The Ramsey Academy
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| head = Charlotte Sterland
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| address = Colne Road
| city = Halstead
| county = Essex
| country = England
| postcode = CO9 2HR
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| urn = 139248
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| enrolment = 550
| gender = Coeducational
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 16
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The Ramsey Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Halstead, Essex, England.
History
In 1975 three local schools, including Earls Colne Grammar School, Halstead Grammar School{{cite web|url=http://www.halsteadgrammar.co.uk/page6.html |title=History |publisher=Halsteadgrammar.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2022-06-15}} and Halstead Secondary School, amalgamated into the Ramsey School, as part of the re-organisation of schooling along comprehensive lines. The school was named after Dame Mary Ramsey, a 16th-century local educational philanthropist.
The 2006 Ofsted report averaged the college at a satisfactory grade.{{cite web|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=279540&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\\school\\115\\s5_115208_20060621.pdf|title=Inspection Report|date=21 June 2006|accessdate=2008-04-07}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} However this was revoked by the Ofsted report in 2012, when the school was placed under special measures. The school converted to academy status in September 2013 and was renamed The Ramsey Academy.
In 2013, the school was once again graded as "good" in most areas and "outstanding" for leadership and management.{{cite web |url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/115208 |title= Ofsted | the Ramsey College|website=www.ofsted.gov.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231064953/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/115208 |archive-date=2012-12-31}}
In 2023 the school was found to have four potentially structurally unsound classrooms due to the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete as a building material.{{cite news |date=1 September 2023 |title=Which schools have closed, shut buildings or moved over aerated concrete? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-66681227 |work=BBC News |access-date=1 September 2023}}
Notable former pupils
- Steve Lamacq, BBC Radio DJ[http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/local/5066300.Steve_Lamacq_returns_to_the_BBC/?ref=rss Steve Lamacq returns to the BBC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304035036/http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/local/5066300.Steve_Lamacq_returns_to_the_BBC/?ref=rss |date=2012-03-04 }} 2010
- Kevin Bampton, legal reformer.
References
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Category:Secondary schools in Essex
Category:Educational institutions established in 1975
Category:1975 establishments in England
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