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Sir Frank Whittle Studio School

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Established
  
2014

Trust
  
TLAT

Headteacher
  
Mr Paul Hostead

Founded
  
2014

Colors
  
Grey, Blue, Cyan, Pink

Type
  
Studio School

Religion
  
None

Phone
  
+44 1455 205112

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Location
  
Bitteswell Road Lutterworth Leicestershire LE17 4EW England

Address
  
Bitteswell Rd, Lutterworth LE17 4EW, UK

Motto
  
Inspire the Mind, Create the Future

Profiles

Sir frank whittle studio school part one


The Sir Frank Whittle Studio School is a new 14–19 Studio School and is half of The Lutterworth Academies Trust. It is situated alongside Lutterworth College in the rural market town of Lutterworth, South Leicestershire. There are approximately 80 students currently on roll.

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The school specialises in Engineering, Business and Sport and is a hub for the local, regional and national economic needs and develops it's students academically and vocationally to fully prepare them for the challenges they face when leaving education. It also works alongside employers to provide students with external experiential learning.

2016 Results

The school received its first full set of results in August 2016. The schools Results placed Sir Frank Whittle Studio School as one of the highest performing secondary school in Leicestershire, ranking 6th out of all schools reporting results. The Progress 8 score of +0.15 is significantly above national average.

Construction

Plans were first submitted to Harborough District Council in February 2014, with the intention to begin construction to be ready for the September 2014 cohort.

The Kier Group were contracted for the project with a build programme beginning on 9 February 2015 and finishing with a final handover on 27 November 2015. Due to numerous delays with planning permission, the build didn't commence until 27 March 2015 with a ground breaking ceremony where local dignitaries were in attendance.

The first intake of students were admitted in September 2014 and as a result of the building not being completed, a temporary building was erected on the Lutterworth College site to accommodate the students until construction on the school was complete.

Initial construction was completed to a safe and usable standard on 10 December 2015. Furniture and equipment were then moved in for the following week in time for students to begin learning in the new building on 14 December 2015.

References

Sir Frank Whittle Studio School Wikipedia