Greenwood Dale School

Greenwood Dale School is a mixed comprehensive school in Sneinton, Nottingham, England. It places an emphasis on technology, and is attended by around 1,100 pupils aged 11-18. Greenwood Dale is a Foundation School, and a specialist technology college. It isdesignated as a Leading Edge school and a National Support School. The school is intended to become a city academy. [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-12147111_ITM "City's three academies win backing."] , Europe Intelligence Wire, Financial Times, 22 December 2005]

Academic standards

Ofsted inspected the school in September 2007 and awarded a rating of "Outstanding", the highest available, commenting "Greenwood Dale is an outstanding school. It serves a community facing significant challengesand turns out young people who achieve highly and develop into well rounded, ambitious young people, equipped in all respects for a modern, diverse society. Fifteen years ago, going through the school was described by the current Chair of governors, then a new parent, as 'like walking through a war zone'. Since then the school has been transformed, in its appearance as well as its effectiveness." [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=314435&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\school\122\s5rti_122904_20071016.pdf "Greenwood Dale School"] , Ofsted, 16 October 2007] [ [http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=134233&command=displayContent&sourceNode=133984&contentPK=18662654&folderPk=78481&pNodeId=133952 "School Rated 'Outstanding' by Watchdog"] , Nottingham Evening Post, 13 October 2007]

The school was rated the sixth best in 2006, in the UK, for improving pupils. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6250179.stm "Region has best and worst schools"] , BBC News, 11 January 2007] It sent its first pupil to Oxford University in 2005. [ [http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/news_page/noticenottinghamhome/psct_archive/psct_option_38.htm "Notice Nottingham Issue 38"] , Nottingham City Council, 23 December 2005]

Barry Day

Barry Day, headteacher, was awarded the OBE in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours List. [ [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/honours/birthday2007.shtml "Queen's Birthday 2007 Honours List"] , Department for Children, Schools and Families, 16 June 2007] He was also appointed one of the National College for School Leadership’s National Leaders of Education in October 2007. [ [http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/15215 "Minister of State welcomes NCSL’s newest leaders of education"] , eGov Monitor, 18 October 2007]

port

Greenwood Dale won the "State School of the Year" award at the "The School Sport Matters Awards 2006". The citation said "Greenwood Dale School, in one of the toughest communities in the country, in Nottingham, is a hotbed for sport in spite of having no grass pitches and limited facilities ... Exceptional." [ [http://juniorsport.telegraph.co.uk/school-sports-matters/roll-of-honours/ "School Sport Matters - Roll of Honours"] , Daily Telegraph, 2006]

The standard of sport at the school has been described as "sporting excellence" and the students have won many individual awards. [ [http://alacarte.lexisnexis.com/partners/int/lexisnews/results.asp?id=23890473&mtid=1&ws=9j0hDk1UboE=&ws_pub=Nottingham%20Evening%20Post&ws_date=September%2030,%202006&ws_len=243&ws_lni=4M15-0JT0-TX58-J2S3-00000-00&ws_lastupdate=20061001&ws_title=School%20scores%20sporting%20success&ws_refer=http://news.google.co.uk/archivesearch?hl=en&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tab=wn&q=%22Greenwood+Dale+School%22 "School scores sporting success"] , Nottingham Evening Post, 30 September 2006]

ecurity

There was controversy in August 2004 over the decision of the headmaster to install full perimeter fencing, partly for security, but also to help stop pupils leaving the school at lunchtime. [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13050587_ITM "Security at school was a 'reasoned response'"] , Europe Intelligence Wire, Financial Times, 18 August 2004]

Notable alumni

* Tom Huddlestone, footballer

Notes

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/04/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/892_5402.stm "Greenwood Dale School"] , BBC News, 19 October 2005

External links

* [http://gwdschool.org/ Official site]