Northcliffe School (Conisbrough)
Encyclopedia
The De Warenne Academy is a comprehensive school on Gardens Lane in Conisbrough
, South Yorkshire
, England
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The Academy is sponsored by the School Partnership Trust (SPT), a Yorkshire-based educational and social charity, and co-sponsored by Doncaster Council and Dearne Valley College.
, a Christian charity. The proposal was withdrawn in 2004 after legal threats by the National Secular Society
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Conisbrough
Conisbrough is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is located roughly midway between Doncaster and Rotherham, and is built alongside the River Don at...
, 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...
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History
The school changed its name (from Northcliffe School) in September 2009, when it became an academy. Previously it had been Northcliffe School, a secondary modern schoolSecondary modern school
A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils - those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination...
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The Academy is sponsored by the School Partnership Trust (SPT), a Yorkshire-based educational and social charity, and co-sponsored by Doncaster Council and Dearne Valley College.
Christian Academy
The school was the centre of some controversy in the early 2000s due to a proposal to convert it into an academy run by the Emmanuel Schools FoundationEmmanuel Schools Foundation
The Emmanuel Schools Foundation is a charitable trust which has been involved in education since 1989.ESF sponsored four schools: Emmanuel City Technology College in Gateshead , The King's Academy in Middlesbrough , Trinity Academy in Thorne, Doncaster and Bede Academy in Blyth, Northumberland...
, a Christian charity. The proposal was withdrawn in 2004 after legal threats by the National Secular Society
National Secular Society
The National Secular Society is a British campaigning organisation that promotes secularism and the separation of church and state. It holds that no-one should gain advantage or disadvantage because of their religion or lack of religion. It was founded by Charles Bradlaugh in 1866...
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