Kingswood Academy, Hull
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| Type | Academy |
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| Headteacher | Bob Andrews |
| Chair | Tony Clark[1] |
| Location |
Wawne Road Kingston upon Hull East Riding of Yorkshire HU7 4WR England Coordinates: 53°47′54″N 0°19′34″W / 53.79836°N 0.32618°W |
| DfE number | 810/4009 |
| DfE URN | 139118 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Website |
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Kingswood Academy (formerly Perronet Thompson School and Kingswood College of Arts) is a secondary school on the northern fringe of the Bransholme housing estate in Kingston upon Hull, England. As of 2012 the school had 797 students in total, down from 1067 in 2009.[1]
History and design
Perronet Thompson School was built in 1988.[2] The building was unusual in having very few windows on the exterior walls, instead taking light from a large barrelled glass roof stretching the length of the building.
In 1999 the school closed due to poor performance.[3] It was later renamed Kingswood High School and received funding under a government programme to specialise as an Arts College.[2]
In 2011 Hull City Council decided to demolish the school, and rebuild it with better facilities as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme.[4] Construction of the new 1,350 pupil capacity school began in April 2011, for completion in January 2013, with Morgan Sindall as the main construction contractor.[5] On completion of the new building the school changed its name to Kingswood Academy.[6] The school is now sponsored by the Academies Enterprise Trust.
See also
- Thomas Perronet Thompson, Hull-born parliamentarian
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sources:
- "Kingswood College of Arts". Ofsted. Provider Details. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "Kingswood College of Arts - Inspection report" (PDF). Ofsted. April 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "BBC - Humber - Voices - Kingswood High School". BBC Humber (BBC). Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ↑ "Mixed reaction to school closure". BBC News (BBC). 13 January 1999. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Kingswood College building, 'the Starship Enterprise', will be torn down and replaced". This is Hull and East Riding. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ Sources:
- "Kingswood". Building Schools for the Future. Hull City Council. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- "Kingswood College takes shape as part of rebuild project". This is Hull and East Riding. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- ↑ "Sneak preview of new £25m Kingswood Academy". Hull Esteem Consortium. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kingswood College / Perronet Thomson School, Kingston upon Hull. |
- "Perronet Thompson School, North Bransholme". www.steelconstruction.org. NSC. January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- "Hull City Council : Kingswood". Hull City Council. Archived from the original on 1 July 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- "Kingswood College of Arts". www.wearekingswood.co.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2013., School website
- (Building Schools for the Future). "Kingswood College". www.flickr.com. Retrieved 28 January 2013., official construction images
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