The Bramcote School

The Bramcote School
Type Academy
Executive Head Teacher Paul Heery
Location Bramcote
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG9 3GD
England
Coordinates: 52°56′22″N 1°15′04″W / 52.9395°N 1.2511°W / 52.9395; -1.2511
DfE number 891/4119
DfE URN 138837 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 597
Gender co-educational
Ages 11–16
Houses Trent, Newark, Sherwood & Welbeck
Colours Blue, White & Red
School leader Mrs M Oliver
Website thebramcote.school

The Bramcote School is a mixed secondary school with academy status in Nottinghamshire. It teaches children from 11 to 16 (Years 7-11). It is located in Bramcote. The Executive Head Teacher is Paul Heery. It is a member of The White Hills Park Federation Trust. On 1 October 2012 The Bramcote School rebranded from Bramcote Park Sports, Business & Enterprise School to The Bramcote School

Campus

It is located to the south of Bramcote Woods, and to the east of Bramcote Park recreational and open grounds. It is part of a larger campus of schools build around the 1950s, which include Foxwood Special School, and the former Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College now a part of Alderman White School.

Access to the school is from the eastbound A52 to Nottingham and shares a drive with Bramcote Leisure Centre and Foxwood School. There is also a restricted vehicular and pedestrian access to the site of the former Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College following the creation of the federation, to enable staff and student movements between the schools.

History

This was the first school to be built on the Bramcote Hills Site. In 1948 it opened as a Secondary Modern boys school named Bramcote Hills Boys School.[1] and was a hospital in ww2


Previous Name changes

Bramcote Park Comprehensive School became a Business and Enterprise school in 2004. After receiving business status, it re-branded its image by announced a new logo and identity, consisting of red, white and blue.

After the complete closure of Bramcote Hills School in 2011, the school adopted their status as a specialist Sports College.

Federation

In 2007 the school became part of a three-piece federation, named The White Hills Park Federation Trust under one executive headteacher (Kevin Dean, who retired in 2013) and governing body. The School was federated with neighbouring Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College and nearby Alderman White School Year 10 & 11 students are able to travel across sites to take part in cross federation lessons. They travel via school minibus.

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