Whitley Academy

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| name = Whitley Academy

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| coordinates = {{coord|52.38631|-1.48685|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}}

| motto = Facta non verba
(Deeds not words)
Be the best you can be

| established = 1950s and rebuilt 2000

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| type = Academy

| trust = Finham Park Multi Academy Trust

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| head = Bernadette Pettman{{cite web |title=Whitley Academy {{!}} Meet the Staff |url=https://www.whitleyacademy.com/about-us/about-whitley/meet-the-staff/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923042416/https://www.whitleyacademy.com/about-us/about-whitley/meet-the-staff/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=23 September 2020 |access-date=9 April 2022}}

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| address = Abbey Road

| city = Coventry

| county = West Midlands

| country = England

| postcode = CV3 4BD

| local_authority= Coventry City Council

| ofsted = yes

| urn = 148429

| staff = 133

| enrolment = 897 pupils {{cite web|url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50147747|title=Jan 20 Ofsted Report (See page 6)}}

| gender = Coeducational

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 18

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| website = {{Official|https://meadowparkschool.com/}}

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Whitley Academy (formerly Whitley Abbey Community School) was a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Whitley, Coventry, England. The school was rebuilt and opened on 13 October 2000, replacing the former Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School built in the 1950s, which was one of the first comprehensive schools in Coventry. As of 28 January 2021, the school is permanently closed.{{cite web |date=28 January 2021 |title=Ofsted {{!}} Whitley Academy |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/136840 |access-date=15 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128062435/https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/136840 |archive-date=28 January 2021 }}

In July 2007, Whitley Abbey Community School gained specialist status in Business and Enterprise and was renamed Whitley Abbey Business and Enterprise College.

On 1 July 2011 Whitley Abbey Business and Enterprise College became an Academy and was renamed to 'Whitley Academy'.{{cite news|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2012/03/14/princess-anne-visits-coventry-s-whitley-academy-92746-30531583/|title=Princess Anne visits Coventry's Whitley Academy|date=14 March 2012|work=Coventry Telegraph|accessdate=30 March 2012}}

The new academy was formally opened on 13 March 2012 by the Princess Royal.{{cite news|url=http://whitleyacademy.com/school_information/news/HRH_The_Princess_Royal.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331001206/http://www.whitleyacademy.com/school_information/news/HRH_The_Princess_Royal.aspx|url-status=usurped|archive-date=31 March 2012|title=The Royal Visit|date=March 2012|publisher=Whitley Academy|accessdate=30 March 2012}} It was one of the seven schools in the RSA Family of Academies, all in the West Midlands, of the Royal Society of Arts.{{cite web | url=http://www.rsaacademiesteachingschool.org.uk/about-us/our-academies/ | title=Our Academies | publisher=Royal Society of Arts | work=RSA Teaching School Alliance | accessdate=18 November 2017}} In July 2019 the governors of the school decided to leave the RSA.{{cite web| url=https://www.whitleyacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Letter-to-parentsRSA.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725155027/https://www.whitleyacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Letter-to-parentsRSA.pdf | archive-date=25 July 2019 | title=Letter to Parents | url-status=usurped |access-date=28 October 2023}}

In January 2021 the school joined the Finham Park Multi Academy Trust and was renamed to Meadow Park School.{{cite web|url=http://finhamparkmultiacademytrust.co.uk/|title=Finham Park Multi Academy Trust}}{{Official}}