Olympic Torch
The school was visited by the Olympic torch relay in June 2012, the school forming the relay's 'lunch stop' as it traveled through Derbyshire. A commemorative stone at the school marks the occasion.
One student, Sarah Needham, a member of the school's Sports Leadership Academy, carried the torch later that day in Derby, whilst Jayne Allen, the academy's co-ordinator, was later honoured with carrying the Paralympic torch.
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