was refurbished and sponsored by the Bluecoat Academies Trust to become Bluecoat Beechdale Academy. The newly formed Academy received Academy status on 1 April 2014. It was revisited by Ofsted in March 2017 and was designated as 'Good'. In November 2014, following prolonged growth in student numbers, a £1.4 million two-storey extension was begun to the existing Sixth Form building at Aspley Lane Campus. Completed in August 2015, the extension provided new facilities including a new lecture theatre, canteen and kitchen, as well as additional classrooms and self-study areas, enabling bringing student numbers to rise over 500. In October 2017 the Wollaton Park Campus formally demerged from Bluecoat Academy and was renamed Bluecoat Wollaton Academy. The Aspley Campus of the school was renamed Bluecoat Aspley Academy. In February 2018, building work commenced at Bluecoat Aspley Academy with the construction of a "new Science block" due for completion in January 2019. Once tis is completed, an additional new building for Maths and English will be constructed. In May 2018, the most recent Ofsted report described the school as "good." In 2019, a new Science block opened. In 2020, just before the national lockdown, a new Maths & Languages block open. It has a new cafeteria, activity studio and brand new classrooms. Further information Bluecoat Aspley Academy has space for fourteen tennis courts, two hard play areas, two full size pitches and one athletics track. There is a full-size sports hall, fitness suite, activity studio and dance studio available for use by students in PE lessons and after school activities. If required, there is also access to Melbourne Park for additional pitches and field space. There are nine computer rooms in the main school block, with some more in the Sixth Form block. There is a library, science labs, Food Preparation room and a Drama Studio with professional lighting, all of which is accessible to students. Curriculum The school follows the National Curriculum. In years 7 and 8, all students follow a core curriculum that covers the national Curriculum. In years 9, 10 and 11 students may choose some of the subjects they study; including modern foreign languages, humanities and technology subject choices, BTECs and Diplomas. Mathematics, English, sciences, Religious Education and core physical educations remain compulsory for the rest of the students' school life, whereas PSHE only remains compulsory for the first year of the students' GCSE life (Year 9). The