Attleborough Academy

Attleborough Academy Norfolk
Type Academy
Headteacher Neil McShane
Location 9 Norwich Road
Attleborough
Norfolk
NR17 2AJ
England
52°31′12″N 1°01′09″E / 52.5199°N 1.0191°E / 52.5199; 1.0191Coordinates: 52°31′12″N 1°01′09″E / 52.5199°N 1.0191°E / 52.5199; 1.0191
DfE URN 140534 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18
Houses Boudicca, Kett, Nelson & Cavell
Colours Purple and Blue
Website aan.norfolk.sch.uk

Attleborough Academy Norfolk (AAN) (formerly Attleborough High School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Attleborough in the English county of Norfolk.

Previously a community school administered by Norfolk County Council, Attleborough High School became a specialist Mathematics and Computing College in 2008. As part of this, the school became a Microsoft®Academy in 2010.[1] In May 2013 the school launched a consultation on the possibility of converting to academy status.[2] Attleborough High School formally became an academy on 1 January 2014, and was renamed Attleborough Academy Norfolk. The school is now sponsored by the TEN Group.[3]

Attleborough Academy offers GCSEs, NVQs and BTEC First Certificates as programmes of study for pupils. The sixth form centre offers A Levels and advanced BTECs, some of which are offered in partnership with Wymondham College.[4]

Academic results

For the school's 2016 GCSE results, the Progress 8 score of 0.04, which is in line with the average Progress 8 for schools in England, and 65% of students achieved grades A*-C in GCSE English and Maths. A-Level results were below the national average, with a progress score of -0.27 and an average grade of D.[5]

2009 attack threat

In March 2009, a 16-year-old student posted a threat on the website Newgrounds stating that he would go to the school with a gas canister, set fire to the building and commit other acts of violence. A Newgrounds user from Montreal, Quebec, Canada notified English authorities via Skype after seeing the threat. The student was found carrying a knife, matches and a plastic gas canister containing flammable liquid, and was arrested for threats to commit criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon, to which he admitted. He was then held under the Mental Health Act.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Attleborough High School". Attleboroughhigh.norfolk.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  2. ↑ Stuart Pemble (2012-09-01). "Norfolk's new educational federation". Lexology. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  3. ↑ "TEN Group". tengroup.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  4. ↑ "Attleborough High School". Attleboroughhigh.norfolk.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  5. ↑ https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/school/140534
  6. ↑ Burns, John F.6abc.com In Canada, Helping Avert Attack on a British School. New York Times, March 20, 2009.
  7. ↑ Montreal student sounds alert over planned U.K. school attack. CBC.ca, March 20, 2009.
  8. ↑ Teenager arrested after internet tip-off about planned school attack. The Telegraph, August 17, 2009.


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