Joseph Whitaker School
History
Secondary modern school
The school opened in 1963.
A large fire gutted the building on Monday 19 March 1973, with £250,000 in damage.
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.
Structure
The school is part of the East Midlands Educational Trust (EMET) which it joined in September 2016. 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.
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.
- ^ 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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