North Kesteven School

North Kesteven School

Established	1961
Type	Comprehensive foundation school
Headteacher	Mr Martin Connor
Chair of Governors	Tony Gamble
Specialism	Arts
Location	Moor Lane North Hykeham Lincolnshire LN6 9AG England
Local authority	Lincolnshire
DfE number	???/5412
DfE URN	120708
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1419
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Website	NKS

Coordinates: 53°11′11″N 0°35′50″W / 53.1864°N 0.5972°W / 53.1864; -0.5972

North Kesteven School is a co-educational comprehensive school on Moor Lane, off the A1434 in North Hykeham which is in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England.

Admissions

The school has around 1400 pupils, aged 11 to 18, and offers GCSE, A Level and Btec certificates in the fields of Technologies, Arts, History, Geography, Business Studies and Modern Foreign Languages. The school is adjacent to Robert Pattinson School on the west side of Moor Lane. Next door (on the same site) to the west is North Kesteven Leisure Centre and the Terry O'Toole Theatre. The sports centre is used by the school during normal school hours. It essentially is the school gym. Recently, the school has offered a breakfast service from 8.15am.

History

Grammar school

The school was founded as a grammar school, the North Kesteven Grammar School, in 1961, when administered by the County of Lincoln - Parts of Kesteven Education Committee, based in Sleaford. It had moved into a new building in January 1961 with 600 boys and girls.

Comprehensive

It became a comprehensive school in 1970 with 1200 boys and girls. From April 1974, it was administered by Lincolnshire. It became a grant maintained school in April 1992 and a foundation school in September 1999. A sixth form complex opened in 1999.

It has been designated a specialist Arts College in performing arts since September 2000. As part of the commitment to the arts, the Arts Complex was opened in September 2002, which included the 250-seat Terry O'Toole Theatre.

Academic performance

Compared to many schools in nearby Lincoln, NK School gets better results - 50% of pupils get 5 grades A-C including English and Maths at GCSE.^{[citation needed]} It gets comparable results to Robert Pattinson, and the sixth form is shared as the North Hykeham Joint Sixth Form.

Alumni

• Kelly Adams - actress
• Jonathan Kerrigan - actor
• Capt Dan Shepherd of the Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group of the 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, killed in Afghanistan in July 2009

North Kesteven Grammar School

• Nick Johnston (1961-66), MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife from 1999-2001.

External links

• School website
• Terry O'Toole Theatre
• Lincoln Specialist Schools
• WikiMapia
• EduBase

News items

• Site manager on worksite breaks pelvis in 6 metre fall in April 2009