Arnold high school

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Arnold Hill Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands. It teaches children from 11 to 18 - Years 7-13. It is located in Arnold but it serves children from various nearby areas including Killisick, Daybrook, Woodthorpe, Mapperley, Carlton, Sherwood and many other area's of the County. It is split into two sites ("Main School" and "Lower School") and has around 1800 pupils and over 100 teachers. It is one of the largest comprehensive schools in Nottinghamshire.HistoryGrammar school to ComprehensiveThe original designation was the Arnold County High School, which was opened in 1959 as a grammar school. Pupils came from about a ten mile (16 km) radius and at that time, the county was in an extensive school building programme, to cope with the post-war baby boom. The lack of university places also limited the number of pupils able to progress to a university education.Third year pupils from Arnold Girls Secondary School and Robert Mellors secondary School in Arnold in 1975 heralded the schools new Comprehensive status.Initially, on the 45acre site, there was a lower school for first and second year pupils (formerly the girls secondary modern school building), the first batch of 120 third year pupils moved straight into the middle school, which consisted of 6 classrooms, six large house rooms, used for dining and house activities, and between them, three kitchens.Early PE teachers, as they were known, soon established the school as one with strong sporting credentials, yet allowed those of a lesser physical stature, not suited to rugby, for example, to develop an interest in badminton.

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Arnold high school is Nottingham based place and this enity listed in School category.