Nottingham Girls' Academy (formerly Manning Comprehensive School) is a girls' secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Aspley area of Nottingham in the English county of Nottinghamshire.
History Grammar schools Manning Grammar School for Girls, was originally part of the High Pavement Grammar School until 1931, when it moved into new buildings on Gregory Boulevard. High Pavement had previously been coeducational from 1898.Nottingham Evening Post Saturday 25 November 1972, page 6 It opened in April 1931.Nottingham Evening Post Wednesday 18 March 1931, page 6 It was evacuated with High Pavement to Mansfield in the war.Nottingham Evening Post Tuesday 5 September 1939, page 7Nottingham Evening Post Tuesday 12 September 1939, page 6 The two schools had joint theatre productions in the 1960s and 1970s. And there were marriages.Nottingham Evening Post Thursday 23 March 1961, page 6 It moved in 1983 to a former school, when local schools closed.Stapleford & Sandiacre News Thursday 19 May 1983, page 24Nottingham Evening Post Friday 24 May 1985, page 9Nottingham Evening Post Monday 15 December 1986, page 4
Nottinghamshire Education Committee bought the Brincliffe School for Girls in 1920 for £3,400.Nottingham Journal Wednesday 28 January 1920, page 8 In 1960 there were plans to rebuild the school as a £195,547 three-form technical grammar school.Nottingham Guardian Friday 23 December 1960, page 3 Many parents protested, in 1973 and 1974, about the planned closure planned for 1975. Nottingham's schools now are the second-lowest at GCSE in England.Nottingham Evening Post Wednesday 7 March 1973, page 8Nottingham Evening Post Saturday 10 March 1973, page 6Nottingham Evening Post Thursday 11 April 1974, page 1
Peveril Secondary School This opened in September 1955.Nottingham Evening Post Monday 5 September 1955, page 10 It was officially opened on Thursday 18 October 1956, and cost £173,941. Mr S Ward was the headmaster, and he would leave in 1972.Nottingham Evening News Thursday 18 October 1956, page 7Nottingham Evening News Friday 19 October 1956, page 9
Comprehensive Previously a community school administered by Nottingham City Council, Manning Comprehensive School converted to academy status on 1 September 2011 and was renamed Nottingham Girls' Academy. The school is sponsored by the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust, however Nottingham Girls' Academy continues to coordinate with Nottingham City Council for admissions.
Nottingham Girls' Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.
Alumni Notable alumni are categorised from the school's former names.
Peveril Bilateral School Su Pollard, actress
Brincliffe Grammar School for Girls Enid Bakewell, cricketer Sue Clifford, founder of Common Ground, known for Apple Day Ruth Kennedy, athlete Dame Laura Knight, artist during World War II
Manning Grammar School Vera Carstairs (née Hunt) known for work on social deprivation, married Morris Carstairs in 1950, psychiatrist and vice-chancellor of the University of York
Manning Comprehensive School Emily Campbell, weightlifter
References
External links Nottingham Girls' Academy official website