Felixstowe Academy

Last updated

Felixstowe School
Orwell High School Logo.jpg
Address
Felixstowe Academy
High Street

Felixstowe
,
Suffolk
,
IP11 9QR

England
Coordinates 51°58′09″N1°20′03″E / 51.969285°N 1.334236°E / 51.969285; 1.334236
Information
Type Academy
Department for Education URN 137321 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsS Leon
HeadteacherE Wilson-Downes
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 19
Enrolment1'140
HousesCranbrook, Euston, Grafton, Helmingham, Stradbroke
Website http://www.fxa.org.uk/

Felixstowe School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Felixstowe, Suffolk, England.

Contents

The school was formed in September 2011 from the merger of Orwell High School and Deben High School. Formerly, the school operated from both of these school sites, before all pupils were later accommodated by the recently constructed new buildings at the former Orwell High School site, with the old Deben High School premise being closed. Felixstowe School's new buildings cost approximately £19 million, and were officially opened for teaching on Monday 28 April 2014.

The school was previously sponsored by AET but from September 2019, it was taken over by a local Suffolk trust, Unity Schools Partnership, who sponsor a number of successful schools across the county.

The school offers further education (FE) courses, primarily at A Level, but also several specialised vocational courses.

In 2017, the school received an 'inadequate' rating from Ofsted. [1] In 2021, the school was judged to no longer require Special Measures and Ofsted graded the school as "Requires Improvement" [2]

History

Orwell High School was a medium size secondary community school with Specialist Technology College status.

In 2006 the school was issued with a notice to improve. [3] There was a subsequent inspection in 2007 in which the school was seen to be making "satisfactory progress" and therefore the notice to improve was revoked. [4] In 2010 51% of Orwell candidates gained five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and Maths. [5] In October 2009 OFSTED stated that the school was satisfactory, but Leadership and Management and the Capacity to Improve were both good. [6]

In September 2009 the school became a foundation school supported by the charitable Felixstowe Learning Trust. [6] [7]

The Executive Headteacher, Robert Cawley, started at the school in 2010. The previous Headteacher, Peter Tomkins from his post in May 2010. [8] A statement from John Barker, the Chair of Governors, thanked Peter for his hard work and dedication. [8]

In September 2011 the school was formally merged with Deben High School, to form Felixstowe Academy. Following concerns over the leadership and management of the academy, the previous Academy Trust was given Notice to Terminate. They ceased to have control in September 2019. The school is now sponsored by the Unity Schools Partnership. The school changed its name from Felixstowe Academy to Felixstowe School in September 2020, to bring the focus back onto the purpose of schooling and education.

Notable former pupils

Deben High School

Felixstowe Grammar School

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ofsted</span> Department of the government of the United Kingdom

The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament. Ofsted's role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training and childcare services in England do so to a high standard for children and students. Ofsted is responsible for inspecting a range of educational institutions, including state schools and some independent schools. It also inspects childcare, adoption and fostering agencies and initial teacher training, and regulates early years childcare facilities and children's social care services.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Highfields School, Matlock</span> Academy in Matlock, Derbyshire, England

Highfields School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Matlock, Derbyshire, England. At the time of its September 2012 Ofsted inspection, the school had 1175 pupils on roll aged 11–18, with 215 in the sixth form. It is split across two sites in the town 1.8 miles apart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Astrea Academy Woodfields</span> Academy in Balby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England

Astrea Academy Woodfields is a secondary school and sixth form located in the Balby area of Doncaster in the English county of South Yorkshire. The school operates under Astrea Academy Trust.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stanley High School, Southport</span> Academy in Southport, Merseyside, England

Stanley High School is a coeducational secondary school located in the resort town of Southport, Merseyside in North West England. It opened in 1952, with 300 pupils, and was named after Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby. The school became a designated specialist Sports College in 2003, but in 2012 was renamed Stanley High School to celebrate the school's 60th anniversary. In 2016 the school was judged Inadequate by Ofsted and therefore became an academy in 2017. The school's academy sponsor is Southport Learning Trust. The school was rated Good following an Ofsted inspection in February 2020.

<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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henley Bank High School</span> Academy in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

Henley Bank High School is an 11 to 18 academy in Gloucester, England. It is sponsored by the Greenshaw Learning Trust. In January 2018, the school was taken over by Greenshaw Learning Trust, in order to assist in improving aspects of the school - this resulted in a name change from Millbrook Academy to Henley Bank High School. The Headteacher is Stephen Derry supported by Executive Head and Director of School Improvement at the Greenshaw Learning Trust, Izzy Ambrose.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newfield Secondary School</span> Academy in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

