Spalding Academy, Lincolnshire

Spalding Academy, formerly Sir John Gleed School, is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England.

Sir John Gleed School
Address
Neville Avenue

Spalding
,
Lincolnshire
,
PE11 2EJ

England
Coordinates52°47′10″N 0°08′21″W
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoIn unity we learn
Established1941 (1941) (as Gleed Boys' School and Gleed Girls' Technology College)
2011 (2011) (as Sir John Gleed School)
2016 (2016) (as Spalding Academy)
Department for Education URN144488 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMr Reilly
GenderMixed
Age11 to 19
Enrolment1,332 as of January 2016
Websitehttp://www.spaldingacademy.org.uk/

The Sir John Gleed School was formed in November 2011 as a result of a merger of Gleed Boys' School and Gleed Girls' Technology College, each of which had been judged Good by Ofsted.[1] The two schools were only merged because falling rolls were forecast in this part of Lincolnshire.[2] It was named after Sir John Wilson Gleed, M.A., J.P. (1865–1946) who was chairman of the Holland Education Committee and of Holland County Council. He was knighted for political and public service by King George VI on 13 June 1939.[3] The school was re-named to Spalding Academy, at the beginning of September 2016 its sponsorship changed to South Lincolnshire Academies Trust (SLAT).

The school was converted to academy status in January 2013 and was part of the CfBT Schools Trust.[1] The school operated a vocational sixth form. It was placed in "special measures" by Ofsted on 10 June 2013, having been judged as being "inadequate" for achievement of pupils, quality of teaching, behaviour and safety of pupils, leadership and management.[4][5]

Its sister school in (SLAT) is Bourne Academy, the lead school in the Trust.[6]

References
  1. "Sir John Gleed School". CfBT's free schools and academies. CfBt education trust. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  2. "Decision due today on town schools' merger". Lincolnshire free press. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2013. It was hoped that by joining forces educational standards could be improved, a wider curriculum offered and the school's future secured at a time when pupil numbers were expected to fall.
  3. London Gazette 18 July 1939
  4. Ofsted Report, 10 June 2013
  5. "Spalding's Sir John Gleed school in special measures". Spalding Guardian. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  6. http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/education/bourne-academy-and-sir-john-gleed-school-to-partner-in-bid-to-raise-standards-1-7251184%7Curl=http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/education/bourne-academy-and-sir-john-gleed-school-to-partner-in-bid-to-raise-standards-1-7251184%7Cdate=4 June 2016


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