Branston Community Academy

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Branston Community Academy
Bcafront.jpg
Address
Branston Community Academy
Station Road

Branston
,
Lincolnshire
,
LN4 1LH

England
Coordinates 53°11′55″N0°27′59″W / 53.19861°N 0.46639°W / 53.19861; -0.46639
Information
Type Academy
Motto"Kindness or nothing" [1]
Established2010
Department for Education URN 136358 Tables
Ofsted Reports
ChairmanM. Norman
PrincipalJoanne Turner
GenderMixed
Age11to 18
Colour(s)navy and silver
Website http://www.branstonca.lincs.sch.uk/

Branston Community Academy, (formerly Branston School and Community College) is a secondary school for 11- to 18-year-old students on Station Road in Branston, Lincolnshire, England.

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History

Secondary modern school

Building started in 1955, and it was partly opened in January 1957 as Branston County Secondary Modern. [2] It was built by Bosworth & Wakeford of South Parade, Grantham. It was officially opened by the Earl of Ancaster, the Lord Lieutenant, on Friday 5 July 1957. [3]

By 1959 around 350 pupils were enrolled. The name was shortened to Branston County Secondary School in 1968, and to Branston School in 1970. The headteacher was Mr L Kellett, the school was nine acres and cost £99,133, the furniture cost £11,300. [4]

Comprehensive

The name was changed to Branston School and Community College in 1972, and later shortened to Branston Community College. [5]

The original school consisted of a central block of classrooms, which included a dining hall on the ground floor, and a gymnasium. Woodwork and metalwork workshops were built nearby, while sports changing rooms and greenhouses were at the back. The school for many years ran a house system based on royal houses, with allocated colours: Tudor (yellow), Lancaster (red), Windsor (green), Stuart (blue), York (white) and Hanover (orange). This system has since ended. [6]

Classroom space expanded through increased pupil numbers. A new library and office accommodation block, sports complex, swimming pool, fitness centre, youth wing, sixth form unit, science and language block and house rooms have been added over the years. [7]

Today

In December 2010 the school changed its name from Branston Community College to Branston Community Academy. [8]

Branston has previously held Business and Enterprise Specialist status and was one of the first 18 British schools designated as a Specialist Business and Enterprise College in September 2002. [9] In 2003 the school became a DCSF Pathfinder Enterprise School, and in 2006 it was designated as the regional hub school for Enterprise. In 2005 the College set up a four-year partnership with Lincolnshire Cooperative and it has also been asked by the Specialist Schools Trust to take part in the research project, Capturing Transformation. [10]

According to the Lincolnshire County Council website:

The Library has extensive book, non-book and ICT resources and a large area for private study. The Academy has invested heavily in broadband and wireless technology in addition to the several dedicated, networked ICT rooms.

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References

  1. ↑ "Home". Branston Community Academy. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Friday 5 July 1957, page 7
  3. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Friday 5 July 1957, page 7
  4. ↑ Lincolnshire Echo Friday 21 November 1969, page 5
  5. ↑ "www.lincstothepast.com/BRANSTON-COMMUNITY-COLLEGE/528743.record?pt=S".
  6. ↑ https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED335745.pdf
  7. ↑ https://www.johnmartin-hoyes.co.uk/project/branston-academy-two-storey-extension-and-science-block-refurbishment/
  8. ↑ "www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-12327001".
  9. ↑ "www.lincolnspecialistschools.org.uk/page/cms/57/branston". Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "www.lincolnspecialistschools.org.uk/page/cms/57/branston". Archived from the original on 2 March 2012.
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