Broadlands Academy

Broadlands Academy
Established Broadlands School 1935
Broadlands Academy 2012
Principal Dean Anderson
Location St Francis Road
Keynsham
Bath and North East Somerset
BS31 2DY
England Coordinates: 51°25′01″N 2°30′33″W / 51.4170°N 2.5093°W
DfE URN 138985 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 762 as of January 2012
Gender Mixed
Ages 11–16
Website broadlandsacademy.org

Broadlands Academy is a secondary school in Keynsham, Bath and North East Somerset, England. Formerly known as Broadlands School founded in 1935,[1] the academy opened in December 2012. The school, which had specialist Science College and Engineering College status, had 762 students between the ages of 11 and 16 years as of January 2012.[2]

The Academy is located near the north-west edge of the Bath and North East Somerset local authority area, and attracts many of its pupils from outside the local authority area. In 2006, 69% of pupils came from Bristol and South Gloucestershire.[3] This led the local authority to consider amalgamating the school with the nearby Wellsway School, though in 2010 a decision was made not to proceed with this proposal.[4][5]

In July 2012, Justine Hocking (who worked alongside students and staff to ensure that the school would remain open in 2010) stepped down as head after working at the school for 10 years.

Broadlands converted to an academy with the Academies Enterprise Trust in December 2012. Mr Dean Anderson will take over from Richard Williams (interim head Sep - Dec 2012) as Headteacher of Broadlands Academy in January 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "History". Broadlands School. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "School Census Data. Establishment: Broadlands School". EduBase. Department for Education. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "A Review of Secondary Schools in Bath and North East Somerset". Bath and North East Somerset Council. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
  4. ↑ "Decision made on Secondary School provision for Bath and Keynsham". Bath and North East Somerset. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  5. ↑ "Revised Bath schools proposals recommended". BBC. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.

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