Halewood Academy is a secondary school in Halewood, Merseyside, United Kingdom, with over 1,100 students. The current[when?] 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.[1]
In April 2015, Ofsted placed the academy in "special measures" following an 'Inadequate' inspection report,[2] though a later inspection in April 2017 overall graded it as 'Good'.[3] The Academy closed its sixth form in August 2017.[4][5] In 2017 Halewood Academy joined The Wade Deacon Trust.[6] In May 2022 an Ofsted inspection confirmed the school continued to be ‘Good’
Alumni
Alumni of the school include Nadine Dorries.[7]
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 [dead link]
- ^ https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2686431/urn/139614.pdf [dead link]
- ^ 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.)