The Stanway School

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The Stanway School
Address
The Stanway School
Winstree Road

, ,
CO6 3LH

England
Coordinates 51°53′00″N0°50′26″E / 51.8832°N 0.8406°E / 51.8832; 0.8406
Information
Type Academy
Established1956
Department for Education URN 137927 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Mixed
Age11to 16
HousesGainsborough, Rutherford, Shakespeare, Wellington, Nightingale
PublicationThe Stanway Times
Website https://www.stanway.essex.sch.uk/

The Stanway School is a mixed secondary school located in Stanway in the English county of Essex. [1]

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The school was converted to academy status in May 2013, and used to be a community school under the direct control of Essex County Council. The school continues to coordinate with Essex County Council for admissions.

The Stanway School offers the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSEs), Business and Technology Education Council (BTECs) and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils. The school has a Humanities, Maths & Computing specialism, and offers additional courses in these subjects.

The school is part of the Stanway Federation Academy Trust with the Thomas Lord Audley School and is also part of the Sigma Trust. [2]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. "The Stanway School | A Humanities, Maths & Computing College". Stanway.essex.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  2. https://www.sigmatrust.org.uk/"Our academies"
  3. Oldershaw, Lauren (2 December 2018). "IN PICTURES: School's treasure trove of pictures and diaries found during overhaul". Clacton Gazette. Retrieved 11 January 2022.