Brompton Academy
Brompton Academy | |
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Address | |
Marlborough Road , , ME7 5HT England | |
Coordinates | 51°22′59″N 0°32′21″E / 51.3831°N 0.5393°ECoordinates: 51°22′59″N 0°32′21″E / 51.3831°N 0.5393°E |
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Type | Academy |
Local authority | Medway Council |
Trust | University of Kent Academies Trust UID: 16829 |
Department for Education URN | 136107 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Principal | Jenny Best[1] |
Gender | Mixed |
Age range | 11–18 |
Enrolment | 1,312 (2019)[2] |
Capacity | 1,400[2] |
Website | www |
Brompton Academy is an 11–18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Gillingham, Kent, England. It is part of the University of Kent Academies Trust.
History[]
Brompton Academy was originally called The Great Lines School. It was built in the 1950s adjacent to the Great Lines, in Gillingham. Gillingham was a military town that supported the Royal Engineers and their barracks and the Chatham Naval Dockyard. As a consequence families would be very fluid.[3] It opened with 270 pupils in April 1957, as a secondary modern school and the first co-educational school in Gillingham.[4] In June 1959, it became Upbury Manor school [5] and was officially re-opened by actress Dame Edith Evans O.B.E..[4]
University of Kent Academies Trust[]
Founded | 27 August 2010 |
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Type | Multi-academy Trust |
Registration no. | 07185018 |
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UID 16829 |
It later became New Brompton College and is now known as Brompton Academy. The Brompton Academy opened in 2010.[6] The University of Kent is a 'Lead Sponsor' of the Academy, because of its ability to help provide support for the Academy's science specialism.[7] Medway Council is the co-sponsor.[8]
From 2017, Chatham Grammar School for Girls and Brompton Academy's sixth-forms have merged into one big sixth-form named the University of Kent Academies Trust (UKAT). Both schools are a part of the newly formed Academies Trust, of which the Executive Principal is Judy Rider.[9]
The Site[]
The school has undergone a renovation. As part of the new redevelopment, all of the existing school buildings have been replaced with a new building, except for the existing reception building, which has been retained as part of the design. BAM Construction (part of BAM Nuttall) which won the £80m contract to design and build three new academy schools for Medway Council, including Brompton Academy, Strood Academy and Bishop of Rochester Academy.[10]
Extra curricular[]
Pupils from the school were chosen to form part of a "guard of honour" for athletes at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games, displaying artistic creations their school made to celebrate the event.[11]
Uniform policies[]
Brompton Academy is seen as a strict school for uniform. In 2010, a boy was sent home for wearing red socks. It will also send students home for too skinny trousers and chewing gum[12]
References[]
- ^ "Principal's Welcome". Brompton Academy. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Brompton Academy". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Mair, Elizabeth; Lingard, Sarah; Al-Afaleq, Hanna; Mayor, Helen; Noret, Nathalie (2015). "The Educational Attainment of Army Children" (PDF). The Unit for Child & Youth Studies. York: York St John University: 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ a b "Medway Schools". 8 September 2003. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ Smith, Victor T.C. (2011). "Kent's Twentieth Century Military and Civil Defences. Part 2 – Medway". Archaeologia Cantiana. 131: 159–196.
- ^ Boyle, Danny (9 December 2011). "Brompton Academy looks to future". kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ "University helps Brompton Academy celebrate official opening in style". kent.ac.uk. January 31, 2011. Archived from the original on June 26, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ^ http://www.bromptonacademy.org.uk/academy%20website/Downloads/Vacancies/Application_Packs/08-10-12%20-%20Brompton%20Academy%20Application%20Pack%20-%20Maths%20Teacher.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "To all the parents/carere=s or Brompton Academy" (PDF). 26 May 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "The New Brompton Academy in Medway". 2011-10-26.
- ^ Murphy, Chris (May 27, 2012), "School pupils to form guard of honour for 2012 athletes", Kent on Sunday, KOS Media
- ^ Boyle, Danny (8 October 2010). "Boy sent home from Brompton Academy in Gillingham for wearing red socks". kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
External links[]
- Official website
- "Upbury Manor". www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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- Academies in Medway
- Secondary schools in Medway
- Educational institutions established in 2010
- 2010 establishments in England