Bridgwater College Academy
Bridgwater College Academy | |
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Somerset County Council | |
Department for Education URN | 138375 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Executive Headteacher | Peter Elliot BA (Hons) MEd NPQH |
Head of Secondary Phase | Zoe Stucki |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 3 to 16 |
Enrolment | 1218[1] |
Website | http://www.bridgwatercollegeacademy.org |
Bridgwater College Academy is a
Bridgwater College, is located in Bridgwater, Somerset, England. It was established in September 2012 following the merger of East Bridgwater Community School with Sedgemoor Manor Junior and Infants schools.[2]
History
The former school was a specialist
Arts College, and has 800 students between the ages of 11 and 16.[1]
Bridgwater was the first town in the South West level[3] to be selected for the UK governments Building Schools for the Future initiative, which aimed to rebuild and renew nearly every secondary school in England.[4] Within Bridgwater, Building Schools for the Future was to develop all of the 4 secondary schools along with 2 special provision schools, Elmwood School and Penrose School at an expected cost of around £100 Million.[5] This included the complete relocation and rebuilding of a new school combining both the Haygrove and Penrose Schools. In July 2010 several components of the scheme for Bridgwater schools were cancelled and others were still under discussion.[6]
References
- ^ a b "East Bridgwater Community School". Ofsted. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ James, Kirsty (7 September 2012). "Mercury tours Bridgwater College Academy". Bridgwater Mercury. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Somerset Building Schools for the Future". Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
- ^ "Building Schools for the Future". Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
- ^ "Building Schools for the Future in Bridgwater". Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
- ^ Williams, Rachel (9 July 2010). "The schools that will have to make do with crumbling buildings". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 July 2010.