Aston Comprehensive School
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Aston Academy was formerly Aston Comprehensive School (until 30 April 2011) and is a secondary education establishment located in the Aston/Aughton region of Rotherham
, South Yorkshire
, England
. Its current headteacher is Mrs E Newton. The age group for attendance at Aston is Y7 to Y11, and then Y12 to Y13 for Aston's Sixth Form.
The school has recently been rated as outstanding following an inspection by Ofsted. The school was rated as satisfactory in the previous inspection.
The coalition government has recently passed an act which allows comprehensive schools to convert to new style academies. Only schools considered good or outstanding are invited to convert.
The governors of the school have recently voted to start the procedure to convert to an academy. Should this occur the school would be taken out of local authority administration and would effectively operate as an independent school.
Rotherham
Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, at its confluence with the River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Rotherham, at from Sheffield City Centre, is surrounded by several smaller settlements, which together form the wider Metropolitan Borough of...
, South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Its current headteacher is Mrs E Newton. The age group for attendance at Aston is Y7 to Y11, and then Y12 to Y13 for Aston's Sixth Form.
The school has recently been rated as outstanding following an inspection by Ofsted. The school was rated as satisfactory in the previous inspection.
The coalition government has recently passed an act which allows comprehensive schools to convert to new style academies. Only schools considered good or outstanding are invited to convert.
The governors of the school have recently voted to start the procedure to convert to an academy. Should this occur the school would be taken out of local authority administration and would effectively operate as an independent school.