Lodge Park Academy

Lodge Park Academy
Motto	Broadening Horizons
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Alison Hayes BA
Location	Shetland Way Corby Northamptonshire NN17 2JH England Coordinates: 52°30′07″N 0°43′17″W / 52.50191°N 0.72127°W / 52.50191; -0.72127
DfE number	928/4009
DfE URN	139060 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Houses	Rumbelow, Brady, Dickson, Parker, Ashworth and Hamilton
Website	www.lodgeparkacademy.co.uk

Lodge Park Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Corby, Northamptonshire, England.

Background

Founded in 1964 as Lodge Park School, it was one of the very first wave of specialist schools designated in 1994 and was renamed Lodge Park Technology College.

In January 2013 Lodge Park became an Academy as partnership of the David Ross Education Trust and was officially opened by lewis Hamilton.

Awards

The college has received a number of awards including Investor in People,^[1] ArtsMark Gold,^[2] the International Schools Award ^[3] and ICT Mark.

Principals

The principals of Lodge Park have been Neville Rumbelow, Richard Parker, Tom Waterworth, Guy Shearer, Associate principal Toby Mullins, and current principal Alison Hayes BA

Academic

Nearly 50% of the students at the academy achieved five GCSEs at A*-C including English and maths in 2013. At Key Stage 5 half of all exams sat achieved the top marks of A*-B (or equivalent) and nearly every exam sat was passed. This is a significant increase on previous years where 40% achieved the top grades in 2012, and 29% in 2011.

Sports

Lodge Park Academy dancers performed at the Aviva Rugby Premiership Final in 2013. Sports stars such as Christian Malcolm, Austin Healey, Ben Kay, Tom May and Lewis Hamilton have visited Lodge Park Academy. They have won the David Ross Education Trust Winter Cup two years In a row. First in 2014 and most currently in 2015

Notable former pupils

James Ashworth VC (26 May 1989 – 13 June 2012) - British soldier and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross

Lodge Park Trust

Lodge Park is a Trust School, in partnership with the David Ross Education Trust.

References

External links

Official website

Schools in Northamptonshire

Primary	Caroline Chisholm School Danetre & Southbrook Learning Village The Duston School Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering Science Academy

Secondary	Abbeyfield School Bishop Stopford School Brooke Weston Academy Campion School Caroline Chisholm School Chenderit School Corby Business Academy Danetre & Southbrook Learning Village Daventry UTC The Duston School Elizabeth Woodville School The Ferrers School Guilsborough School Huxlow Science College Kettering Buccleuch Academy Kettering Science Academy Kingsthorpe College Kingswood Secondary Academy Latimer Arts College Lodge Park Academy Magdalen College School, Brackley Malcolm Arnold Academy Manor School and Sports College Montsaye Academy Moulton School and Science College Northampton Academy Northampton School for Boys Northampton School for Girls The Parker E-ACT Academy Prince William School Rushden Academy Silverstone UTC Sir Christopher Hatton School Southfield School Sponne School Thomas Becket Catholic School Weavers Academy Weston Favell Academy Wollaston School Wrenn School

Independent	Bosworth Independent College Northampton High School Oundle School Overstone Park School Pitsford School Potterspury Lodge School Quinton House School St Peter's School Spratton Hall School Wellingborough School

Defunct schools	Kettering Grammar School Holy Family of Nazareth Convent School Notre Dame High School Unity College Northampton

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