Acklam Grange School

Acklam Grange School is a coeducational community secondary school located at Lodore Grove, Acklam, Middlesbrough, England.^[1]

The school opened in 1952 as Hugh Bell School – later becoming Stainsby School – and is currently Acklam Grange Secondary School (after Stainsby and Oaklands School amalgamated in 1983 the combined school was renamed Acklam Grange School). It educates pupils Year 7 through Year 11. The current headteacher is Andrea Crawshaw.^[2]

The school is one of the few in the area that have continued to be a part of Building Schools for the Future after announced spending cuts by the Government.

The school received a Grade 3 (satisfactory) rating from Ofsted in 2012.^[3]

Structure

Acklam Grange uses pastoral management schemes that manage the pupils by year group, with students being assigned a form tutor with whom they have significant daily contact and who is their contact point for any issues. This was chosen instead of a house system.

Rewards for pupils are issued in a tiered system, including certificates, vouchers, and school trips. In Year 11, pupils have the opportunity to become prefects and senior prefects, where they assist in the management of the school and are overseen by a Head Boy and Head Girl.

Facilities

Facitilies include:

six 2-story buildings, each housing two or more departments^[4]
a dedicated VLE
Middlesbrough City Learning Centre, a community building offering IT facilities
Acorn Centre, a specialist sport centre

The new building, on the former playing fields of the old school, was constructed by contractors Willmott Dixon. It opened on 6 September 2010 and cost over £27 million. Pupil involvement in the building included landscaping, and the naming of areas through schemes such as the School Council and a specially-formed "Team 2010" group.

The Acorn Centre is a £2.2 million sport and inclusion facility which was opened in late January 2005 following its official launch by Gary Pallister (former Middlesbrough and England International footballer) and Councillor Hazel Pearson OBE (Chair of Governors). The development has been made possible due to receiving investment from Acklam Grange School, Middlesbrough Council, The West Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Trust (WMNT) and the Big Lottery Fund. It is a dual use facility for local school and community networks. It includes a sports hall, a fitness studio, and a classroom.^[5]

The site of the old school has since been landscaped into a carparking and entrance area. Bricks from the old school were sold to pupils, parents, staff, and alumnus.

Notable former pupils

Pete Firman (Acklam Grange School) — comedian and magician
Stuart Ripley (Acklam Grange School) — footballer
Gary MacDonald (Stainsby School) — footballer
Don Revie (Hugh Bell School) — footballer and manager
Journey South (Acklam Grange School) — singing duo

References

↑ "Contact". Acklam Grande School. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
↑ "Headteacher's Welcome". Acklam Grange School. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
↑ "Ofsted: Acklam Grange School A Specialist Technology College for Maths and Computing". Ofsted. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
↑ "Case Study: Acklam Grange School" (PDF). Willmott Dixon Group. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
↑ "Facilities". Acklam Grange School. Retrieved 17 July 2013.

Schools in North Yorkshire^*

Primary schools	St George's RC Primary School West Cliff Primary School Western Primary School

Secondary schools	Acklam Grange School All Saints RC School Archbishop Holgate's School Barlby High School Bedale High School Boroughbridge High School Brayton High School Caedmon College Canon Lee School Easingwold School Ebor Academy Filey Eskdale School Freebrough Academy Fulford School George Pindar School Graham School Harrogate Grammar School Harrogate High School Hillsview Academy Holy Family RC High School Huntcliff School Huntington School Joseph Rowntree School King James's School The King's Academy Lady Lumley's School Laurence Jackson School Macmillan Academy Manor CE Academy Malton School Millthorpe School Nidderdale High School Northallerton School Norton College Nunthorpe Academy Ormesby School Outwood Academy Acklam Outwood Academy Bydales Outwood Academy Ripon Redcar Academy Richmond School Risedale Sports and Community College Rossett School Ryedale School Rye Hills School Sacred Heart RC Voluntary Academy St Aidan's CE High School St Augustine's RC School St Francis Xavier School St John Fisher RC High School St Peter's RC Voluntary Academy Scalby School Selby High School Settle College Sherburn High School The Skipton Academy South Craven School Stokesley School Tadcaster Grammar School Thirsk School Trinity Catholic College Unity City Academy Upper Wharfedale School The Wensleydale School York High School

Grammar schools	Ermysted's Grammar School Ripon Grammar School Skipton Girls' High School

Independent schools	Ampleforth College Ashville College Aysgarth School Bootham School Clifton Pre-preparatory School Fyling Hall School Giggleswick School Harrogate Ladies' College Harrogate Tutorial College Menwith Hill School The Minster School The Mount School Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate Queen Mary's School Queen Margaret's School Read School St Martin's Ampleforth St Olave's School St Peter's School Scarborough College

Special schools	Beverley School Breckenbrough School

FE & sixth form colleges	Askham Bryan College Cleveland College Craven College Harrogate College Middlesbrough College Prior Pursglove College Redcar & Cleveland College Selby College Scarborough Sixth Form College York College Yorkshire Coast College

Defunct schools	Ashfield Secondary Modern School Burnholme Community College Clifton House Preparatory School Great Ayton Friends' School Elmfield College Eston Park Academy Gillbrook Academy Hall Garth Community Arts College King's Manor School Knavesmire Secondary School Malsis School New College, Harrogate Newlands School FCJ Norwood College Queen Anne Grammar School Raincliffe School Rathmell Academy St David's School St. George's RC Secondary School St Mary's College Scorton Grammar School West End Preparatory School Woodleigh School York Bluecoat School

^*including schools in Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesbrough and York.

Coordinates: 54°32′42″N 1°15′50″W / 54.54489°N 1.26401°W / 54.54489; -1.26401

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