Brompton Academy

Brompton Academy
Address
Map
Marlborough Road

Gillingham
,
Kent
,
ME7 5HT

England
Coordinates51°22′59″N 0°32′21″E / 51.3831°N 0.5393°E / 51.3831; 0.5393
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityMedway Council
TrustUniversity of Kent Academies Trust UID: 16829
Department for Education URN136107 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalDan Walters [1]
Staff170
GenderMixed
Age range11–18
Enrolment1,400 (2019)[2]
Capacity1,400[2]
Websitewww.bromptonacademy.org.uk

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 were very mobile.[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

University of Kent Academies Trust
Founded27 August 2010
TypeMulti-academy Trust
Registration no.07185018
Location
  • Brompton Academy, Brompton Academy, Marlborough Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5HT
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 CEO is Mr. A. Osborne.[9]

School performance and inspections

Brompton Academy has been awarded a “Requires Improvement” score from Ofsted; the school was inspected between 21 and 22 September 2022.[citation needed]

Buildings

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) 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]

Controversies

In 2010, a boy was sent home for wearing red socks. The school also sends students home for too skinny trousers and chewing gum.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Staffing - Brompton Academy".
  2. ^ a b "Brompton Academy". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  3. ^ 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. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Medway Schools". 8 September 2003. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  5. ^ Smith, Victor T.C. (2011). "Kent's Twentieth Century Military and Civil Defences. Part 2 – Medway". Archaeologia Cantiana. 131: 159–196. Open access icon
  6. ^ Boyle, Danny (9 December 2011). "Brompton Academy looks to future". kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. ^ "University helps Brompton Academy celebrate official opening in style". kent.ac.uk. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  8. ^ 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]
  9. ^ "To all the parents/carere=s or Brompton Academy" (PDF). 26 May 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  10. ^ "The New Brompton Academy in Medway". 26 October 2011.
  11. ^ Murphy, Chris (27 May 2012), "School pupils to form guard of honour for 2012 athletes", Kent on Sunday, KOS Media
  12. ^ Boyle, Danny (8 October 2010). "Boy sent home from Brompton Academy in Gillingham for wearing red socks". kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2017.