Halewood Academy
Halewood Academy is a secondary school in Halewood, Merseyside, United Kingdom, with over 1,100 students. The current principal is Mr I Critchley.
History
The school was built under the private finance initiative and opened in 2009 as Halewood Centre for Learning, but became an Academy in May 2013.
In April 2015, Ofsted placed the academy in "special measures" following an 'Inadequate' inspection report, though a later inspection in April 2017 overall graded it as 'Good'. The Academy closed its sixth form in August 2017. In 2017 Halewood Academy joined The Wade Deacon Trust. In May 2022 an Ofsted inspection confirmed the school continued to be ‘Good’
Alumni
Alumni of the school include Nadine Dorries.
References
- ^ "Halewood Centre for Learning becomes academy, leaving Knowsley Council with PFI bill". 13 April 2012.
- ^ https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2484930/urn/139614.pdf
- ^ https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2686431/urn/139614.pdf
- ^ Tom Belger (28 March 2016). "This is what happens when you try to hold an academy school to account... good luck parents". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Tom Belger (29 March 2016). "Chair of governors at Halewood Academy resigned as sixth form closure announcement loomed". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Halewood Academy". Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ Anon (2017). "Dorries, Rt Hon. Nadine". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U45728. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)