High-flying school is region’s best of decade
NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS IN SUNDAY TIMES AWARD
STAFF at Nottingham High School are celebrating after scooping the the Sunday Times East Midlands Independent Secondary School of the Decade title.
Following changes in the education system due to Covid-19 the annual award for best school was put on hold.
In its place, The Sunday Times reviewed all the results and data from the past 10 years to introduce the School of the Decade award for 2021.
The 28th edition of Parent Power, The Sunday Times School Guide 2021 identifies the highest-achieving schools in the UK, ranked by their examination results.
It has chosen 26 Schools of the Decade in recognition of their sustained excellence.
Nottingham High School’s “outstanding academic success” was among the reasons it won the award, as it achieved the best exam results year on year.
Headmaster Kevin Fear said: “We are thrilled to be named as the East Midlands Independent School of the Decade. The last 10 years has been such an exciting time as we have become fully co-educational at the same time as enhancing our academic standards, ensuring that we have consistently been the highest achieving school in the region.
“This award is fantastic recognition for all of our staff, both teaching and support, who have shared the goal of the school being the best in the region and who have worked so hard to provide so many brilliant opportunities for our pupils.
“Our pupils, too, over this time have played their part in this success and so enjoy each and every day at the school.
“Strong academic results and outstanding care for each individual pupil through our tutor system lies at the heart of our success.”
During the past decade the school has become fully co-educational, taking its first girls in 2015.
Staff and students have worked over recent years to raise its academic performance and students have gone on to prestigious universities and then successful careers in a number of professions.
Most recently, one if its former students, Laurence Henry, competed in and won the 2019 series of Masterchef: The Professionals.
In its ISI (Independent School Inspectorate) report published last year, the school was praised for its “nurturing’ community where pupils ‘flourish”.