Don Valley School and Performing Arts College

Don Valley School and Performing Arts College
Don Valley School Academy
Type Community comprehensive school
Head Teacher Mrs. H. D'Rozario[1]
Location Jossey Lane
Scawthorpe
Doncaster

South Yorkshire
DN5 9DD[1]
England
Local authority Doncaster[2]
Students 1,500[3]
Ages 11–18
Website www.donvalley.co.uk

Coordinates: 53°32′46″N 1°10′19″W / 53.54618°N 1.17200°W / 53.54618; -1.17200

Don Valley Academy (formerly Don Valley School and Performing Arts College) is a mixed 11-18 comprehensive school located in Scawthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The school also has a significant Sixth Form centre.

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History

The original school was built in the mid 1950s, with the first intake of pupils in September 1957. What was effectively another school was built in the mid 1960s as part of the move by the West Riding County Council to comprehensive education. It had more facilities than the existing one, including a swimming pool and much enhanced stage facilities in the main hall. The new school took up approximately half of the former playing fields . The second school ran for a year or so as a separate entity before the two merged to become Don Valley Comprehensive School. This naming was only brief and the school was soon renamed back to Don Valley High School, reportedly at the insistence of the then headmaster, Mr Horncastle. The newer school served students in their first three years of senior school, aged 11 to 14; the older school served them in the remainder of their time, aged 14 to 18, and included the lower and upper sixth forms.

In 2006, Don Valley became a Performing Arts College.[4] Every student has a choice of dramatic arts or media to study.

In 2011, Don Valley became an academy progressing from a performing arts school.

Notable alumni

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