North Leamington School
NLS logo since 2009
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| Motto | Believe and you will achieve |
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| Type | Community school |
| Headteacher | Joy Mitchell |
| Deputy Head | Andy Hawkins |
| Chair of Governors | Councillor Sarah Boad |
| Location |
Sandy Lane Blackdown Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV32 6RD England  Coordinates: 52°18′35″N 1°31′51″W / 52.3098°N 1.5308°W |
| Local authority | Warwickshire |
| DfE number | 937/4237 |
| DfE URN | 125748 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1215 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Binswood Blackdown Croft Manor Park (Known as Colleges) |
| Colours | Blue |
| Website | www |
North Leamington School (NLS) is a mixed comprehensive school for pupils aged 11 to 18 located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. It now operates on one main site, whereas prior to September 2009 it operated from two sites in Leamington Spa. The new school is no longer in Leamington, but the parish of Blackdown just off the B4113 road on Sandy Lane.
North Leamington is a mixed 11 to 18 comprehensive school maintained by Warwickshire County Council. The school mainly serves North Leamington. It has approximately 1350 students on roll, including 200 in the Sixth Form. Joy Mitchell is currently headteacher.
The school was formed in 1977 from the merging of three schools: Blackdown High School (Park Road site), Leamington College for Girls, a girls grammar school (Cloister Way site) and Leamington College for Boys (Binswood Hall site) on Binswood Avenue. The sixth form centre at Binswood Hall was separate to the school until 1994, when the teaching staff was merged with the 11-16 school. This was not a simple operation, with the disparate nature of the sites.
In September 2009, a completely new school was opened, built where the existing Manor Hall building was located. This new complex merged both the main school and the Sixth Form. The old site of the school has been demolished and the land sold to developers. The new site was designed by Robothams Architecture, an architectural firm based in Warwick.
Inside the school's sports hall are various sports tops from notable pupils such as former England and Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster. There is also a signed Celtic F.C. Shirt from 2007 and a Ronaldinho signed match jersey from the same year.
Prior to September 2009, the main site, located at the north of the town between the A452 and A445. This site consisted of the Lower School (Years 7, 8 & 9, approached from Cloister Way, previously called Croft Hall) and the Upper School (Years 10 & 11, approached from Park Road, previously called Park Hall). The Sixth Form Centre (Years 12 & 13) was situated in the centre of Leamington at Binswood Hall, Binswood Avenue. This was the former Leamington College for Boys, a Boys Grammar School, which opened in 1848. When it ceased being used as a school, it was empty for several years and is now a luxury retirement village (owned by Audley Retirement) with a health club and Whittles Restaurant.
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