| Motto | Innovation, Achievement, Challenge |
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| Established | 1986 |
| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Clive Zimmerman |
| Specialisms | Maths and Computing College, Sports College |
| Location | Grange Park Way Swindon Wiltshire SN5 6HN England |
| DfE URN | 137264 |
| Ofsted | Pre-Academy Reports |
| Students | 1,053 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Colours | Maroon, Blue (Lower School) Black, Blue (Upper School) |
| Website | www.greendown.swindon.sch.uk |
Greendown Community School is a mixed sex comprehensive secondary school for pupils aged between 11 and 16 years. It is situated in the Grange Park area of Swindon, England, adjacent to Lydiard Country Park. The school has been awarded dual specialist status as a Sports College and Maths and Computing College. As of 2011, there are 1,053 students enrolled at the school.[1] It has also recently been awarded Academy status, changing it's name to Lydiard Park Academy. The Uniform has not yet been changed, and will be in September 2012.
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The school opened in 1986, along with the area being built. In the late 1990s the school was getting more pupils and so it needed some extra accommodation. This led to a prefabricated humanities block (which was sold off in 2011) and a prefabricated music block (which is still in use). Later the former humanities block was done up. The walls were thickened, the lino became carpet and air conditioning was added. In 2003 the school was getting more pupils and so a second sports hall was added and new maths classrooms were built. In 2010 the school added an ASD Centre (see main section below).
For year 7,8 and 9 key stage 3, the uniform consists of a sky blue t-shirt and a maroon sweatshirt. For year 10 and 11 key stage 4 the uniform consists of a sky blue t-shirt and a black sweatshirt. Both sweatshirts have the school logo in the top right hand corner, next to the sleeve.
The school was the second in Swindon to gain a unit for children with forms of Autism, the first being Kingsdown. Work started in the summer of 2010 and it finally opened on November 5, 2010. Before this is was held in a room which has now been converted into an ordinary classroom.
Greendown was awarded specialist status in 2007, it is now a specialist college in Sport, Maths, and Computing. With the grant that was awarded, a School Gym was brought, a new astroturf was built, all computers in the school were upgraded and every mathematics classrooms were introduced with interactive whiteboards.
Greendown school teaches GCSE and BTEC:
Greendown is twinned with a secondary school in South Africa, Moriting Wa Thuto in Clarens
As of February, 2011, Greendown has applied to become an Academy rather than a Community School. The current plans are for it to be called Lydiard Park Academy and the new colours will be navy and yellow.
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