Meden School

Story

Meden School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form on Burns Lane between Market Warsop and Church Warsop in Nottinghamshire, England, with 860 pupils at the Ofsted report of 2014, of which 116 were sixth-formers. The school is a member of the Torch Academy Gateway Trust, led by Mr John Tomasevic. The trust includes Nottingham University Samworth Academy and Toot Hill School.HistoryThe local area is historically a coal-mining area in the Mansfield district, with the closed Welbeck Colliery, one of Nottinghamshire's last surviving pits, nearby at Meden Vale. The school is next to the main A60 road and near the River Meden, with the Meden Sports Centre, which has a small swimming pool, integral to the site.The school opened as the Meden Comprehensive School on 7 September 1965. The official opening took place on 8 June 1966 attended by the Secretary to the Council for Education in World Citizenship. The £253,000 building was built to withstand mining subsidence and had around 600 pupils. The school gained Technology specialist status in 2001 and was placed into special measures during 2011, becoming an academy under the auspices of the Torch Academy Gateway Trust in 2012. The school had 860 pupils in 2014. The school is currently undergoing a £1.5 million refurbishment to its infrastructure.