North Kesteven School

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Established 1998
Closed 2013
Type Academy
Headteacher Martin Connor
Chair of Governors Tony Gamble
Location Moor Lane
North Hykeham
Lincolnshire
LN6 8AJ
England
Coordinates: 53°11′11″N 0°35′50″W / 53.1864°N 0.5972°W / 53.1864; -0.5972
DfE number 925/5412
DfE URN 136871 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 1419
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Houses Team Mystic, Team Valor, Team Instinct
Colours Green, Purple.
Website NKS

North Kesteven School is a co-educational academy school on Moor Lane, off the A1434 in North Hykeham which is in North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England.

Admissions

The school has around 1400 pupils, aged 11 to 18, and offers GCSE, A Level and Btec certificates in the fields of Technologies, Arts, History, Geography, Business Studies and Modern Foreign Languages. The school is adjacent to Robert Pattinson School on the west side of Moor Lane. Next door (on the same site) to the west is North Kesteven Leisure Centre and the Terry O'Toole Theatre. The sports centre is used by the school during normal school hours. It essentially is the school gym. Recently, the school has offered a breakfast service from 8.15am.

History

Grammar school

The school was founded as a grammar school, the North Kesteven Grammar School, in 1961, when administered by the County of Lincoln - Parts of Kesteven Education Committee, based in Sleaford. It had moved into a new building in January 1961 with 600 boys and girls.

Comprehensive

It became a comprehensive school in 1970 with 1200 boys and girls. From April 1974, it was administered by Lincolnshire. It became a grant maintained school in April 1992 and a foundation school in September 1999. A sixth form complex opened in 1999.

It has been designated a specialist Arts College in performing arts since September 2000. As part of the commitment to the arts, the Arts Complex was opened in September 2002, which included the 250-seat Terry O'Toole Theatre.

Academy

The school was awarded academy status in 2010.

Academic performance

Compared to many schools in nearby Lincoln, NK School gets better results - 50% of pupils get 5 grades A-C including English and Maths at GCSE. It gets comparable results to Robert Pattinson, and the sixth form is shared as the North Hykeham Joint Sixth Form.

Notable former pupils

North Kesteven Grammar School

News items

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