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Tudor Grange Academy, Worcester

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Established
  
2009

Principal
  
Samantha Roach

DfE number
  
865/5404

Number of students
  
1,050

Gender
  
Mixed-sex education

Type
  
Academy

Chair of Governors
  
Dr Peter Rock

Phone
  
+44 1905 454627

Founded
  
2009

Location
  
Bilford Road Worcester Worcestershire WR3 8HN England

Address
  
Bilford Rd, Worcester WR3 8HN, UK

Similar
  
Nunnery Wood High School, Bishop Perowne C Of E Coll, Blessed Edward Oldcorne, Christoph Whitehead Languag, King's Worcester

Profiles

Tudor Grange Academy Worcester is a mixed secondary school in Worcester, Worcestershire, England. It occupies the site of the former Elgar Technology College that was disbanded following its inability to improve under the special measures imposed by Ofsted. The academy was established in 2009 and was the second academy school of its type to be set up in England, opening for the new school year in September. Work on refurbishing the buildings is scheduled to begin in April 2011 and will be supervised by the Worcester Council Children's Services Department, and is expected to be completed in early 2013, while some of the new premises will be ready for student use by late 2012.

Sponsored by Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull, and entirely funded by The Department for Education, the academy supports local communities in its catchment area of the northern half of the city of Worcester and it suburbs, serving the same area as the former Elgar Technology College. The first head teacher is Claire Maclean, the former deputy head of the Technology College.

Curriculum

The school provides the National Curriculum including GCSE, A Level,and BTECH level 3 Higher Diplomas, including Sport and Performing Arts delivered in partnership with The University of Worcester. The school has a Science and Enterprise specialisation, and also has extensive sports facilities also include a brand new sports hall 4 badminton courts, and indoor netball court, a basketball court, volleyball court, and 5 a side football pitch. The academy comprises five colleges, Marlowe, Walsingham, Versalius, Tyndale, and Raleigh.

References

Tudor Grange Academy, Worcester Wikipedia