Joyce Frankland Academy
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| Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport | |
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Bury Water Lane , , CB11 3TR | |
| Coordinates | 51°59′26″N 0°12′50″E / 51.990558°N 0.213817°E |
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| Former name | Newport Free Grammar School |
| Type | Academy |
| Established | 1588 |
| Founder | Joyce Frankland |
| Department for Education URN | 138734 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Duncan Roberts |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 987 |
| Houses | Thompson Caius Saxie Banstead Morden Trappes |
| Former pupils | Old Newportonians |
| Website | www |
Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport, formerly Newport Free Grammar School, is a school in Newport, Essex, England. It was founded in 1588.[1] The school is a mixed secondary school with a sixth form. It previously existed in different forms including a boarding school and a grammar school. The headteacher is Duncan Roberts and the vice headteacher is Ian Stoneham. As of 2012, there were 987 students, including 160 in the sixth form.[2]
It takes its current name (since 2012) after Dame Joyce Frankland (1531-1588), the only daughter of goldsmith Robert Trappes, who founded it as the "free Grammer Schole of Newport". Dame Frankland also made a number of educational bequests in her will to colleges at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Specialist and academy status[edit]
The school achieved Specialist Language College status in July 2003 from DfES and has been a Language College since September 2003.[3] The school achieved a second specialism in Science, commencing 1 September 2008 but this was later lost.
The school converted to academy status on 1 September 2012.
Academic standards[edit]
In 2011, Newport Free Grammar School was ranked 405th out of the 429 institutions supplying A-Level results to the Daily Telegraph's annual league table based on the percentages of A*, A and B grades achieved.[4]
Following an inspection on 15 March 2006, Ofsted rated the school as good, the second-best grade on its four-point scale. Inspectors said teaching was "sometimes outstanding, even inspirational" in languages and the humanities but needed improvement in mathematics and IT.
Notable former pupils[edit]
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- Max Barrett, morbid anatomist and histologist
- Charles George Broyden, mathematician
- Martin Caton, MP for Gower
- Jimmy Doherty, BBC broadcaster and farmer
- Paul Epworth, music producer
- James Frain, film actor
- Matt Holland, Republic of Ireland footballer
- Kate Johnson, novelist
- Shakila Karim, singer-songwriter and musician
- Jamie Oliver, television chef and author
- J. W. Pritchard, civil servant of the Indian civil service
- Pip Pyle, drummer with Gong and Hatfield and the North
- Laura Sugar, Paralympic athlete
- David Sutton, archivist and local politician
- Peter Warren, journalist
References[edit]
- ^ "Tradition to Technology". Newport Free Grammar School. Archived from the original on 9 October 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
- ^ "Ofsted Report 2012". 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ^ "designated specialist schools listed by government regions and specialism excel spreadsheet". DFES. Archived from the original (XLS) on 21 July 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
- ^ Payne, Sebastian (19 August 2011). "A-level results 2011 school-by-school". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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