Established 1950s and rebuilt 2000 Headteacher Mr F. Rex Ofsted Reports Number of students 820 (approx.) Staff 118 | Type Academy DfE URN 136840 Tables Phone +44 24 7630 2580 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
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Location Abbey Road
Coventry
West Midlands
CV3 4BD
England Address Abbey Rd, Coventry CV3 4BD, UK Motto Facta non verba; (Deeds not words) Similar Whitley Abbey Primary S, Blue Coat - Church of England, Howes Primary School, Ernesford Grange Communi Profiles | ||
Whitley Academy (formerly Whitley Abbey Community School) is an academy school in Whitley, Coventry, England. The school was rebuilt and opened on 13 October 2000, replacing the former Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School built in the 1950s, which was one of the first comprehensive schools in Coventry.
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In July 2007, Whitley Abbey Community School gained specialist status in Business and Enterprise and was renamed Whitley Abbey Business and Enterprise College.
On 1 July 2011 Whitley Abbey Business and Enterprise College became an Academy and was renamed to 'Whitley Academy'.
The new academy was formally opened on 13 March 2012 by the Princess Royal. and is also part of the RSA
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RSA Academy
Whitley Academy is part of the RSA family of academies There are currently seven schools in the family who are all based in the West Midlands.
National Teaching School
Whitley Academy partly leads the RSA Academies’ Teaching School Alliance.
Ofsted
Whitley received an Outstanding Full Ofsted Inspection in 2010 and again in 2013.