Hampton Academy, London

Hampton Academy
Type Academy
Location Hanworth Road
Hampton
Greater London
TW12 3HB
England
Coordinates: 51°25′46″N 0°22′27″W / 51.42949°N 0.37423°W / 51.42949; -0.37423
DfE number 318/6905
DfE URN 136103 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 2,907
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Colours

Navy & Green

         
Website www.hamptonacademy.org.uk

Hampton Academy (formerly Hampton Community College) is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England.

The school became an academy in 2010, run by the Learning Schools Trust.[1][2][3][4] A substantial building programme has been undertaken since this time, with the Lower Colleges having moved into their new premises in December 2012, and the rest of the school in the summer of 2014. A new Sixth Form opened in September 2013 (the school educated pupils aged 11 to 16 only before this time).

Hampton Academy uses the Kunskapsskolan methodology; a personalised, ability-related, rather than age-related, curriculum.[5] The school has links with local businesses which provide internships and work placement opportunities for older students. The school offers a performing arts specialism and has strong links with its sister Learning Schools Trust academies in Twickenham, Ipswich and Northamptonshire, as well as close international links with similar schools in New York,[6] Sweden and India.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Wickham, Chris (15 Dec 2009). "Hampton Community College and Whitton School to become academies". Richmond & Twickenham Times. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Statutory proposal to close Hampton Community College (and replace it with an academy). Full collation of consultation responses" (PDF). LBRuT Website. London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Rice, Kevin. "Pupils will be the losers in this education experiment". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "The academies programme" (PDF). London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames. London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "The Learning Concept". LST Website. Learning Schools Trust. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Innovate Manhattan Charter School". School Website. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Kunskapsskolan Eduventures". Kunskapsskolan Eduventures website. Kunskapsskolan Eduventures. Retrieved 3 May 2014.

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