All Saints Academy, Dunstable
| Motto | Living Well Together in Dignity, Faith and Hope |
|---|---|
| Established | 1936 |
| Type | Academy |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Principal | Mrs Liz Furber |
| Location |
Houghton Road Dunstable Bedfordshire LU5 5AB England 51°53′49″N 0°31′48″W / 51.897°N 0.530°WCoordinates: 51°53′49″N 0°31′48″W / 51.897°N 0.530°W |
| Local authority | Central Bedfordshire |
| DfE URN | 135946 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Blue, Yellow |
| Website | allsaintsacademydunstable.org |
All Saints Academy (formerly The Northfields Technology College) is a mixed secondary school located in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.
All Saints educates 11- to 16-year-olds, as well as mainly from the town of Dunstable and some surrounding villages. In addition, the school offers further education for 16- to 18-year-olds through its sixth form department.
The school was launched under the direction of Frank Underwood on January 14, 1936, with 336 students. It was then known as Northfields Senior Elementary School. As a consequence of the Education Act 1944, Northfields then became a secondary modern school.
Following the 1967 Plowden Report, Bedfordshire LEA decided to implement the three-tier education system of lower, middle and upper schools in the county. By the end of the 1970s, Northfields was redesignated as a comprehensive upper school.
The school was among the first to operate a farm on site, with children looking after the animals, under Mr Jones (Science teacher) advice. There were pigs, cows & chickens, eggs were collected & either hatched or sold, the pigs & cows went through a full life cycle before entering the food chain. A part of the farm was given over to crops and farming methods. The farm lost importance in the mid-1970s and part of the land was taken for the new sports hall, as a result the farm lost its viability. Head Master at the time was Mr David Fone, Deputy Head Mrs Baines.
In the early 1980s under David Fone, the school took part in an experiment to promote the use of computers in schools and as a result received special funding which paid for BBC Model B computers in almost every classroom and every subject. The computers were linked by an early form of network. Some homework was done on computer and saved on network directories. There was also an attempt to fully computerise the school records. As a result of this David Fone received an OBE in 1989.
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