The Nottingham Bluecoat School is a Church of England

Church of England

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 voluntary aided

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 secondary

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 school

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 in the Aspley

Aspley, Nottingham

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 area of Nottingham

Nottingham

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 in the United Kingdom

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, whose history dates back to 1706. In 2007, the school had 1550 students aged six to eighteen, including 250 Sixth form

Sixth form

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 students. The full title of the school is The Nottingham Bluecoat School and Technology College.

Since 2003, the school has had two campuses, one in Aspley and one in Wollaton.
The school was founded in 1706 as the first charity school in Nottingham.