Acklam Grange School

Last updated

Acklam Grange School
Acklam Grange School logo.png
Address
Acklam Grange School
Lodore Grove

Acklam

Middlesbrough
,
North Yorkshire
,
TS5 8PB

England
Information
Type Academy
Established1952
Local authority Middlesbrough Council
TrustThe Legacy Learning Trust
Department for Education URN 145774 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherMichael Laidler
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 16
Website http://www.acklamgrange.org.uk/

Acklam Grange School is a co-educational secondary school located at Lodore Grove, Acklam, Middlesbrough, England. [1]

Contents

The school opened in 1952 as Hugh Bell School – later becoming Stainsby School – and is currently Acklam Grange Secondary School (after Stainsby and Oaklands School amalgamated in 1983 the combined school was renamed Acklam Grange School). It educates pupils Year 7 through Year 11. The current headteacher is Michael Laidler. [2]

The school is one of the few in the area that has continued to be a part of the Building Schools for the Future programme after the announced spending cuts by the Government.[ citation needed ]

The school received a Grade 3 (satisfactory) rating from Ofsted in 2012, [3] followed by a 'Requires Improvement' rating in December 2013, and a 'Good' rating in February 2016. [4]

Previously a community school administered by Middlesbrough Council, in July 2018 Acklam Grange School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by The Legacy Learning Trust.

In October 2022, Ofsted gave it a 'Good' rating. [5]

Structure

Acklam Grange uses pastoral management schemes that manage the pupils by year group, with students being assigned a form tutor with whom they have significant daily contact and who is their contact point for any issues. This management structure was chosen instead of a house system.

Rewards for pupils are issued in a tiered system, including certificates, vouchers, and school trips. In Year 11, pupils have the opportunity to become prefects and senior prefects, where they assist in the management of the school and are overseen by a Head Boy and Head Girl.

Facilities

Facilities include:

The new building, on the former playing fields of the old school, was constructed by contractors Willmott Dixon. It opened on 6 September 2010 and cost over £27 million. Pupil involvement in the building included landscaping, and the naming of areas through schemes such as the School Council and a specially-formed "Team 2010" group.[ citation needed ]

The Acorn Centre is a £2.2 million sport and inclusion[ clarification needed ] facility which was opened in late January 2005 following its official launch by Gary Pallister (former Middlesbrough and England International footballer) and Councillor Hazel Pearson OBE (Chair of Governors). The development has been made possible due to receiving investment from Acklam Grange School, Middlesbrough Council, The West Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Trust (WMNT) and the Big Lottery Fund.[ citation needed ] It is a dual use facility for local school and community networks. It includes a sports hall, a fitness studio, and a classroom. [7]

The site of the old school has since been landscaped into a car parking and entrance area. Bricks from the old school were sold to pupils, parents, staff, and alumni.[ citation needed ]

Notable former pupils

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Acklam, Middlesbrough</span> Area of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England

Acklam is an area and electoral ward in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is believed that the settlement is Anglo-Saxon in origin, the name is Old English for "place at the oak clearings" or "place of oaks". Acklam was an ancient parish, being known as West Acklam to distinguish it from Acklam in Ryedale.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Waddesdon Church of England School</span> Academy in Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England

Waddesdon Church of England School is a mixed secondary school in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire. In September 2011 the school became an Academy. It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 and has approximately 1000 pupils, including a sixth form of approximately 200 students. It is a Church of England school and is the only CofE secondary school in Buckinghamshire. It is administered by the Oxford Diocese.

The Burgate School and Sixth Form is an 11–18 academy school. The school is situated in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, and at the current time has approximately 1000 students. The school achieves results above the national average at all levels. GCSE results in 2018 were significantly improved on previous years with a Progress 8 score which ranked the school third in Hampshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Castle School, Taunton</span> Academy in Taunton, Somerset, England

The Castle School is a co-educational secondary school in Taunton, Somerset, England. It has 1200 pupils aged 11 to 16 and had specialist Sports College status in 2003. It was granted a second specialism in Vocational Education. During the school's Ofsted inspection in 2009, it received an "outstanding" rating in 26 out of 27 criteria. In 2022 it again received an Outstanding judgement from Ofsted - the first comprehensive secondary school in the south west of England to be judged outstanding under the new framework. In July 2011, the school became an Academy.

