Accrington Academy is a mixed 11-16 Academy in Accrington, Lancashire. It has designated specialisms in Sports and Mathematics. It is situated in the centre of Accrington. Accrington St Christopher's C of E High is nearby to the west.
| Accrington Academy | |
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| Address | |
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Queens Road West , , BB5 4FF England | |
| Coordinates | 53°45′41″N 2°22′21″W / 53.761419°N 2.372472°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | The Best in Everyone |
| Established | 2008 |
| Founder | United Learning |
| Sister school | The Hyndburn Academy and Marsden Heights Community College |
| Local authority | Lancashire County Council |
| Trust | United Learning Trust |
| Specialist | Sports and Mathematics |
| Department for Education URN | 135649 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair | Peter Mulholland |
| Principal | Jamie Peel |
| Staff | 160 |
| Gender | coeducational |
| Enrolment | 1032 |
| Language | English |
| Houses | Aquila, Delphinus, Draco & Pegasus |
| Colour(s) | blue white black |
| Slogan | Build character, create learners and transform lives. |
| Former name | Moorhead High School & Moorhead Sports College |
| Website | http://www.accrington-academy.org |
History
editThe school, run by United Learning, opened on 1 September 2008 on the site of the former Accrington Moorhead Sports College, itself the successor Moorhead High School which was the successor of the one-time Accrington High School for Girls. All pupils previously at Moorhead automatically transferred to the new school, which has had a sixth form provision from September 2009 up until July 2024.[1]
Former schools
editAccrington Grammar School had around 500 boys and 100 in the sixth form in the 1970s. Accrington High School for Girls had around 600 girls. Accrington Moorhead High School was on Cromwell Avenue off Queens Road West.[2] The school was founded in 1895 on Blackburn Rd, Accrington as a 'Technical School' In 1968, it moved to the Moorhead site. In 1975, following the Labour government's educational reforms, it ceased to exist.
In 2008, Nosheen Iqbal wrote in The Guardian that Moorhead High School had been "failing".[3] Her article described a "startling transformation" from 17% of children achieving 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C, to 78% of children doing so in the new school.[3] The school's headteacher believed that the change had been brought about through the Creative Partnerships approach, an Arts Council England programme.[3]
Notable former pupils
editThis article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (July 2020) |
Accrington Moorhead Sports College
editDominic Brunt, actor, known for his part in Emmerdale as Paddy Kirk.
Accrington Grammar School
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- Sir Kenneth Barnes CB, Permanent Secretary from 1976 to 1982 of the Department of Employment[citation needed]
- Jim Bowen, comedian, and former host of Bullseye
- Oliver Bulleid CBE, Chief Mechanical Engineer from 1937 to 1948 of the Southern Railway[citation needed]
- Harold Davenport FRS, mathematician[citation needed]
- Sir James Drake CBE, civil engineer, designed the UK's first motorway[citation needed]
- Graeme Fowler, cricketer[citation needed]
- Harry Hill, cyclist who competed in the Olympic Games in 1936[citation needed]
- Ron Hill, marathon runner in the 1964 Tokyo and 1972 Munich Olympics, and won the gold at the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games[4]
- Prof Leslie Howarth OBE, mathematician[5]
- Prof John Lamb CBE, James Watt Professor of Electrical Engineering from 1961 to 1991 at the University of Glasgow, President from 1970 to 1972 of the British Society of Rheology[6]
- James Arthur Prescott CBE, FRS, agricultural scientist[citation needed]
- Edward Slinger, cricketer, solicitor and judge
- Sir John Tomlinson CBE, opera singer[7]
- Prof John Wallwork CBE FRCS FMedSci, cardiothoracic surgeon and emeritus professor who performed Europe's first successful combined heart-lung transplant in 1984[8]
- Graham Walne, theatre consultant, lighting designer, author, and lecturer[citation needed]
- Harry Yeadon, civil engineer, worked with James Drake on the UK's first motorway[citation needed]
Accrington High School for Girls
edit- Julie Hesmondhalgh, actress[citation needed]
- Gwen Mayor, primary school teacher who was killed in the Dunblane massacre[citation needed]
- Val Robinson OBE, played hockey for Great Britain[citation needed]
- Hazel Townson, children's author[citation needed]
- Jeanette Winterson, CBE, author[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Accrington Academy Update vol.1 (Spring 2008)[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Queen's Road West". geograph.org.uk. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ a b c Iqbal, Nosheen (14 September 2010). "Creative projects in schools are threatened by funding cuts". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ Flanagan, Chris (13 October 2008). "Ron Hill life story". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Obituaries. Leslie Howarth[dead link]
- ^ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of John Lamb".
- ^ Tomlinson, John (20 May 2022). "'How that music was created remains to me a complete mystery': John Tomlinson on fellow Lancastrian Harrison Birtwistle". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Oswaldtwistle pioneering transplant surgeon to retire". Lancashire Telegraph. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2024.