Strood Academy
{{Short description|Secondary school in Strood, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
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| trust = Leigh Academies Trust
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| head = Jon Richardson{{cite web |title=Strood Academy Website |url=https://stroodacademy.org.uk/ |website=Strood Academy |access-date=20 February 2024}}
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| address = Carnation Road
| city = Strood
| county = Kent
| country = England
| postcode = ME2 2SX
| dfeno = 887/6905
| urn = 135964
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| gender = Coeducational
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 19
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Strood Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Strood in the English county of Kent.{{cite web|url=http://www.stroodacademy.org/ |title=Strood Academy |publisher=Strood Academy |access-date=2013-12-14}} Part of the main building also serves as the head office for Leigh Academies Trust.
History
Strood Academy was formed in September 2009 following the closure of Chapter School and Temple School, and today the school is located on the former site of Chapter School. The school moved into new buildings on the site in September 2012, which were designed in partnership with Nicholas Hare Architects and built by BAM as the main contractor at a cost of £27 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.stroodacademy.org/info/welcome_to_strood_academy |title=Welcome |publisher=Strood Academy |access-date=2013-12-14}}
The academy moved into the Leigh Academies Trust in 2017.{{cite web |title=Strood Academy |url=http://leighacademiestrust.org.uk/academy/strood-academy/ |website=Leigh Academies Trust |access-date=2 March 2020 |language=en}}
Dijana Piralic became Principal, replacing Kim Gunn, in March 2020.
Governance
Strood Academy is part of the Leigh Academies Trust, a multi-academy trust, formed of 25 schools based in the Kent, Medway and South East London areas.{{cite web |title=LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST - GOV.UK |url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Groups/Group/Details/3725 |website=get-information-schools.service.gov.uk |access-date=11 January 2020 |language=en}} Within the Trust's head office, it houses its Executive Team and the other central teams including Finance, Business, Marketing, HR, Engagement and IT.{{cite web |title=Contact Us |url=http://leighacademiestrust.org.uk/contact-us/ |website=Leigh Academies Trust |access-date=3 March 2020 |language=en}}
Strood Academy was sponsored by the University for the Creative Arts in 2013.{{cite web |title=Ofsted Report 2013 |url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2246169 |website=ofsted.gov.uk |access-date=2 March 2020}}
Academics
=Key Stage 3=
Strood Academy is a candidate school for the IB Middle Years Programme.{{cite web |title=Middle Years Programme (MYP) |url=https://www.ibo.org/programmes/middle-years-programme/ |website=International Baccalaureate® |publisher=IBO |access-date=3 March 2020 |language=en}} In addition to following the UK National curriculum, this "a commitment to improve the teaching and learning of a diverse and inclusive community of students by delivering challenging, high quality programmes of international education that share a powerful vision."{{cite web |title=Strood Academy {{!}} IBMYP (International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme) Candidate School |url=http://stroodacademy.org.uk/ibmyp-international-baccalaureate-middle-years-programme-candidate-school/ |website=stroodacademy.org.uk |access-date=3 March 2020}}
=Key Stage 4=
The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for its pupils; while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and BTEC Level 3s.{{cite web|url=http://www.stroodacademy.org/sixthform |title=Sixth form |publisher=Strood Academy |access-date=2013-12-14}}
In 2018, 5% of year 11s had entries in all EBACC subjects.{{cite web |last1=Kent Live |title=Strood Academy |url=https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/strood-academy-3058476 |website=kentlive |access-date=3 March 2020 |date=19 June 2019}}
Sports
When the school was designed in 2011, sports facilities were included that could be let out of hours. A spin off company now does this too. There are multi-use sports spaces, a dance studio, tennis/netball courts and all-weather pitches.{{cite web |title=Strood Academy |url=https://latenterprises.org.uk/locations/strood-academy/ |website=LAT Enterprises |access-date=3 March 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.stroodacademy.org/}}
{{Leigh Academies Trust}}
{{Schools in Kent}}
Category:Secondary schools in Medway
Category:University for the Creative Arts