Philip Morant School and College is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located within the Prettygate suburb of Colchester, Essex. The school is named after Philip Morant, a local 18th-century historian and archaeologist who was chosen as the school's eponym a few months after its achieving technology college status in 1994. In November 2011 the school became an academy. After Sue Cowan's retirement, Roger Abo Henrikson became Headteacher for two academic years. During the school's 50th year, Rob James was appointed Acting Headteacher and is largely credited for returning the school to a 'good' OfSTED rating, which took place two terms after Catherine Hutley's appointment as Executive Headteacer. Philip Morant School joined the Sigma Trust in 2018, moving from the then defunct Thrive Partnership, which it co-founded.

St Thomas More High School is a Roman Catholic bilateral academy school located in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. It caters for boys between the ages of 11 and 18 but has a mixed sixth form. The school is larger than the average sized secondary academy. 1,027 students were on the roll in September 2015. The majority of pupils come from local Roman Catholic schools but the school does accept pupils from other Christian denominations. The school is located in the Diocese of Brentwood and the serving bishop is Rt. Revd. Alan Williams. The school's patron saint is St Thomas More, which is mainly celebrated annually on St Thomas More Day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cottingham High School</span> Secondary school in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Cottingham High School is a secondary school in Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The school has specialist Arts College status, with facilities for media arts, music, drama and dance for performing arts. In July 2011 the school became an Academy.

Christleton High School is a large academy school located in the small village of Christleton on the outskirts of Chester, England. The Headteacher is Kevin Smith. The School offers education from age 11 to 18 and has its own Sixth Form.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Unity City Academy</span> Academy in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England

Unity City Academy is a city academy in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, sponsored by the Academies Enterprise Trust.

Calthorpe Park School is one of two secondary schools in Fleet, Hampshire, England. for pupils aged 11–16. The school was awarded specialist status as a Maths and Computing College in 2005. In the 2013 OFSTED report the school received an overall effectiveness of 'good'.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nunthorpe Academy</span> Academy in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England

Nunthorpe Academy is an 11-18 Specialist Science, Business and Enterprise Academy in Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Houses are Endeavour, Triumph, Valiant, Victory, and Invincible.

Exhall Grange School is a special school located in Ash Green just outside Coventry in Warwickshire, England. The school meets the needs of children and young people age from 2 to 19 years with physical disability, visual impairment, complex medical needs, and social, communication and interaction difficulties.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Theale Green School</span> Academy in Theale, Berkshire, England

Theale Green School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the village of Theale, Berkshire, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stainsby, North Yorkshire</span> Former village in Yorkshire, England

Stainsby, in North Yorkshire, England, is an abandoned village near the Acklam suburb of Middlesbrough and town of Thornaby. Little more than mounds near the A19 road are now visible. The site is a scheduled monument.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Allerton Grange School</span> Community school in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Allerton Grange School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Moortown, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The school has around 1,500 pupils.

The Coleshill School is a school with academy status in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England, founded in 1520.

Outwood Academy Ormesby is a mixed secondary school with academy status, located in the Netherfields area of Middlesbrough, England. It has an enrolment of 900 pupils ages 11 to 16, with a comprehensive admissions policy.

Outwood Academy Brumby, is a mixed secondary school with academy status, in Scunthorpe (Brumby), North Lincolnshire, England.

Outwood Academy Acklam is a comprehensive secondary school with academy status, located in the Acklam area of Middlesbrough, England. It has a mixed intake of both boy and girls, ages 11–16, with over 1000 pupils on roll as of 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Nieper Academy</span> Academy in Derbyshire, England

David Nieper Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire. It is the first school in Derbyshire to be sponsored by a local business.

References

  1. ↑ "Contact". Acklam Grande School. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Headteacher's Welcome". Acklam Grange School. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ofsted: Acklam Grange School A Specialist Technology College for Maths and Computing". Ofsted. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Acklam Grange School". Ofsted. Ofsted Communications Team. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Inspection of a good school: Acklam Grange School". Ofsted. Ofsted. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Case Study: Acklam Grange School" (PDF). Willmott Dixon Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Facilities". Acklam Grange School. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "From card ace to TV stardom". Gazette Live. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Homeward Bound". BBC Tees. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

54°32′42″N1°15′50″W / 54.54489°N 1.26401°W / 54.54489; -1.26401

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.