Charles Read Academy

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Coordinates: 52°48′38″N 0°30′59″W / 52.81054°N 0.51636°W / 52.81054; -0.51636 (Charles Read Academy, Corby Glen)
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Charles Read Academy
Address
Map
Bourne Road

Corby Glen
,
Lincolnshire
,
NG33 4NT

England
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityLincolnshire
TrustDavid Ross Education Trust
Department for Education URN136479 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalSue Jones
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 16
Websitewww.charlesreadacademy.co.uk
The original Charles Read grammar school; now a gallery and library

Charles Read Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Corby Glen, Lincolnshire, England.[1] It serves the villages between Stamford, Bourne and Grantham.

The current school was built as a secondary modern in 1963,

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The original grammar school building is now the Willoughby Memorial Library and Art Gallery. The building was restored in 1965 by the Willoughby Memorial Trust which was founded by James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster in memory of his son Timothy, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, who died in 1963.[citation needed]

Charles Read High School converted to an

David Ross Education Trust took responsibility for maintaining the school.[6]

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ^ "Ofsted reports".[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Judge opens school". The Guardian Journal Nottingham. 9 November 1963. The Charles Read Secondary Modern School, Corby Glen, near Grantham, which has accommodated 150 pupils since April, was officially opened last night by Mr. Justice Faulks.
  3. ^ "The Charles Read High School". Archived from the original on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010. dead link
  4. ^ Needle, Justin. "Corby Glen, Lincolnshire". homepages.which.net. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Stamford Latest News - from the Stamford Mercury". Stamford Mercury. 30 January 2013.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Charles Read Academy saved from closure by trust". Stamford Mercury. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017.
  7. ISBN 9781782432456
    . Retrieved 12 December 2014.

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52°48′38″N 0°30′59″W / 52.81054°N 0.51636°W / 52.81054; -0.51636 (Charles Read Academy, Corby Glen)


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