Banbury Academy

Banbury Academy
Type	Secondary Academy
Principal	Sylvia Thomas
Location	Ruskin Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9HY England 52°03′01″N 1°20′38″W / 52.050263°N 1.343858°W / 52.050263; -1.343858Coordinates: 52°03′01″N 1°20′38″W / 52.050263°N 1.343858°W / 52.050263; -1.343858
Local authority	Oxfordshire
Students	985
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Website	Banbury Academy Home page

Banbury Academy is a coeducational academy school situated on Ruskin Road, in the Easington ward of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. The school has a sixth form. Formerly Banbury School, it has been an academy since 2012.

History

Banbury Academy used to be three separate schools. These were:

Stanbridge Hall (the former grammar school)
Wykham Hall
Broughton Hall

Before the school's name was changed to Banbury Grammar School in 1946, it was called Banbury County School and was a mixed school for boys and girls from the ages of 11 to 18/19. It was founded in 1893. Wykham Hall was built in about 1953 and was called Easington Modern Boys' School. When the schools merged they became Banbury School. The school became an academy on 1 August 2012,.^[1] Banbury Academy has approximately 985 students aged between 11 and 18.

Banbury and Drayton merger proposal

In April 2003, there was a proposal which suggested that Banbury School and Drayton School should be merged as one school, while Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School, which is situated next to Banbury School, would move to the site of Drayton School.^[2] The idea met with opposition from many in the local community because it would have meant an increase in journey time for those students who attend Drayton School. Many argued that it would mean a loss of parental choice and would mean that Banbury School would lose its identity. As a result, the proposed merger was rejected.^[3]

New building programme

The new Stanbridge building at Banbury Academy from south

Oxfordshire County Council spent £6 million on a new two-storey, V-shaped building to replace the old Stanbridge building. The New Stanbridge building was officially opened on 13 March 2009 by Michael Gove MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families and includes the English, Maths, Humanities, Languages, RE, IT and Business departments, with 28 classrooms.

Banbury Area Sixth Form

The sixth form serves students from the town of Banbury and surrounding villages. It offers over 30 A-Level courses as well as the option to resit Maths and English at GCSE. The sixth form has undergone extensive development and it now contains a common room, study area and computer suite for use by all sixth formers, plus classrooms and offices in the original sixth form block. The students play an active role in the way that the sixth form is run in the form of a student council, led by the principal students with representatives from each mentor group. They organise social events such as the end of year prom and charity events, most recently the Children in Need appeal.

References

↑ Hammans, Fiona B. (July 2012). "Banbury Academy" (PDF). Banbury School Newsletter Term 6. p. 1. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
↑ BBC NEWS | England | Protest over schools merger
↑ BBC NEWS | England | Oxfordshire | School may become 'city academy'

External links

Schools in Oxfordshire
Secondary	Banbury Academy Bartholomew School The Bicester School Blessed George Napier RC School Burford School Carterton Community College Cheney School Cherwell School Chiltern Edge School Chipping Norton School Cooper School Didcot Girls' School Faringdon Community College Fitzharrys School Gillotts School Gosford Hill School Henry Box School Icknield Community College John Mason School King Alfred's Academy Langtree School Larkmead School Lord Williams's School Marlborough School, Woodstock Matthew Arnold School North Oxfordshire Academy The Oxford Academy Oxford Spires Academy St Birinus School St Gregory the Great RC School Wallingford School The Warriner School Wheatley Park School UTC Oxfordshire Wood Green School
Independent (preparatory)	Abingdon Preparatory School Christ Church Cathedral School Cothill House Dragon School Emmanuel Christian School New College School The Oratory Preparatory School Rupert House School St Hugh's School Summer Fields School
Independent	Abingdon School Al-Madina School Bloxham School Carfax Tutorial Establishment Cokethorpe School Cranford House School D'Overbroeck's College Education First EF International Academy European School, Culham (closing in 2017) Greene's Tutorial College Headington School Kingham Hill School King's School Magdalen College School The Oratory School Our Lady's Abingdon Oxford High School Oxford International College Oxford Montessori Schools Radley College Rye St Antony School St Clare's School St Edward's School St Helen and St Katharine Shiplake College Sibford School Tudor Hall School
Special	Bishopswood School Mulberry Bush School Parklands Campus Swalcliffe Park School
Further education	Abingdon and Witney College Banbury and Bicester College City of Oxford College Denman College Henley College
Former	Carmel College City of Oxford High School for Boys Drayton School Falconbury School Milham Ford School Peers School Southfield Grammar School Oxford Military College St Mary's School, Wantage

Banbury Schools and Colleges
Secondary	Banbury Academy Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School North Oxfordshire Academy (formerly Drayton School)
Primary	Primary schools in Banbury

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