Merrill College is a secondary school

Secondary school

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 and Sixth Form for students 11-19 years of age and is located in Alvaston

Alvaston

Alvaston is a suburb and ward of Derby, England. Alvaston is situated on the A6, three miles south-east of Derby city centre. It is bordered to the north by the wards of Derwent, Chaddesden and Spondon, to the east is the City Centre, to the south are Sinfin and Chellaston and to the west the...

, Derby

Derby

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, England

England

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. In September 2006 the school opened a new building

Building

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 which was PFI Funded

Private Finance Initiative

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and cost approximately £15m to build.


In September 2010, Merrill College appointed a new board of Governors and the school now has two Co-Principals who head an almost completely reformed senior leadership team.

External links

• School and College (Post-16) Achievement and Attainment Tables 2006