Nelson Academy

Nelson Academy
Established	1873
Type	Academy (English school)
Principal	Louise Ward
Location	Nursery Road Downham Market Norfolk PE30 4QG England
Local authority	Norfolk
DfE URN	121012 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	300
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	3–11
Former Name	Clackclose Community Primary School
Website	Nelson Academy

Nelson Academy (formerly "Clackclose Community Primary School") is one of the two primary (3-11) schools in the West Norfolk town of Downham Market, in England. It is situated on Nursery Road and was originally named after the Clackclose Hundred. The school originally opened in 1873 in Snape Lane. The school became the first primary education academy sponsored by the CWA Academy Trust, founded by the College of West Anglia, in 2014.^[1] The school is a feeder school to Downham Market Academy.

History

Clackclose Community Primary School was established in 1873. The school was renamed when it was sponsored by CWA Academy Trust to become an academy. Nelson Academy is named after Lord Nelson, whom, according to local folklore, attended his first school in Downham Market. ^[2]

References

↑ Nelson Academy website About Nelson Academy, Retrieved on 6 September 2014.
↑ Nelson Academy website About Nelson Academy, Retrieved on 6 September 2014.

External links

Nelson Academy

Schools in Norfolk

Secondary

High schools	Acle Academy Alderman Peel High School Archbishop Sancroft High School Attleborough Academy Aylsham High School Broadland High School Caister High School City Academy Norwich City of Norwich School Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Cromer Academy Dereham Neatherd High School Diss High School Downham Market Academy Fakenham Academy Flegg High School Framingham Earl High School Great Yarmouth High School Hellesdon High School Hethersett Academy The Hewett Academy Hobart High School Iceni Academy Jane Austen College King Edward VII School King's Lynn Academy Litcham School Long Stratton High School Lynn Grove High School Marshland High School The Nicholas Hamond Academy North Walsham High School Northgate High School Notre Dame High School Old Buckenham High School Open Academy Ormiston Venture Academy Ormiston Victory Academy Reepham High School St Clement's High School Sewell Park Academy Sheringham High School Smithdon High School Springwood High School Sprowston Community High School Stalham High School Taverham High School The Thetford Academy Thorpe St Andrew School UTC Norfolk Wayland Academy Wymondham College Wymondham High School

Colleges	College of West Anglia City College Norwich Easton College

Sixth form colleges	Dereham Sixth Form College East Norfolk Sixth Form College Paston College Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form

Independent

Preparatory	Glebe House School Hethersett Old Hall School Town Close School

Senior	Gresham's School Hethersett Old Hall School Langley School Norwich School Norwich High School for Girls Thetford Grammar School

Special

Defunct

Category
Commons

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