Montgomery Academy | |
---|---|
Address | |
All Hallows Road , , FY2 0AZ England | |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Established | 1959 |
Founder | Field Marshal Montgomery |
Department for Education URN | 137973 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Principal | Stephen Careless |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 11to 16 |
Enrolment | 1,400 |
Colour(s) | Maroon and gunpowder black |
Website | http://www.montgomeryschool.co.uk/ |
Montgomery Academy (formerly Montgomery High School) is a co-educational secondary school located in Bispham (near Blackpool) in the English county of Lancashire. [1]
The school has previously held Specialist Language College status and was part of the Beacon schools programme. [2]
In February 2001, the Times Educational Supplement listed Montgomery in a group of schools that had received outstanding inspection reports or achieved sustained excellent GCSE results. [3]
In September 2005 it was notable for being awarded 'outstanding' assessments by Ofsted in the following key areas:
Joan Humble and Stephen Twigg congratulated the school for its achievements in the House of Commons on 20 January 2005 [4] and the school was then visited by the Secretary of State for Education Ruth Kelly. [5]
Previously a foundation school administered by Blackpool Council, in April 2012 Montgomery High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Fylde Coast Academy Trust, [6] and was later renamed Montgomery Academy.
In 2014, Montgomery was placed in special measures. Ofsted rated it inadequate in all four areas of effectiveness: achievement of pupils, quality of teaching, behaviour and safety of pupils and leadership and management. [7]
The Kings of Wessex Academy, formerly known as the Kings of Wessex School, is a co-educational secondary school in Cheddar, Somerset, England. In 2015, it had 1,176 students aged 13 to 18, of both sexes and all ability levels including 333 in the sixth form. In November 2016, the academy became part of the Wessex Learning Trust which incorporated eight academies from the surrounding area. Kings is a Church of England school.
Lytham St Annes High School is a community school maintained by Lancashire County Education Authority. It is an 11–16 Comprehensive.
St Aidan's Church of England High School is a mixed Church of England secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It currently houses over 2500 students of both lower school and sixth form age.
Frodsham School was a designated specialist science and technology college in the town of Frodsham, Cheshire, England. The school closed in the summer of 2009 due to declining enrollment because of lower birth rates in recent years; most of the school's intake came from the nearby Runcorn area, and there is another local high school, Helsby High School.
Rodborough School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Milford, Surrey, England. The school is a feeder school for Godalming College.
Alexandra Park School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Muswell Hill area of the London Borough of Haringey, England.
Sinai Jewish Primary School is a large three form entry voluntary aided modern orthodox Jewish primary school, under the auspices of the United Synagogue and is situated in Kenton in the London Borough of Brent. It is a co-educational primary school for up to 690 children aged 3–11. The school includes a nursery. It is the largest Jewish primary school in Europe. In addition to the name Michael Sobell Sinai School, the school is widely known and colloquially referred to as Sinai School.
The Portsmouth Academy is a secondary school with academy status, located in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on St Mary's Road in the central district of Fratton near St Mary's Church. Originally established as a girls' school, it became co-educational in the 2017/18 school year.
Blenheim High School is a secondary school located at Longmead Road, Epsom, Surrey, England, that opened in 1997. It is a coeducational, publicly funded academy that educates children from ages 11–18, with 1,350 pupils on roll.
Highfield Leadership Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Marton, Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
Gordon's School is a secondary school with academy status in West End near Woking, Surrey, England. It was founded as the Gordon Boys' Home in 1885. It is now one of the 36 state boarding schools in England. It converted to an academy on 1 January 2013. It was ranked as the second-highest-achieving state boarding school in 2016 by The Daily Telegraph, but controversy arose over the school charging £10,494 a year for day-pupil places. It has been argued that makes the state school selective, along with others which charge similar fees. Under the Education Act 1996 it is illegal for state schools to charge for admission or education provided within normal hours. In June 2022, Gordon's was judged Boarding School of the Year by the TES.
The Hempshill Hall Primary School is a primary school in Bulwell, Nottingham that is situated within, and serves, the surrounding estate of Hempshill Vale. The current Headteacher are Mrs Dakin and Mrs Gregg. The School is part of a family of schools in the Basford area of Nottingham. The academic attainments have been achieved despite pupils' socio-economic circumstances being unfavourable.
The Hathershaw College is a coeducational, Secondary Academy for 11- to 16-year-olds in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
Dame Maureen Brennan is an English educator from the West Midlands. She is the previous CEO of Matrix Academy Trust, a position she accepted after serving as headteacher at Barr Beacon School and as principal at Hillcrest School and Community College in Netherton, West Midlands.
Upperwood Academy is a 4–11 primary school with academy status located in Darfield, Barnsley, England. First opened on 5 November 1973, it is situated in an old mining community with changing patterns of employment. Most of the around 260 pupils are White British with a small number of settled Gypsy/Roma pupils on the roll. Its absence rate of 3.6% is notably better than the national average of 5.3%. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council described it as "a good school with a number of outstanding features".
Harris Academy Merton is a secondary school and sixth form located in the London Borough of Merton district of Mitcham. When inspected by Ofsted in both 2012 and 2022, it was judged to be outstanding.
Cirencester Kingshill School is an academy school located on the south east side of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, in England. Opened in 1976 by the Princess Royal, it is one of two secondary schools serving Cirencester and the surrounding area.
Brine Leas School is an academy school in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The school has 1,287 pupils enrolled, and has technology and language status.
Winton Community Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Andover in the English county of Hampshire.
Hodgson Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Poulton-le-Fylde in the English county of Lancashire.