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John Port Spencer Academy
John Port Spencer Academy
Address
	Main Street; Etwall, Derbyshire, DE65 6LU; England
Coordinates	52°53′04″N 1°36′10″W / 52.88443°N 1.60266°W
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	Excellence in Everything
Established	1956
Department for Education URN	145500 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Laura O’Leary
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Enrolment	2100
Colour(s)	Oxford blue
Website	http://www.johnport.derbyshire.sch.uk/

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John Port Spencer Academy, formerly known as John Port School, is an academy and secondary school in the village of Etwall, Derbyshire, England.^[1]

Admissions

With the current number of students around the 2100 mark^[2] it puts John Port as the largest secondary school in Derbyshire, and one of the largest nationally.^[3] The current acting head-teacher is Alison Vann.

John Port is a mixed gender school, with the student age range between 11 and 18, and with the 6th Form taking students from the ages of 16 to 18. There are approximately 141 full-time and temporary members of the teaching staff.

History

The school is on the site of a demolished country manor, Etwall Hall, Etwall, situated just outside Derby, traditionally of the Port family who were the wealthy landowners/farmers of the parish.^[4] In 1952, the Derbyshire County Council bought Etwall Hall from Reg Parnell, the famous racing car driver. The hall had been used during the Second World War by the Army, first as a petrol depot and later as an equipment supply centre and been left in a somewhat dilapidated state. After its demolition a secondary modern, Etwall Secondary School, and a secondary grammar school, John Port Grammar School, were built on the site. In 1965 they were amalgamated to form the John Port School that occupies the site today.

The name of the Port family, who lived at the hall, has been associated with Etwall since the 15th century. The family's most famous son, Sir John Port, was the founder of the nearby Repton School and committed to the furthering of education for young men in the village. It therefore seemed entirely appropriate that the new school was named after him.

School site

The large site has green open spaces between the individual teaching facilities.^[5] The centre of the site is focussed around the lake, one of the original fishing ponds that were in the grounds of the Etwall Hall.

Teaching facilities are spread across the site, with each faculty having a separate building. The buildings are mostly named after settlements and features in Derbyshire and the Peak District, with the exceptions to this being Flamsteed, named after a famous local scientist John Flamsteed, and the Jubilee Centre, named to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Learning Resources Centre is situated centrally on the site, occupying most of the ground floor of 'B' block.

The site is also home to the Etwall Leisure Centre, with public access from Hilton Road. This new centre was officially opened on 17 July 2009, although it didn't open to the public till 5 August 2009. The new facilities include a six-lane 25 m swimming pool, squash courts, fitness suite and large sports hall.

School performance

The school was inspected in May 2022 and was rated as “good” by Ofsted.^[6]

Notable students

David Willey – American Physics populariser^[7]
Mel Morris – English businessman^[8]

Kaide Gordon (professional footballer)

John Port Grammar School

Sir Howard Newby (1959–66) – Sociologist, former head of the Economic and Social Research Council^[9] University Vice-Chancellor at Southampton, UWE and currently Liverpool

Catchment area

The size of the school means that it has a very large catchment area, covering 31 parishes of South Derbyshire.

And includes the following primary schools:^[10]

Church Broughton Primary School
Egginton Primary School
Etwall Primary School
Heathfields Primary School
Findern Primary School
Hilton Primary School
Longford Primary School
Long Lane Primary School
Mickleover Primary School
Ravensdale Primary School
Repton Primary School
Silverhill Primary School
Sudbury Primary School
St Clare Special Needs School
Willington Primary School

References

^ John Port site. Retrieved 16 May 2009
^ "John Port School". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011.
^ List of Large Secondary Schools, WhatDoTheyKnow.com
^ Etwall at Derbyshire-PeakDistrict.co.uk. Retrieved August 2007
^ Site plan Archived 6 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Johnport.org
^ "Ofsted". Inspection of John Port Spencer Academy. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
^ "David Willey's Last Lab Marks End of Era | University of Pittsburgh Johnstown | University of Pittsburgh". www.johnstown.pitt.edu. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^ "All you need to know about Derby County owner Mel Morris". DerbyshireLive. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
^ Higher Education in the 21st Century (Conference), Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland, 25–27 June 2007 (Speaker Biographies). Retrieved 17 August 2008
^ John Port School parents Accessed 2014_01_26^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[John_Port_School-1] John Port site. Retrieved 16 May 2009

[2] "John Port School". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011.

