Humberston Academy

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Humberston Academy
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Address
Humberston Academy
Humberston Avenue

Humberston, Grimsby
,
North East Lincolnshire
,
DN36 4TF

England
Coordinates 53°31′46″N0°01′52″W / 53.52943°N 0.03111°W / 53.52943; -0.03111
Information
Type Academy
MottoBroadening Horizons
Established1977
Department for Education URN 137200 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Sponsor The David Ross Education Trust
PrincipalDan Shoubridge
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment918
Website http://www.humberstonacademy.co.uk

Humberston Academy (formerly Humberston Maths and Computing College) is a secondary school with academy status (DRET) based in Humberston (near Grimsby), North East Lincolnshire, England.

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Admissions

It does not have a sixth form. It is situated on Humberston Avenue (B1219 - off the A1031) in the west of Humberston. Further to the west along the B1219 is the Tollbar Academy, and the school is less than one mile north of Lincolnshire (East Lindsey - Tetney and Holton-le-Clay, which has grammar schools). Directly to the west is the Humberston Country Club golf club.

History

In 1974 it was forecast to cost £640,000, for 600 children. [1] The local community would be able to take part in recreation in the sports hall, community hall, and swimming pool. [2] It was given the final approval on Friday 4 April 1975, to be built on 5 acres, in the Borough of Cleethorpes. [3] It was built by William Wright & Sons of Lincoln. [4] The building was not complete when the school opened. The former professional footballer Rod Fletcher became PE teacher in 1977.

The school opened in 1977 as Humberston Comprehensive School. [5]

From the early 1980s, due to less children at schools in Grimsby, the school, with the Chelmsford school was proposed to close, and a sixth form college built in Grimsby, with the first meeting at the school to discuss the proposals of closure, in September 1981. [6] [7] The Chelmsford school would close, and the site became the new sixth form college. [8]

By the late 1990s, with Healing School, it was an oversubscribed school, with parents choosing these two schools other Grimsby secondary schools, which could be frequently chaotic, being regularly quoted in adverts of local estate agents, which described the school as 'popular'. [9] [10] Nearby Caistor Grammar School was also popular with Grimsby parents, for the sixth form.

Until 1996 it was administered by Humberside Education Committee, based in Beverley. It gained specialist status in 2006.

In January 2009 it was placed in special measures. [11] From September 2009, the school name changed from Humberston School to Humberston Maths and Computing College. [12]

The school converted to academy status in 2011 and was renamed Humberston Academy. the school is now sponsored by the David Ross Education Trust.

Headteachers

Academic performance

In the last round of GCSE exams, the school gained the third best GCSE results for North East Lincolnshire.[ citation needed ]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Monday 23 September 1974, page 5
  2. ↑ Louth Standard Friday 3 January 1975, page 18
  3. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Wednesday 9 April 1975, page 11
  4. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Friday 5 August 1977, page 6
  5. ↑ "School history". Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  6. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Thursday 10 September 1981, page 1
  7. ↑ Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 11 September 1981, page 1
  8. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Friday 24 November 1989, page 3
  9. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Friday 20 June 1997, page 67
  10. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Friday 27 June 1997, page 56
  11. ↑ Special measures [ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ "School name". Archived from the original on 13 July 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  13. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Friday 4 February 1977, page 14
  14. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Thursday 10 February 1977, page 1
  15. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Wednesday 30 April 1947, page 4
  16. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Saturday 17 February 1951, page 4
  17. ↑ Nottingham Evening Post Saturday 25 November 1972, page 6
  18. ↑ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Saturday 19 February 1977, page 4
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