Brompton Academy

Brompton Academy
Type Academy
Headteacher Mrs Jennifer Robertson
Brompton Academy
Location Marlbourgh Road
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 5HT
England
51°22′59″N 0°32′21″E / 51.3831°N 0.5393°E / 51.3831; 0.5393
DfE URN 136107 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1500
Gender Boys and Girls
Ages 11–19
Website official site

Brompton Academy is a school with academy status in Gillingham, Kent, England.

History

Brompton Academy was originally called The Great Lines School. It was built in the 1950s adjacent to the Great Lines, in Gillingham. Gillingham was a military town that supported the Royal Engineers and their barracks and the Chatham Naval Dockyard. As a consequence families would be very fluid.[1] It opened with 270 pupils in April 1957, as a secondary modern school and the first co-educational school in Gillingham.[2] In June 1959, it became Upbury Manor school [3] and was officially re-opened by actress Dame Edith Evans O.B.E..[2]

University of Kent Academies Trust (UKAT)

It later became New Brompton College and is now known as Brompton Academy. The Brompton Academy opened in 2010.[4] The University of Kent is a 'Lead Sponsor' of the Academy, because of its ability to help provide support for the Academy's science specialism.[5] Medway Council is the co-sponsor.[6]

From 2017, Chatham Grammar School for Girls and Brompton Academy's sixth-forms have merged into one big sixth-form named the University of Kent Academies Trust (UKAT). Both schools are a part of the newly formed Academies Trust, of which the Executive Principal is Judy Rider.[7]

The Site

The school has undergone a renovation. As part of the new redevelopment, all of the existing school buildings have been replaced with a new building, except for the existing reception building, which has been retained as part of the design. BAM Construction (part of BAM Nuttall) which won the £80m contract to design and build three new academy schools for Medway Council, including Brompton Academy, Strood Academy and Bishop of Rochester Academy.[8]

Extra curricular

Pupils from the school were chosen to form part of a "guard of honour" for athletes at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games, displaying artistic creations their school made to celebrate the event.[9]

Uniform policies

Brompton Academy is seen as a strict school for uniform. Staff send students home with a one-hour deadline to retrieve forgotten kit or uniform with no time exemption for students who live far away. Students are directed to isolation rooms (or known as the ER)or receive detentions. In 2010 the uniform policies caused controversy when a boy was sent home for wearing red socks.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Mair, Elizabeth; Lingard, Sarah; Al-Afaleq,, Hanna; Mayor, Helen; Noret, Nathalie (2015). "The Educational Attainment of Army Children" (PDF). The Unit for Child & Youth Studies. York: York St John University: 5. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Medway Schools". 8 September 2003. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Smith, Victor T.C. (2011). "KENT'S TWENTIETH-CENTURY MILITARY AND CIVIL DEFENCES. PART 2 – MEDWAY" (PDF). Archaeologia Cantiana - Vol. 131. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2014-11-29.
  4. ↑ Boyle, Danny (9 December 2011). "Brompton Academy looks to future". kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "University helps Brompton Academy celebrate official opening in style". kent.ac.uk. January 31, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.bromptonacademy.org.uk/academy%20website/Downloads/Vacancies/Application_Packs/08-10-12%20-%20Brompton%20Academy%20Application%20Pack%20-%20Maths%20Teacher.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  7. ↑ "To all the parents/carere=s or Brompton Academy" (PDF). 26 May 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  8. ↑ http://virtualplanit.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/brompton-academy/
  9. ↑ Murphy, Chris (May 27, 2012), "School pupils to form guard of honour for 2012 athletes", Kent on Sunday, KOS Media
  10. ↑ Boyle, Danny (8 October 2010). "Boy sent home from Brompton Academy in Gillingham for wearing red socks". kentonline.co.uk. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  • Brompton Academy
  • "Upbury Manor". www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  • "2017 Short Ofsted report" (PDF). www.bromptonacademy.org.uk. Ofsted. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

Coordinates: 51°22′59″N 0°32′21″E / 51.3831°N 0.5393°E / 51.3831; 0.5393

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