Wayland Academy, Watton

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Wayland Academy
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Address
Wayland Academy, Watton
Merton Road

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IP25 6BA

England
Coordinates 52°33′57″N0°49′25″E / 52.5658°N 0.8237°E / 52.5658; 0.8237
Information
Type Academy
Trust Inspiration Trust before 1 January 2020,Transforming Education in Norfolk (TEN) [1]
Department for Education URN 137949 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalGlen Allott
Gender Mixed
Age11to 16
Enrolment556 [2]
HousesCarter (yellow),Chapman (green),Boudica (red) and Lincoln (blue)
Website www.inspirationtrust.org/wayland-academy

Wayland Academy (formerly Wayland Community High School) is a small mixed secondary school located in Watton in the English county of Norfolk. It is part of the Inspiration Trust being refactored from the Transforming Education in NorfolkTrust group of schools in January 2020. [1]

Contents

History

The school was converted to academy status in August 2012, and was previously a community school under the direct control of Norfolk County Council. [3] The school continues to coordinate with Norfolk County Council for admissions.

Academics

The schools offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study, with some courses offered in conjunction with Easton & Otley College and City College Norwich. [4]

Notable former pupils

Wayland Community High School

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References

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