Noel-Baker Academy

(Learn how and when to remove this message)

Academy in Derby, Derbyshire, England

52°52′58″N 1°26′20″W / 52.88288°N 1.43901°W / 52.88288; -1.43901InformationTypeAcademyEstablished1960FounderDerby City CouncilTrustLEAD Multi-Academy TrustDepartment for Education URN143853 TablesOfstedReportsHeadteacherAnn DonaghyStaff72 plus 90 associated staffGenderCo-educationalAge11 to 16Enrolment1239HousesLead, Empower, Achieve, DriveColour(s)Orange, Royal Blue, Blue, BurgundyWebsitehttp://www.noel-baker.derby.sch.uk

Noel-Baker Academy (formerly Noel-Baker Community School) is a co-educational secondary school located in Alvaston, Derby, England.

The school takes students from the Alvaston, Boulton and Crewton areas of Derby. In September 2004, the school was awarded specialist school status as a Language College by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES).^[1]

Previously a foundation school administered by Derby City Council, in February 2017, Noel-Baker Community School converted to academy status and was renamed Noel-Baker Academy. The school is now sponsored by the LEAD Multi-Academy Trust.

The school was named after Olympic silver medallist, Derby South MP and Nobel Peace prize winner, Philip Noel-Baker.

Student Leadship Team

Noel-Baker Academy has started their new house systems and new student leader. There are six House Captains, five House Vice Captains and twenty House Prefects each house or year.

House Captains

Lead –Erin Lee
Empower –Kaleb Daborn
Achieve –Lakeisa Moyo
Drive –Muhammad Muntasir
Excel –Janai Carr-Fearn

House Vice Captains

Lead –DiDi Njoke
Empower –Rubie Watson
Achieve –Harry Day
Drive –Kirills Bulazs

House Prefects

Lead:

Year 7 Esther Toindepi
Year 8-Macey Rae Enright
Year 9-Teegan Goodwin
Year 10-Lillimae Wakefield

Empower:

Year 7- Cai Russell
Year 8-Isabelle Meakin
Year 9- Angelika Aleksandrowicz
Year 10- Maddison McFarlane
Year 11-Saskia Vernon

Achieve:

Year 7-Eric Mahaka
Year 8-Bailey Bradshaw
Year 9-Evelyn Hardy
Year 10- Cody Marshall

Drive:

Year 7- Igor Skorupa
Year 10- Learni Asri
Year 11- Jacob Driscoll
Year 8- Ashley Chinemo
Year 9- Rhianna Hogan

New building

The old building, over 50 years old and now demolished, has been replaced with a new building constructed on the old playing fields. The new building was ready for the beginning of the school year in September 2012 at a cost of £34 million. The 1,150 pupils have combined with 90 pupils from St.Martin's Special School which educates special needs students.^[2]

Notable former pupils

Dame Glenda Bailey - editor of US fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar^[3]
Keith Dowding - Professor of Political Science, Australian National University
Christopher Jackson geologist^[4]
Jordon Mutch - Birmingham City football club midfielder
Ivan Gaskell - BBC sports presenter
Janek Sirrs - award winning cinema special effects artist
Tony Franklin - "The Fretless Monster" Bass Guitarist

References

^ "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. December 2006. Archived from the original on 3 August 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
^ "THIS is the £34 million building which will house pupils from St Martin's Special School and Noel-Baker Community School by September 2012. | This is Derbyshire". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Harper's Bazaar editor speaks of her childhood in Derby | This is Derbyshire". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Noel-Baker". Derby Evening Telegraph. 1993. Chris Jackson (15), year 11 pupil at Noel-Baker Community School, Alvaston