The Priory Ruskin Academy

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The Priory Ruskin Academy
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The Priory Ruskin Academy
Rushcliffe Road

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NG31 8ED

England
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Type Academy
Department for Education URN 136194 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of governorsSteve Milner
HeadteacherRachel Wyles
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 19
Enrolment1360
Website http://www.prioryruskin.co.uk/page/default.asp?title=Home&pid=1

The Priory Ruskin Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, in Grantham in the English county of Lincolnshire. [1]

The school was formed in 2010 from the merger of Central Technology & Sports College and the Grantham Church High School. It originally occupied both of the former school sites but in 2014 moved to new buildings at the former Central Technology & Sports College site. As an academy, the school is part of The Priory Federation of Academies Trust.

The Priory Ruskin Academy offers GCSEs and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study a range of A Levels and BTECs.

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References

  1. "The Priory Ruskin Academy". Prioryacademies.co.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2014.