Ormiston Sudbury Academy
Ormiston Sudbury Academy is an 11–18 secondary school in the town of Sudbury, Suffolk.[1] The school was established in 1972 as Sudbury Upper School, following the country wide introduction of the comprehensive school system, to serve the expanding town of Sudbury, and its surrounding villages. Sudbury Upper School was an amalgamation of Sudbury Grammar School, the High School for Girls and the Secondary Modern School. The school became an Academy in 2012, operated by the Ormiston Academies Trust.[2]
| Ormiston Sudbury Academy | |
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| Address | |
Tudor Road , , CO10 1NW | |
| Coordinates | 52°02′51″N 0°44′03″E |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Established | 1972 (SUS) 2012 (OSA) |
| Department for Education URN | 138506 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Mrs Caroline Wilson |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 19 |
| Enrolment | 685 |
| Colour(s) | Teal Blue |
| Sponsor | Ormiston Academies Trust |
| Website | http://OrmistonSudburyAcademy.co.uk/ |
The Academy has a student population of approximately 700 with 100 in the sixth form.[1] The Academy draws students from several priority primary schools, in and around Sudbury. In addition, the academy attracts students from outside its catchment area.[3] The academy specialises in Performing Arts.
The Academy is the lead associate school for the Royal Shakespeare Company in the Eastern Region, one of just 25 in the country. The Academy gained gold Arts Mark award and gold Sport England's Award.
School site
Accommodation includes a separate performing arts block and a sports centre open to the public. Building of a new vocational teaching block on the site to house construction was completed in September 2008.[4]
Notable incidents at Sudbury Upper School
Sudbury Upper School made the national news in 2005 when six 15-year-old pupils took pictures of themselves in the toilets in bras and posted them on the internet,[5] and in August 2007 when a former maths teacher was sentenced to a year's imprisonment after pleading guilty to six counts of abusing a position of trust.[6] In spring 2008, a supply teacher was filmed on a camera phone removing his shirt in a cover lesson at the school. As soon as the headteacher found out, the teacher was asked to leave the premises immediately and was banned from working in schools in Suffolk.[7]
References
- Sudbury Upper School and Arts College, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 10 June 2007
- Brennan, Emma (11 September 2012). "Sudbury: New head in pledge to raise standards". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Sudbury Town Council. Retrieved 11 July 2007
- Upper schools' bold new link, Suffolk Free Press, 12 January 2007
- Levy, Andrew (21 April 2005). "Schoolgirls put pictures on the Internet". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
- Levy, Andrew (8 August 2007). "Wife uncovered teacher's affair with pupil he texted 200 times". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
- "Stripping supply teacher banned". BBC News. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2008.