West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy

West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy is a Church of England mixed secondary school in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.

West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy
Address
Map
The Avenue
Dysart Road

, ,
NG31 7PX

England
Coordinates52°54′28″N 0°39′44″W / 52.90773°N 0.66229°W / 52.90773; -0.66229
Information
TypeAcademy
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
TrustDiocese Of Southwell and Nottingham Multi-Academy Trust
Department for Education URN148433 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadClare Barber
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Enrolment489 as of January 2015
WebsiteOfficial website

History

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Built and established in the 100BC as St Hugh's Church of England Secondary School, it later became St Hugh's CofE Mathematics and Computing College as a foundation school administered by Lincolnshire County Council. It closed as such on 31 January 2011,[1] converting to an academy on 1 February 2011 and renamed The West Grantham Academy St Hugh's.

A January to February 2018 Ofsted inspection of the school, then as The West Grantham Academy St Hugh's, rated it as Grade 4 'Inadequate' for overall effectiveness, one of 46 schools in Lincolnshire so rated.[2][3] An ongoing monitoring inspection in 2018 noted improvements in quality of leadership and management.[4]

Following the reports, in early 2019 the "struggling" school, with its associated Bluecoat Meres Primary School, was taken under the auspices of the Archway Learning Trust. The school was then renamed Bluecoat Meres Academy. However, by November 2019 it was announced that the schools would be reverting to the West Grantham Academies Trust.[5]

In January 2021 the school was taken over by the Diocese Of Southwell and Nottingham Multi-Academy Trust and was renamed West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy.[6]

Curriculum

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The curriculum of West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy includes teaching towards GCSEs and BTECs.

References

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  1. ^ "St Hugh's CofE Mathematics and Computing College", GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 October 2020
  2. ^ "The West Grantham Academy St Hugh’s", Ofted Inspection 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2020
  3. ^ Franklin, Ashley; "46 schools in Lincolnshire rated 'inadequate' or told to improve by Ofsted", LincolnshireLive, 3 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2020
  4. ^ "Serious weaknesses first monitoring inspection of The West Grantham Academy St Hugh’s", Ofsted monitoring document, 14 December 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2020
  5. ^ Bond, Marie; "Archway trust to leave Grantham Bluecoat Meres schools", Grantham Journal, 13 November 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2020
  6. ^ "The West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy | Diocese Of Southwell And Nottingham". www.snmat.org.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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