteed Community School John Port School Kirk Hallam Community Academy Lady Manners School Landau Forte College Lees Brook Community School Littleover Community School Long Eaton School Merrill Academy The Millennium Centre Murray Park School Netherthorpe School New Mills School Business & Enterprise College Noel-Baker School Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy Outwood Academy Newbold Parkside Community School The Pingle School Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School The Ripley Academy Springwell Community College St Benedict RC Academy St John Houghton RC Academy St Mary's RC High School St Philip Howard RC Academy St Thomas More RC School Shirebrook Academy Tibshelf School Tupton Hall School West Park School Whittington Green School William Allitt School Wilsthorpe Community School

Independent (preparatory)	Barlborough Hall Grangemount Repton Preparatory School St Anselm's Preparatory School The Elms School

Independent (senior)	Abbotsholme School Alderwasley Hall School Derby Grammar School Derby High School Mount St Mary's College Ockbrook School Repton School Trent College

Former	Brocksford Hall School Buxton College Chesterfield St Helena School Derby School Hallcroft Boys' School Hallcroft Girls' School Ilkeston Grammar School King's Mead Priory Rowen House School Rykneld Secondary Modern School St Elphin's School Shardlow Hall Stancliffe Hall School

Coordinates: 53°01′33″N 01°20′31″W / 53.02583°N 1.34194°W / 53.02583; -1.34194

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