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Noel-Baker Academy

Noel-Baker Academy

Academy in Derby, Derbyshire, England

Noel-Baker Academy (formerly Noel-Baker Community School) is a co-educational secondary school located in Alvaston, Derby, England.

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The school takes students from the Alvaston, Boulton and Crewton areas of Derby. In September 2004, the school was awarded specialist school status as a Language College by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).[1]

Previously a foundation school administered by Derby City Council, in February 2017, Noel-Baker Community School converted to academy status and was renamed Noel-Baker Academy. The school is now sponsored by the LEAD Multi-Academy Trust.

The school was named after Olympic silver medallist, Derby South MP and Nobel Peace prize winner, Philip Noel-Baker.

Student Leadship Team

Noel-Baker Academy has started their new house systems and new student leader. There are six House Captains, five House Vice Captains and twenty House Prefects each house or year.

House Captains

  • Lead –Erin Lee
  • Empower –Kaleb Daborn
  • Achieve –Lakeisa Moyo
  • Drive –Muhammad Muntasir
  • Excel –Janai Carr-Fearn

House Vice Captains

  • Lead –DiDi Njoke
  • Empower –Rubie Watson
  • Achieve –Harry Day
  • Drive –Kirills Bulazs

House Prefects

Lead:

  • Year 7 Esther Toindepi
  • Year 8-Macey Rae Enright
  • Year 9-Teegan Goodwin
  • Year 10-Lillimae Wakefield

Empower:

  • Year 7- Cai Russell
  • Year 8-Isabelle Meakin
  • Year 9- Angelika Aleksandrowicz
  • Year 10- Maddison McFarlane
  • Year 11-Saskia Vernon

Achieve:

  • Year 7-Eric Mahaka
  • Year 8-Bailey Bradshaw
  • Year 9-Evelyn Hardy
  • Year 10- Cody Marshall

Drive:

  • Year 7- Igor Skorupa
  • Year 10- Learni Asri
  • Year 11- Jacob Driscoll
  • Year 8- Ashley Chinemo
  • Year 9- Rhianna Hogan

New building

The old building, over 50 years old and now demolished, has been replaced with a new building constructed on the old playing fields. The new building was ready for the beginning of the school year in September 2012 at a cost of £34 million. The 1,150 pupils have combined with 90 pupils from St.Martin's Special School which educates special needs students.[2]

Notable former pupils

References

  1. [1]
    "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. December 2006. Archived from the original on 3 August 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
  2. [2]
    "THIS is the £34 million building which will house pupils from St Martin's Special School and Noel-Baker Community School by September 2012. | This is Derbyshire". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Harper's Bazaar editor speaks of her childhood in Derby | This is Derbyshire". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Noel-Baker". Derby Evening Telegraph. 1993. Chris Jackson (15), year 11 pupil at Noel-Baker Community School, Alvaston
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