All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham
{{Short description|School in Gloucestershire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox school
| name = All Saints' Academy
| image = All_saints_chelt_logo.png
| image_size = 200px
| motto = Excellence, Inclusion, Christian
| established = September 2011
| type = Academy
| address = Blaisdon Way
| city = Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
| country = England
| postcode = GL51 0WH
| urn = 136016
| ofsted = Good
| capacity = 1,150
| enrolment = 1,098
| gender = Mixed
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| colours = {{Color box|Red}}{{Color box|White}} Red and white
| website = {{url|http://www.asachelt.org/}}
| principal = Benjamin Williams
}}
All Saints' Academy is a Christian church school{{cite web|url=https://www.asachelt.org/about-us/our-vision-values-ethos-mission/|access-date=22 February 2022|title=The All Saints’ Academy Christian Purpose}} in Cheltenham in cooperation with the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester. Construction started in April 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-12227829|title=Cheltenham's new All Saints' Academy 'topping out' held|publisher=BBC News|date=19 January 2011|access-date=10 June 2011}} The academy opened in September 2011.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/8691565.stm|title=Anglo-Saxon finds at new Cheltenham academy site|publisher=BBC News|date=19 May 2010|access-date=10 June 2011}} The project was budgeted to cost nearly £25 million with £2 million on IT equipment.{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Cheltenham-says-yes-new-academy/story-11897704-detail/story.html|title=Cheltenham says yes to new academy|publisher=This is Gloucestershire|date=22 January 2010|access-date=10 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527141754/http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Cheltenham-says-yes-new-academy/story-11897704-detail/story.html|archive-date=27 May 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} The school replaced Kingsmead and Christ College which opened as recently as 2007 as the county's first joint Roman Catholic and Church of England school.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/8562531.stm|title=Approval granted for new academy school in Cheltenham|publisher=BBC News|date=11 March 2010|access-date=10 June 2011}}
Christ College had used the premises formerly occupied by St Benedict's from 1962 to 2007 which had been Catholic secondary School in Cheltenham. The opportunity of having a newly built school on the site of Kingsmead School formerly occupied by Arle School from 1959 to 1995 Kingsmead was closing due to falling numbers having been in special measures and turning the school into an academy justified making a fresh start with a new name. The school has room to educate 1150 students aged 11–18 and the school's specialisms will be science and sport.{{cite web |title=All Saints' Academy, Cheltenham |url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136016 |publisher=Gov.uk |access-date=25 October 2019}}
All Saints' Academy was rated good after an Ofsted inspection in late 2018.
In May 2010, an Anglo-Saxon settlement was discovered on the site.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.asachelt.org/}}
{{Cheltenham, Gloucestershire}}
{{Schools in Gloucestershire}}
{{Diocese of Clifton}}
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Category:Schools in Cheltenham
Category:Academies in Gloucestershire
Category:Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Gloucester
Category:Educational institutions established in 2011