Outwood Academy Ripon
| Motto | Students First |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Executive Principal | Andrew Wappatt |
| Principal | Stephen Merifield |
| Location |
Clotherholme Road Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 2DE England Coordinates: 54°08′22″N 1°32′22″W / 54.139470°N 1.539440°W |
| DfE number | 815/4203 |
| Houses | Africa, Americas, Australasia, Europe |
| Colours | Purple |
| Website |
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Outwood Academy Ripon is a small, coeducational secondary academy school situated in the city of Ripon, in North Yorkshire, England.
The school provides for approximately 600 pupils, including those in the sixth form. The school principal is Stephen Merifield, and the executive principal, Robert Tarn.
Previously known as Ripon City School until 1999 and Ripon College until 2011, it is one of over 11 secondary schools in the local area, including nearby selective Ripon Grammar School, and the more distant Thirsk School and Sixth Form College and Boroughbridge High School.
In 2000 teacher James Kelly of the previous North Ripon College was the regional winner of a teaching award in the "Most Outstanding New Teacher" category.[1]
On 11 November 2015, Up to 40 pupils at the school simultaneously fell ill and showed signs of "sickness and feeling faint sometime between 11:00 and 11.30", police said.[2]
Staff and Departments
Principal Steven Merifield is assisted by a team of Senior Leadership Team.
List of Senior Leadership Team:
Tamsin Fauntkane - Associate Assistant Principal and Head of English
Craig Young - Vice Principal
Hazel Atherly - Associate Assistant Principal and Learning Manager
Kate Staniforth- Associate Assistant Principal and Head of ICT and Business Studies
Lindsay Carroll - Acting Assistant Principal
Tom Gaunt - Associate Assistant Principal and Head of PE
Will Pratt - Assistant Principal
Departments, Head of Departments and Second in Departments
Maths - Mr M Fannen 2nd Mr K Aughton
English - Mrs T Fauntkane 2nd Miss L Overton
Science -Miss L Moody 2nd Miss M Carpenter
Humanities - Mr Y Berland 2nd Miss K Barrett
Technology and Creative Arts -Mrs E O'Brien 2nd Mr D Kenway
ICT and Business Studies - Mrs K Staniforth 2nd Mr T Kirkpatrick
Physical Education - Mr T Gaunt 2nd Mr W Pratt
The academy has 21 Vertical Mentor Groups which assemble after second lesson and take part in different activities. The mentor groups contain pupils from all years including sixth form.
List of Vertical Mentor Groups
Australia,
Argentina,
Belgium,
Chile,
Fiji,
France,
Ghana,
Kenya,
Madagascar,
Mexico,
Morocco,
New Zealand,
Peru,
Poland,
Portugal,
Samoa,
South Africa,
Spain,
Switzerland,
Tonga,
USA.
References
- ↑ In with a bang | Special Reports | EducationGuardian.co.uk
- ↑ "School pupils collapse at Outwood Academy in Ripon". BBC News. 11 November 2015.