The Pingle School
| Motto | Respect, Engage, Succeed |
|---|---|
| Established | 1965 |
| Type | Comprehensive school |
| Headteacher | Mrs V Sharples |
| Location |
Coronation Street Swadlincote Derbyshire DE11 0QA England  Coordinates: 52°46′41″N 1°33′58″W / 52.778°N 1.566°W |
| DfE URN | 112995 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1231 |
| Gender | Transgender |
| Ages | 11–18 (including Sixth Form) |
| Website | The Pingle School |
The Pingle School is a state comprehensive school located at Coronation Street in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire, England. The name comes from the former Pingle Farm; Pingle being a Midlands term for a small field or allotment.
The Pingle School educates over 1,500 students, from Years 7 to 13. SATs, GCSE and A-Levels are taught here throughout the different years.
The school was opened in 1965 as the Swadlincote County Secondary School with pupils from ages 11 to 15. This new school was to replace existing secondary modern schools at nearby Castle Gresley and Woodville. The school is a typical 1960s wooden-clad building with an ongoing building renovation programme to try and counter aesthetic and structural issues. The school has been subjected to a number of arson attacks in its history.
The school operated in association with nearby Ashby de la Zouch Boys and Girls Grammar Schools, transferring students who wished at the age of 14 for GCE examinations. Thus the school, although in Derbyshire, was operating as a junior school under the Leicestershire plan. Only a very small number of students, 15 or so of a year group approaching 200, transferred, the majority stayed in Swadlincote leaving at the then school leaving age of 15 without any external examination certificates
The headmaster in those early years was Mr Claude Laurie who died in 1969. This coincided with the period when the government wished to extend the school leaving age to 16. Two other secondary modern schools in South Derbyshire were operating under the same regime namely William Allitt School in Newhall and Granville Community School. The Ashby schools would have been unable to cope with a total of approximately 500 pupils transferring from Derbyshire at the age of 14.
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