Lambeth Academy

Lambeth Academy

Motto	'Be exceptional
Established	2004
Type	Secondary Comprehensive School, Academy
Principal	Ms Jan Shadick
Chair of Governors, Lambeth Academy	Mrs Fiona Twycross
Founder	established by agreement between Department for Education and Skills and United Learning (sponsors).
Location	Elms Road, Clapham Lambeth London SW4 9ET England Coordinates: 51°27′28″N 0°08′24″W / 51.4577°N 0.1400°W / 51.4577; -0.1400
Local authority	Lambeth
DfE number	???/6905
DfE URN	134815 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	900
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–19
Houses	gamma, delta, omega, sigma
Colours	black and light blue
Sponsor	United Learning
Website	Lambeth Academy

Lambeth Academy is a co-educational secondary school in the English Academy programme, in the London borough of Lambeth, London (UK). Its sponsor company/charity is United Learning.

Admissions

Lambeth Academy is owned and run by United Learning,^[1] a subsidiary of the United Church Schools Trust.^[2] In Summer 2011 the first group of students who had arrived in 2004 completed their A-levels and achieved excellent results. They have established an ex-alumni society called Lambeth Academicals, to maintain contact through sporting social and other activities. 2011 saw results rising to 58% of GCSE students obtaining 5A*-C grades, including English and Maths.^[3] This represented a 22% increase, making the Academy one of the most improved schools in London and placing it above the national average in this respect.

Lambeth Academy specialises in English with Business & Enterprise.^[4] There are around 180 in sixth form. It is situated on Elms Road just east of Clapham Common, off the A24, north of the junction with the South Circular Road (A205). Next door is the sixth-form centre of Lambeth College. It lies in the parish of Holy Spirit, Clapham.

History

Lambeth Academy was formally opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 2004. The first Principal was Ms Pat Millichamp, who retired after two years. The second principal was Mr Stephen Potter. The chair of governors is Mrs Fiona Twycross. Mr Potter retired during the Christmas break of 2011 to be replaced by Ms Shadick.

Henry Thornton School

The Academy is built on the site of the Henry Thornton School (HTS). This school opened in 1929 as a boys' grammar school. It had around 450 boys. It was well known in national lacrosse competitions. It became a comprehensive in 1968 with around 1,500 boys, then merged with the Hydeburn School to become the Chestnut Grove School in Balham in 1986, and the site became the Henry Thornton Centre of Clapham and Balham Adult Education Institute. In 2003 the former grammar school was demolished to make way for the Academy.

Henry Thornton School

Prof Kenneth Andrews, Professor of History from 1979-88 at the University of Hull
Prof L. Bruce Archer CBE, Professor from 1971-88 at the Royal College of Art, and President from 1994-2005 of the Design Research Society
Chris Batt OBE, Chief Executive from 2003-07 of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Hywel Bennett, actor
Michael Caplan, barrister
Prof Percy Crowe, Professor in Geography from 1953-71 at the University of Manchester
John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, scriptwriters who wrote The Good Life
Prof Michael Farthing, Vice-Chancellor since 2007 of the University of Sussex, and President from 2007-08 of the British Society of Gastroenterology
Eric Gilder, composer
Jimmy Hill, ex-footballer and former television sports presenter
Peter Waterman, boxer
Peter Katin, concert pianist
Alun Lewis, actor
Prof Donald Pashley, Professor of Materials from 1979-82 at Imperial College London
Tom Phillips, artist
Sir Norman Prichard, Chairman 1955-56 of London County Council
Prof Herbert Arthur Frederick Turner, Montague Burton Professor of Industrial Relations from 1963-83 at the University of Cambridge
Michael Thomas (footballer, born 1967), Professional from 1984 until 2001. Played football for Arsenal, Portsmouth, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Sport Lisboa e Benfica, and Wimbledon, as well as the England Under-21s, England B and the England National Team.

References

↑ United Learning Trust, Registered Charity no. 1093277 at the Charity Commission
↑ United Church Schools Trust, Registered Charity no. 1016538 at the Charity Commission
↑ "KS4 and 5 Performance Data". Retrieved 10 November 2012.
↑ "Academy Specialisms". Retrieved 10 November 2012.

External links

Schools and colleges in Lambeth

Maintained Schools (Primary)	Elm Wood Primary School Rosendale Primary School

Maintained Schools, (Secondary)	Archbishop Tenison's School Bishop Thomas Grant School Dunraven School Elmgreen School Evelyn Grace Academy La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School Lambeth Academy Lilian Baylis Technology School London Nautical School The Norwood School Platanos College St Gabriel's College St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls

Special schools	Lansdowne School The Michael Tippett School

Independent schools	DLD College London Steiner School Oakfield Preparatory School Streatham & Clapham High School

Further education	Lambeth College The Marine Society College of the Sea Morley College

Defunct schools	Clapham College Dick Sheppard School The Family School Strand School Tulse Hill School

United Learning schools

Academies	Accrington Academy Barnsley Academy Carter Community School Goresbrook School Hurlingham and Chelsea Secondary School John Smeaton Academy Kettering Buccleuch Academy Lambeth Academy Manchester Academy Midhurst Rother College North Oxfordshire Academy Northampton Academy Nova Hreod Academy Paddington Academy Richard Rose Central Academy Richard Rose Morton Academy Salford City Academy Seahaven Academy Sheffield Park Academy Sheffield Springs Academy Shoreham Academy Stockport Academy Swindon Academy The Regis School Walthamstow Academy William Hulme's Grammar School Wye School

Emmanuel Schools	Bede Academy Emmanuel College The King's Academy Trinity Academy

Independent schools	Arnold KEQMS Ashford School Bournemouth Collegiate School Caterham School Guildford High School Hampshire Collegiate School Hull Collegiate School Lincoln Minster School Sunderland High School Surbiton High School

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