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1109: 352:. The first school was designed for 150 students and was paid for by voluntary subscription. Within two weeks the school had attracted over 120 pupils and the new head asked the governors to employ two extra staff to teach the pupils efficiently. Smithy Houses School was used by the community – in 1919 when the 499: 332:
left monies for a school in her 1728 will. In 1838 a school in the village had 25 children receiving a free education in reading and writing with a separate teacher for the girls who were taught to sew and knit.
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John Flamsteed now specializes in subjects Maths, Computing and Science. A new Drama and Music block was opened in September 2011. The
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In 1975 there was a plan to close the school but this was opposed by the local community. The school at that time was called
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There is evidence of a Free School association in Denby from 1854, although the first school in Denby dates from 1730 after
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Old School (Internally Known as the "Ryknield Rooms" by Staff but colloquially as Old School by the Student Body)
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in April 2016. However the school continues to coordinate with Derbyshire County Council for admissions.
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Programme for Denby Pottery Welface at Smithy Houses School, 15 November 1919, accessed December 2009
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History, gazetteer and directory of Derbyshire, with the town of Burton-upon-Trent p174
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The Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 1
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Welfare committee organised a concert here, four days after the end of
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that was founded in 1894 with a staff of two. The school was at
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The school itself can trace its history in the village to a
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Hutton, Charles; George Shaw; Richard Pearson (1809).
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Index

Denby
Derbyshire
Coordinates
53°01′11″N 1°25′31″W / 53.019629°N 1.425286°W / 53.019629; -1.425286
Academy
Sister school
The Ripley Academy
Derbyshire County Council
Department for Education
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Tables
Ofsted
Reports
Mixed
www.jfcs.org.uk

mixed
secondary school
academy status
Denby
Derbyshire
John Flamsteed
Astronomer Royal
William Drury Holden
Locko Park
Denby Pottery
World War I

community school
Derbyshire County Council

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