- City of Norwich School
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City of Norwich School Motto Success for all[1][2] Established 1910 Type Community comprehensive school Headteacher Jim Nixon[1] Chair of Governors Lucinda Poliakoff[3] Specialisms Technology, Arts Location Eaton Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 6PP
EnglandLocal authority Norfolk DfE number ???/4065 DfE URN 121172 Ofsted Reports Students 1701 Gender Mixed Ages 11–18 Houses Winterton, Thornham, Holkham, Kelling, Blakeney Website CNS Coordinates: 52°36′47″N 1°16′34″E / 52.613°N 1.276°E
The Eaton (City of Norwich) School, more commonly known as CNS, is a secondary comprehensive school situated in Norwich, Norfolk on Eaton Road.
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It has over 1500 pupils and currently employs over 190 staff. As well as being a secondary comprehensive school the school also has a sixth form, in partnership with the smaller Hethersett High School, with 791 pupils.[2]
It is situated just west of the A146 ring road (former A47), with the A11 to the north and the A140 to the south. Eaton Golf Club is next door to the south-west.
History
It was formed in 1910 from the King Edward VI Middle School.
Grammar school
It had around 950 boys in 1960, and around 850 in 1969 when administered by the Norwich Education Committee.
Comprehensive
It became a comprehensive in 1974. The school was refurbished in 2007. The Arc is a brand new building, as is The Skinner centre.
Charities Week
CNS Charities Week is a week usually in late November or early December where the students and members of staff attempt to raise as much money as possible for a charity of the school's choice. The charity chosen in 2010 was The East Anglian Air Ambulance. The week involved Total Wipeout, The X Factor, Teacher Auction and CNS Got Talent
Notable alumni
- Rebecca Grinter, academic
- David-Lee Priest, writer
- Robert Green, footballer
- Neil Shephard, economist
- Peter Trudgill, linguist
The City of Norwich School (boys' grammar school)
- Michael Andrews (artist)
- Reginald Beales CBE, Director of Statistics and Intelligence from 1952-7 at the Inland Revenue
- Sir Kenneth Blaxter, Director from 1965-82 of the Rowett Research Institute, President from 1970-1 of the British Society of Animal Production, from 1974-5 of the Nutrition Society and from 1986-8 of the Institute of Biology
- Jack Boddy MBE, General Secretary from 1978-82 of the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers
- Prof William Burcham CBE, Oliver Lodge Professor of Physics from 1951-80 at the University of Birmingham
- Prof Arthur Roy Clapham CBE, Professor of Botany from 1944-69 at the University of Sheffield, President from 1967-70 of the Linnean Society of London
- Peter Cullum, Executive Chairman since 1997 of the Towergate Partnership
- Prof Christopher Dainty, Professor of Applied Physics since 2002 at the National University of Ireland, Galway, President from 1990-3 of the International Commission for Optics and from 2002-4 of the European Optical Society
- Dr Frank Fairweather, toxicologist and pathologist, Chairman from 1987-93 of the British Industrial Biological Research Association
- Prof Melvyn Greaves, Professor of Cell Biology at the Institute of Cancer Research, and expert on hematological malignancy
- David Holbrook, writer, poet and academic
- Alan Howard, Wilkins Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge and inventor of the Cambridge diet
- Victor Hughff, Chief General Manager from 1984-9 of Norwich Union
- Edmund Lawson, barrister
- Cecil Alec Mace, Professor of Psychology from 1944-61 at Birkbeck College, and President from 1952-3 of the British Psychological Society
- Rev Basil Maine, music biographer
- Walter Manthorpe, town planner, notably of Toronto
- Bernard Matthews CBE, food executive[4]
- Bernard Meadows, Professor of Sculpture from 1960-80 at the Royal College of Art
- Prof Arthur Muskett OBE, Professor of Plant Pathology from 1945-65 at Queen's University Belfast, and President from 1948-9 of the British Mycological Society
- Prof Adrian Newland, Professor of Haematology since 1992 at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, President from 1998-9 of the British Society for Haematology
- Prof Malcolm Quantrill, Distinguished Professor of Architecture from 1986-2007 at Texas A&M University
- Group Captain Leslie Ridley OBE, involved in the RAF's development of radar, notably in ther Battle of Britain, and commanded the radar station at Stoke Holy Cross
- Prof Bernard Rudden, Professor of Comparative Law from 1979-99 at the University of Oxford
- Prof Peter Sadler, Professor of Chemistry since 2007 at the University of Warwick
- Sir George Scott CBE, Chief Constable from 1959-68 of the West Riding Constabulary, then from 1968-9 of the West Yorkshire Constabulary
- John Seed, Chief Executive from 1992-2005 of South Western Electricity
- Prof. Jeremy C. Smith (scientist), Governor's Chair for Biophysics, University of Tennessee, since 2006
- Prof Steve Smith (academic), Vice Chancellor, University of Exeter
- Very Rev John Southgate, Dean of York from 1984-94
- Graeme K Talboys, writer - attended the school for the first two years of his secondary education
- Robert H. Thouless, President from 1949-50 of the British Psychological Society who wrote Straight and Crooked Thinking in 1930
- Prof Peter Trudgill, academic and author[5], Professor of English Linguistics from 1998-2005 at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
- George Willis, Labour MP from 1945-50 for Edinburgh North, and from 1954-70 for Edinburgh East
- Tony Sheridan musician
King Edward VI Middle School
- Louis Martin, Professor of Technical Optics from 1943-51 at Imperial College London
- Sir Graham Savage CB, architect of the comprehensive school system
References
- ^ a b "City of Norwich School Prospectus 2006-2007" (PDF). http://www.cns-school.org/files/Main%20school%20prospectus%2006-07.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ a b "City of Norwich School - Sixth Form Prospectus 2007/08" (PDF). http://www.cns-school.org/files/cns_6th_form_prospectus.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ "Governors". City of Norwich School. http://www.cns-school.org/governor.php. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ Rose Prince (December 31, 2006). "Bernard Matthews: Life is still bootiful". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/bernard-matthews-life-is-still-bootiful-430274.html. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ Peter Trudgill (1974). Sociolinguistics: An Introduction. Penguin. pp. p. 5. ISBN 0140218025.
- "The School". City of Norwich School. http://www.cns-school.org/the_school.php. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- "Inspection Report - City of Norwich School" (PDF). Ofsted. December 16, 2004. http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=268780&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\\school\\121\\s10_121172_20041216.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-14.[dead link]
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Categories:- Comprehensive schools in Norfolk
- Norwich
- Educational institutions established in 1910
- Arts Colleges in England
- Technology Colleges in England
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