Wingfield Academy

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{{short description|Academy in Wingfield, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England}}

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{{Infobox school

| name = Wingfield Academy

| image = Wingfield-College-logo.png

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| established = {{startdate|df=yes|1965|09}}

| type = Academy

| head_label = Headteacher

| head = Miss J O’Neill{{cite web |title=Staff List : Wingfield Academy |url=https://www.wingfieldacademy.org/staff-list/ |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=www.wingfieldacademy.org}}

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| chair_label = Chair of Advisory Group

| chair = R. Dunne{{cite web |title=Governance : Wingfield Academy |url=https://www.wingfieldacademy.org/wingfield-advisory-group/ |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=www.wingfieldacademy.org}}

| address = Wingfield Road

| city = Wingfield, Rotherham

| county = South Yorkshire

| country = England

| postcode = S61 4AU

| dfeno = 372/4018

| ofsted = yes

| urn = 139992

| staff =

| enrolment = {{circa|1,000}}

| gender = Coeducational

| lower_age = 11

| upper_age = 16

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| free_label_1 = Former names

| free_1 = Wingfield Comprehensive School (1965–2006)
Wingfield School (2006–2008)
Wingfield Business & Enterprise College (2008–2013)

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| website = https://wingfieldacademy.org/

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Wingfield Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the Wingfield area of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It has been renamed three times since it opened. It was originally named Wingfield Comprehensive School until September 2006 when it became simply Wingfield School. In September 2008, it became a specialist school and was rebranded as Wingfield Business & Enterprise College. The third rename occurred in August 2013 when the college completed its transition to an academy becoming Wingfield Academy. On 1 December 2020 Wingfield Academy become part of the New Collaborative Learning Trust.

Ofsted inspections

Since the commencement of Ofsted inspections in September 1993, the school has undergone 11 inspections:

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Date of inspectionOutcomeReference
24–?? January 1994??? 
3–?? November 1997??? 
15–?? May 2000Unsatisfactory (serious weaknesses){{cite web |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/700358/ED26._s10_inspections_2000-2005.xls |title=Reports |website= assets.publishing.service.gov.uk|format=PDF|access-date=24 October 2021}} 
25–28 November 2002Unsatisfactory (serious weaknesses)[https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/796559 Report]
29–30 March 2004Unsatisfactory (special measures)[https://web.archive.org/web/20050904001805/http://www.ofsted.gov.uk:80/reports/106/106951.htm Report]
7–8 December 2005Good[https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/826299 Report]
16–17 January 2008Good[https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/882569 Report]
29–30 November 2010Good[https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/1956819 Report]
25–26 March 2015Requires improvement[https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2472904 Report]
27–28 April 2017Good[https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/2687093 Report]
8–9 June 2022

|Good

|[https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50193659 Report]

References

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