[3] List of Large Secondary Schools, WhatDoTheyKnow.com

[Etwall_Hall-4] Etwall at Derbyshire-PeakDistrict.co.uk. Retrieved August 2007

[5] Site plan Archived 6 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Johnport.org

[Ofsted-6] "Ofsted". Inspection of John Port Spencer Academy. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

[7] "David Willey's Last Lab Marks End of Era | University of Pittsburgh Johnstown | University of Pittsburgh". www.johnstown.pitt.edu. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

[8] "All you need to know about Derby County owner Mel Morris". DerbyshireLive. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

[Howard_Newby-9] Higher Education in the 21st Century (Conference), Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland, 25–27 June 2007 (Speaker Biographies). Retrieved 17 August 2008

[10] John Port School parents Accessed 2014_01_26^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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+'''John Port Spencer Academy''', formerly known as '''John Port School''', is an [[Academy (English school)|academy]] and secondary school in the village of [[Etwall]], Derbyshire, England.<ref name="John Port School">[http://parents.johnport.derbyshire.sch.uk John Port site]. Retrieved 16 May 2009</ref>
-'''John Port Spencer Academy''' is an [[Academy (English school)|academy]] and secondary school in the village of [[Etwall]], Derbyshire, England.<ref name="John Port School">[http://parents.johnport.derbyshire.sch.uk John Port site]. Retrieved 16 May 2009</ref>
 ==Admissions==
-With the current number of students around the 2100 mark<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111003191209/http://www.johnport.derbyshire.sch.uk/misc_pages/default.aspx?section=About%20Us&page=1 About Us page]</ref> it puts John Port as the largest secondary school in Derbyshire, and one of the largest nationally.<ref>[http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/list_of_large_secondary_schools List of Large Secondary Schools], WhatDoTheyKnow.com</ref> The current head-teacher is Karen Squire.
+With the current number of students around the 2100 mark<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.johnport.derbyshire.sch.uk/misc_pages/default.aspx?section=About%20Us&page=1|title=John Port School|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003191209/http://www.johnport.derbyshire.sch.uk/misc_pages/default.aspx?section=About%20Us&page=1|archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref> it puts John Port as the largest secondary school in Derbyshire, and one of the largest nationally.<ref>[http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/list_of_large_secondary_schools List of Large Secondary Schools], WhatDoTheyKnow.com</ref> The current acting head-teacher is Alison Vann.
 John Port is a mixed gender school, with the student age range between 11 and 18, and with the 6th Form taking students from the ages of 16 to 18. There are approximately 141 full-time and temporary members of the teaching staff.
 ==History==
+{{original research section|date=January 2022}}
 The school is on the site of a demolished country manor, Etwall Hall, Etwall, situated just outside Derby, traditionally of the Port family who were the wealthy landowners/farmers of the parish.<ref name="Etwall Hall">[http://www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk/etwall.htm Etwall at Derbyshire-PeakDistrict.co.uk]. Retrieved August 2007</ref> In 1952, the Derbyshire County Council bought Etwall Hall from [[Reg Parnell]], the famous racing car driver. The hall had been used during the Second World War by the Army, first as a petrol depot and later as an equipment supply centre and been left in a somewhat dilapidated state. After its demolition a [[Secondary modern school|secondary modern]], Etwall Secondary School, and a secondary [[Grammar schools in the United Kingdom|grammar school]], John Port Grammar School, were built on the site. In 1965 they were amalgamated to form the John Port School that occupies the site today.
@@ Line 59: / Line 59: @@
 ==School site==
 [[file:John Port School in Etwall - a walnut tree.jpg|thumb|left|A green site]]
