Noel-Baker Community School
Noel-Baker Community School and Language College (as it was known from September 2005) is a mixed comprehensive secondary school in Alvaston, Derby, UK. The school takes students from the Alvaston, Boulton, Crewton and Keldholme areas of the city.
In September 2004 the school was awarded specialist school status as a Language College, by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). The impact of this award has been limited since 2004. Students were required to take on a language at GCSE, but this has proven unpopular and since been withdrawn. Recently, just before the school moved into new buildings in September 2012, the school changed its name to simply 'Noel-Baker School'.
Read more about Noel-Baker Community School: History, Sixth Form, New Building Construction, Notable Alumni
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