Motto 'Be exceptional' Principal Ms Jan Shadick Phone +44 20 7819 4700 | Established 2004 Chair of Governors, Lambeth Academy Mrs Fiona Twycross Founded 2004 | |
Type Secondary Comprehensive School, Academy Founder established by agreement between Department for Education and Skills and United Learning (sponsors). Address Elms Rd SW, Clapham, London SW4 9ET, UK Colors Blue, Shades of blue, Light blue Profiles | ||
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Lambeth Academy is a Educational Secondary School in the English Academy (England)|Academy Programme, in the London borough of Lambeth, London (UK). Its sponsor company/charity is United Learning.
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Admissions
Lambeth Academy is owned and run by United Learning, a subsidiary of the United Church Schools Trust. In Summer 2011 the first group of students who had arrived in 2004 completed their A-levels and achieved excellent results. They have established an ex-alumni society called Lambeth Academicals, to maintain contact through sporting social and other activities. 2011 saw results rising to 58% of GCSE students obtaining 5A*-C grades, including English and Maths. This represented a 22% increase, making the Academy one of the most improved schools in London and placing it above the national average in this respect.
Lambeth Academy specialises in English with Business & Enterprise. There are around 180 in sixth form. It is situated on Elms Road just east of Clapham Common, off the A24, north of the junction with the South Circular Road (A205). Next door is the sixth-form centre of Lambeth College. It lies in the parish of Holy Spirit, Clapham.
History
Lambeth Academy was formally opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II|the Queen in 2004. The first Principal was Ms Pat Millichamp, who retired after two years. The second principal was Mr Stephen Potter. The chair of governors is Mrs Fiona Twycross. Mr Potter retired during the Christmas break of 2011 to be replaced by Ms Shadick.
Henry Thornton School
The Academy is built on the site of the Henry Thornton School (HTS). This school opened in 1929 as a boys' grammar school. It had around 450 boys. It was well known in national lacrosse competitions. It became a comprehensive in 1968 with around 1,500 boys, then merged with the Hydeburn School to become the Chestnut Grove School in Balham in 1986, and the site became the Henry Thornton Centre of Clapham and Balham Adult Education Institute. In 2003 the former grammar school was demolished to make way for the Academy.