Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth

Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth is a comprehensive secondary school with academy status in the Bishopsgarth area of Stockton on Tees, England. It has a mixed intake of both boys and girls, ages 11–16, and had 537 pupils on roll in January 2017.The school is operated by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, and the current principal is Stephen Merifield.HistoryBishopsgarth School was a community school operated by the local education authority.Following an inspection in January 2016, Ofsted rated Bishopsgarth School as "requires improvement" in all areas. In June, the school began working with support from Outwood Grange Academies Trust to tackle low-level disruptive behaviour. On the first day of new "no-nonsense" rules coming into force, 15 pupils received fixed-term exclusions for various misdemeanours.In November 2016 the school converted to academy status, joining Outwood Grange Academies Trust, and changed its name to Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth.School lifePastoral supportStudents are members of mixed-age tutor groups known as a Vertical Mentor Groups (VMG) that meet on a daily basis. Each mentoring group has students from every year group, 7 through 11, which leads to the groups evolving over time, as older students leave and are replaced by younger students entering the school.