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Building on its specialism in Science, the school has developed expertise in Astronomy, and now offers the subject at a GCSE as well as through evening community and "family learning" events. It is part of two national programmes – Leading Space Education and Astroschools. In July 2011 work began on
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The school consulted on conversion to Academy status as an Outstanding school, under the provisions of the Academies Act 2010, in the autumn of 2010. Although the process was made more complex by the school's PFI arrangements, conversion took place in April 2011. The Academy does not have a sponsor,
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In 2016 the school was approved as an Academy sponsor, and created a multi-Academy Trust operating under the name The Northworthy Trust. In 2021, the school, along with the other schools in The Northworthy Trust, were transferred to Archway Learning Trust.
337:), close to Long Eaton's centre, was closed. Part of the old buildings were demolished for housing. That part was previously used for years 10–11 (ages 15–16) and also the Sixth Form. A brand new £15m school was built, under 349:. The new school is accessible via a footbridge over the canal. The former buildings of the Roper School were demolished. The new school is surrounded by a large security fence. It was built under the same PFI contract as 439:. Samuel Clegg remained headmaster until he died in 1930. Richard Attenborough used to reside at Bothe Hall just over a mile down the road in Sawley, on Tamworth Road. 309:, built in 1964, to become a comprehensive school. In 1989, it was renamed the Long Eaton Community School, to return to being known as The Long Eaton School in 1999. 1386: 298:. In 1916, school dinners were introduced, with most of the vegetables being grown on site. In 1918, the school leaving age was raised from 12 to 14. 81: 1059: 773: 449: 1039: 689:‘Clegg, Sir Alec (Alexander Bradshaw Clegg)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 1064: 1054: 540: 479: 368:
on 10 November 2006 for the official opening. In September 2007, the school had to close for two days due to a water contamination of
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379:, the school closed its doors to everyone except those with parents as key workers due to the 1324: 1304: 1294: 914: 879: 834: 421:, leading British geographer, professor of Geography at the universities of Leeds and London. 291: 613: 602: 591: 1238: 1171: 1099: 1084: 974: 884: 824: 428: 751: 8: 1381: 1217: 999: 969: 949: 854: 839: 1314: 1166: 1094: 1074: 1044: 1034: 1009: 994: 924: 894: 874: 849: 803: 488: 432: 406: 342: 1357: 1119: 929: 436: 380: 1104: 1004: 919: 909: 889: 552: 494: 1334: 1309: 1259: 1140: 364:
status. The school recently had a new building built in 2005 and was visited by
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On 14 February 2006, the former building which had been the grammar school on
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building The Malcolm Parry Observatory, a project funded partly by The
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Long Eaton Higher Elementary School and Pupil Teachers' Centre
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The former "LEGS" Grammar School building still stands in 2008
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The £14,900 school opened on 29 October 1910 as the
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Long Eaton
Derbyshire
Coordinates
52°53′28″N 1°16′55″W / 52.891°N 1.282°W / 52.891; -1.282
Academy
Department for Education
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Tables
Ofsted
Reports
http://www.longeaton.derbyshire.sch.uk/
Long Eaton
Nottingham
Derby

Prof. Michael Sadler
Secondary modern school

canal
B6540
PFI
Babcock & Brown
Erewash Canal
Newbold Community School
Chesterfield
Eco
Gordon Brown
Legionnaire's disease
United Kingdom

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