Waltham Toll Bar Academy

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Waltham Tollbar Academy
Address
Waltham Toll Bar Academy
Station Road, New Waltham

Grimsby
,
North East Lincolnshire
,
DN36 4RZ

England
Coordinates 53°31′17″N0°04′44″W / 53.5215°N 0.0790°W / 53.5215; -0.0790
Information
Type Academy
Motto"Aspire, Endeavour, Excel"
Religious affiliation(s)none
Established1937
Department for Education URN 136268 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsNathaniel Edwards, Ryan Hollingworth
PrincipalNigel Whittle
Co-HeadJimmy Summers
Staff65
GenderN/A
Age11to 18
Enrolment2,000
HousesTucana, Lyra, Indus, Perseus, Vela, Orion
Website http://www.tollbaracademy.co.uk/

Waltham Toll Bar Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form, in New Waltham, North East Lincolnshire, England.

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Admissions

A secondary school with a sixth form, the academy serves 11- to 18-year-olds. The largest school in North East Lincolnshire, it has around 2,000 pupils. [1] The College lies on the border of North East Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire (East Lindsey), and is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Grimsby. Students come from Grimsby, Cleethorpes, and surrounding Lincolnshire villages.

History

The original school was opened in 1937 for 300 pupils. It became the Tollbar Secondary Modern School. Further expansion occurred in the 1970s, and has continued. It is situated on the junction of the A16 and B1219. The school later became Tollbar Business and Enterprise College, changing to Tollbar Business, Enterprise and Humanities College in 2008/9. In autumn 2010 the school gained Academy status, once again changing its name to Tollbar Academy. It was one of the first to change to an Academy under the new legislation as implemented by the 2010 Coalition government.

Academic performance

In July 2002, it was awarded Business and Enterprise College status. In September 2004, it was awarded foundation school status. [2] In October of the same year it announced that it was going to introduce a 5 term year. [3] The sixth form is a partnership with Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education. It gets the best GCSE results in North East Lincolnshire LEA, and the best A level results followed by Franklin College.

In May 2008, Principal David Hampson suspended 74 pupils for using the school computers to play a game [4] based on the film Tron . The game was downloaded by students. The school also forbids mobile phones or any other electronic equipment. [5] [6]

In September 2012, the academy was ranked number 1 in the government "Similar Schools" table, which ranks schools by results against schools with a similar intake. [7] [8]

As of 2023, the school's most recent inspection by Ofsted was in 2013, when it was judged Outstanding. [9] It was one of only two secondary schools in North-East Lincolnshire to receive the highest category of inspection judgement under the new, more rigorous, inspection standards. [10]

Notable former pupils

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References

  1. ↑ "Tollbar Business and Enterprise College". direct.gov.uk. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  2. ↑ "Tollbarbec.co.uk". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2007.
  3. ↑ "Term changes to benefit students". BBC News. 20 October 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "Pupils suspended over online game". BBC News. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  5. ↑ Goff, Hannah (31 May 2007). "Why my school uses search wands". BBC News. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  6. ↑ "School introduces metal detectors". BBC News. 12 January 2005. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
  7. ↑ "Tollbar tops national table". Grimsby Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Search for schools and colleges to compare - GOV.UK - Find and compare schools in England". Find and compare schools in England.
  9. ↑ "Tollbar Academy". Ofsted. 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Video: Olympian Colin Jackson visits Tollbar Academy as it is declared outstanding by Ofsted". Grimsby Telegraph. 24 September 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
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