Lancaster Academy

The Lancaster Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in Knighton, Leicester, England.[1]

The Lancaster Academy
Address
Knighton Lane East

Leicester
,
Leicestershire
,
LE2 6FU

England
Information
TypeAcademy
Department for Education URN143857 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalMrs. Anna Fisher
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 16
Websitehttp://www.lancaster.leicester.sch.uk/

History

On 1 September 2000 Lancaster School acquired specialist sports college status one of only four schools in the East Midlands to have achieved this designation at that time.[2]

In January 2007, the school alongside Sir Jonathon North Community College added a jointly owned £1.6 million four court indoor tennis centre to accompany its six floodlit outdoor tennis courts, multi-use games area, two gymnasiums and field [3]

During the 2006/2007 school term, the School was featured in the BBC Two documentary series The Choir: Boys Don't Sing, in which choir master Gareth Malone started a student and staff choir and took them to perform at the Royal Albert Hall which was aired during February 2008.[4][5]

In January 2014, the school opened a new building costing £13 million which consisted of new science, maths and IT departments alongside a state of the art dinner atrium and a new kitchen to replace the ageing buildings which had been in use since the early 1970's.

During early 2015 Mr R Kennedy left his position as Headteacher with Mrs Anna Fisher stepping up in as interim Headteacher of the school.[6]

In 2016 a published report showed the school was in £1 million of debt.[7]

During 2017 the school became an academy in partnership with The Learning without Limits Academy trust who also operate Babington Academy in Beaumont Leys.

References
  1. The Lancaster Academy - School Information
  2. The Lancaster School - Specialist College
  3. http://www.lancaster.leicester.sch.uk/page_viewer.asp?page=Sports+College&pid=7
  4. http://www.lancaster.leicester.sch.uk/news/default.asp?storyID=1
  5. BBC: The Choir
  6. "New interim head at city secondary sets out her stall". Leicester Mercury. 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  7. "Lancaster School with 900 pupils slammed as 'inadequate' with 'a £1 million deficit'". Leicester Mercury. 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-12-19.

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