Pool Academy
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| Type | Academy |
|---|---|
| Principal | Claire Meakin |
| Location |
Church Road Pool Cornwall TR15 3PZ England 50°13′49″N 5°16′17″W / 50.23024°N 5.27148°WCoordinates: 50°13′49″N 5°16′17″W / 50.23024°N 5.27148°W |
| DfE URN | 136614 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 904 as of January 2015 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Website | School website |
Pool Academy is a mixed secondary school with academy status, located in Pool in the English county of Cornwall.[1]
The school has been known as Pool Comprehensive School and Pool School and Community College before gaining specialist status when it was renamed Pool Business and Enterprise College. The school was converted to academy status on 1 April 2011 and was renamed Pool Academy.
Pool Academy offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils. The school is also the home ground of Duchy Hockey Club.[2]
In 2016, Dagmara Przybysz, a 16-year-old student of Pool Academy, was found hanged in the school's bathroom.[3] During an inquest, testimony was reportedly received that she had suffered bullying over her Polish nationality.[4] However the school had received no reports of racism [5] and the coroner recorded an open verdict concluding that there was no evidence of mental health issues “or any significant racism or bullying issues immediately prior to death" [5]
References
- ↑ "Welcome to Pool Academy". Poolacademy.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ↑ "Duchy Hockey Club Home Pitch". duchyhockeyclub.com. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
- ↑ "Polish teenager found hanged in school toilets was told she 'did not belong in UK', inquest hears". Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ↑ "Polish-born schoolgirl, 16, found dead after bullying, inquest told". Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- 1 2 Association, Press (2017-07-19). "Open verdict on death of Polish-born teenager after claims of bullying". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-07-28.