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  1. 44 relations: Academy (English school), Alex Giltrow, Alfie Jones, Arts College (United Kingdom), Artsmark, Backwell, BBC News, Beacon Status, Bristol, Chris Cox (magician), Chris Dent, Chris Wood (golfer), Cleeve, Somerset, Cotswolds, GCSE, International school, Jerry Gill, Joel McIver, Kingsmead School, Wiveliscombe, Kingston Seymour, Kirk Jones (director), Local education authorities in England and Wales, Lynn Buckle, Mendip Hills, Mixed-sex education, Nailsea, National College for Teaching and Leadership, Noah Marullo, North Somerset Council, Ofsted, Paul Bird (cricketer), Physical education, Quantock Hills, Richard Foord, Richard Ottaway, Secondary modern school, Sedgemoor, Sixth form, Somerset, Somerset Council, Specialist schools programme, Swimming (sport), Tripartite System of education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Yatton.

  2. Academies in North Somerset
  3. Secondary schools in North Somerset

Academy (English school)

An academy school in England is a state-funded school which is directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control.

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Alex Giltrow

Alex Giltrow (born 5 July 1991) is an English rugby union player who plays for Clifton RFC.

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Alfie Jones

Alfie Charles Jones (born 7 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for club Hull City.

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Arts College (United Kingdom)

An Arts College, in the United Kingdom, is a type of specialist school that specialises in the subject fields of the performing, visual, digital and/or media arts.

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Artsmark

Artsmark is the creative quality standard for schools and education settings, awarded by Arts Council England.

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Backwell

Backwell is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset and in 2011 had a population of 4,589.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Beacon Status

Beacon Status was a progressive educational initiative that the United Kingdom implemented based on the idea that organizational learning could be advanced through a competitive process of identifying successful organizations and recruiting them to disseminate their good practices.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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Chris Cox (magician)

Chris Cox (born 21 January 1984 in Bristol) is a mentalist magician – a self-proclaimed "mind reader who can't read minds".

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Chris Dent

Christopher David James Dent (born 20 January 1991) is an English cricketer.

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Chris Wood (golfer)

Christopher James Wood (born 26 November 1987) is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.

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Cleeve, Somerset

Cleeve is a village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.

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Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham.

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GCSE

The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988.

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International school

An international school is an institution that promotes education in an international environment or framework.

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Jerry Gill

Jeremy Morley "Jerry" Gill (born 8 September 1970) is an English former professional footballer who is currently manager of National League South club Bath City.

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Joel McIver

Joel McIver (born 10 February 1971) is a British author.

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Kingsmead School, Wiveliscombe

Kingsmead School (KS) is a coeducational state school in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, serving the north-west of Taunton Deane district.

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Kingston Seymour

Kingston Seymour is a small village and civil parish with royal status in Somerset, England.

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Kirk Jones (director)

Kirk Jones is an English film director and screenwriter.

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Local education authorities (LEAs) were defined in England and Wales as the local councils responsible for education within their jurisdictions.

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Lynn Buckle

Lynn Buckle is an Irish writer.

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Mendip Hills

The Mendip Hills (commonly called the Mendips) is a range of limestone hills to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset, England.

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Mixed-sex education

Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together.

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Nailsea

Nailsea is a town in North Somerset, England, southwest of Bristol, and northeast of Weston-super-Mare.

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National College for Teaching and Leadership

The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) (inheritor of the site and functions of the National College for School Leadership (NCSL)) was an executive agency of the Department for Education (a United Kingdom Government Ministry whose responsibilities extended to England only, not Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland).

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Noah Marullo

Noah Marullo (born 23 June 1999) is a British actor from Flax Bourton, England.

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North Somerset Council

North Somerset Council is the local authority of North Somerset, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.

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Ofsted

The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament.

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Paul Bird (cricketer)

Paul James Bird (born 7 May 1971) played first-class and List A cricket for Somerset in 1994.

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Physical education

Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys.

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Quantock Hills

The Quantock Hills west of Bridgwater in Somerset, England, consist of heathland, oak woodlands, ancient parklands and agricultural land.

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Richard Foord

Richard John Foord (born 13 February 1978) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and former British Army officer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Honiton and Sidmouth, previously Tiverton and Honiton, since 2022.

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Richard Ottaway

Sir Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway (born 24 May 1945) is a British Conservative Party politician and consultant.

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Secondary modern school

A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland from 1944 until the 1970s under the Tripartite System.

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Sedgemoor

Sedgemoor is a low-lying area of land in Somerset, England.

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Sixth form

In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18.

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Somerset

Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Somerset Council

Somerset Council, known until 2023 as Somerset County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England.

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Specialist schools programme

The specialist schools programme (SSP), first launched as the Technology Colleges programme and also known as the specialist schools initiative, specialist schools policy and specialist schools scheme, was a government programme in the United Kingdom which encouraged state schools in England and Northern Ireland to raise private sponsorship in order to become specialist schools – schools that specialise in certain areas of the curriculum – to boost achievement, cooperation and diversity in the school system.

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Swimming (sport)

Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water.

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Tripartite System of education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

The Tripartite System was the arrangement of state-funded secondary education between 1945 and the 1970s in England and Wales, and from 1947 to 2009 in Northern Ireland.

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Yatton

Yatton is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.

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See also

Academies in North Somerset

Secondary schools in North Somerset

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backwell_School