Wrenn School

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Wrenn School
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Address
Wrenn School
London Road

Wellingborough
,
Northamptonshire
,
NN8 2DQ

England
Coordinates 52°17′47″N0°41′19″W / 52.2963°N 0.6887°W / 52.2963; -0.6887
Information
Type Secondary Comprehensive Sponsor-led Academy
Motto"Proud to be Wrenn"
Established1907: Wellingborough County High School
1930: Wellingborough Grammar School
1975: Merger to form Wrenn School
TrustCreative Education Trust: 2018
Department for Education URN 139961 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsWilliam E Mandeville
PrincipalMarianne Blake
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 19
Enrolment1,304
Colour(s)Black & Red
  
Second SiteDoddington Road
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
NN8 2JJ
England
Website www.wrennschool.org.uk
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Wrenn School is a coeducational secondary comprehensive school and Sixth form with academy status, located in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England.

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History

The school's origins lie in Wellingborough County High School for girls (1907) and Wellingborough Grammar School for boys (1930). The Wellingborough County High School was founded in 1907, and moved into the Broadway site in 1911, and the grammar school site was finished in 1930, on Doddington Road. The two schools merged in 1975, under the then headmaster, Mr Wrenn, to form Wrenn School. [1]

Facilities

Wrenn School is a split-site school, with the three parts of its grounds being a short walk apart. The first site of the school is situated on the A5193 (former A509) in the south of the town, just west of the hospital, on London Road and Broadway ( 52°17′47″N0°41′19″W / 52.2963°N 0.6887°W / 52.2963; -0.6887 (Wrenn School, London Road site) ). The other two sites are situated on Doddington Road ( 52°17′45″N0°41′41″W / 52.2959°N 0.6948°W / 52.2959; -0.6948 (Wrenn School, Doddington Road site) ), a few minutes from the London Road site. The Doddington Road site, formerly the boys' grammar school, houses years 9-11 along with the Art and Design Technology buildings, and the Roseacre Playing Fields site, for Physical Education, is situated directly opposite the main Doddington Road building. The London Road site, which was the site of the former girls' high school, is attended by years 7-8 and the school's Sixth Form. The oldest buildings are those of the former grammar school, and the most modern additions are the all-weather pitch (AstroTurf) and pavilion, constructed in 2004 and the music block, constructed in 2006.

Inspection judgements and academisation

Academic performance

In 2018, the school's Progress 8 score at GCSE was average, and its Attainment 8 score below average. [14]

Wellingborough Music & Arts Centre

The Northamptonshire County Council-run “Music and Arts Centre” takes place every Saturday morning in the Wrenn School, at the London Road site, and the festival band has achieved national recognition in the finals of the national festival of music for youth. [15] [ better source needed ]

Notable people

Wrenn School

Wellingborough Grammar School

Former teachers

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