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Lodge Park Academy
Address
Map
Shetland Way

Corby
,
Northamptonshire
,
NN17 2JH

England
Coordinates52°30′07″N 0°43′17″W / 52.50191°N 0.72127°W / 52.50191; -0.72127
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoBroadening Horizons
Department for Education URN139060 Tables
OfstedReports
SponsorThe David Ross Education Trust
Head teacherRuth Roberts[1]
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
HousesRumbelow, ,Dickson, Parker and Ashworth
Websitehttp://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 first wave of specialist schools designated in 1994 and was renamed Lodge Park Technology College.[2]

In January 2013 Lodge Park became an Academy in partnership of the David Ross Education Trust.

Awards

The college has received a number of awards including Investor in People,[3] ArtsMark Gold,[4] the International Schools Award[5] and ICT Mark.

Previous Principals

The principals of Lodge Park have been Neville Rumbelow, Richard Parker, Tom Waterworth, Guy Shearer, Toby Mullins, Alison Hayes, Darren Gadsby, Leo Gilbert, Meena Wood, Robert Sloan and Carly Waterman.[1] The current principal, appointed in 2022, is Ruth Roberts.[6]

Ofsted judgements

In 2019 the school was inspected with an outcome of Inadequate – Special Measures.[7][8][9]

In 2021 the school was rated 'requires improvement' following an Ofsted inspection.

Sports

The academy is currently[when?] Northamptonshire Sports School of the year, Corby Sports School of the year and holds both the School Games Gold Kitemark and the YST Gold Quality Mark.[citation needed]

Notable former pupils

Lodge Park Trust

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Lodge Park Academy". Get information about schools. Gov.UK. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Lodge Park Technology college taken over by council". BBC News. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Home". Investors in People.
  4. ^ "Artsmark - recognition and reward for schools dedicated to the arts". Archived from the original on 25 May 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2010.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "How Lodge Park in Corby has taken the private school approach to lockdown learning". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  7. ^ Clarke, Jamie (2019). "Lodge Park Academy". Ofsted. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  8. ^ "MP seeks 'urgent' meeting with Lodge Park bosses after Ofsted said pupils were 'failed'". Northamptonshire Telegraph. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  9. ^ Post, Martin (2019). "Pre-Termination Warning Notice to the Members and Trustees of the David Ross Education Trust in respect of Lodge Park Academy" (PDF). Gov.UK. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

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