Wrenn School

Wrenn School
Motto "Proud to be Wrenn"
Established 1907: Wellingborough County High School
1930: Wellingborough Grammar School
1975: Merger to form Wrenn School
Type Secondary Comprehensive Sponsor-led Academy
Trust Creative Education Trust
Headteacher Mr. Steve Elliott
Deputy Headteacher Mrs. Christine Hunt
Chair of Governors Mr. William E Mandeville
Wrenn School
Wrenn School
Location London Road
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire Northamptonshire
NN8 2DQ
England England
52°17′47″N 0°41′19″W / 52.2963°N 0.6887°W / 52.2963; -0.6887Coordinates: 52°17′47″N 0°41′19″W / 52.2963°N 0.6887°W / 52.2963; -0.6887
DfE URN 139961 Tables
Ofsted Reports Pre-academy reports
Students 1,109 (September 2016)
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–19
Colours Black & Red
        
Second Site Doddington Road
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire Northamptonshire
NN8 2JJ
England England
Website Wrenn School

Wrenn School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. The school's origins lie in Wellingborough County High School for girls and Wellingborough Grammar School for boys. The Wellingborough High School moved into the Broadway site in 1911, and the grammar school site was built in 1930. The two schools then merged in 1975, under the then headmaster, Mr Wrenn, to form Wrenn School.[1] The British television personality David Frost was a former pupil at the old grammar school.[1]

A June 2018 OFSTED report rated the school with an overall 'Good' rating across the board..[2]

Facilities

Wrenn School is a split-site school, with the two parts of its grounds being a short walk apart. The first site of the school is situated on the A5193 (former A509) in the south of the town, just west of the hospital, on London Road and Broadway (52°17′47″N 0°41′19″W / 52.2963°N 0.6887°W / 52.2963; -0.6887 (Wrenn School, London Road site)). The other site is situated on Doddington Road (52°17′45″N 0°41′41″W / 52.2959°N 0.6948°W / 52.2959; -0.6948 (Wrenn School, Doddington Road site)), a few minutes from the London Road site. The Doddington Road site, which was formerly the boy's grammar school, houses years 9-11 along with the Art and Design Technology buildings, and in London Road, the site of the former girl's county high school, is attended by years 7-8 and the school's Sixth Form. The school has a wide range of buildings ranging from 12 to 100 years old.[3] The oldest buildings are those of the former grammar school, while the most modern addition being the music block, constructed in 2006.

Wellingborough Music & Arts Centre

The Northamptonshire County Council run “Music and Arts Centre” takes place every Saturday morning in the Wrenn School, at the London Road site, and the festival band has achieved national recognition in the finals of the national festival of music for youth.

Notable former pupils

Wrenn School

  • Ashleigh Butler, Entertainer and Britain's Got Talent 2012 winner along with Pudsey the Dog

Wellingborough Grammar School

Former teachers

References

  1. 1 2 Tall, David, and Graham Tall (2006). Memories of Wellingborough Grammar School, with a foreword by Sir David Frost. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Ofsted report 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ↑ School website
  4. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/nov/07/bruce-liddington-eact-academies-salary Bruce Liddington
  5. ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1497019/Kenneth-Spencer.html Kenneth Spencer
  6. ↑ Tall, T. and Tall, G. (2006). Memories of Wellingborough Grammar School 1930 - 1975 Clock Tower Publications ISBN 0-9548689-1-9 page 125
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