East Leake Academy
Results
2023, 69% of grades were a grade 4 or above with 60% of students achieving five or more GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including maths and English. 10% of all grades were a grade 8 or 9.
History
The school was designed by Donald Gibson, the county architect, to accommodate 300 pupils. It was intended to reflect its rural location and allowed for the school to keep its own livestock. It was opened on 27 July 1957 by Brigadier Martin Redmayne, DSO, TD, PC. The school was then called the East Leake County Secondary School. The first head was Mr Tyler.
A team from the school won a national competition in 2001 to predict UK base interest rates organised by the Bank of England. The school received £10,000.
The school was rebuilt in 2002 as part of a private finance initiative. At that time it was named after Harry Carlton. Before this the school had been flooded three times in one year.
References
- ^ Informal site accessed 17 December 2007 Archived September 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "It's the only way to build schools", Nottingham Evening Post, 20 December 2002 accessed 17 December 2007
- ^ D, I. (24 August 2023). "Hard work of East Leake Academy students recognised on GCSE results day".
- ^ Opening Programme for East Leake County, published by Nottingham Education committee, 1956, available at Brain Cells
- ^ Target 2 Point 5 - The Bank of England/Times Interest Rate Challenge, Harry Carlton Comprehensive School Wins National Final, 23 March 2001 accessed 18 December 2007 Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
