Eckington School (Derbyshire)

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name = Eckington School


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street = Dronfield Road
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county = Derbyshire
country = England
postcode = S21 4GN
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Eckington School is a very large comprehensive school in Eckington, Derbyshire in England, next to the B6056. It has around 1900 pupils.

History

Previous to the opening of the school, there was the Eckington County Secondary School which opened in Halfway (in Derbyshire before 1967) in 1930, and became the Eckington Grammar School in 1945. In Eckington was also the Eckington Secondary Modern School on "School Street"; when the grammar school became Derbyshire's first comprehensive school - the Westfield School - in 1957, this became Eckington Junior School.

Admissions

The school catchment area includes surrounding areas such as Killamarsh, Renishaw, Beighton, Ridgeway and sometimes Mosborough. Despite the school being closer to several Sheffield residential areas (including Beighton and Mosborough) than other Derbyshire ones, the admissions policy is set in such a way to favour pupils coming from the Derbyshire feeder schools in areas such as Killamarsh and Renishaw. [ [http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/Images/applying_tcm2-121794.pdf Derbyshire schools admissions policy] ]

Academic performance

Eckington Comprehensive is designated a specialist engineering college. The school gets average results at GCSE for Derbyshire, but under the England average. The results at A level are better and above the England average. Eckington is generally a pleasant place, but nonetheless it has a large council estate.

References

External links

* [http://www.eckington.net Eckington School]
* [http://www.edubase.gov.uk/EstablishmentView.aspx?EstablishmentID=12928 EduBase]