Ormiston Denes Academy

Ormiston Denes Academy
Type	Academy
Principal	Mr Peter Marshall
Location	Yarmouth Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 4AH England Coordinates: 52°29′23″N 1°44′55″E / 52.489779°N 1.748652°E / 52.489779; 1.748652
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Website	ormistondenes.co.uk

Ormiston Denes Academy is a secondary school with academy status located in the northern outskirts of Lowestoft in the English county of Suffolk. It has around 850 students aged 11 to 16.^[1]

It is situated on Yarmouth Road, the A12. It is also home to a sports training centre open to the public.

History

The school was known as Lowestoft County Grammar School, and prior to that, Lowestoft Secondary School. The original building, built in 1909–1910 by Brown and Kerr, is a Grade II Listed Building.^[2] It is built in Queen Anne style and includes the main hall.^[2]

The school became a comprehensive in 1971 and was renamed The Denes High School. In September 2004 it was designated by the Department for Education and Skills as a specialist school as a Business and Enterprise College.^[3]

In September 2011 the school became an 11 to 16 school as part of the reorganisation of schools in Lowestoft by Suffolk County Council. Pupils in years 7 and 8 joined the school after the closure of eight middle schools in Lowestoft. The opening of Lowestoft Sixth Form College also meant that the school lost its role in the Lowestoft 6th consortium, which had operated as a shared sixth form between the high schools in the town.

The Denes High School converted to academy status in 2013 and was renamed Ormiston Denes Academy. The school is now part of the Ormiston Academies Trust.

After an Ofsted inspection the school has been rated inadequate.

Notable alumni

The Denes High School

Terry Butcher, Ipswich and England footballer
Prof Jules Pretty OBE, Professor of Environment and Society since 2000 at the University of Essex
Karl Theobald, actor and comedian
Zeb Soanes, BBC Radio 4 Newsreader and Television Presenter
Dannie Wright, Published Author and Comedian
Sean Harris, actor

Lowestoft Grammar School

Reginald Allerton CBE, President of the Institute of Housing from 1949 to 1950 and 1960-1
Rosemary Ashe, actress/singer
Willy Aspinall, Cabot Professor in Natural Hazards and Risk Science, Bristol University
Sir Brian Bailey OBE, Chairman of Television South West (TSW) from 1980 to 1993 and President of the Hospital Caterers Association from 1987 to 2004
Maurice Baker, Managing Director of Woolworths Ltd from 1967 to 1971
Keith Beckett FREng Vice President Engineering Pilkington PLC from 1982-1997
Sir Tim Brighouse, Chief Adviser for London Schools at the DfES from 2003 to 2007
James Campbell, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford from 1996 to 2002
John Edmonds CBE, Chief Executive of Railtrack plc from 1994 to 1997
James Hoseason OBE, built up the Hoseasons travel company^[4]
Andrew Marshall, screenwriter
Maj-Gen John Milne CB, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 2001-7
Tony Palmer, film and theatre director
David Porter, local Conservative MP for Waveney from 1987 to 1997
Eddie Spearritt, Ipswich Town footballer
Jack Strowger CBE, Managing Director of Thorn Electrical Industries from 1970-9 and Chairman of Hornby Hobbies from 1981 to 1993

References

↑ Suffolk County Council School Profile. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
1 2 Denes High School, Lowestoft, British Listed Building. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
↑ "Specialist Schools Home". DfES. Retrieved 27 September 2007.
↑ Barker.D (2009) James Hoseason obituary, The Guardian, 7 December 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2011.

External links

Schools in Suffolk

Secondary	Alde Valley Academy Beccles Free School The Benjamin Britten High School Bungay High School Castle Manor Academy Claydon High School Copleston High School County Upper School Debenham High School East Bergholt High School East Point Academy Farlingaye High School Felixstowe Academy Hadleigh High School Hartismere School Holbrook Academy Ipswich Academy Kesgrave High School King Edward VI School (Bury St Edmunds) Mildenhall College Academy Newmarket Academy Northgate High School Ormiston Denes Academy Ormiston Endeavour Academy Ormiston Sudbury Academy Pakefield School St Benedict's Roman Catholic Upper School Samuel Ward Academy Sir John Leman High School Stradbroke High School Stoke High School Stour Valley Community School Stowmarket High School Stowupland High School Suffolk New Academy Thomas Gainsborough School Thomas Mills High School Thurston Community College Westbourne Academy

Independent	Culford School Felixstowe International College Finborough School Focus School Framlingham College Ipswich High School Ipswich School Moreton Hall School Old Buckenham Hall School Royal Hospital School Saint Felix School St Joseph's College, Ipswich Stoke College Summerhill School Woodbridge School

Special	Ashley School The Bridge School Centre Academy East Anglia

Sixth form & FE colleges	Lowestoft College Lowestoft Sixth Form College Otley College of Agriculture and Horticulture Suffolk New College Suffolk One West Suffolk College

Defunct	Amberfield School Felixstowe College Hillcroft Preparatory School Kesgrave Hall School Palgrave Academy RNTE Shotley Sudbury Grammar School Woolverstone Hall School

Ormiston Academies

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