The Ripley Academy

The Ripley Academy (previously known as Mill Hill School, before this, The Benjamin Outram Secondary Modern School) is a secondary school and sixth form located in Ripley, Derbyshire, England.^[1] Ripley Academy opened on 8 September 2014 as part of the East Midlands Education Trust, which currently has fifteen schools^[2] in the East Midlands. The Ripley Academy was a founding member, along with the West Bridgford School.^[3]

The Ripley Academy
Location
Peasehill Ripley , Derbyshire , DE5 3JQ England
Coordinates	53°02′42″N 1°23′31″W
Information
Type	Academy
Established	2014
Sister school	John Flamsteed Community School
Department for Education URN	141259 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head of school	J. De Rijk
Head teacher	H Frost-Briggs
Gender	Co-educational
Age	11 to 18
Houses	Kinder, Dove, Monsal, Riber
Colour(s)	Red, black
Website	Official website

In the late 1990s, under the leadership of headmaster Tony Stephens, Mill Hill School had a good reputation, with around 60% of students scoring 5 or more GCSE grades A*-C.^{[citation needed]}