Brompton Academy
Brompton Academy is an 11 to 18 mixed, secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Gillingham, Kent, England. It is part of the University of Kent Academies Trust.
| Brompton Academy | |
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Marlborough Road , , ME7 5HT England | |
| Coordinates | 51°22′59″N 0°32′21″E / 51.3831°N 0.5393°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Local authority | Medway Council |
| Trust | University of Kent Academies Trust UID: 16829 |
| Department for Education URN | 136107 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Dan Walters [1] |
| Staff | 170 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age range | 11–18 |
| Enrolment | 1,400 (2019)[2] |
| Capacity | 1,400[2] |
| Website | www |
History
changeBrompton Academy used to be called The Great Lines School. It was built in the 1950s next to the Great Lines, in Gillingham. It opened with 270 pupils in April 1957, as a secondary modern school and the first co-educational school in Gillingham.[3] In June 1959, it became Upbury Manor school [4] and was officially re-opened by actress Dame Edith Evans O.B.E.[3]
University of Kent Academies Trust
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| 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 called Brompton Academy. The Brompton Academy opened in 2010.[5]
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.
Buildings
changeAll of the school buildings have been replaced with a new building.[6]
References
change- ↑ "Staffing - Brompton Academy".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Brompton Academy". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Medway Schools". 8 September 2003. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. 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.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Boyle, Danny (9 December 2011). "Brompton Academy looks to future". kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ↑ "The New Brompton Academy in Medway". 26 October 2011.
Other websites
change- Official website
- "Upbury Manor". www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.