Hanson Academy

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Hanson Academy
Address
Hanson Academy
Sutton Avenue

Bradford
,
West Yorkshire
,
BD2 1JP

England
Coordinates 53°49′05″N1°44′34″W / 53.8181°N 1.7428°W / 53.8181; -1.7428
Information
Type Academy
Established1897
Local authority City of Bradford
Trust Delta Academies Trust
Department for Education URN 149011 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalDavid Hewitt
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment1745 (in 2015) [1]
Website https://www.hanson.org.uk/

Hanson Academy (formerly Hanson Grammar School and then Hanson School) is a co-educational secondary school and sixth-form located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.

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Admissions

Hanson Academy is situated between Bolton and Five Lane Ends.

History

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Former Hanson School on Barkerend Road

Grammar school

The Hanson Grammar School was designed by Charles Henry Hargreaves and opened on Byron Street, near Barkerend Road, in 1897. The boys' and girls' schools were next door to each other.

In 1967 the girls' school had moved to a new building on Sutton Avenue. In the early 1970s, although retaining the name of a grammar school, the intake was comprehensive. The girls' school had around 500 girls, with 80 in the sixth-form. The boys' school had around 550 boys with 120 in the sixth-form.

Comprehensive

It became the co-educational Hanson School in 1972, situated at the Sutton Avenue site. In the 1980s, the Sutton Avenue site was known as Hanson Upper School. In July 2011, the school moved to a different building within the same Sutton Avenue grounds.

Following an Ofsted inspection in 2010, the secondary school was placed in special measures. [2] Derek Needham, the then acting head teacher, commented by saying: "I do not believe Hanson School is a bad school, the Ofsted inspectors didn't look at all aspects of the school, they just focused on the school's many problems rather than its little achievements".

In 2014 Hanson School was in the media because of the high number of students, more than 200, sent home for not adhering to the uniform policy. [3]

In January 2018 the school came out of special measures, and is currently graded by Ofsted as "Requires Improvement". [4]

Academy

Previously a foundation school administered by Bradford City Council, [5] Hanson School converted to academy status in July 2022 and was renamed Hanson Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Delta Academies Trust. [6]

Head teachers

Campus

Hanson has four floors. There is a Sixth Form centre. There is a footballing centre, home to "Goals", which has 15+ five aside pitches and 1 full-size football pitch.

A new school building was completed in 2011. The building of Pulse Gym was also completed in 2010; it has a 65-station gym, interactive centre, sports hall and two dance studios. The gym is for pupil use as well as for members of the public.

Academic performance

65% of Hanson students achieved 5 or more A*s to Cs in 2010.[ citation needed ] In BTEC, Hanson was in the UK's top 20.

Notable former pupils


Hanson Boys' Grammar School

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Peter Firth at the 2009 BAFTA Awards (British Academy Television Awards 2009), with Miranda Raison, in April 2009

Hanson Girls' Grammar School

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References

  1. ↑ "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". 6 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 Barnett, Ben (16 December 2010). "Head teacher Tim Brookes quits as Hanson School put into 'special measures'". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 Quine, Oscar (7 November 2014). "The headteacher who sent home 152 pupils in a day explains why she did it" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Hanson School Ofsted Report" (PDF). Hanson School. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Hanson School - GOV.UK".
  6. ↑ "Changing Lives, Improving Outcomes". Delta Academies Trust. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "URN 107440 Hanson School". EduBase2 / Department of Education. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "My Yorkshire: Peter Firth". The Yorkshire Post . 19 November 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
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