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Northgate High School and Dereham Sixth Form College is an academy situated in East Dereham, Norfolk, England. It is a co-educational comprehensive school, for ages 11–18., the Executive Headteacher is Mr Glyn Hambling, who took up his post in September 2011, after former temporary Headteacher Paul Mitchell left in June 2011. The school converted to academy status in September 2014. In October 2016 Northgate announced its intention to form a Multi-Academy Trust, called the Unity Academy Trust. The Unity Academy Trust name was already in use elsewhere, therefore the trust was launched as the Unity Education Trust on March 1st, 2017, comprising the following five establishments: Northgate High School & Dereham Sixth Form College Grove House Infant & Junior School Kings Park Infant School Beeston Primary School Garvestone Primary SchoolDereham Sixth Form CollegeDereham Sixth Form College is a post-16 sixth form centre in the Norfolk town of Dereham, England. The centre is operated by Northgate High School, offering AS level, BTEC and A level courses. From 1977 to 2016 the college was jointly managed and governed by the two high schools in Dereham, Neatherd and Northgate. Teaching was divided equally between both schools. Northgate High School, was awarded the college in July 2016 by Norfolk County Council following the declaration in February 2016 by the governing body of Dereham Neatherd High School that it desired to set up its own sixth form. Later, in the same month, Northgate announced that it was setting up a Multi Academy Trust with Dereham Sixth Form College.