Mascalls Academy

Mascalls Academy
Address
Map
Maidstone Road

Paddock Wood
,
Kent
,
TN12 6LT

England
Coordinates51°10′10″N 0°23′20″E / 51.1694°N 0.3889°E / 51.1694; 0.3889
Information
TypeAcademy
Established1956
TrustLeigh Academies Trust
Department for Education URN136847 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalJo Brooks[1]
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1,216
Houses  Earhart
  Shackleton
  Luther King
  Marie Curie
WebsiteMascalls Academy
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Mascalls Academy (formerly Mascalls School) is a co-educational secondary school and a sixth form with academy status located in Paddock Wood, Kent.

Etymology

The name comes from the nearby Mascalls corner.[2]

History

The school opened in 1956 as Mascalls School, a foundation school administered by Kent County Council. It became an academy in 2011, and in 2015 it joined the Leigh Academies Trust.[3]

Stuart Reeves, headteacher since 2010, was promoted to LAT Executive Director of the West Kent cluster of academies at the time of the school's accession to the Leigh Academies Trust in 2015.[4] Wayne Barnett then became principal, having previously served as vice principal since 2013. In 2019, Barnett was promoted by the Leigh Academies Trust to serve as the principal of Stationers' Crown Woods Academy.[5] The vice principal at the time, William Monk was then promoted to principal of Mascalls.[6][7]

The Leigh Academies Trust has given all students in the trust, including the students at Mascalls, Quest 2s to help with learning.[8]

The academy had a therapy dog called "Levi" after Claude Lévi-Strauss. He was a cocker spaniel, born on 23 May 2019, and registered with the Pets As Therapy charity.[9][10]

When High Weald Academy closed in September 2022, all pupils from Year 7 to Year 10 were offered places at Mascalls.[11][12][13]

Following the promotion of the current principal, William Monk, to a senior executive position within the Leigh Academies Trust, it was announced that Jo Brooks would become principal from 1 January 2023.[14][1][15]

Houses

Mascalls Academy is organised into four houses (called "colleges"), named after "significant individuals".[16]

For the lower school:

For the sixth form:

A small art gallery was located on the school site from 2006 to 2016.[17][18][better source needed] It had a frequently changing programme of exhibitions featuring national and internationally known artists.[19] These included Henry Moore, L. S. Lowry, Graham Sutherland and Lee Miller as well as artists from Latin America, Japan and the United States. In 2010, Mascalls Gallery exhibited for the first time in the UK drawings by Marc Chagall for the nearby All Saints' Church in Tudeley.[20] An exhibition of watercolour paintings by Roland Collins led to further exhibitions in London, raising the artist's profile.[21]

The gallery closed in June 2016 due to a lack of funds,[22] and the building has since been refurbished as the new Mascalls Library.[citation needed]

Ofsted

The school's last full inspection was in 2012 when it was judged as 'Good' by Ofsted.[23]

Notable alumni

References

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  2. ^ "Mascalls Corner, Kent, England, United Kingdom". Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. ^ "About Us - Mascalls Academy". mascallsacademy.org.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". www.linkedin.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  8. ^ Monk, Will (18 September 2020). "Principal's Statement - 18th September 2020". Mascalls Academy. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Levi@therapy (@levi_therapy) • Instagram photos and videos".
  11. ^ "High Weald Academy in Cranbrook to close by next academic year - Kent Live". www.kentlive.news. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  12. ^ "High Weald Academy, in Cranbrook, to close". www.kentonline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Archived copy". www.highwealdacademy.kent.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "Leadership update at Mascalls Academy - Mascalls Academy". 20 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ "Principal's Update - 16th December 2022 - Mascalls Academy". 20 December 2022. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  16. ^ "Colleges - Mascalls Academy". mascallsacademy.org.uk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  17. ^ "MASCALLS GALLERY (Paddock Wood) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go".
  18. ^ "Mascalls Gallery". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Archived copy". mascallsgallery.org. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ^ "Must-see exhibitions for mid-June - Country Life". www.countrylife.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Roland Collins obituary | Art and design | the Guardian". www.theguardian.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  22. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  23. ^ "Mascalls Academy". Ofsted. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  24. ^ Tye, Kathryn. "Waterloo Road actor Philip Martin Brown stars in Jack and the Beanstalk at Tunbridge Wells' Assembly Hall Theatre". Kent Online. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.