Nicholas Chamberlaine School

Nicholas Chamberlaine School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with an academy status, located in the town of Bedworth, Warwickshire, England. With approximately 1,200 children between the ages of 11 and 18.

Nicholas Chamberlaine School + VI Form
Address
Bulkington Road

Bedworth
,
Warwickshire
,
CV12 9EA

England
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoSuccessful Learners | Confident Individuals | Responsible Citizens
Department for Education URN139936 Tables
OfstedReports
Executive HeadAlison Ramsay
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,209
HousesCurie, Turing, Harriet, Evans
Colour(s)       
Red, green, yellow, blue
Websitewww.nicholaschamberlaine-gst.org

NCS is one of the largest schools in Warwickshire. The current Executive Headmistress of the school is Mrs Alison Ramsay.

Nicholas Chamberlaine VI Form is located in the Ada Lovelace building on the school campus with the current head being Mrs Rhona Bayliss. The VI Form is recognised as one of the best performing in the county. They offer a range of BTEC and A-Level subjects such as Forensics and Criminal Investigation.

Currently the school's Senior Leadership team consists of one deputy headmistress, Jo Turner and 4 assistant head teachers: Paul Walker, Matthew Smith, Sharon Haywood and Natalie Minty.

Situated within the school campus is a specialist department named 'The Hub' which supports students with special educational needs to aid them with their learning. Hannah Roberts leads the Hub.

The School is named after Nicholas Chamberlaine (1632–1715) who was a local benefactor of the small town and a prominent figure in the history of Bedworth.

The school officially opened in 1953 where The Headmaster was Mr. Skinner and at this time NCS was a comprehensive school.

The school became a specialist technology college before reforming to an academy status in September 2013, when it became affiliated with the Griffin Schools Trust. The school had been classified as "failing" and placed under special measures in late 1999.[1] but thereafter began a turnaround.[2] In 2015 the school received a "good school" rating from Ofsted, its first such rating in 60 years.[3]

Previous headteachers
  • Mr. Skinner - former headmaster
  • Mr. Addison - former headmaster
  • Lesley King - former principal
  • Jeremy Waxman - former headmaster
  • Nick Smallman - former headmaster
  • Alison Ramsay - former headmistress
  • Louise Newman - former principal and owner of Dr. Newman Consulting
  • Justin Creasey - former headmaster
  • Mark Bland - former headmaster
  • Paul Merrell - former headmaster and English teacher
  • Alison Ramsay - current executive headmistress

Qualifications at NCS

GCSE:

  • Art, Biology, Business Studies, Citizenship, Chemistry, Computer Science, Drama, iMedia, English Language, English Literature, French, Geography, History, Mathematics, Music, Photography, Physics, Psychology, Religious Studies, Combined Science, Sociology, Health and Social Care.

A-Level:

  • Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, English Literature, Geography, History, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy and Ethics, Photography, Physics, Psychology, Sociology, Health and Social Care (single, double, triple) , PE (single and double), Applied Science, Forensics and Criminal Investigation, Digital Media.

Notable former students and teachers

Current Libertines and Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty attended the school from 1992 to 1997.[4]

Footballer and co-director of The Azaylia Foundation Ashley Cain attended Nicholas Chamberlaine School.

The author of speculative fiction Graham Joyce attended Nicholas Chamberlaine School in the late 1960s.[5]

The former Coventry City, Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday player Andy Blair went to the school in the 1970s.[6]

References
  1. "'Failing' school put on special measures.", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 11 January 2000  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  2. "School Has Turned Failure on Its Head", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 5 February 2003  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  3. "Bedworth's 'Nico' is rated officially good by the government" Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Nuneaton News, 16 July 2015.
  4. Jacqueline Doherty (2014). Pete Doherty: My Prodigal Son. Headline. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-4722-2067-7.
  5. "Graham Joyce, international award-winning writer", Derbyshire Life, 26 January 2011.
  6. Mike Malyon, "Former Bedworth sports teacher dies, aged 81", Coventry Telegraph, 10 December 2014.
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