North Kesteven School
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North Kesteven School is a co-educational comprehensive school
on Moor Lane, off the A1434 in North Hykeham
which is in North Kesteven
, Lincolnshire
, England
.
on the west side of Moor Lane. Next door (on the same site) to the west is North Kesteven Leisure Centre and the Terry O'Toole Theatre. The sports centre is used by the school during normal school hours. It essentially is the school gym. Recently, the school has offered a breakfast service from 8.15am.
, the North Kesteven Grammar School, in 1961, when administered by the County of Lincoln - Parts of Kesteven Education Committee, based in Sleaford
. It had moved into a new building in January 1961 with 600 boys and girls.
It has been designated a specialist Arts College
in performing arts since September 2000. As part of the commitment to the arts, the Arts Complex was opened in September 2002, which included the 250-seat Terry O'Toole Theatre.
, NK School gets better results - 50% of pupils get 5 grades A-C including English and Maths at GCSE. It gets comparable results to Robert Pattinson, and the sixth form is shared as the North Hykeham Joint Sixth Form.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
on Moor Lane, off the A1434 in North Hykeham
North Hykeham
North Hykeham is administratively a town immediately south of Lincoln, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Geographically it is part of the greater Lincoln urban sprawl, and comprises 4,915 dwellings...
which is in North Kesteven
North Kesteven
North Kesteven is a local government district in the East Midlands. Just over north of London, it is east of Nottingham and south of Lincoln. North Kesteven is one of seven districts in Lincolnshire, England and is in the centre of the County...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, 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...
.
Admissions
The school has around 1400 pupils, aged 11 to 18, and offers GCSE, A Level and Btec certificates in the fields of Technologies, Arts, History, Geography, Business Studies and Modern Foreign Languages. The school is adjacent to Robert Pattinson SchoolRobert Pattinson School
Sir Robert Pattinson Academy is a secondary school on the east side of in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire, England opposite North Kesteven School.-Admissions:...
on the west side of Moor Lane. Next door (on the same site) to the west is North Kesteven Leisure Centre and the Terry O'Toole Theatre. The sports centre is used by the school during normal school hours. It essentially is the school gym. Recently, the school has offered a breakfast service from 8.15am.
Grammar school
The school was founded as a grammar schoolGrammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
, the North Kesteven Grammar School, in 1961, when administered by the County of Lincoln - Parts of Kesteven Education Committee, based in Sleaford
Sleaford
Sleaford is a town in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is located thirteen miles northeast of Grantham, seventeen miles west of Boston, and nineteen miles south of Lincoln, and had a total resident population of around 14,500 in 6,167 households at the time...
. It had moved into a new building in January 1961 with 600 boys and girls.
Comprehensive
It became a comprehensive school in 1970 with 1200 boys and girls. From April 1974, it was administered by Lincolnshire. It became a grant maintained school in April 1992 and a foundation school in September 1999. A sixth form complex opened in 1999.It has been designated a specialist Arts College
Arts College
Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...
in performing arts since September 2000. As part of the commitment to the arts, the Arts Complex was opened in September 2002, which included the 250-seat Terry O'Toole Theatre.
Academic performance
Compared to many schools in nearby LincolnLincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
, NK School gets better results - 50% of pupils get 5 grades A-C including English and Maths at GCSE. It gets comparable results to Robert Pattinson, and the sixth form is shared as the North Hykeham Joint Sixth Form.
Alumni
- Kelly AdamsKelly AdamsKelly Adams is an English actress.A pupil of North Kesteven School in North Hykeham, Adams trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in Wood Green, London....
- actress - Jonathan KerriganJonathan KerriganJonathan Kerrigan is an English actor well known for his portrayal of gay nurse Sam Colloby in the BBC medical dramas Casualty and Holby City, and as police officers in the series Merseybeat and Heartbeat....
- actor - Capt Dan Shepherd of the Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group of the 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment, killed in Afghanistan in July 2009
North Kesteven Grammar School
- Nick JohnstonNick JohnstonPaul Nicholas Johnston is a Scottish politician.-Early life:He is the son of Joseph Leo Johnston and Winifred Vera Neale. He went to North Kesteven Grammar School in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire....
(1961-66), MSPMember of the Scottish ParliamentMember of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...
for Mid Scotland and FifeMid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)Mid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament...
from 1999-2001.