| Motto | Learning, Achievement, Success |
|---|---|
| Established | 1955 (2010 as an academy) |
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Principal | Peter Beighton |
| Specialism | Business and Enterprise Specialist status |
| Location | Station Road Branston Lincolnshire LN4 1LH England |
| Local authority | Lincolnshire |
| Staff | 70 (approx.) |
| Students | 1050 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www.branstoncc.lincs.sch.uk |
Branston Community Academy, formerly known as Branston School and Community College, is a comprehensive school for 11-18 year old students on Station Road in Branston, Lincolnshire, England. Although North Kesteven is comprehensive, there are two grammar schools in nearby Sleaford.
In the 2005 school league table results for Lincolnshire, the school came 22 out of 66 similar schools in the county for attainment at GCSE/GNVQ level, and 16 out of 36 for attainment at A level/AS level. It became a Business & Enterprise College in September 2002.
In September 2007, it also became one of the small minority of schools in the top rated "outstanding school" category by Ofsted. Inspectors judged relationships between students and staff and student behaviour to be "outstanding". In December 2010 the school changed its name from Branston Community College to Branston Community Academy.
The school was built in the 1950s and originally known as Branston Secondary Modern. By 1959, records show that around 350 pupils were enrolled. Today there are over 1,200 on the roll.
The school for many years ran a 'house' system with each named after royal houses and allocated a colour as follows: Tudor (yellow), Lancaster (red), Windsor (green), Stuart (blue), York (white) and Hanover (orange). This system has since been abolished.
The original school consisted of a concrete central block of classrooms, which included a dining hall on the ground floor, and a gymnasium. Woodwork and metalwork workshops were built nearby, while sports changing rooms and greenhouses were at the back of the block.
Pupils from the 1st to 5th year (now referred to as years 7 - 11) are put into tutor groups. 6th form students are in separate tutor groups but also help out in tutorial.
As the number of pupils increased over the years, so did the amount of classroom space needed. A new library/office accommodation block, sports complex, swimming pool, youth wing, sixth form unit, large science/language block and house rooms have been added over the decades. Houses were recently abolished and tutor groups are now set by year groups.
According to the Lincolnshire County Council website:
| “ | The Library has extensive book, non-book and ICT resources, a large area for private study and contains the College-run Learndirect Centre. The College has invested heavily in broadband and wireless technology in addition to the several dedicated, networked ICT rooms. | ” |
Branston has Business and Enterprise Specialist status and was one of the first 18 British schools designated as a Specialist Business and Enterprise College in September 2002. In 2003, the school became a DCSF Pathfinder Enterprise School and in 2006 it was designated as the regional hub school for Enterprise. In 2005 the College set up a four-year partnership with Lincolnshire Cooperative and it has also been asked by the Specialist Schools Trust to take part in a research project called 'Capturing Transformation.'