North Leamington School

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.

Admissions

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.

History

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.