Fakenham Academy

Fakenham Academy
Established 1959
Type Academy
Head Teacher Richard Evans
Location Fakenham
Norfolk
England
52°50′27″N 0°50′39″E / 52.8407°N 0.8443°E / 52.8407; 0.8443Coordinates: 52°50′27″N 0°50′39″E / 52.8407°N 0.8443°E / 52.8407; 0.8443
DfE URN 139572 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–19
Website Fakenham Academy

Fakenham Academy (formerly Fakenham High School and College) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located over two sites in Fakenham, Norfolk, England.[1]

The school offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study. Pupils in the sixth form can choose to study from a range of A Levels and BTECs.

The school converted to with academy status in 2013 after previously receiving a 'inadequate' rating in an Ofsted report.[2] In the most recent OFSTED inspection (June 2015) Fakenham Academy was rated as a "Good" school.

Notable alumni

Former Norwich City footballer Matt Gill attended the school as did footballing brothers Ryan and Rossi Jarvis. [3] Their cousin, Adam Tann, also attended the school and went on to play professionally for Cambridge United and Leyton Orient. In addition, Daily Telegraph Sports Journalist Oliver Brown was educated at the school, as well as fellow journalist and author Emily Hill, who writes for The Guardian and The Spectator. Another former student of Fakenham High School, as it was then known, is award-winning poet Sam Riviere.

References

  1. ↑ https://fakenhamacademy.org.uk/
  2. ↑ "Fakenham High School and College head says foundations are in place for major improvements after inadequate Ofsted rating - Education - Eastern Daily Press". Edp24.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  3. ↑ "City Signing's Fakenham Link". Dereham Times. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
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