Kingswood Secondary Academy
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| Established | 1965 |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy |
| Principal | Mr Scott Hudson |
| Location |
Gainsborough Road Corby Northamptonshire NN18 9NS  England Coordinates: 52°28′41″N 0°43′59″W / 52.478°N 0.733°W |
| DfE number | 928/4013 |
| DfE URN | 139957 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1253 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Colours | Black and Purple |
| Website | www.kingswoodsecondaryacademy.org |
Kingswood Secondary Academy (formerly The Kingswood School)[1] is coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Corby, Northamptonshire, England.
History
The school was established as a grammar school in 1965 with 150 students. The school now has over 1,200 students operating on the new school site. Many changes have taken place in the past two years with the introduction of a new school uniform, vertical tutoring, a brand new building with state of the art facilities. The film was the subject of a BBC documentary produced by Richard Denton in 1984, together with a sister documentary on a public school Radley College.
The Kingswood School was designated a Specialist Arts College in September 2004 after grades were excelling in subjects related to the performing arts. (Dance, Drama, Art, Music and Media Studies)
In 2008 Kingswood saw its highest GCSE pass rate at 54%.[2]
The school used to operate on two sites; the Upper School site, which was for students between the ages of 11-16, and the Lower School, which was once Our Lady and Pope John[3] Catholic Secondary School. The school was taken over by Kingswood in 2004 and its students were then mixed with The Kingswood School's pupils. The Lower School site was then used as a sixth form centre. The disused Our Lady and Pope John site underwent demolition from November 2012, following an arson attack on the site in August 2012. The School is now on one site in the new building.
The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2013 and was renamed Kingswood Secondary Academy.
The New School
Specialist Arts
The School Day
The school day officially starts at 8:40am with lessons also starting then. Every student has 5 lessons, each of which lasting 1 hour. This excludes sixth formers with free periods in which extra study is carried out in the school library. At 10:40am the students will either go to their allocated form room or attend an assembly, depending on the students house, the day on which the assembly is held will change. The students receive two 30 minute lunches during the day, one after their second lesson and then another after their fourth. The day then finishes at 3:00pm unless the student partakes in an extracurricular activity.[4]
References
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/08/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/928_5402.stm
- ↑ http://www.northantset.co.uk/gcse/Kingswood-School.4416267.jp
- ↑ http://www.schoolsnet.com/uk-schools/school-details-reviews/northamptonshire/our-lady-pope-john-catholic-secondary-school/16180339/0/205371.html
- ↑ http://www.kingswoodschool.com/GenSchoolDay.html