Newfield Secondary School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status for 11–16-year-old children, in the south of the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, in the Norton Lees area. It is co-located with Talbot Specialist School, with which it has some collaborative arrangements. There are approximately just over 1000 students at the school. The current headteacher is Emma Anderson, who was originally appointed the post as co-headteacher with Mr D Webster. in October 2015. In 2013 the school was sponsored to become an academy as part of its ongoing partnership with King Ecgbert School in Sheffield, with Lesley Bowes assuming the role of executive headteacher.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burnt Mill Academy</span> Academy in Harlow, Essex, England

Burnt Mill Academy is a secondary school academy and specialist performing arts college situated on First Avenue in Harlow, Essex, England. The school originally opened in May 1962 as Burnt Mill Comprehensive School, de jure keeping this name until academisation in 2011. In 2003, it became a specialist performing arts college, specialising in dance, drama and music. It joined the Confucius institute programme in 2007, partnering with Suzhou Lida Middle School in Jiangsu, China. This granted the school an International School Award. It gained academy status in 2011 and formed the Burnt Mill Academy Trust (BMAT) in 2013. BMAT has since become a multi-academy trust, with 12 member schools as of 2021.

Outwood Academy Easingwold is a mixed 11–18 secondary school with academy status in Easingwold, North Yorkshire, England. It had 663 pupils in 2023, including an on-site sixth form.

Excel Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Sneyd Green, Stoke on Trent, England. It was established in 1963 and educates pupils of ages 11–16.

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

Outwood Academy Redcar is a mixed secondary school with academy status located in Redcar, North Yorkshire. The school had 487 pupils enrolled in September 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harris Academy Chafford Hundred</span> Academy in Grays, Essex, England

Harris Academy Chafford Hundred is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Chafford Hundred in the borough of Thurrock within the commuter belt of London, England, United Kingdom. The building was designed by Nicholas Hare Architects. Previously a comprehensive school, it became an academy on 1 October 2011.

Brine Leas School is an academy school in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The school has 1,287 pupils enrolled, and has technology and language status.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Berry Hill High School and Sports College</span> Community school in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Berry Hill High School and Sports College was a mixed, secondary school in Berry Hill, Stoke-on-Trent, one of the two predecessors to St Peter's Academy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fairlands Middle School</span> Academy in Cheddar, Somerset, England

Fairlands Middle School is a coeducational middle school with roughly 522 pupils aged between 9 and 13 in 2012, located in Cheddar, Somerset, England. The school, which was established in 1976, is a middle-deemed-secondary school, meaning that it takes pupils of secondary school age while providing both Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 education. Fairlands is part of the Cheddar Valley Community Learning Partnership, a three-tier education system which comprises nine first schools, two middle schools and one secondary school. Pupils enter Fairlands from first schools in Cheddar and the nearby villages of Draycott, Shipham and Axbridge. In year 9 pupils move to The Kings of Wessex Academy, also in Cheddar.

East Point Academy is an academy sponsored by the Inspiration Trust, located in the Kirkley district of Lowestoft, in the English county of Suffolk. It educates children from ages 11 to 16. In its latest Ofsted inspection in October 2016, the academy overall was rated as "Good". The school is also home to both the Lowestoft Railway and Lowestoft Ladies Hockey Clubs and the KITE Media Centre

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sir Herbert Leon Academy</span> Academy in Milton Keynes, England

Sir Herbert Leon Academy is a coeducational comprehensive secondary academy school and sixth form located in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, England. It is currently sponsored by the Academies Enterprise Trust, having become an academy under this sponsorship. Originally founded as two separate boys and girls schools on Bletchley Road (Queensway), the schools unified as a coeducational senior school in 1937. In the 1960s it was renamed to Leon Secondary School, in honour of Sir Herbert Leon, and relocated to Fern Grove in 1971, becoming a comprehensive. The school specialised and became the Leon School and Sports College sometime between 1996 and 2001, and academized as Sir Herbert Leon Academy in 2012. Between 2011 and 2014, the school hosted one of two campuses for the Milton Keynes South Sixth Form, in collaboration with nearby Lord Grey School.

Winton Community Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Andover in the English county of Hampshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lift Schools</span> UK charitable trust

Lift Schools, formerly Academies Enterprise Trust, is a multi-academy trust with 57 primary, secondary and special schools in England. One of the largest networks of schools in the country, it is a non-profit, educational trust, which sponsors schools with academy status.

Sir John Arthur Townsley is a British educator.

References

  1. ↑ Ofsted Communications Team (11 March 2020). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ofsted Report 2021".
  3. ↑ Ofsted Report, 2006, 9 March 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2010
  4. ↑ Ofsted Report, 2007 Archived 23 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine , 18 May 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2010
  5. ↑ a 26% rise on the previous year's results BBC Education Profile - Orwell High School 13 January 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  6. 1 2 Ofsted Report, 2009 [ dead link ], 21 October 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2010
  7. ↑ Orwell High School Profile Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  8. 1 2 Potter.T (2010) 'School scandal head quits amid relationship rumours - Web Archive' East Anglian Daily Times, 5 May 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
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.