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Staniland Way , , PE4 6JT | |
Coordinates | 52°37′10″N0°16′34″W / 52.619525°N 0.275982586°W |
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Type | Academy |
Motto | Aspire for Excellence and Integrity to gain Success |
Established | 1982 (As Ken Stimpson Community School) |
Local authority | Peterborough |
Department for Education URN | 149236 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Chair of Governors | Angus Brown |
HeadTeacher | Damien Whales |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 11to 19 |
Enrolment | 1080 |
Houses | Aspire, Excellence, Integrity, Success, |
Colour(s) | Red, Yellow, Blue, Green |
Website | www |
Ken Stimpson Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form in Peterborough in the English county of Cambridgeshire. The school is a Business & Enterprise specialist school. [1]
Ken Stimpson Academy was founded as Ken Stimpson Community School in 1982, it was a tribute to Kenneth. W. Stimpson who was the Senior Area Education Officer between 1974 and 1979.[ citation needed ] The school closed as a Community School in August 2023 and reopened as Ken Stimpson Academy as part of the Four Cs multi-academy trust in September 2023.[ citation needed ]
In September 2018, the local council approved plans for the school to build a new two-storey teaching block and to expand some of the existing structures to accommodate a planned rise in capacity from 1014 pupils to 1650 pupils. [2]
Ken Stimpson Academy shares its site with a sports centre (which has a gym and a sports hall) and is home to the Werrington Library. [3]
The subjects that are taught at Ken Stimpson are:
In June 2015, Ken Stimpson received the 360 Degree Safe E-Safety mark by the South West Grid for Learning and was the first school in Peterborough to get this certification. [5] According to the Accreditation 360 Degree Safe website, this demonstrates that the school shows good practice in their e-safety policies and procedures. [6]
The school's (under its previous name) latest Ofsted inspection result was Requires Improvement. [7]