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Established
  
1736

DfE number
  
926/4000

Phone
  
+44 1760 721480

Founded
  
1736

Type
  
Academy

DfE URN
  
138918 Tables

Principal
  
Cheryl Hill

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Location
  
Brandon Road Swaffham Norfolk PE37 7DZ England

Ofsted
  
Reports Pre-academy reports

Address
  
Brandon Rd, Swaffham PE37 7DZ, UK

Similar
  
Litcham School, Northgate High School, Iceni Academy, Springwo High School, Dereham Neatherd High Sch

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The Nicholas Hamond Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Swaffham, Norfolk, England.

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The school is in the south of the town, on the western side of the A1065, next to the leisure centre. A building project to expand the school and integrate the sixth form on the same site was completed in July 2009.

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Grammar school

The school first established in 1736 as a grammar school. Until 1976 the school was called Hamond's Grammar School, and the old grammar school building served as the sixth form centre until July 2009.

Comprehensive

The school became a comprehensive in 1976 and was renamed Swaffham Hamond's High School.

In 2009 the school considered becoming a Foundation School, but due to lack of support for the proposal within the key stakeholder groups and surrounding community, the Governors decided not to proceed with the proposed change.

The school also gained specialist status as a Maths and Computing College.

Academy

On 1 November 2012 the school converted to academy status and was renamed the Nicholas Hamond Academy.

Enrichment

As of 2009 the school began running an enrichment programme where pupils participate in an activity or learning opportunity outside the standard taught curriculum. Sixth Formers and Year 11 pupils have the option to attend study sessions, instead of (as the rest of the school do) extra-curricular activities.

Head Teachers

  • 1736-46 - C Hest
  • 1746-67 - R Hest
  • 1767-83 - J Askers
  • 1783-94 - J King
  • 1794-1803 - T Dow
  • 1803-21 - R Harrison
  • 1821-45 - J C Hacon
  • 1845-46 - W H Brain
  • 1846-48 - W Cropper
  • 1848-49 - G C Bailey
  • 1849-51 - W B Manning
  • 1851-57 - J Hacon
  • 1857-60 - H Hacon
  • 1860-62 - Bellamy
  • 1862-92 - C Drury
  • 1892-95 - ?
  • 1895-98 - W E Humphreys
  • 1898-1904 - G Hare
  • 1904-19 - W Nash
  • 1919-38 - R S Purdie
  • 1938-49 - T Welburn
  • 1949-64 - I E N Besley
  • 1964-76 - K M Harre
  • 1976-77 - J I Robinson
  • 1977-1984 W.S. Rollings
  • 1984–2002: Robert Young
  • 2002–2009: Mrs Yvonne Srodzinski
  • 2009–2012: Stuart Bailey (appointed May 2009 on an interim basis, renewed March 2011 until July 2012)
  • Notable former pupils

  • Lionel Fanthorpe, priest, entertainer, television presenter, author and lecturer.
  • Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History in the War Studies Department at King's College London.
  • Hamond's Grammar School

  • Michael Bourke, Bishop of Wolverhampton from 1994–2007
  • Alwyn Davies, Professor of Chemistry from 1969-91 at University College London
  • Frank Dye, sailor
  • References

    The Nicholas Hamond Academy Wikipedia