Guilsborough Academy
History
The school was founded in September 1958 as Guilsborough Secondary Modern School and was officially opened in May 1959. Many of the buildings on the 28-acre (11 ha) site were built at that time or in the 1970s. The most recent addition, opened by Kettering MP Phil Sawford in September 2004, cost £1.3 million, and included a state-of-the-art sixth form centre. Guilsborough School was a secondary modern school until it became a day school in 1967, serving a large rural catchment. The school became a Technology College specialist school in 1998, before converting to academy status in 2011.
A previous school, Guilsborough Grammar School, an endowed school, had existed on another site in the centre of the village since c.1688.
Achievement
The school was rated "Good" in 2008, "Outstanding" in 2011, and "Good" in 2014. The school's most recent Ofsted report was published in December 2023, and downgraded the school from "Good" to "Requires Improvement" by His Majesty's Inspector, Paul Halcfro. The report states that, "Teachers do not always check pupils’ understanding of what they have learned. This means that they do not always address misconceptions or gaps in pupils’ knowledge. As a result, pupils do not always learn as well as they could...bullying happens and [pupils] often hear homophobic language...some pupils choose to do little work in lessons..." and "Pupils said that staff are not always fair or consistent when dealing with behaviour issues.".
GCSE achievement (% 5 A*–C grades)
- 2011: 71%
- 2012: 74%
- 2013: 74%
- 2014: 66%
- 2015: 96%
Progress 8:
- 2023: 0.0 (Average)
Source:
Awards
- Diana Memorial Award, autumn 2002
- Investor in People
- 2004 Artsmark Silver
- 2007 Artsmark Silver
- Northamptonshire Healthy Schools Silver Award
- Sportsmark
- Student Adam Gravely won the Northamptonshire News Secondary Student of the Year Award 2010
Sport
Student Sam Heygate played for the England Under 16 A rugby union side in season 2007–08.
Ex-student Richard Stearman plays professional football for Sheffield United and has represented England up to Under 21 level.
Feeder schools
- Clipston Endowed Controlled Primary School
- Crick Primary School
- East Haddon Church of England Primary School
- Great Creaton Primary School
- Guilsborough Primary School
- Long Buckby Junior School
- Maidwell Primary School
- Naseby C of E Primary School
- Welford Sibbertoft & Sulby Endowed Primary School
- West Haddon Endowed Church of England Primary School
- Yelvertoft Primary School
References
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- ^ "State of the art sixth form opens", BBC News, 22 September 2004
- ^ "Guilsborough, Northamptonshire". UK Genealogy Archives. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "The Old Grammar School, Guilsborough, Northamptonshire". Historic England. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Guilsborough School Inspection report". Ofsted. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Guilsborough School report". Ofsted. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Guilsborough school Ofsted report 2023". Ofsted. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Guilsborough Academy performance tables". Department of Education. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Awards for very special children", Coventry Evening Telegraph, 26 February 2003
- ^ Guilsborough School, eTeach.com
- ^ "Awarded schools – Awards database". Artsmark. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "Educational Achievements", Lifelong Learning and Education Scrutiny Committee, Northamptonshire County Council, 16 March 2005
- ^ [1] Guilsborough School Newsletter July 2010
- ^ "Radburn named England Under 16 A captain" Archived 25 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Hugh Godwin, Rugby Football Union, 18 March 2008, accessed 19 March 2008
