Grace Academy, Coventry

Grace Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Coventry, England. It has an expanding sixth form which is part of the North East Federation.[1] It was formerly Woodway Park School and Community College, and was converted into an academy on 31 August 2008 using the same buildings, prior to housing the new academy in new buildings on 24 February 2010[2][3]

This article is about a school in Coventry, England. For other institutions known as Grace Academy, see Grace Academy.

Grace Academy Coventry
Address
Wigston Road

Coventry
,
West Midlands
,
CV2 2RH

England
Coordinates52.43817°N 1.44582°W / 52.43817; -1.44582
Information
TypeAcademy
Religious affiliation(s)Christian
EstablishedSeptember 2008
FounderRobert Edmiston
Local authorityCoventry City Council
Department for Education URN135335 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalNatasha Whiles
GenderMixed
Age11 to 18
Enrolment806
Websitehttp://coventry.graceacademy.org.uk/

The academy was operated by Grace Foundation,[4] a registered charity founded by Bob Edmiston, entrepreneur and founder of the evangelical international charity Christian Vision; however in April 2019 the Grace Trust closed and the academy became a member of the larger TOVE Academy Trust, lead school Sponne School, Towcester, Northamptonshire. According to its Annual Report and Financial Statements to August 2012, the Coventry school received annual government funding of £5,898,000.

On 20 August 2013 the school was among those named by The Independent and the British Humanist Association as adopting a policy similar in wording to the repealed anti-gay legislation Section 28.[5] The academy is now fully in line with Coventry LA policies on sex and relationship education, which conform to recent government guidelines.

In October 2013, a letter from John Nash, Baron Nash showed that early access results were below the minimal standard with only 32% of pupils achieving 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and mathematics – an 18% drop from 2012. An external education advisor criticised the quality of both teaching and pupil assessment.[6]

In March 2014 the school was rated by Ofsted as inadequate and placed into special measures,[7] but the OFSTED report of November 2014 stated that the school was not making enough progress towards removal of special measures. In March 2016 the school was moved out of special measures.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Woodway Park School and Community College". Shine. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
  2. "Adjudicator publishes decision on proposal to modify the implementation date for closure of Woodway Park School & community college, Coventry". Government News Network. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
  3. Schools Adjudicator: Alan Parker (16 July 2007). "To vary the implementation date of a previous decision to close Woodway Park School". Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
  4. "Grace Academy Coventry, registered charity no. 1117366". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  5. Nigel Morris (20 August 2013). "The return of Section 28: Schools and academies practising homophobic policy that was outlawed under Tony Blair". The Independent. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  6. "Pre-Warning Notice Letter to the Grace Academy Foundation in relation to the Grace Academy Foundation, Coventry" (PDF). 17 October 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  7. "Coventry Grace Academy branded 'inadequate' by Ofsted". BBC News. BBC. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  8. "Coventry Grace Academy moved out of special measures". BBC News. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
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