Accrington Academy

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Accrington Academy
Address
Accrington Academy
Queens Road West

Accrington
,
Lancashire
,
BB5 4FF

England
Coordinates 53°45′41″N2°22′21″W / 53.761419°N 2.372472°W / 53.761419; -2.372472
Information
Type Academy
MottoThe Best in Everyone
Established2008
Founder United Learning
Sister school The Hyndburn Academy and Marsden Heights Community College
Local authority Lancashire County Council
Trust United Learning Trust
Specialist Sports and Mathematics
Department for Education URN 135649 Tables
Ofsted Reports
ChairPeter Mulholland
PrincipalJamie Peel
Staff160
Gender coeducational
Enrolment1032
LanguageEnglish
HousesAquila, Delphinus, Draco & Pegasus
Colour(s)blue   white   black  
SloganBuild character, create learners and transform lives.
Former nameMoorhead High School & Moorhead Sports College
Website http://www.accrington-academy.org

Accrington Academy is a mixed 11-16 Academy in Accrington, Lancashire. It has designated specialisms in Sports and Mathematics. It is situated in the centre of Accrington. Accrington St Christopher's C of E High is nearby to the west.

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History

The school, run by United Learning, opened on 1 September 2008 on the site of the former Accrington Moorhead Sports College, itself the successor Moorhead High School which was the successor of the one-time Accrington High School for Girls. All pupils previously at Moorhead automatically transferred to the new school, which has had a sixth form provision from September 2009 up until July 2024. [1]

Former schools

Accrington Grammar School had around 500 boys and 100 in the sixth form in the 1970s. Accrington High School for Girls had around 600 girls. Accrington Moorhead High School was on Cromwell Avenue off Queens Road West. [2] The school was founded in 1895 on Blackburn Rd, Accrington as a 'Technical School' In 1968, it moved to the Moorhead site. In 1975, following the Labour government's educational reforms, it ceased to exist.

In 2008, Nosheen Iqbal wrote in The Guardian that Moorhead High School had been "failing". [3] Her article described a "startling transformation" from 17% of children achieving 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C, to 78% of children doing so in the new school. [3] The school's headteacher believed that the change had been brought about through the Creative Partnerships approach, an Arts Council England programme. [3]

Notable former pupils

Accrington Moorhead Sports College

Dominic Brunt, actor, known for his part in Emmerdale as Paddy Kirk.

Accrington Grammar School

Marathon runner Ron Hill in 1975 Ron Hill 1975.jpg
Marathon runner Ron Hill in 1975
John Wallwork (left), heart surgeon, in June 1997 EWS03.01.jpg
John Wallwork (left), heart surgeon, in June 1997

Accrington High School for Girls

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References

  1. ↑ Accrington Academy Update vol.1 (Spring 2008) [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Queen's Road West". geograph.org.uk. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Iqbal, Nosheen (14 September 2010). "Creative projects in schools are threatened by funding cuts". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Flanagan, Chris (13 October 2008). "Ron Hill life story". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Obituaries. Leslie Howarth [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of John Lamb".
  7. ↑ Tomlinson, John (20 May 2022). "'How that music was created remains to me a complete mystery': John Tomlinson on fellow Lancastrian Harrison Birtwistle". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Oswaldtwistle pioneering transplant surgeon to retire". Lancashire Telegraph. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
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