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Diplomas up for grabs in Derby from September

FULL THROTTLE:  James Milner,  15, demonstrates his engineering skills with a motorbike at Sinfin Community School.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

NINE new diploma courses start at Derby schools from September – more than anywhere else in the country.

Diplomas, aimed at 14-19-year-olds and combining skills, knowledge and work experience at three age and ability levels, were piloted in 2008.

Engineerin...

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Award delight for Vicki and a new school independent living unit

STAR PUPILS   St Benedict School form prize-winners, from left,  Hayley Tuttey, 14, Katie Bennett, 14, Olivia Gowing, 13, Shannon Tague, 13. Below: Vicki Doherty, 16, with her independent living award.

Saturday, February 06, 2010

WHEN Maggie Gorman retired from teaching last summer she made sure she left behind a couple of reminders of her time at school. The first was the...

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Head teacher's anger over dangerous footpath

furious:   Chris Reynolds,  head teacher at St Benedict School.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

DERBY City Council is refusing to close a footpath across school land where at least 40 incidents have taken place, including four assaults on pupils....

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Do schools close too easily when the weather is bad?

treacherous:  The icy footpath which forced the closure of Rosehill Infants' and Nursery School in Derby. Holbrook Church of England  Primary School, below,  stayed open because, as head Andrew Davies said,  all staff and pupils live locally.

Saturday, January 09, 2010

UP at 5am to gauge the weather conditions has been the common theme for many Derbyshire head teachers this week. Hurried calls to their teachers, a...

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UPDATED 5.25pm: Only Sinfin pupils in year 11 in lessons tomorrow

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

MOST pupils at Sinfin Community School will get a fourth day's extra break on Thursday. Problems with the school's biomass boiler resulted in head...

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Full list of school closures

Robin in snow

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Schools fully or partially closed on Tuesday, January 5 include (some have closed as the day has progressed because of the snow): - Alfreton Grange...

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Fighting bullies through songs

Monday, January 04, 2010

SCHOOLS in Derby have been sent copies of an anti-bullying CD containing songs written by children in the city. All schools were invited to write and...

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Musicians are tuning up for festive concerts

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

DERBY Music Centre has lined up an ambitious programme of performances for Christmas, And its musicians have already been in action in preparation for...

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New Roundhouse salon is at the cutting edge

first cut:  Celebrity hairdresser Joshua Galvin has officially opened Sensi, the new training and commercial hair and beauty salon at the Roundhouse.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

A WORLD-RENOWNED hairdresser gave his seal of approval to a cutting edge new training salon at Derby College. Joshua Galvin was at the college's new...

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Mixed bag of fortunes for area schools in a record year for exam results nationally

at last:  Landau Forte College pupils opening their results left, Sebastian Howell and Tiela Brown happy with their results; above, Lauren Hughes; below, from left, Heather Dobbs, Charlotte Hallas and Fran Martin.

Friday, August 28, 2009

IT was inevitable that after a year of tremendous GCSE improvements across the city in 2008 that they could falter this year. Most of Derby's schools...

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Address: Duffield Road, Darley Abbey, Derby, DE22 1JD

Email: admin@stbenedicts.derby.sch.uk


Telephone number: 01332 557032


Fax number: 01332 553032


Website: http://www.saintben.derby.sch.uk/cms/


Head teacher: Dr Chris Reynolds


Status: Voluntary aided


Number of pupils: 1,550


Last Ofsted inspection: November 2006



Notes: The school is due to have a £14m rebuilding programme after 2012

Since 1977 when the school first opened, it has become one of the largest schools in Derby, with the largest sixth form.

Head teacher Dr Chris Reynolds says: “I want to see the school continue to flourish, remain at the cutting edge, always seek to do the best for our young people, find ways of engaging everyone in, serving God by using and developing our skills to the full.

"May we continue to be proud of what we achieve and the way we live out the Rule of Saint Benedict."






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