Tupton Hall School

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Tupton Hall School is one of the largest secondary schools in the North East Derbyshire district with a large body of students and one of the largest sixth forms in the county.History of Tupton Hall SchoolGrammar SchoolTupton Hall was founded as a Tupton Hall Grammar School in 1936 as a secondary school in the Clay Cross area on a site purchased by the Derbyshire Education Committee in 1929. In 1936, the school moved to its present site, formerly occupied by the mansion Tupton Hall. The original building was designed by G.H. Widdows, the county architect, and it was opened by Oliver Stanley, the Secretary of State for Education.Comprehensive schoolFrom 1967-9, many new buildings were constructed to prepare for the transformation to becoming a much larger comprehensive school . The new school opened in 1969. The remodelled school was well regarded as an architectural achievement using CLASP system which allowed standard components for school construction. Nicholas Pevsner described it as "one of the best uses of the CLASP system for school buildings in the country... creating a village type atmosphere" Architects were George Grey & Partners in association with D.S.Davies .The school was severely run down by the new millennium and the new school opened in Easter 2003.New schoolThe school is a specialist sports college and is one of the most modern school buildings in the county, being the tester school for the new school design permeating throughout Derbyshire and the East Midlands with many modern features, built under a PFI scheme. -