Wrenn School
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| Established | 1975 |
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| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Mr Steve Elliot |
| Chair of governors | Mr. David Smith |
| Location |
London Road Wellingborough Northamptonshire NN8 2DQ England |
| DfE number | 928/4014 |
| DfE URN | 139961 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1482 (September 2009) |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Colours | Black & Red |
| Former name | Wellingborough Grammar School |
| Website | Wrenn Academy |
'Wrenn Academy' is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. It was established in 1975,[1] and occupies the campus of the former Wellingborough Grammar School, founded in 1930,[1] at which British television personality David Frost was a pupil.[1]
Wrenn Academy is a split-site school, with the two parts of its campus being a short walk apart. One part of the school is sited on the A5193 (former A509) in the south of the town, just west of the hospital (52°17′47″N 0°41′19″W / 52.2963°N 0.6887°WCoordinates: 52°17′47″N 0°41′19″W / 52.2963°N 0.6887°W). The other main site is situated on Doddington Road (52°17′45″N 0°41′41″W / 52.2959°N 0.6948°W), a few minutes from the London Road site. The Doddington Road site, which was formerly the boy's grammar school, houses years 9-11 along with the Art and Design Technology buildings, and in London Road the site of the former girl's grammar school is attended by years 7-8 and the school's sixth form. The school has a wide range of buildings ranging from 4 to 100 years old.[2] The oldest buildings are those of the former grammar school, while the most modern addition being the music block, constructed in 2006.
A September 2009 OFSTED report rated the school with an overall Grade 3 (satisfactory), and a Grade 1 (Outstanding) for its sixth form).[3]
Notable former pupils
Wrenn School
- Matthew May - Labour Party Candidate for South Northamptonshire 2010
- Ashleigh Butler, Entertainer and Britain's Got Talent 2012 winner along with Pudsey the Dog
Wellingborough Grammar School
- Gerry Bermingham, Labour MP from 1983-2001 for St Helens South
- Richard Bradshaw, Director from 1998-2007 of the Canadian Opera Company
- Gordon Cook, tropical disease expert, medical historian, and President of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from 1993-5
- Michael Cox (novelist)
- Sir David Frost OBE
- Sir Bruce Liddington [4]
- John Reid OBE, architect
- Kenneth Spencer[5]
- Giovanni Di Stefano - infamous fraudster
- Sir Terence Streeton KBE CMG, High Commissioner to Bangladesh from 1983-9
- David Thacker, theatre director
- Steve Tompkins, architect
- Ernest Watkin, Professor of Mathematics from 1904-31 at the University of Southampton
- Don White (footballer), rugby player and English national coach from 1969-71
Former teachers
- Jeff Butterfield - England and Northampton rugby player
- Bob Taylor - England rugby player[6]
- Robert Shaw (poet) - active in the fields of literature and jazz , was Second English Master 1960 - 1964.
References
- 1 2 3 Tall, David, and Graham Tall (2006). Memories of Wellingborough Grammar School, with a foreword by Sir David Frost. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ↑ School website
- ↑ Ofsted report 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/nov/07/bruce-liddington-eact-academies-salary Bruce Liddington
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1497019/Kenneth-Spencer.html Kenneth Spencer
- ↑ Tall, T. and Tall, G. (2006). Memories of Wellingborough Grammar School 1930 - 1975 Clock Tower Publications ISBN 0-9548689-1-9 page 125
External links
- Memories of Wellingborough Grammar School (web site).
- Memories of Wellingborough Grammar School (book website)
- EduBase
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