Worksop - Education

Education

Welbeck College, a sixth-form college for potential army officers was based near Worksop from 1953 until 2005, and has now moved to Woodhouse in Leicestershire.

  • North Notts College is on Carlton Road (A60).
  • Outwood Academy Portland is on Sparken Hill near the A57/B6034 roundabout. It is a very impressive new build. The school achieved its best ever GCSE results in 2010 and is on course to do even better in 2011.
  • Outwood Academy Valley is on Valley Road next to the new leisure centre and these are also impressive new builds.
  • Worksop Post-16 Centre offers a wide range of AS/A level courses and other qualifications. This replaces the former sixth forms at Portland and Valley schools. This opened on 3 September 2007. The centre runs in partnership with the two schools and North Notts College.
  • Both secondary schools in Worksop have undergone major redevelopment, the old buildings being demolished and rebuilt.
  • Redlands primary is a school on Crown Street. It was the first school in Worksop to be redeveloped.
  • Norbridge is a primary school on Stanley Street near Outwood Academy Valley.
  • St. Johns primary is a school on Raymouth Lane at the end of Valley Road, also near Outwood Academy Valley.
  • Sir Edmund Hillary Primary School is on Kingsway off Kilton Hill (B6041).
  • Prospect Hill Junior School and Prospect Hill Infant and Nursery School are based on the same site on Maple Drive in the North East of Worksop.
  • Holy Family Catholic Primary School is a Catholic School on Netherton Road, next to Portland School.
  • Gateford Park Primary School
  • Worksop Priory Primary School is a primary school on Holles Street, opened in 1990.
  • St. Annes Primary is on Harrington Street off Newcastle Street (B6024)
  • The town is also home to Worksop College, a coeducational day and boarding school.

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