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Chilwell School
Established 1972
Type Secondary
Principal Robert K. O. Haylock
Chair of Governors G. W. Bagley
Specialism Arts, Maths and Computing
Location Queens Road West
Nottingham
NG9 5AL
England
LEA Nottinghamshire
Ofsted number 122854
Students over 1000
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11 to 18
Website http://www.chilwell.notts.sch.uk/
Coordinates: 52°54′43″N 1°13′54″W / 52.912011, -1.231625

Chilwell School (formerly known as Chilwell Comprehensive School) is a secondary school located in Beeston, Nottingham, England. Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Beeston is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is southwest of Nottingham City Centre Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland In January 2005, the school became a "specialist school" with the awarding of the designation as "a specialist in Arts, Maths and Computing". [1] The school has a typical enrollment of over 1,000 students, aged 11 to 18. [2] In a 2006 OFSTED Inspection, the school received a "good" rating[2], and was featured in the Nottingham Evening Post. [3] The school is located adjacent to the Chilwell Olympia sports complex, and also has an attached sixth-form college, Lakeview College, currently run in collaboration with nearby school Alderman White. Chilwell Olympia is a sports centre in Chilwell, near Nottingham. Lakeview College is a Sixth form College located in Beeston, Nottingham. Lakeview has approximately 250 students, aged 16 to 18, studying for AS and A2 levels. In September 2006, Chilwell governors made the decision to make Lakeview College entirely managed and taught by Chilwell staff by September 2008.

The school was a regional host for the Adobe/MTV Boom 'Music Video Academy' in 2006, and had a computer suite donated by Educational Ideas in 2004.

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Specialism

Textile art and design

In its role as an Arts, Maths and Computing specialist school, the curriculum has been designed to integrate Information and Communications Technology, or ICT, into various other aspects of study, including art and textile design. In the United Kingdom, Information and Communication Technology ( ICT) is a subject in Education, and a part of the National Curriculum Textile art is designed by the students while learning CAD/CAM computer skills. Computer-aided manufacturing ( CAM) is the use of computer-based software tools that assist engineers and machinists in manufacturing or prototyping product components One of the goals of this program is to counter gender stereotyping of the subject. "Many of the boys who completed the project said their perception of textiles had changed and that they were. . . surprised that it wasn't all about sewing - even the girls were enlightened," stated art and textiles teacher Sue Bedford. [4] The students' work from the project has been shown at local galleries, as well. [5] As a result of this project, the school has been named a Textile Centre for Excellence, and the program has been featured in an Adobe Systems case study. Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee əˈdoʊbiː ( is an American Computer software company headquartered in San Jose California [4]

BAC3

BAC³ is a project for gifted and talented pupils run by Chilwell in collaboration with nearby schools Alderman White School and Language College and Bramcote Park Business & Enterprise School. Alderman White School and Language College is a mixed 11-18 secondary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Bramcote Park Business & Enterprise School is a mixed State school in the County of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands. [6] Now in its third year, it involves pupils from each school taking part in activities days reflecting each of the school's specialisms.

Extra-curricular

Another Day film

In 2006, as part of a media initiative known as The Project, students at Chilwell produced a short film entitled Another Day [7], which has received favorable media coverage[8] and which was screened at the August 2006 Bang! Film Festival. [9] The film started as a pupil-run literacy project by head of media Anna Hawkes, and eventually involved a large portion of the school in its planning, writing and production, as well as the staging of a film premiere in Nottingham. Nottingham ( is a city in the Ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England. The film and the project received numerous articles in the Nottingham Evening Post. [10][11]

The Feeling music video

As a sequel to the very successful Another Day film project, pupils in the school were offered the opportunity to make a music video for UK band The Feeling. The Feeling is a five-piece BRIT award -nominated British band from Sussex and London. The band offered a B-side track ("Sun is Shining") for the music video, which is currently in pre-production, and is scheduled to be completed in summer 2007. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s " Sewn " is the first single proper by British rock group The Feeling, following the 7" only single " Fill My Little World The project is again led by students, overseen by media teacher Anna Hawkes. In December 2006, while still in its early stages, The Project 2 received local media coverage. [12][13]

References

  1. ^ Specialist school status info
  2. ^ a b Gov't school inspection report
  3. ^ Evening Post Article
  4. ^ a b Adobe ICT case study
  5. ^ Chilwell students' textile art has been featured at the Husqvarna Studio exhibition
  6. ^ BAC³
  7. ^ Another Day film trailer
  8. ^ BBC coverage of film project
  9. ^ Bang! film festival
  10. ^ Nottingham Evening Post article on "Another Day"
  11. ^ Nottingham Evening Post article on the "Another Day" premiere
  12. ^ BBC News article on The Feeling video
  13. ^ Nottingham Evening Post article on The Feeling video

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