Chellaston Academy

The school opened in 1977 and its sixth form is the largest in Derby. The school officially became an Academy on 1 December 2010. == History ==

The first build of the school started in 1975 and was finished in 1977, providing 450 places for students, and the second build, completed in November 1978, created another 300 places. In September 1994, an extension to the technology block was completed, facilitating the options of Art, Design, Wet and Dry Textiles along with other such technology facilities, while the Performing Arts Studio (in the main block) was converted from the Lecture Theatre. ==Academics==

The school works a 50-hour, two-week timetable on a comprehensive principal. In Key Stage 3, no child does a reduced curriculum. French and Spanish are taught, though two hours a fortnight can be diverted to literacy and English catchup. Ofsted visited the school in 2019, three days after a member of staff had been arrested on over a serious breach of trust, Ofsted did not examine the incident but did consider the senior managements response. Ofsted considered all areas in Key Stage 3 and 4 were good, but was concerned about monitoring and safeguarding in the sixth form, Key Stage 5. They mentioned the unmonitored absences in Year 12, and the amount of unsupervised work experience but were still impressed by the teaching standard and the outcomes the students achieved. == Chellaston Uganda Project ==

Since 2006 Chellaston Academy has been raising money to fund materials used by the students and staff who fly to Uganda to repair/improve an orphanage known as the John Dickins House. This building facility aims to provide clean water, food and shelter to children of Uganda who have no parents and are living in the streets. Every year until 2020 some sixth form students and staff would fly over to the country and spend a month there. As well as building the orphanage, the students engaged in activities from bungee jumping and white water rafting, to visiting homes created for the disabled. They spent time bonding and socialising with the children who lived in the orphanage. ==References==