Conisbrough And Denaby Parents Action Group (CADPAG)

The facts about Northcliffe

Facts about Northcliffe

 Northcliffe School has 790 boys and girls aged between 11 and 16 on roll.

The school largely serves two former mining communities, Conisbrough and Denaby, that are among the 5% most “deprived” wards in the country.

Of the 17 secondary schools in Doncaster, Northcliffe is the 17^th most disadvantaged.

A higher-than-average proportion of the pupils, 29.5%, are entitled to free school meals.

Around 17% of pupils are on the school’s register of special educational needs.

The proportion of pupils with a statement of special need, 5.3%, is well above average.

In 2001 the school was inspected by Ofsted and described as “a good and improving school”.

A teacher from Northcliffe won a national award for Teacher of the Year in 2001.

The school was praised for raising achievement in 2001 and given a School Achievement Award.

The school was praised for raising achievement in 2002 and given a School Achievement Award.

Two teachers at the Northcliffe were assessed against the national standards of teaching excellence in 2002 and awarded Advanced Skills Teacher status.

Northcliffe students’ level of attendance has risen each year for the past four years.

In 2003 Northcliffe students produced the best SATs and GCSE results in the history of the school.

The GCSE results showed that fewer students than the national average left the school with no qualifications.

Despite being the most disadvantaged school in the LEA, the 2003 GCSE results placed the school firmly in the middle of the school league tables.

Value added measures positioned the school as 8^th highest in Doncaster.

Three months after Northcliffe’s best ever exam performance, the school was placed in Special Measures by HMI.

5 months later the Local Education Authority announced plans to sell off the school to the Emmanuel Foundation.