Whitley Academy

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.

Whitley Academy
Address
Abbey Road

Coventry
,
West Midlands
,
CV3 4BD

England
Coordinates52.38631°N 1.48685°W / 52.38631; -1.48685
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoFacta non verba
(Deeds not words)
Be the best you can be
Established1950s and rebuilt 2000
Local authorityCoventry City Council
SpecialistBusiness and Enterprise
Department for Education URN136840 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherMiss Sally-Anne Bloom (Acting)[1]
Staff133[2]
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment897 pupils [2]
Websitehttp://www.whitleyacademy.com

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'.[3]

The new academy was formally opened on 13 March 2012 by the Princess Royal.[3][4] It was one of the seven schools in the RSA Family of Academies, all in the West Midlands, of the Royal Society of Arts.[5] In July 2019 the governors of the school decided to leave the RSA.[6]

RSA Academy

Whitley Academy was a part of the RSA family of academies from March 2012 to July 2019. There are now currently seven schools in the family who are all based in the West Midlands, following the schools departure from the group of Academies.

National Teaching School

Whitley Academy also partly lead the RSA Academies’ Teaching School Alliance.

The school has been using the RSA Opening Minds curriculum since 2011 and is a training school for other schools wishing to learn about the Opening Minds curriculum and incorporate it into their own schools.

The school worked with partner schools in an alliance to ensure high quality school-led initial teacher training and professional development opportunities for teachers at all stages of their career. They raise standards through school-to-school support, engage in research and development, and ensure that the most talented school leaders are spotted and supported to become successful headteachers.

Ofsted

Whitley has been inspected by Ofsted 3 times in the last 10 years. After 9 year of being 'Outstanding', in March 2019 the school received the 'Requires Improvement' grade.

Ofsted Inspection results for the last 10 years
Date(s) of Inspection Grade
12 December 2013 Outstanding
6 - 7 March 2019 Requires Improvement
8 - 9 January 2020 Inadequate

Whitley Arts

The website, ‘Whitley Arts’, was launched in March, 2013, as an eCommerece website to sell unique pupil artwork, whilst at the same time showcasing the excellence and artistic flair of Whitley Academy pupils to a local and national audience.

The project idea of Whitley Arts was commissioned by Lorraine Allen, then Principal, after initial discussions with Centre Stage Digital, the school Art Department and the Business Manager.

The website was the first of its nature in Warwickshire, and one of only two such sites nationally, and has raised over £1,000 for pupils and the Whitley Art Faculty. Money raised from Whitley Arts and purchase of pupil art will help support the arts, the pupils and their learning.

Alumni

References
  1. "Whitley Academy School Website" (PDF). www.whitleyacademy.com.
  2. "Jan 20 Ofsted Report (See page 6)".
  3. "Princess Anne visits Coventry's Whitley Academy". Coventry Telegraph. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  4. "The Royal Visit". Whitley Academy. March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  5. "Our Academies". RSA Teaching School Alliance. Royal Society of Arts. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  6. https://www.whitleyacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Letter-to-parentsRSA.pdf
  7. "Ian Taylor: Electoral history and profile". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  8. "Chief Constable Knighted". Police Oracle. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  9. "Richard Keys resigns from Sky Sports after Sian Massey sexism row". Coventry Telegraph. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  10. "Bugger Coventry: Pete Waterman's amazing high speed rail line outburst". Coventry Telegraph. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  11. "Andrew Lomas | One Essex Court". www.oeclaw.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  12. "Hitesh Thakrar - Networks of evidence and expertise for public policy". www.csap.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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