Laurence Jackson School

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Laurence Jackson School
Address
Laurence Jackson School
Church Lane

, ,
TS14 6RD

England
Coordinates 54°32′30″N1°02′43″W / 54.5417°N 1.045375°W / 54.5417; -1.045375
Information
Type Academy
MottoImproving Life Chances [1]
FounderNorth Riding Education Committee
Local authority Redcar and Cleveland
TrustVision Academy Learning Trust
Department for Education URN 147724 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherCatherine Juckes
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment1,338
AreaRedcar & Cleveland
Website https://www.laurencejackson.org

Laurence Jackson School is a coeducational secondary school located in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England. It has a capacity of 1,250 pupils.

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The school's headteacher is Catherine Juckes.

A 2019 Ofsted inspection judged Laurence Jackson School as inadequate in all aspects, including achievement, teaching, behaviour of pupils, leadership and overall effectiveness. [2] Laurence Jackson School joined the Vision Academy Trust in 2020. [3]

New building

In 2014 it was confirmed that a state-of-the-art new school building would replace the ageing facility then in place. In May 2014 Miller Construction was contracted for the design and construction of the school as well as maintenance and life-cycle services for 25 years. [4] The build was then taken over by the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) and the new building, built by Galliford Try, was open to students in September 2016. In November 2016 a brand-new artificial football pitch was opened by then Middlesbrough FC player Ben Gibson. [5]

Notable pupils

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References

  1. "Headteacher's Welcome". Laurence Jackson. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. "Laurence Jackson School: Inspection dates 26–27 February 2019" (pdf). Ofsted. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. "Laurence Jackson School, Guisborough in partnership with Vision Academy Learning Trust". Laurence Jackson School. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  4. "Miller appointed selected bidder for £156m batch of North East schools". Miller. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  5. "Gibson: I know how vital facilities like these are". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Then it was just rugby or footie... now we're way ahead of the field". GazetteLive. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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