-The large site<ref>[http://www.johnport.org.uk/Information/Site-Plan/ Site plan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606081745/http://johnport.org.uk/Information/Site-Plan/ |date=6 June 2014 }}, Johnport.org</ref> has an open feel, being a 'green' campus with plenty of open spaces between the individual teaching facilities. The centre of the site is focussed around the lake, one of the original fishing ponds that were in the grounds of the Etwall Hall.
+The large site has green open spaces between the individual teaching facilities.<ref>[http://www.johnport.org.uk/Information/Site-Plan/ Site plan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606081745/http://johnport.org.uk/Information/Site-Plan/ |date=6 June 2014 }}, Johnport.org</ref> The centre of the site is focussed around the lake, one of the original fishing ponds that were in the grounds of the Etwall Hall.
 Teaching facilities are spread across the site, with each faculty having a separate building. The buildings are mostly named after settlements and features in Derbyshire and the Peak District, with the exceptions to this being Flamsteed, named after a famous local scientist John Flamsteed, and the Jubilee Centre, named to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
@@ Line 68: / Line 68: @@
 ==School performance==
+The school was inspected in May 2022 and was rated as “good” by [[Ofsted]].<ref name="Ofsted">{{cite web |title=Ofsted |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50188403 |website=Inspection of John Port Spencer Academy |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>
-The school was most recently graded as "Inadequate" by [[Ofsted]] in all aspects of the school in a June 2017 inspection report. Numerous failures of the school's leadership were criticised, in particular student safeguarding and welfare, academic performance, the behaviour and moral guidance of students, quality of teaching, sixth form education and lacklustre leadership, causing the then Headmaster Chris Sainsbury to resign after having been suspended.<ref name="derbytelegraph">https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/damning-ofted-report-john-port-205994</ref><ref name="ofsted">https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2711915</ref> It has been placed under "special measures" by Ofsted as a result, and the school has not been inspected since.
 ==Notable students==
-* [[David Harrison (RAF officer)|David Harrison]] – Air Commodore in the RAF{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
-* [[David Willey (physicist)|David Willey]] – American Physics populariser{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
+* [[David Willey (physicist)|David Willey]] – American Physics populariser<ref>{{cite web |title=David Willey's Last Lab Marks End of Era {{!}} University of Pittsburgh Johnstown {{!}} University of Pittsburgh |url=https://www.johnstown.pitt.edu/willey |website=www.johnstown.pitt.edu |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>
-* [[Mel Morris (businessman)|Mel Morris]] – English businessman, who currently owns Championship football club, Derby County F.C {{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
+* [[Mel Morris (businessman)|Mel Morris]] – English businessman<ref>{{cite news |title=All you need to know about Derby County owner Mel Morris |url=https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-profile-mel-morris-2666706 |website=DerbyshireLive |access-date=25 February 2021 |date=21 March 2019}}</ref>
+* [[Kaide Gordon]] (professional footballer)
 ===John Port Grammar School===
 * Sir [[Howard Newby]] (1959–66) – Sociologist, former head of the Economic and Social Research Council<ref name="Howard Newby">[http://www.heconference.dit.ie/speaker_biographies.html Higher Education in the 21st Century (Conference), Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland, 25–27 June 2007 (Speaker Biographies)]. Retrieved 17 August 2008</ref> University Vice-Chancellor at Southampton, UWE and currently Liverpool
-* [[Mark Sharman]] (1961–68), Head of News and Sport at [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
 ==Catchment area==
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 ==References==
 [[File:John Port School Logo.jpg|thumb|right| the school crest]] {{Reflist|3}}
-==External links==
-* [http://www.johnport.derbyshire.sch.uk/ School Website]
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