The Axholme Academy

The Axholme Academy (formerly North Axholme School) is a mixed secondary school located in Crowle, North Lincolnshire, England.[1]

The Axholme Academy
The entrance in August 2008
Address
Wharf Road

Crowle
,
Lincolnshire
,
DN17 4HU

England
Coordinates53.59941°N 0.82867°W / 53.59941; -0.82867
Information
TypeAcademy
EstablishedNovember 1957
Department for Education URN137759 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalDamien Keogh
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Websitehttp://www.theaxholmeacademy.com/

History

Secondary modern school

North Axholme Secondary School opened in November 1957 with 240 children; it was a secondary modern school.[2] It was officially opened Wednesday 17 September 1958 by Frederick Gough, with 390 children and 17 staff. The school had cost £143,000, being built over fourteen months, and was opened three months early. It was hoped that the other Isle of Axholme secondary school (South Axholme Secondary School) would be ready by September 1960.[3]

At the school prize day, on Tuesday 21 July 1964, prizes were handed out by Simon Barrington-Ward, the Chaplain of Magdalene College, Cambridge, later the Bishop of Coventry from 1985 to 1997. Out in the Isle of Axholme, the grammar school system was broadly supported, and the headmaster Mr L George warned about possible changes to the local selective system, if a parent had a child capable of attending a grammar school. The Scunthorpe education division change to comprehensive schools, had originated only from Labour supporters in Scunthorpe, animated at a perceived possible unfairness of the eleven-plus system; rural secondary schools have weathered the change to comprehensive education much better than secondary schools in Scunthorpe, which have not fared well; and apart from the success and renown of the John Leggott sixth form college, much of the rest of Scunthorpe's enthusiasm for the comprehensive system has frequently backfired. Yet it was Scunthorpe that had mostly provoked this change, and not the Isle of Axholme.

The headmaster Mr L George wanted a wider curriculum, and there would be cooperation with South Axholme Secondary School and North Lindsey Technical College. A pre-nursing course, for girls, had started.[4] From September 1964, Epworth children would travel to Crowle for nursing, and Crowle children would travel to Epworth for commerce and metalwork.[5]

Comprehensive

The school was previously a community school administered by North Lincolnshire Council, North Axholme School was converted to academy status on 1 January 2012 and was renamed The Axholme Academy. However the school continues to coordinate with North Lincolnshire Council for admissions.

Structure

The school is on the west side of the north-south A161, south of Crowle, and towards Ealand, to the south. An electricity transmission line passes east-west, close to the north of the school.

Curriculum

The Axholme Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.[6]

Side of the school in March 2009

References
  1. "Home". The Axholme Academy. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Friday 22 August 1958, page 4
  3. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 18 September 1958, page 5
  4. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Wednesday 22 July 1964, page 5
  5. Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph Thursday 23 July 1964, page 7
  6. "Curriculum". The Axholme Academy. Retrieved 23 February 2014.


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